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Sasikala sacks Madhusudanan from party
Chennai, Feb 10 (IANS) AIADMK General Secretary V.K. Sasikala on Friday dismissed E. Madhusudanan from the party for backing acting Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, and in his stead appointed senior party leader K.A. Sengottaiyan as…
Erdogan approves Turkey’s constitutional reform bill
Ankara, Feb 10 (IANS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan approved on Friday constitutional amendments that will bring drastic changes to the country’s political system, including a shift to an executive presidential system from the current…
M&M’s Q3 standalone net profit accelerates by 33%
Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) Automobile manufacturer Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) on Friday reported an exponential rise of 33.29 per cent in its standalone net profit for the third quarter of the 2016-17 fiscal. According to…
Indian-origin astronaut denies being NASA pick
Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) Indian-origin citizen-astronaut Shawna Pandya has denied reports she had been shortlisted by NASA for its 2018 space mission under the Citizen Science Astronaut programme. Pandya said her work was separate from…
Iran celebrates revolution, people chant ‘death to America’
Tehran, Feb 10 (IANS) Chanting “Death to America”, thousands of Iranians on Friday rallied across the country as President Hassan Rouhani said Tehran won’t tolerate US “war-mongering”. “This turnout is a response to false remarks…
SC declines urgent hearing of plea against Sasikala
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday declined an urgent hearing of a plea seeking direction against AIADMK leader V.K. Sasikala being sworn-in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. A bench of…
Bangladesh post 41/1 at stumps, trail by 646 runs vs India on Day Two
Hyderabad, Feb 10 (IANS) Bangladesh scored 41/1, trailing by 646 runs, at stumps on the second day of the one-off cricket Test against India at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Friday. Tamin Iqbal…
If Modi has CBI, we have RTI: Sisodia
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday filed an RTI to get details about the expenditure incurred on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s digital and other social media campaign. The…
Multinational ‘Aman-17’ naval exercise kicks off in Pakistan
Karachi, Feb 10 (IANS) The multinational ‘Aman-17’ naval exercise kicked off in Karachi on Friday with 37 countries taking part in the event. ‘Aman-17’ is the fifth such exercise which Pakistan has been holding every…
Court directs BSF to allow trooper’s wife to meet him
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) After the Delhi High Court’s intervention, the BSF on Friday agreed to allow the wife of “missing” BSF trooper Tej Bahadur Yadav, whose social media video clip on “substandard food”…
Yasin Malik arrested, Mirwaiz under house arrest
Srinagar, Feb 10 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik was arrested here on Friday while Huriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house arrest, police said. Malik was arrested…
Indian equities markets end flat
Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) Indian equities markets ended on a flat note on Friday even as healthy buying was witnessed in IT, Teck (technology, media and entertainment) and capital goods stocks. The wider 51-scrip Nifty…
Eiffel Tower to get bullet-proof glass wall
Paris, Feb 10 (IANS) A bullet-proof glass wall is to be built around the base of the Eiffel Tower as part of a plan to provide extra protection against terrorist attacks at one of the…
India declare at 687-6 against Bangladesh
Hyderabad, Feb 10 (IANS) Virat Kohli’s record double hundred and Wriddhiman Saha’s second hundred (106 not out) enabled India declare their first innings at a mammoth total of 687-6 against Bangladesh in the final session…
Trump phones Iraqi PM on travel ban
Washington, Feb 10 (IANS) US President Donald Trump phoned Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi amid an increasingly strained bilateral relationship following Trumps executive order travel ban. Iraq was on the list of seven Muslim-majority countries…
Security breach on-board IndiGo’s Mumbai-Chandigarh flight
Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) Budget passenger carrier IndiGo on Friday reported an incident of security breach on-board its Mumbai-Chandigarh flight. According to the airline, the incident occurred on its flight 6E 4134 from Mumbai to…
India 620-6 at tea, Kohli falls after double ton
Hyderabad, Feb 10 (IANS) Virat Kohli (204) became the first batsman to score double hundreds in four consecutive Test cricket series as India reached 620-6 against Bangladesh, with Wriddhiman Saha (83 not out) also shining…
Sasikala can’t be General Secretary: AIADMK leader
Chennai, Feb 10 (IANS) AIADMK leader E. Madhusudanan on Friday said he had sent a petition to the Election Commission not to recognise V.K. Sasikala as General Secretary of Tamil Nadu’s ruling party. Speaking to…
Obamacare critic Tom Price confirmed as US Health Secretary
Washington, Feb 10 (IANS) The US Senate on Friday confirmed Representative Tom Price as Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services, putting him in charge of President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the Affordable…