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Former Deutsche Bank top exec Anshu Jain joins Cantor

03 Jan 2017

Jain will be doing something different from his Deutsche Bank job, helping the Wall Street underdog that lost 658 or two-thirds of its employees in the September 2001 terrorist attacks, expand in Europe and into Asia

Former Deutsche Bank top exec Anshu Jain joins Cantor

03 Jan 2017

Mongolia buckles to Chinese pressure over Dalai Lama visit

02 Jan 2017

New UN chief Anonio Guterres seen as ideal for the job

02 Jan 2017

`Adaptable, consensual, affable, intellectual, Guterres is perhaps better qualified than any of his nine predecessors for the world’s most demanding job,’ feels The Guardian

Anurag Thakur, Shirke out of BCCI as SC upholds Lodha panel

02 Jan 2017

Indian cricket board president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke have been sacked by the Supreme Court for failing to implement the reforms suggested by the Lodha Committee

Mulayam postpones national convention as Samajwadi Party splits

02 Jan 2017

With almost 200 MLAs extending support for Akhilesh at a meeting called by the chief minister immediately after the Saturday night reprisals, sources say, the Mulayam camp is apprehensive of a poor turnout and is buying time

BJP forms govt in Arunachal with backing from Khandu and 32 other MLAs who quit PPA

31 Dec 2016

General Bipin Rawat takes over as 27th Chief of Army Staff

31 Dec 2016

Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa takes over as 25th Chief of Air Staff

31 Dec 2016

Mulayam goes soft on Akhilesh, revokes suspension

31 Dec 2016

A meeting of party MLAs held earlier by the chief minister Akhilwsh Yadav saw almost 200 legislators turn up, signalling that he enjoyed the support of a majority of party legislators

SP chief Mulayam Singh expels UP CM Akhilesh Yadav from party for 6 years

30 Dec 2016

Admiral Sunil Lanba to head Chiefs of Staff Committee

29 Dec 2016

Admiral Sunil Lanba, who received the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee baton from outgoing Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha at a ceremony in South Block today, will be assuming charge in the afternoon of 31 December

Madras HC judge says he too has doubts over Jayalalithaa's death

29 Dec 2016

The Madras High Court today said it has doubts over Jayalalithaa’s death and asked why the former CM's dead body could not be exhumed for investigations

Former union home secretary Anil Baijal appointed Delhi’s Lt Governor

29 Dec 2016

Anil Baijal’s appointment follows the sudden exit of Najib Jung, whose tenure was marked by frequent clashes with the AAP government in Delhi

Viral V Acharya appointed deputy governor of RBI

28 Dec 2016

Abe becomes first Japanese PM to visit Pearl Harbour memorial

27 Dec 2016

The importance of Abe's visit may be mostly symbolic for the two countries that, in a remarkable transformation, have grown into close allies in the decades since they faced off in brutal conflict

Mayawati’s party deposited Rs104-cr in demonetised currency

27 Dec 2016

Reports quoting ED sources said the BSP account in Union Bank of India's Karol Bagh branch received the deposits of these demonetised currency between 2 and 9 December

Mayawati’s party deposited Rs104-cr in demonetised currency

27 Dec 2016

Reports quoting ED sources said the BSP account in Union Bank of India's Karol Bagh branch received the deposits of these demonetised currency between 2 and 9 December

Former Air Force chief SP Tyagi granted bail in VVIP chopper case

26 Dec 2016

The Patiala House court in Delhi today granted bail to former Indian Air Force chief SP Tyagi and two others in the Rs3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case