India

Chennai, Feb 10: Sending a strong message to her detractors, AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala today sacked party Presidium Chairman E Madusudanan from the primary membership, a day after he switched over to the rebel camp led by Chief Minister O Panneerselvam. Madusudanan had been removed from all posts besides the primary membership for going against the party principles and bringing

Amaravati, Feb 10: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has said more women leaders would make the world safer as they can ensure promoting deeper human values. "Scientists now say women are more sensitive of others' suffering. There are 200 nations on this planet and more women leaders would bring more safer world," the Buddhist monk observed, addressing the inaugural session of National Women's

Chennai, Feb 10: Upset over party MLAs slipping through their fingers, the Sasikala camp is apparently in touch with the Congress for support to form the government should any 'emergency' arise. The Congress high command on Thursday summoned Tamil Nadu Congress chief S Thirunavukkarasar and legislature party leader K Ramasamy to New Delhi on Friday for consultations. In the backdrop of allegations

Chennai, Feb 9: Caretaker Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today held a brief meeting with Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao amid the political uncertainty in the state and said that "good things will happen" but did not elaborate. "We had a detailed discussion with Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao about all that is happening in Tamil Nadu... For sure, good thing will happen, dharma will win," he told

Chennai, Feb 9: The O Panneerselvam camp today received a major boost with the AIADMK Presidium Chairman E Madusudanan switching over to the Chief Minister's side, saying he wanted to "safeguard" the party. "To protect AIADMK, everybody should join hands with OPS (Panneerselvam)," Madusudanan said, adding that he did not want the party to get into the hands of a single family. He was flanked by

Mumbai, Feb 9: In yet another suspected act of sabotage within a fortnight, a six-foot long discarded overhead equipment was found lying on the rail tracks between Jasai and Dapoli stations near Uran in the wee hours yesterday, sending the Central Railway officials into a tizzy. The incident took place around 3 AM on Wednesday when an alert driver of a JNPT bound goods train, coming from Ratlam in

New Delhi, Feb 9: The Supreme Court today directed real estate baron Gopal Ansal to serve one year jail term in connection with the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy case in which 59 people had died. The apex court, in a majority verdict of 2:1, asked Gopal Ansal to surrender within four weeks to serve the remaining jail term of the one year punishment. However, the apex court gave relief to elder brother

New Delhi, Feb 9: The Reserve Bank on Wednesday said the weekly limit on withdrawal of cash from savings bank accounts will be increased to Rs 50,000, from the current Rs 24,000, from 20 February, and the limit will be removed completely from 13 March. "The limits on cash withdrawal from savings bank accounts continue to be in place. In line with the pace of remonetisation, it has now been decided

Chennai, Feb 9: Day 1 of OPS vs Sasi belonged to V K Sasikala. The legislature party meeting she convened was attended by at least 120 AIADMK MLAs accor ding to intel reports (out of a total of 134). Her camp said 129 MLAs attended the meeting. Five MLAs including former minister S P Shanmuganathan publicly cast their lot with OPS.Most of the ministers were rooting for Sasi, it seemed, while

New Delhi, Feb 8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today targeted his predecessor Manmohan Singh for describing demonetisation as "loot" and "plunder" even as he asserted in the Rajya Sabha that the fight against black money is not a political one or against any party. He tore into Congress and took on Singh who had described demonetisation as "organised loot" and "legalised plunder", saying "the art