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New Delhi, Jun 21: Employees of Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines, on Tuesday, sent an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, urging them to bring back the "fugitive" as he has "blood on his hands." Signed as 'Kingfisher Employees', the letter questioned PM Modi and Sushma Swaraj as to why dues owed by Vijay Mallya to banks were given precedence

Thoothukudi, Jun 20: Vedanta Ltd said on Wednesday a sulphuric acid leak from a tank at its southern Indian copper smelter was severe and inaction could lead to serious environmental consequences. The district administration had said on Sunday the leak at the plant in the seaside town of Thoothukudi was minor, and steps were being taken to empty the storage tanks as a safety precaution. "There is

New Delhi, Jun 20: Union Minister Arun Jaitley said today that Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian will be leaving the finance ministry because of "pressing family commitments" and will return to the US. Subramanian was appointed as CEA to the finance ministry on October 16, 2014 for a period of three years. In 2017 his term was extended for a year. "Few days ago Chief Economic Advisor

New Delhi, Jun 20: Less than a year after banks and post offices were asked to set up Aadhaar facility on their premises, as many as 18,000 centres have come up for enrolment and updation of the biometric ID at such locations, UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey has said. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) had in July last year asked private as well as public sector banks to set up

Srinagar, Jun 20: National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah on Wednesday called for the immediate dissolution of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly and holding of fresh elections in the state. In a surprise move, the BJP on Tuesday pulled out of the three-year-old ruling coalition with the People's Democratic Party (PDP), and the State was placed under Governor’s rule on Wednesday

Mumbai, Jun 20: The Shiv Sena today wondered if the BJP's decision to part ways with alliance partner PDP in Jammu and Kashmir was taken to avoid "uneasy questions" over violence in the state ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Dubbing the BJP's decision as a "political move", Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said the coming together of the PDP-BJP to form the government in the state was "unnatural and

Gangtok, Jun 20: Renowned music composer A R Rahman has been appointed as the Brand Ambassador of the Sikkim government, an official notification said. Rahman will promote and project the state's achievements nationally and globally, the notification issued by the Chief Secretary A K Srivastava said. Sikkim, with its natural and pristine beauty, has over the last two decades emerged as a world

Washington, Jun 20: A group of 52 Indians, mostly Sikhs, has been held at a detention centre in the US State of Oregon for being part of a large contingent of illegal immigrants seeking asylum, an American lawmaker has said. The Indians form the largest group of detainees in the total 123 illegal immigrants being held at a facility in Sheridan. The detention centre was recently visited by a group

New Delhi, Jun 20: President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday approved the imposition of Governor's rule in Jammu and Kashmir, with an immediate effect. Yesterday, Governor Narinder Nath Vohra forwarded his report to the President of India for the imposition of Governor's Rule under Section 92 of the Constitution. This came after Mehbooba Mufti resigned as Jammu and Kashmir's Chief Minister following

New Delhi, Jun 19: After a period of nine days, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ended his sit-in strike at Raj Niwas, Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal's office-cum-residence. This move came after Baijal wrote to Kejriwal, asking them to hold a meeting with IAS officers to sort out their differences. Addressing the media, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the officers have started