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The US Federal Trade Commission today announced to ban a Florida man from helping any telemarketers, as he allegedly collected more than $1.3 million from about 3,000 consumers in a scheme that helped Indian call center collect money from victims of IRS scam. The proposed settlement resolves an...
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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her US counterpart Rex Tillerson today resolved to work closely to deepen Indo-US strategic ties and intensify defence and security cooperation during their first telephonic conversation.The two leaders also agreed to follow-up the firm resolve...
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Speedster S Sreesanth, who was charged for spot-fixing during the IPL 6 in 2013 and banned by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, is all set to return to the playing field. Ignoring the BCCI ban on him, the pacer is set to represent Ernakulam Cricket Club in a first division two-day game...
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Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and her US counterpart Rex Tillerson speak over phone; resolve to work together closely to further expand Indo-US strategic ties
22:11
US President Donald Trump today blasted the intelligence community for leaking information to newspapers, saying the real scandal is that classified inputs are illegally given out by intelligence like candy. The real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by...
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the currency is in surplus and the ministry is monitoring status of ATMs on a daily basis to sort out operational issues.The Department of Financial Services is collecting details about money in ATMs. There might be a few operational issues in some...
21:18
After Palanisami, O Panneerselvam is holding talks with Governor C Vidyasagar Rao at Raj Bhavan
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US Defence Secretary James Mattis threatens to moderate US commitment to NATO unless other members pay more
20:54
Intel's longtime sponsorship of high school science fairs is coming to an end.The computer chip maker announced it will no longer back the International Science and Engineering Fair it's supported since 1998, the New York Times first reported.The decision comes after the company ended its support...
20:38
M I Khan reports from Patna: Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha has expressed surprise over the party keeping him out of list of 40 star campaigners in the politically crucial state. Shatrughan Sinha who has for long served as star campaigner for BJP in elections in UP and is well versed with...
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DMK Working President M K Stalin today claimed a government led by either O Panneerselvam or any AIADMK nominee would not be stable and could lead to elections to the state assembly even before local body polls, due already.Addressing party workers at a meeting in Coimbatore, he said the present...
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Seeking to create a global sized bank, the government today gave go ahead to the merger plan of SBI and its five associate banks but did not take a decision with regard to Bharatiya Mahila Bank. The Cabinet had earlier in-principle cleared the (merger) proposal. It had gone to the boards of...
20:29
Edappadi Palanisamy reaches Raj Bhavan to meet Governor.Soon after the Supreme Court upheld the trial court's verdict in the disproportionate assets case against AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala today, party MLAs staying at a resort in Koovathur elected Edappadi K Palaniswami as the...
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65.5 per cent voter turnout recorded till 5 pm in phase two of UP polls: EC
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Five new judges were today appointed to the Supreme Court, taking it working strength to 28. President Pranab Mukherjee has signed their Warrants of Appointment and the notifications will be issued shortly, sources in the government said. Those elevated to the apex court are five high court...
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India's richest man Mukesh Ambani, on Wednesday said that the election for Donald Trump as the president of United States can be a blessing in disguise for India's IT industry. Trump may be a blessing in disguise for domestic IT industry to focus on home market,? said Ambani, Chairman of Reliance...
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Two Special Task Force personnel, including an assistant platoon commander, were today killed in a gun battle with Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Kondagaon district.The skirmish took place in the forest of Tumdiwal region under Mardapal police station limits in which the two STF personnel were killed,...
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Just in: AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala reaches Bengaluru jail where she will surrender. Sasikala's lawyers have asked for a two-week relief before she surrenders. This is the second time she will be incarcerated at the Bengaluru jail, where she spent six months in 2014. Sasikala, 61, asked...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid homage to four army men, including a Major, who were killed in two separate encounters in Kashmir yesterday. He laid wreaths on the bodies of the soldiers at the Palam Airport here where the mortal remains were brought today. On the occasion, Army Chief Gen...
17:15
2 killed, several injured in a suicide attack in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar: police.
16:51
India Today says Governor Vidyasagar Rao has asked Edapadi Palanisamy to submit signatures of 118+ MLAs. If he can get 118+ signatures he will be called to form the government.
16:08
Former India skipper MS Dhoni's video on Instagram and Twitter, crawling on a lawn imitating daughter Ziva, has predictably gone viral.
15:49
South Korea's spy agency suspects two female North Korean agents assassinated the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Malaysia, lawmakers in Seoul said on Wednesday, as Malaysian medical authorities sought a cause of death.US government sources also told Reuters they...
