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Sunanda Pushkar death case: Tharoor sends legal notice to Law Minister for calling him 'murder accused'

The notice was sent by Tharoor's lawyer over a video posted by Ravi Shankar Prasad on his official Twitter handle on October 28.

Nov 1, 2018

Supreme Court declines urgent hearing on Karti Chidambaram's plea to go abroad

Karti Chidambaram has been facing several criminal cases, including the grant of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance in the INX-Media case.

Nov 1, 2018

Family of missing Sharda University student protest in Srinagar; Noida Police trace last call from Kashmir

The family of Ehtisham Bilal has appealed to the central government, J&K Governor and former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti to help locate Ehtisham.

Nov 1, 2018

BJP's Ramanagara candidate L Chandrashekar rejoins Congress; big boost for Anita Kumaraswamy

Anita Kumaraswamy's victory as the Congress-JD(S) candidate is almost certain after the withdrawal of Chandrashekar as BJP candidate.

Nov 1, 2018

Railways scraps surge pricing for tickets, increases freight charges by 8.75%

"The additional revenue will further help enhance various aspects of Railways including safety, service, and punctuality," said the Railways.

Nov 1, 2018

Karnataka celebrates Kannada Rajyotsava to mark 63rd anniversary of state's formation; quick facts

Kannada Rajyotsava is seen as one of the grandest celebrations in the state where red and yellow state flags are put up everywhere, especially in government offices.

Nov 1, 2018

India jumps 23 spots to 77th rank in World Bank's 'Ease of Doing Business' index

New Zealand sits on top of the list of 190 countries. Singapore, Denmark, and Hong Kong take the next 3 spots.

Nov 1, 2018

Centre unlikely to give details of Rafale's price to Supreme Court

After the Supreme Court asked the Centre to disclose the price of the Rafale fighter aircrafts, the government is likely to file an affidavit expressing its inability to do so.

Nov 1, 2018

Thousands of Google employees plan walk-out to protest against workplace harassment cases

According to a report in The New York Times, more than 1,500 most of them women plan to walk out of almost two dozen company offices around the world to protest Google's handling of sexual harassment and its workplace culture.

Nov 1, 2018

US President Trump tears into Democrats with racist new advertisement before midterms

The ad produced for the Trump campaign -- features Luis Bracamontes, a Mexican man who had previously been deported but returned to the US and was convicted in February in the killing of two California deputies.

Nov 1, 2018

Turkey confirms Khashoggi was strangled, dismembered immediately after entering Saudi Consulate

This is the first official statement made by Turkey after Saudi prosecutor Saud al-Mojeb had left Istanbul after a three-day talk with Fidan regarding the killing of the Washington Post columnist.

Nov 1, 2018

Kerala: Major fire breaks out at plastic manufacturing unit in Manvilla; no casualties

Three buildings of the family plastics unit are been completely damaged. There has been a loss of Rs 400 crore to the company.

Nov 1, 2018

US Supreme Court mulls pollution dispute over Tata Mundra power plant in Gujarat

International Finance Corp provided $450 million in loans in 2008 to help construct the coal-fired Tata Mundra Power Plant in Gujarat, India.

Nov 1, 2018

Texas man arrested for seeking young girl to rape, kill and cannibalise

Alexander Barter, 21 was arrested through a sting operation which was carried out by the Brevard County Sheriff's Office.

Nov 1, 2018

#MeToo: Sexual exploitation rampant in fashion world, say male models

Model Kawaljit Singh Anand's open accusation aimed at designer Vijay Arora opened up the #MeToo discussion about harassment that male models face.

Nov 1, 2018