We were patient, on Sunday we will protest: Sasikala

 Sat, 11 February 2017
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SC judgement in Jaya's DA case not listed for Monday

The much-awaited judgment of the Supreme Court in a disproportionate assets case in which late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and AIADMK leader V K Sasikala were accused, is not listed for pronouncement on Monday.The judgment may be pronounced any day in the coming week as speculation was rife in...

I-T detects Rs 120cr hidden income after raids on K'taka MLA

The Income Tax department today claimed to have detected undisclosed income worth Rs 120 crore and seized cash worth Rs 1.10 crore and 10 kg of gold after it conducted raids on a Congress MLA in Bengaluru earlier this week. The department had been conducting searches since Thursday on...

We were patient, on Sunday we will protest: Sasikala

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Sasikala announces change in tactic from Sunday.Interacting with media persons, she said: From tomorrow onwards, we would begin a new kind of protest. Delaying tactics is an attempt to create divisions in party.We were waiting patiently till this moment for a reply from the honourable Governor....

Security beefed up in Chennai; Police on 24x7 vigil

Security has been beefed up in the city with intensified patrolling and checking of places of accommodation to prevent anti-social elements from creating any law and order issues, police said today. The measures come at a time when political uncertainty has gripped the state following Chief...
PTI reports: Tirupur MP Satyabama joins Panneerselvam camp

63% voter turnout in first phase of UP elections

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63% voter turnout was recorded at the time of closing of voting stations in first phase of UP elections.According to Election Commission officials, 3,888 digital and video cameras were used, webcasting was done in 2857 places for first phase of UP elections.2,96,906 troublemakers were identified...
Election Commission: 63% voting in the phase-1 of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls till 5 pm

Reply date for I-T queries on deposits extended till Feb 15

Government today extended the window for assessees receiving SMS or e-mail queries from the income tax department on cash deposits post demonetisation by 5 days to February 15. Time limit for filing of online response to cash deposit data extended! Now you can file your details by February...

AIADMK veteran joins 'older brother' Panneerselvam's camp

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Veteran AIADMK leader and party spokesperson C Ponnaiyan is the latest to join Chief Minister O Panneerselvam's camp.Addressing media persons, Ponnaiyan says: Panneerselvam is the only person who can lead the party, no one else can including SasikalaIn present situation, the person who has been...

Reliance Defence Q3 net loss narrows to Rs 133 crore

Reliance Defence and Engineering Ltd's net standalone net loss narrowed to Rs 132.7 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2016, on the back higher revenue from operations. The company had posted a net loss of Rs 293.6 crore in the corresponding quarter of previous fiscal, Reliance Defence...
Assessees receiving cash gifts or donations of Rs 20,000 or more from a person post cash ban need to give details to I-T department.

Being Bal Thackeray's son makes me the boss: Uddhav

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Amid his high-voltage campaigning for the Mumbai civic polls, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray today sought to assert his legitimacy in calling the shots in the party's prime political space, invoking the legacy of his late father and party founder Bal Thackeray. ...Yes, I am. I...
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TV visuals show MLAs in Golden Bay surrounding Sasikala, seeking her blessings and pledging support to her.
ANI reports: Sasikala leaves Golden Bay resort after holding a meet with MLAs in Kuvathu
AIADMK power crisis: Security tightened at Raj Bhavan, heavy police deployment.

Drama is coming to a close soon: OPS camp

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K Pandiarajan, Tamil Nadu education minister, who on Saturday joined the O Panneerselvam camp makes loaded statements. He tells ANI, Drama is coming to a close soon. I'm at least in touch with 20 of them (MLAs) so I don't think phones are switched off.Our number will be more than what it is...

Drama is coming to a close soon: OPS camp

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K Pandiarajan, Tamil Nadu education minister, who on Saturday joined the O Panneerselvam camp makes loaded statements. He tells ANI, Drama is coming to a close soon. I'm at least in touch with 20 of them (MLAs) so I don't think phones are switched off.Our number will be more than what it is...
Sasikala reaches Golden Bay Resort in Kuvathur to meet MLAs

PM lauds missile defence test, uses it to mock Oppn

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today lauded the successful test of interceptor missile and used the occasion to take a dig at opponents, saying they would now have to travel very high if they want proof of it.Addressing an election rally, Modi congratulated the scientists for developing the defence...

BHIM app is now on iOS platform

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National Payments Corporation of India today said Bharat Interface for Money, the platform for making easy and quick payments, is available on Apple app store for download and use. The BHIM app on iOS platform is equipped with features such as pay to Aadhaar number, customer redressal...

Sasikala set to meet AIADMK MLAs at Koovathur resort

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Soon after requesting the Tamil Nadu Governor to allot time to parade party MLAs supporting her, AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala today set out to meet the legislators staying at a nearby resort. She left from the Poes Garden residence to meet the MLAs staying at Koovathur near...

RBI Guv nudges banks to reduce lending rates

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RBI Governor Urjit Patel today exhorted banks to reduce their lending rates to push credit demand in laggard segments, saying banks have benefited from influx of low-cost deposits and its previous repo rate cuts. One the amount of reduction in the repo rate that we have undertaken combined...
Poll update: 45 per cent votes polled till 2 pm in UP

2 AIADMK Lok Sabha MPs join Panneerselvam camp

Caretaker Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam got a shot in the arm when two AIADMK Lok Sabha MPs today joined his camp. AIADMK MPs from Namakkal and Krishnagiri, P R Sundaram and K Ashok Kumar today extended support to Panneerselvam, who has raised a banner of revolt against AIADMK...