15:42
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday disposed off the habeas corpus plea of BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav's wife, citing she had already met him in Jammu in accordance with judicial orders.Earlier, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) conveyed to the Delhi High Court that BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav...
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Just in: AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala and legislative leader Edapadi Palanisamy booked by police for alleged detention of AIADMK legislators at the Golden Bay resort near Chennai on complaint from rival camp MLA. A large posse of police deployed outside the resort in Kuvathur. Tamil Nadu...
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Based on a complaint filed by Madurai MLA, Saravanan, who said he escaped from the Golden Bay resort in a camouflage (bermuda and shorts) and joined the O Panneerselvam camp, police conducted an enquiry and entered the resort. Section 144 was imposed in the area around Golden Bay resort after...
14:05
Voter turnout recorded till 1 pm in 2nd phase of Uttar Pradesh polls 2017: Amroha-44.75%, Badaun-37.03%, Bareilly-39.06%, Moradabad-40.80%
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) strongman Mohammad Shahabuddin be moved from Siwan (Bihar) to Tihar Jail for a free and fair trial in the case relating to a journalist's murder.Shahabuddin's trial will be conducted through video conferencing and no special...
13:57
The court hall where AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala is to surrender today has been shifted to the central jail at Parapppana Agrahara due to security reasons. The Karnataka High Court Registrar accepted a request by Bengaluru City Police to shift the court hall in the city citing security...
13:49
Please awwwww in unison. Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma have remained tight-lipped about their relationship but the cricketer publicly declared his love for the actress by posting a sweet Valentine Day message.The Indian cricket skipper took to Instagram to share this sun-kissed picture of the...
13:39
More leaders abandoning Sasikala's ship.AIADMK Organising Secretary V Karuppasamy says he is resigning from the party; calls TTV Dinakaran's appointment as unacceptable.This morning, just before she left for Bengaluru, Sasikala in direct contravention of Jayalalithaa's orders, re-inducted two...
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Sasikala is now finally on her way to Bengaluru jail. After the theatrics at Jayalalithaa's memorial, where the AIADMK said she took a mighty vow, she stopped at the MGR statue that she had unveiled at MGR Memorial Estate in Ramapuram, Chennai. Sasikala, 61, asked the Supreme Court today if,...
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For those trashing all media as paid news, this is how genuine grassroots reports help. In Chirang (Assam), Buli Basumatary (extreme left in picture), once a national-level gold medallist archer, now selling oranges on the pavement will soon work as a coach for the state. Speaking to news agency...
12:36
Dramatic moments in the Sasikala soap opera at Jayalalithaa's shrine at Marina Beach. Sasikala who is headed to Bengaluru jail made a pit stop at the shrine and offered flowers and prayed quietly. But quite suddenly, she began weeping and bent down to strike the memorial a couple of times...
12:21
Meanwhile,South Korea confirms that North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother Kim Jong-nam killed in Malaysia.
12:06
Over 120 AIADMK legislators are reportedly still at the Golden Bay Resort in Mahabalipuram, where they have been sequestered by Sasikala for over a week now.
11:53
Just in: VK Sasikala leaves her Poes Garden residence for Bengaluru where she will surrender at the city civil court inside Bengaluru jail. Her convoy of at least 25 vehicles making their way now to the Jayalalithaa memorial at Marina Beach. She will travel the 345 km to Bengaluru by road...
11:37
Sasikala's lawyer KTS Tulsi tells the Supreme Court that she will surrender today. Sasikala who is in Chennai will surrender at the Bengaluru city civil court #48 which is being moved to inside the Parappana Agrahara jail in Bengaluru. She is expected to leave Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden home,...
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And this is the sweet picture that Barack Obama posted.
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If you've missed these lovely pictures the Obamas posted yesterday on Valentine's Day, take a look. It's been 28 years, but things are still new for former first couple Barack and Michelle Obama.The former US president and former first lady, on the occasion of Valentine's Day, took to Twitter to...
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All roads lead to Bengaluru Central jail for VK Sasikala. The Supreme Court refuses any more time for Sasikala to surrender. All options are closed.KTS Tulsi, Sasikala's lawyer told Justice Ghosh today that she needs more time to sort out her affairs.Reports say the court was categoric and in...
10:36
Polling for the second phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, spanning 67 constituencies in 11 districts, began on Wednesday morning amid tight security.The fate of 721 candidates is to be sealed by balloting of 2.28 crore voters of which a sizable number (47.72 lakh) is of young voters, aged...
