Politics

I-T department raids properties of TN health minister Vijayabaskar, Sarath Kumar, AIADMK MLAs

Raids were also conducted at properties belonging to former MLA Chitlapakkam Rajendran and Geethalakshmi, the VC of Dr MGR Medical University.

Apr 7, 2017

Air India lifts flight ban on Ravindra Gaikwad after Commercial pilots and flight attendants ganged up against him

Air India also cancelled two tickets of Gaikwad, continuing its ban on the Shiv Sena MP.

Apr 7, 2017

Trump says Bashar al-Assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children in Syria

US President Donald Trump ordered a missile strike against an Assad regime airbase in Homs in Syria on Thursday night (6 April) in response to the horrific chemical attack against civilians in the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun. Speaking at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where the president is attending a two-day summit with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, Trump said it was in the vital national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons.

Apr 7, 2017

Tillerson: Russia should consider carefully its support to Assad regime

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday (6 April) that Russia had failed to deliver on a commitment to secure chemical weapons in Syria. He accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of perpetuating a chemical weapons attack that killed more than 70 civilians in Syria. He urged Russia to reconsider its support for the regime. In a strongly worded rebuke, Tillerson said the country had either been complicit or simply incompetent in its failure to keep to the 2013 commitment brokered under the Obama administration after a chemical attack.

Apr 7, 2017

US fires dozens of missiles at Syria airbase from where chemical attack was launched; 6 killed

US President Donald Trump confirmed the attack in which at least 50 Tomahawk missiles were reported to have been fired at a Syrian airbase in Homs.

Apr 7, 2017

RK Nagar bypolls: OPS camp 'resurrects' Jaya; social media goes ballistic

The AIADMK faction led by O Panneerselvam has reportedly been campaigning using a replica of the mortal remains of former Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa for the RK Nagar bypolls scheduled for April 12.

Apr 6, 2017

Puducherry LG Kiran Bedi hits back after UT's chief secretary makes mockery of rules

Chief Secretary Manoj Parida brazenly transferred Puducherry Municipal Commissioner Chandrasekeran without the consent of LG Kiran Bedi. Read more to know how she stepped in and straightened the erring official.

Apr 6, 2017

Donald Trumps weirdest habits

From moving glasses to yanking handshakes, here are some of the strangest habits of the leader of the free world.

Apr 6, 2017

GST crosses last hurdle; Bill gets passed in Rajya Sabha

Former PM Manmohan Singh urged the Congress to not seek changes to the bill in order to "maintain consensus and federal agreement".

Apr 6, 2017

These Kashmiri students kick-started their cricket match with Pakistan national anthem!

A video of these Kashmiri students singing the Pakistan national anthem before a cricket match in Jammu and Kashmir went viral, creating national outrage. Read on to know more, and do check out the video.

Apr 6, 2017

Ravindra Gaikwad expresses regret in letter to civil aviation minister, requests to lift airline ban

Gaikwad said in parliament that he would apologise to the House but not to the Air India manager whom he assaulted. His party, the Shiv Sena, also threatened to boycott meeting if matter was not resolved by April 10.

Apr 6, 2017

5 precious Obama moments from the White House correspondents' dinner that Donald Trump can never match! [VIDEOS]

This month's White House Correspondents' Association dinner is mostly a no show as US President Donald Trump and his White House aides are busy snubbing the annual tradition.

Apr 6, 2017

Advani's presidential bid hangs by a thread after Babri case revived: Will BJP patriarch go gently into that good night?

It is ironic that on BJP's foundation day, the focus shifted back to LK Advani, 89, in connection with the Babri demolition case of 1992. How will the man take the eventual outcome?

Apr 6, 2017

As RK Nagar elections loom, Sasikala makes a mockery of prison law; meets 28 visitors in 31 days

According to jail rules, convicts only get to meet visitors once every 15 days. Is Sasikala above the law?

Apr 6, 2017

Congress' Ajay Maken demands Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's resignation over findings of Shunglu Committee report

The Shunglu Committee report has found the AAP government guilty of illegal allotment of land, nepotism and unauthorised foreign trips by party members.

Apr 6, 2017