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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edapaddi K Palanisamy with Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao. (Photo: video grab)

After floor test tomorrow, TN CM Palanisamy to visit Sasikala in jail

Sasikala watched the swearing-in ceremony of Palanisamy from her jail cell, where she has been denied special...

17 Feb 2017 12:47 PM IST

AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala (Photo: PTI)

Sacked presidium chief Madusudanan 'expels' Sasikala, TN CM from...

E Madusudanan also 'removed' VK Sasikala's relatives Dinakaran and S Venkatesh, and several others from their posts.

17 Feb 2017 12:31 PM IST

Firemen were also left confused on how to put off a fire in the water. (Photo: DC)

Bengaluru's Bellandur lake spews out fire, thick smoke; residents...

The lake has been in news for the last one year for spillover of froth and toxic fumes.

17 Feb 2017 12:24 PM IST

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi (left) and Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani. (Photo: File)

Priyanka Gandhi will decide where to campaign in UP, not Smriti Irani:...

Irani had said that Priyanka Gandhi is not campaigning in Amethi as she is afraid of the questions people may ask her.

17 Feb 2017 11:35 AM IST

Subramanian Swamy on Sunday said the provocative regression from Pakistan shows that it has been taken over by its army.

Triple talaq immoral, creates inequality between men and women: Swamy

Earlier, the Supreme Court had asked all respective parties to give their written submissions to the Attorney General by...

17 Feb 2017 11:30 AM IST

44-year-old rights activist Irom Sharmila (Photo: AP)

Irom Sharmila rides bicycle, files nomination papers for Manipur polls

Sharmila covered a distance of approximately 20 kilometres from Imphal on her bicycle to file her nomination.

17 Feb 2017 11:24 AM IST

AIADMK chief VK Sasikala (Photo: PTI)

Palanisamy govt may request court for relocation of Sasikala to TN...

Tamil Nadu CM E Palanisamy will visit Sasikala at the Bengaluru jail tomorrow, following the floor test in TN Assembly.

17 Feb 2017 10:39 AM IST

RBI Governor Urjit Patel. (Photo: File)

What's cooking? Urjit Patel signed Rs 2000 notes while Rajan was in...

Also, printing of new Rs 500 notes started only on November 23, 15 days after demonetisation, a report said.

17 Feb 2017 9:38 AM IST

The Department of Good Governance of BJP is organising a seminar Demography Change of Jammu - A Challenge on February 18. (Photo: File)

Establishing 'illegal' Bangladeshi immigrants in Jammu a conspiracy:...

BJP said 'illegal' immigrants may multiply by numbers and establish contacts with criminal and anti-national elements.

17 Feb 2017 9:07 AM IST

Telangana CM KCR

TRS govt forcibly taking land of small farmers to benefit corporates:...

Congress demanded the state government acquire lands only under the Land Acquisition Act, 2013.

17 Feb 2017 8:25 AM IST

DMK working president MK Stalin during an interview with the PTI at his residence in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

'Don't get operated remotely from Bengaluru': Stalin's advice to...

Palanisamy must not run the government according to the whims and fancies of 'power centres here and at Bengaluru,'...

17 Feb 2017 8:16 AM IST

The one man inquiry commission headed by Justice S. Rajeswaran, retired judge of the Madras High court, began on Thursday, a probe into the causes and circumstances that lead to the outbreak of violence during the pro-jallikattu protests. (Representational image)

Jallikattu protest: Justice Rajeswaran begins probe

The commission will ascertain whether there were any excesses on the part of police officers.

17 Feb 2017 8:01 AM IST