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26 Nov 2018

In a major blow to former union minister and senior Congress leader, P Chidambaram, the centre has given sanction to prosecute him in the Aircel Maxis case

26 Nov 2018

In a major blow to former union minister and senior Congress leader, P Chidambaram, the centre has given sanction to prosecute him in the Aircel Maxis case

21 Nov 2018

If talks succeed, Altaf Bukhari, a senior PDP leader and former finance minister under the PDP-BJP coalition government and Jammu and Kashmir’s richest legislator, could be the new chief minister, say reports

20 Nov 2018

19 Nov 2018

The Japanese automaker said Ghosn had used company money for personal use and that it had been investigating possible improper practices of Ghosn and representative director Greg Kelly for several months

16 Nov 2018

The Supreme Court today told the CBI chief’s lawyer that the CVC report will be handed over to him in a sealed cover and that he should also give the CBI chief’s replay in a sealed cover

15 Nov 2018

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13 Nov 2018

Rajnikant, who on Monday remarked that the Bharatiya Janata Party may be dangerous for the opposition parties, today said if 10 parties are ganging up against the BJP, then the person on the other side must be stronger

12 Nov 2018

He was the force behind the NDA government’s low-cost medicine scheme launched nationwide, which has immensely benefitted the poor

24 Oct 2018

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17 Oct 2018

Coming ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Akbar attributed political motives to these “false, baseless and wild allegations”, and said these have caused irreparable damage to his reputation and goodwill

11 Oct 2018

The Enforcement Directorate has attached Karti Chidambaram’s properties in Delhi, bungalows in Ooty and Kodaikanal, a cottage and house in Somerset in UK and a tennis club in Barcelona, Spain, besides fixed deposits worth Rs90 lakh

08 Oct 2018

The two have been honoured for designing methods for addressing the world’s most basic and pressing question of creating long-term and sustainable economic growth in times of climate change

05 Oct 2018

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize to Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Iraqi national Nadia Murad “for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict and courageously combating war crimes and seeking justice for victims

04 Oct 2018

03 Oct 2018

Frances H Arnold shares Chemistry Nobel with George P Smith and Gregory P Winter evolution for the development of proteins that solve mankind’s chemical problems, especially to combat autoimmune diseases and in some cases cure metastatic cancer

03 Oct 2018

Donna Strickland, who shares half the $1.4-million prize with French laser physicist Gérard Mourou, becomes the third woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics, after Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1963) and Marie Curie (1903)

01 Oct 2018

As part of the settlement of an SEC lawsuit, Musk will neither admit nor deny the allegations, but will resign as Tesla chairman and pay $20-mn fine with Tesla also paying a similar fine

19 Sep 2018

14 Sep 2018

14 Sep 2018

As per the practice, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court is considered fit to hold the office of the Chief Justice of India

14 Sep 2018

The SC has now ordered that the compensation be sourced from the Kerala police officers - KK Joshua, Sibi Mathews and S Vijayan - who arrested Nambi Narayanan on false charges