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New Delhi, Jan 7: This is not an appropriate time to divest government stake in Air India, which should be given at least five years to revive and its debt is written off, a parliamentary panel is likely to tell the government. The panel is also understood to have concluded that the equity infusion in the national carrier, as part of the turnaround plan (TAP), was made on a "piecemeal basis"

Kuala Lumpur, Jan 7: Malaysia’s opposition coalition on Sunday named 92-year old former premier Mahathir Mohamad as its prime ministerial candidate for a general election that must be called by August. With the country’s most popular opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in jail, Mr. Mahathir is seen as the biggest threat for Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is engulfed in a corruption scandal. Mr

Camp David, Jan 7: US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would "absolutely" be willing to talk on the phone to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and that he hopes a positive development results from talks between North Korea and South Korea. North Korea agreed on Friday to hold official talks with South Korea next week, the first in more than two years, hours after Washington and Seoul

New Delhi, Jan 7: Four men died and two others, including a national level powerlifter, were injured after their car met with an accident in the early hours Sunday near Delhi-Haryana border in northwest Delhi, the police said. The accident took place near Singhu border in Alipur police station area, they said. The driver lost control over the speeding vehicle that first hit a divider and then a

Mangaluru Jan 7: Nearly four days after he was brutally attacked by a gang of communal hatemongers without any provocation at Kottara Chowki in the city, 47-year-old Basheer passed away at a private hospital on Sunday. Basheer had sustained deep injuries in his head and chest in the attack. Medical sources said that he did not show any sign of recovery in four days and breathed his last at 8: 10 a

Mangaluru Jan 7: Nearly four days after he was brutally attacked by a gang of communal hatemongers without any provocation at Kottara Chowki in the city, 47-year-old Basheer passed away at a private hospital on Sunday. Basheer had sustained deep injuries in his head and chest in the attack. Medical sources said that he did not show any sign of recovery in four days and breathed his last at 8: 10 a

Jan 5: Lalu Prasad Yadav has been sentenced to 3.5 years in jail in the Fodder Scam case and has been issued a fine of Rs 5 lakh. In addition, Phool Chand, Mahesh Prasad, Bake Julious,Sunil Kumar, Sushil Kumar, Sudhir Kumar and Raja Ram sentenced to 3.5 years in jail and Rs 5 lakh fine each. The verdict was pronounced by Justice Shivpal Singh through a video conference during which all accused

Srinagar, Jan 6: Denouncing the killing of four policemen in an IED blast in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday urged the people to work shoulder to shoulder to break the “vortex of violence” in the state. These young policemen were killed when they were on duty to protect the people in the town. It is highly unfortunate to see, Mufti said in Srinagar. “The vortex

Rajkot, Jan 6: A 36-year-old assistant professor was nabbed today for allegedly killing his 64-year-old mother by pushing her off the terrace of their residential building in the city in September last year, police said. Sandip Nathwani, who teaches in a local Pharmacy college, allegedly pushed his mother Jayshreeben to death on September 29 as he was "fed up" with her illness, according to police

Panjim, Jan 6: From Saturday, the Goa Meat Traders Association, an umbrella body which supplies meat across tourist belts, hotels and households in Goa, will be on an indefinite strike till the state intervenes to check the “rising cases” of vigilantism “in the name of beef”. Given that consumption of meat is higher in the winter months when large number of tourists descend on Goa, meat supplies