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Chennai, Sep 24: The ruling AIADMK today lashed out at DMK chief M Karunanidhi for seeking a special session of Tamil Nadu Assembly to discuss the Cauvery issue, saying he came up with such demands as he was "irked" over Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's "repeated victories" in the inter-state row and wanted to "conceal his betrayals" in the matter. By making such demands, Karunanidhi was trying to

New Delhi, Sep 24: The chiefs of the Army and the Air Force along with the Vice Chief of the Navy today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence here. The meeting assumes significance as it comes against the backdrop of the deadly Uri attack. Defence sources described the meeting as "routine". The chiefs of the armed forces have a monthly meeting with the Prime Minister to discuss various

Ahmedabad, Sep 24: Chief Minister Vijay Rupani's maiden outing on social media - Twitter Town Halla la Ask Obama - proved to be a damp squib on Friday . The CM did not respond to a single question in the stipulated time from 10 am to 12.30 pm. Out of 800-odd questions, he answered five afterwards - two from his Vijay Rupani (@vijayrupanibjp) and three from his CM Gujarat (@CMOGuj) account. Rupani

Coimbatore, Sept 23: A state-wide dawn to dusk bandh called today by Hindu Munnani in protest against the alleged murder of its spokesperson turned violent and targeted police, as some miscreants torched a police vehicle in Thudiyalur on the city outskirts. Hindu Munnani spokesperson Sarikumar was returning home last night when he was allegedly murdered by four persons, riding two motorcycles

New Delhi, Sept 23: India and France today signed the Euro 7.87-billion deal for Rafale fighter jets, equipped with latest missiles and weapon system besides multiple India- specific modifications that will give the IAF cutting edge capability over arch rival Pakistan. The deal was signed by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and his visiting French counterpart Jean Yves Le Drian sixteen months

Mumbai, Sep 23: Police have issued sketches of suspects spotted moving suspiciously near a Naval base at Uran in neighbouring Raigad district, even as multi-agency search operations are on to trace them a day after a high alert was sounded along the Mumbai coast and adjoining areas. Based on the description given by some school children at Uran who spotted the armed suspects, their sketches were

Chennai, Sep 23: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was admitted to a private hospital after she complained of “fever and dehydration”. The 68-year-old AIADMK chief was taken to Apollo Hospitals late last night and her condition is stated to be “stable” now, the hospital said, adding she is “under observation”. “The honourable chief minister of Tamil Nadu was admitted to Apollo Hospitals

Raigad/Mumbai, Sep 23: Navi Mumbai/Mumbai: The city and its adjoining areas were placed on high alert after two students separately reported seeing up to half a dozen masked, armed men with backpacks at Uran, 47km from Mumbai, around 6.30am on Thursday. The sighting, coming four days after the Uri army camp attack, witnessed the Navy, which has an armament depot and commando base at Uran, on the

Singapore, Sep 22: Gujaratis seem to be among the most dominant communities when it comes to wealth creation, with Ambanis, Adanis, Shanghvis and Patels cornering a large number of top positions on the list of India's richest 100 released by Forbes today. Industrialist Mukesh Ambani was named India's richest person for a ninth year in a row with a sharp increase in networth to USD 22.7 billion

Singapore, Sep 22: Yoga guru Ramdev's close associate Balkrishna has entered India's richest 100 club with USD 2.5 billion networth owing to his 97 per cent holding in Patanjali Ayurved, while new-age retailer Flipkart's co-founders Sachin and Binny Bansal made a surprise exit from the list.Acharya Balkrishna has made his debut on the Forbes list of India's 100 Richest People at 48th position. "