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Literature Nobel: Olga Tokarczuk wins 2018 award, Peter Handke gets 2019 Prize
10 Oct 2019
Polish author Olga Tokarczuk won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature “for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life,” while Austrian author Peter Handke has been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature “for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience”
Three share 2019 Physics Nobel
09 Oct 2019
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics rewards new understanding of the universe’s structure and history, and the first discovery of a planet orbiting a solar-type star outside our solar system
Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria takes over as Chief of Air Staff
30 Sep 2019
Since his commissioning into the fighter stream of IAF on 15 June 1980, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria had flowwn 27 types of fighters as well as transport aircraft and holds the unique distinction of being an Experimental Test Pilot, a Cat 'A' Qualified Flying Instructor and a Pilot Attack Instructor
Former French president Jacques Chirac dies at 86
27 Sep 2019
Chirac, like Charles de Gaulle, ably presided over a state in which power was divided between the left and the right even as he championed the cause of a stronger European Union
Veteran lawyer and former union minister Ram Jethmalani passes away
09 Sep 2019
Jethmalani’s spectacular journey as a criminal lawyer began in the 1950s when he became involved in the famous Nanavati murder case of 1962 — where a naval officer was tried for the murder of his wife’s alleged lover
SC refuses to grant Chidambaram anticipatory bail in INX Media case
05 Sep 2019
A Supreme Court bench comprising Justices R Banumathi and A S Bopanna did not consider it a fit case as any grant of anticipatory bail to Chidambaram at this stage would hamper investigation
SC refuses to grant Chidambaram anticipatory bail in INX Media case
05 Sep 2019
A Supreme Court bench comprising Justices R Banumathi and A S Bopanna did not consider it a fit case as any grant of anticipatory bail to Chidambaram at this stage would hamper investigation
Arun Jaitley cremated with state honours
26 Aug 2019
Political leaders cutting across party lines and BJP cadres thronged Nigambodh Ghat were the senior leader was cremated with full state honours
Arun Jaitley cremated with state honours
26 Aug 2019
Political leaders cutting across party lines and BJP cadres thronged Nigambodh Ghat were the senior leader was cremated with full state honours
ED issues lookout notice for P Chidambaram as SC rejects urgent bail
21 Aug 2019
A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice NV Ramana refused to give Chidambaram interim relief from possible arrest in the INX Media case and instead referred the petition challenging the Delhi High Court rejecting anticipatory bail to Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi
ED issues lookout notice for P Chidambaram as SC rejects urgent bail
21 Aug 2019
A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice NV Ramana refused to give Chidambaram interim relief from possible arrest in the INX Media case and instead referred the petition challenging the Delhi High Court rejecting anticipatory bail to Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi
ED issues lookout notice for P Chidambaram as SC rejects urgent bail
21 Aug 2019
A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice NV Ramana refused to give Chidambaram interim relief from possible arrest in the INX Media case and instead referred the petition challenging the Delhi High Court rejecting anticipatory bail to Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi
Chidambaram goes missing as Delhi HC rejects anticipatory bail plea
21 Aug 2019
Chidambaram was untraceable when a CBI team laded at his posh Jor Bagh residence, hours after the Delhi High Court denied anticipatory bail for the former union finance minister in the INX Media case
Chidambaram goes missing as Delhi HC rejects anticipatory bail plea
21 Aug 2019
Chidambaram was untraceable when a CBI team laded at his posh Jor Bagh residence, hours after the Delhi High Court denied anticipatory bail for the former union finance minister in the INX Media case
Chidambaram goes missing as Delhi HC rejects anticipatory bail plea
21 Aug 2019
Chidambaram was untraceable when a CBI team laded at his posh Jor Bagh residence, hours after the Delhi High Court denied anticipatory bail for the former union finance minister in the INX Media case
Chidambaram moves SC as Delhi HC rejects bail plea in INX Media case
20 Aug 2019
The Delhi High Court, in its order, said the magnitude and enormity of material produced dis-entitle Chidambaram from any pre-arrest bail in the INX media case
Chidambaram moves SC as Delhi HC rejects bail plea in INX Media case
20 Aug 2019
The Delhi High Court, in its order, said the magnitude and enormity of material produced dis-entitle Chidambaram from any pre-arrest bail in the INX media case
Sushma Swaraj, former foreign minister and BJP stalwart, passes away
07 Aug 2019
'Was waiting for this day in my lifetime', was Sushma Swaraj's ominous tweet on abrogation of Article 370 status of Jammu and Kashmir, hours before she was rushed to the AIIMS
Man who sold Mindtree to L&T, VG Siddartha, goes missing
30 Jul 2019
The entrepreneur, who is credited with the creation of Cafe Coffee Day and Mindtree, is reported to have left a note saying that he could not take any more pressure from investors, before possibly jumping off the bridge across the river Nethravathi
Man who sold Mindtree to L&T, VG Siddartha, goes missing
30 Jul 2019
The entrepreneur, who is credited with the creation of Cafe Coffee Day and Mindtree, is reported to have left a note saying that he could not take any more pressure from investors, before possibly jumping off the bridge across the river Nethravathi