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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

SC issues notices to Centre and 6 other states on rising incidents of cow vigilantism

The apex court has also asked the Rajasthan government to respond on the recent lynching of a man in Alwar while transporting cattle.

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

Ladakh avalanche: 3 soldiers found dead under snow in Batalik sector

Of the five soldiers trapped under snow when an army post got buried in Ladakh due to an avalanche two have been rescued.

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

Israel Aerospace Industries signs almost $2 billion missile deal with India

Israel Aerospace Industries has struck the country's "largest ever defence deal" to supply Indian army and navy with missile defence systems, according to the company.

Apr 7, 2017

Distraught father cries for entire family killed in Syria gas attack

Youssef Abdel Hamid, a resident of Khan Sheikhoun, Syria, lost more than 20 members of his extended family in the 4 April chemical attack, including his wife Dalal and their two infant children Aya and Ahmed.The use of a chemical agent was confirmed on 6 April by Turkish autopsies of the bodies.

Apr 6, 2017

Tesla Model X 360° passenger experience

Take a 360-degree ride through London in the Tesla Model X

Apr 6, 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

Five things you didn’t know about Peppa Pig

Since it’s launch in 2004, Peppa Pig has become one of the biggest children’s TV franchises in the world, being shown in 180 countries and in 40 languages.

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

Jammu and Kashmir avalanches: 5 soldiers buried under snow; Indian Army post hit in Batalik sector

While two have been rescued, operation is currently underway to rescue the remaining three personnel.

Apr 6, 2017