Sasikala 'warns': Will do what is needed after a point

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More highlights of what Sasikala told media persons at Poes Garden: * No one can shake our fort. Amma ran this party with many challenges. We will do the same. We are not going to be scared of anything. Legally, democratically, we will do everything.* Amma is confident that I'll look after...

Sangeet Som's brother held for carrying gun inside polling booth

Controversial BJP leader Sangeet Som's brother Gangan Som was today detained by police for carrying a pistol inside a polling booth in Meerut. Gagan reached the polling booth in Sardhana Assembly seat at 9am. The security personnel deployed there frisked him and found a pistol in his...

Sasikala writes to Guv, seeks appointment to prove majority

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Tamil Nadu crisis: Sasikala writes letter to Governor C Vidyasagar Rao, seeks appointment to prove majority today itself.In the letter, she also questioned the delay in the oath ceremony. (On the left: The full letter)On Saturday, she came before media persons to say, We are showing patience in...

TN crisis: Minister Ma Foi Pandiarajan joins OPS camp

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In a crucial development in the ongoing power tussle in Tamil Nadu, state School Education Minister Ma Foi Pandiarajan is the latest to extend support to O Panneerselvam. Ma Foi had been in the Sasikala camp and had criticised Panneerselvam earlier for his rebellion.Ma Foi is at present at...

First photo in 25 years; SRK, Aamir's selfie moment

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The two biggest Khans of Bollywood Aamir and Shah Rukh finally came together for the first picture in 25 years.Shah Rukh, 51, who is mostly clicked hanging out with good friend Salman Khan, took to Twitter to share buddy selfie with the Dangal star.Known each other for 25 years and this is the...

Sebi evolving as per needs of economy: Jaitley

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said Sebi is evolving as per the requirements of the economy and markets as a professional organisation, as he discussed his Budget initiatives with the markets regulator. After addressing Sebi's board and top officials at a customary post-Budget...

PM Modi likes 'peeping into bathrooms', says Rahul

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Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his raincoat jibe against his predecessor Manmohan Singh and said that he is a peeping tom who loves to get a peek into other people's bathroom. The Prime Minister is fond of Google searching,...
ANI reports: BJP wins all three MLC seats in UP where elections were held: Kanpur, Gorakhpur and Bareilly

India's iconic Ambassador brand sold to Peugot for Rs 80 crore

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Ambassador, the iconic Indian car brand that till less than a decade ago carried both the Prime Minister and the common man, is being sold to French carmaker Peugeot.The C K Birla Group-owned Hindustan Motors formalised the deal for Rs 80 crore on Friday. Production of Ambassador cars had stopped...
Launch of PSLV-C37/Cartosat -2 Series satellite is scheduled for Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at 9.28 am from Sriharikota.

UP first phase: 12% voting till 10 am

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Around 12 per cent voting was recorded on Saturday in first phase of Uttar Pradesh till 10 am.In volatile Western UP, Bulandshahr recorded 12 per cent voting and Muzaffarnagar 15 per cent.Aligarh witnessed 10.5 per cent voting, whereas Agra saw 12 per cent.Kasganj, Mathura and Shamli recorded...

Chinese soldier who crossed border in 1962 reaches home

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Wang Qi, the Chinese soldier who crossed over to India post the 1962 war and raised a family in Madhya Pradesh's Balaghat district, has arrived in Beijing along with his family members, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup informed.Two of our Mission officials are also...

'Alliance between 2 youngsters': Akhilesh, Rahul release CMP

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi launch the alliance's 10-point common minimum programme. Launching the programme, Akhilesh said, in a veiled attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, that 'no one should get so emotional or so angry during...
UP polls: Police has detained Gagan Som, brother of Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sangeet Som, for carrying a pistol inside the polling booth in Sardhana, Meerut.
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UP votes: 10.56% polling in first phase so far

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The first phase of Uttar Pradesh eections has recorded 10.56 per cent voting till 9 am.Muzaffarnagar recorded 15 per cent voting, while Aligarh and Bulandshar recorded 10.5 per cent and 12 per cent voting respectively till 9 am.The first phase of polling will decide the electoral fortunes of...

UP votes: EVM glitches delay voting in Mathura, Baghpat

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Polling was delayed in booth number 42 in Mathura's Govardhan as well as in booth numbers 119 and 120 in Baghpat on Saturday as Electronic Voting Machines were found non-operational.Voting has begun for the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections on Saturday morning.The election...

Trump says considering signing new order on immigration

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President Donald Trump has said he is considering issuing a 'brand new' executive order on immigration by next week, even though he expressed confidence that he will win the legal battle over the immigration ban on nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries.We will win that battle. The...

Uddhav questions Maria's transfer during Sheena case probe

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Needling the BJP which has made transparency its main plank for the BMC polls, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray said that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis should reveal why former city police commissioner Rakesh Maria was transferred in the middle of the sensational Sheena Bora murder...