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When Manohar Parrikar addressed the 55th convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 2017, he told the graduates to take up jobs in social and development sectors.An alumnus of the famed institute, Parrikar also asked students to join politics and the Army, said a former IIT-B...
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Centre has announced national mourning on March 18, following demise of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.State funeral will be accorded to him.National Flag will fly at half-mast in the National Capital and capitals of States and UTs. -- ANI
21:23
Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, nuclear submarines and scores of other ships were put on operational deployment by the Indian Navy after tension escalated between India and Pakistan following the Pulwama terror attack, Navy officials said on Sunday.They said the naval assets were part of a...
20:57
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday condoled the demise of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and described him as 'one of Goa's favourite sons'.He said Parrikar was respected and admired across party lines and had bravely battled his illness for over a year.'I am deeply saddened by the...
20:51
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Sunday announced former Union ministers Dayanidhi Maran, A Raja and T R Baalu and its Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi among its candidates for the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies it is contesting in Tamil Nadu.Releasing the list of candidates, which included 13 new...
20:32
Visuals from outside the residence of late Goa Chief Minster Manohar Parrikar in Panaji. -- ANI
20:24
Condolence meet to be held in the Union Cabinet at 11 am tomorrow for Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. -- ANI
20:24
Rashtrapati Bhavan has announced that Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has passed away.A tweet by President of India said:'Extremely sorry to hear of the passing of Shri Manohar Parrikar, Chief Minister of Goa, after an illness borne with fortitude and dignity.'An epitome of integrity and...
19:12
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's health condition is extremely critical, says the CM's Office.The CMO says doctors are trying their best.More details awaited. -- ANI
18:41
The parents of Farhaj Ahsan, an engineer feared dead in the Christchurch mosque massacre, are expected to leave for New Zealand on Sunday night, a family member said.Khursheed, brother of Ahmed Iqbal Jahangir, a city resident who is recovering after being shot, told PTI that he too would be...
17:28
The Congress party on Sunday announced to leave seven Lok Sabha seats for Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, and Rashtriya Lok Dal in Uttar Pradesh, where 80 seats are at stake.Talking to media persons here, UP Congress Committee president Raj Babbar said: We are leaving seven seats vacant for...
16:35
All efforts are being made to bring the mortal remains of the 27-year-old woman from Kerala, killed in the in the Christchurch terror attacks, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday.Ancia Alibava from Kodungallur in Thrissur district, among the 49 people who were...
15:52
The name of former Supreme Court judge Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose is said to be in active consideration for appointment as the chief of country's first Lokpal, the anti-corruption ombudsman, officials said on Sunday.Justice Ghose, who retired from the Supreme Court in May 2017, is a member of...
15:06
Irked over disclosure of information regarding the UN's rejection of Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed's plea for removal of his name from the list of global terrorists earlier this month, Pakistan has written to the global body urging the setting up of an enquiry to find out how India's news...
14:33
Senior Congress leader Digambar Kamat left for New Delhi on Sunday, amid speculation that he may join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, though the former chief minister denied any such move.Speculations were rife that Kamat may be inducted into the BJP and given a major position in the state...
13:54
Former media baron Peter Mukerjea, an accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, was admitted to the state-run J J Hospital in Mumbai after he complained of chest pain, officials said on Sunday.Mukerjea, who was lodged at the Arthur Road Jail in Central Mumbai, had been complaining of chest pain for...
13:40
A 33-year-old man was killed and four others were injured on Sunday when a landslide struck a remote village in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.A group of labourers was on way to Banihal on foot when they came under the landslide at Khari-Mahoo road near Aarmarg in the morning,...
12:57
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday stepped up its 'Main bhi chowkidar' campaign with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other party leaders, including its president Amit Shah, prefixing the word 'chowkidar' to their names in their Twitter profile as they sought people's support in the Lok Sabha...
12:48
Upset over being ragged by a senior, two students of a private arts and science college in Madurai allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison, police said on Sunday.The students, both pursuing their first year BA Economics course, had taken the poison on March 2, following which they were...
12:22
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has asked all its MLAs not to leave Goa in the backdrop of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's deteriorating health and Congress staking claim to form the government in the state.Goa BJP general secretary Sadanand Tanawade told ANI that all the legislators have...
12:14
State-owned telecom firm BSNL will approach National Company Law Tribunal this week to recover dues of about Rs 700 crore from Reliance Communications, according to official sources.Earlier, debt-ridden RCom in its plea before the NCLAT said that it wants to voluntarily go back into the...
11:07
Tamil Nadu?s ruling AIADMK on Sunday retained just one Lok Sabha constituency in the state capital while giving away the remaining two to its partners ? PMK and DMDK ? as the party announced the list of seats to be contested by constituents of the rainbow alliance. AIADMK has retained most of the...
10:38
Former IAS officer Shah Faesal will launch his political outfit 'Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement' at a function in the Rajbagh area of the city on Sunday.He said the function will be held at the Gindun Ground in Rajbagh. The 2010 batch UPSC topper resigned from the Indian Administrative...
10:07
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her office received a manifesto from the gunman suspected of killing 50 people in two Christchurch mosques minutes before Friday's attack. I was one of more than 30 recipients of the manifesto that was mailed out nine minutes before the attack took...
10:03
Accused No 4 in the Sheena Bora murder case and former CEO Star India, Peter Mukerjea was admitted to Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Hospital, south central Mumbai, on Saturday afternoon. Mukerjea reported having chest pains, sources said, for the past five days at Arthur Road Jail. His ECG was done...
09:30
Veteran journalist Darryl D?Monte died in Mumbai on Saturday evening, aged 76.Over the past one year, he had been undergoing treatment for cancer, which he is said to have overcome. However, on Saturday afternoon, he was admitted to hospital, where he died later in the day.The funeral will be...
09:17
As eastern UP's party in-charge Priyanka Gandhi is scheduled to arrive in Lucknow on Sunday, her plan for 'Ganga Sojourn' is in the doldrums due to lean flow of the water on some stretches of the river. According to a report in The Times of India, Gandhi's scheduled boat ride from Allahabad to...
08:44
The BJP is set to drop sitting MP from Patna Sahib Shatrughan Sinha and he is likely to be replaced by Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, sources said Saturday. Prasad's name was discussed in the BJP's central election committee here which was attended by party chief Amit Shah and Prime...
08:15
Five Indians were among the 50 people killed by a white supremacist, who opened fire on worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch, in the worst attack on Muslims in New Zealand, the Indian High Commission said.The attacker, identified by authorities as Australia-born Brenton Tarrant, 28,...