10:32
A record number of 27 US Congressmen will visit India later this month, reflecting the increased efforts by American lawmakers for strengthening ties with New Delhi. The top lawmakers from both the Republican and Democratic parties are visiting India in two separate delegations. Describing this...
10:12
President Pranab Mukherjee tweets his congratulations. @RashtrapatiBhvn Congratulations to ISRO on the successful launch of PSLVC37, carrying a record 104 satellites This day shall go down as a landmark in the history of our space programme
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PM congratulates ISRO: @narendramodi This remarkable feat by @isro is yet another proud moment for our space scientific community and the nation. India salutes our scientists.
10:09
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday launched a record number of 104 satellites including Cartosat-2 in one go on board a single rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here.The satellites will be injected into sun synchronous orbit at different slots at different...
10:04
Sasikala inducts nephew TTV Dinakaran into the AIADMK as the party's deputy general secretary ahead of surrender, which is likely to happen today. Sasikala has also inducted another relative Venkatesh into the party. Dinakaran's appointment is a departure from Jayalalithaa's decision in 2011,...
10:00
PSLV-C37 carrying CARTOSAT-2 series earth observation satellite and 103 nano satellites lifts off from Sriharikota. PSLV-C37 successfully places in orbit India's CARTOSAT-2 series satellite and two other satellites.
09:48
Welcoming the verdict given by the Supreme Court convicting AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala in connection with the 19-year old disproportionate assets case, the Congress on Wednesday emphasized on the instability spreading in Tamil Nadu due to Governor C Vidyasagar Rao's delay in...
09:34
ISRO is attempting a new world record by launching 104 satellites in a single flight of PSLVC 37 from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The main passenger is the Earth-mapping Cartosat 2 series satellite, which weighs 714 kg. Among the 104 satellites are many belonging to international customers....
09:26
The Government Railway Police in Kota, Rajasthan, lodged an FIR against Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan and others under several charges, including rioting, while he was in Kota for the promotion of his film Raees on January 24. On way to New Delhi from Mumbai, Khan was aboard August Kranti...
08:57
The Indian Space Research Organisation is all set for the biggest launch of record 104 satellites at one go, which will be a historic moment for India. With this launch, India will script history by becoming the first country to launch more than 100 satellites under single mission.The 104...
08:41
Diverting from the norm, the Bench of Justices PC Ghose and Amitava Roy overturned the Karnataka high court's acquittal and restored the judgment of the trial court in toto. This, despite the fact that many an apex court decision, including the one in State of Uttar Pradesh v. Chet Ram & Ors, has...
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Sasikala to seek more time from Supreme Court today for surrendering before Bangalore trial court. Earlier on Tuesday, the apex court while delivering its verdict had told the AIADMK chief that she should surrender forthwith. Following her conviction, she cannot hold public office or contest...
08:09
Polling began this morning in 67 assembly constituencies spread over 11 districts of western Uttar Pradesh figuring in the second phase of voting.The districts where polling is on amid tight security arrangements are Saharanpur, Bijnor, Moradabad, Sambhal, Rampur, Bareilly, Amroha, Pilibhit,...
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Grammy award winning pop singer Justin Bieber to come to India in May this year.Namaste India. See you on May 10th at D Y Patil Stadium, said the exuberant message from Justin Bieber, confirming his arrival to Hindustan Times.The show at the stadium located in Nerul, Mumbai, is a part of the...
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Meanwhile, having reached the Pose Garden residence in Chennai, Sasikala once again spoke to the crowd that had gathered to meet her before she headed to Bengaluru on Wednesday to serve out her sentence.She said, Dharma will undergo challenges but one has to overcome it.She reiterated that...
00:59
After pressure from lawmakers, First Lady Melania Trump announced today the White House will reopen to the public in early March, nearly seven weeks after her husband Donald became president. White House tours are highly popular with visitors to Washington, a perk arranged by members of Congress...
00:58
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has announced the appointment of Jean-Pierre Lacroix of France to head UN peacekeeping for a year pending a review of the world body's functions and structure.The UN's political affairs chief, Jeffrey Feltman of the United States, will remain at this post,...
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No force can wean me away from AIADMK: SasikalaJaya's niece Deepa joins OPS at Jayalalithaa's memorialSC seals Sasikala's fate in 8 minutes, sends her to prisonMajor among 4 soldiers killed in two separate encountersPakistan duo caught red-handed while spot-fixing in PSL, says PCB SC says...
