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15 Mar 2016

Myanmar's parliament elected a close friend and confidant of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as President on Tuesday, making Htin Kyaw the country's first head of state  since the 1960s who does not hail from a military background

15 Mar 2016

Even as a panel of Jawaharlal Nehru University recommended rusticating Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, the Delhi High Court today refused to entertain a plea seeking action against Kumar for alleged anti-national remarks made after his release

15 Mar 2016

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10 Mar 2016

Vijay Mallya, wanted by the Supreme Court of India, has been tracked to his country villa in Tiwen village on the outskirts of London

09 Mar 2016

The banks seem to have acted a bit too late as, according to some reports, Mallya might have already received $40 million of the $75 million severance package from Diageo

09 Mar 2016

09 Mar 2016

Bernie Sanders breathed new life into his long-shot White House bid with a crucial win in Michigan's primary on Tuesday night, chipping away at Hillary Clinton's dominance in the Democratic presidential race

09 Mar 2016

08 Mar 2016

08 Mar 2016

A day after a case of money laundering was filed against him and a freeze on his Rs515-crore severance package from United Spirits, a consortium of 17 banks today moved the Supreme Court seeking to prevent Vijay Mallya from leaving the country

08 Mar 2016

Inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2012 for his invention of modern email, Ray Tomlinson made the historic choice to separate the name of his message's recipient from the name of the host computer using the "@" symbol, creating one of the most universally recognized digital icons on the planet

08 Mar 2016

08 Mar 2016

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07 Mar 2016

Dr Thomas Herald Rea, a dermatologist and a pioneer of leprosy treatment, died at the age of 86 in his home in California's San Gabriel Mountains

05 Mar 2016

The action marks the highest profile development in a two-year-old graft probe related to the state oil company Petrobras, and an anti-climax to Lulla’s rise to power 13 years ago as the champion of the poor

05 Mar 2016

DRT judge Benakanahalli took up the case on priority basis in order to secure the first right on the $75 million severance package that Mallya will be getting for quitting Diageo-owned United Spirits (USL) as its chairman

05 Mar 2016

DRT judge Benakanahalli took up the case on priority basis in order to secure the first right on the $75 million severance package that Mallya will be getting for quitting Diageo-owned United Spirits (USL) as its chairman

04 Mar 2016

Former Meghalaya chief minister P A Sangma was elected to the Lok Sabha eight times since his first entry in 1977, and was its Speaker between 1996 and 1998

04 Mar 2016

04 Mar 2016

04 Mar 2016

Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union leader Kanhaiya Kumar emerged from Tihar Jail in Delhi late on Thursday as feisty as ever