Special Counsel Robert Mueller is looking into President Donald Trump’s adviser Roger Stone’s ties to Wikileaks and its founder Julian Assange, a media report said. According to The Wall Street Journal report on Monday, Stone said in an email on August 4, 2016, that he had “dined with Julian Assange last night”, reports CNN. Stone […]
Closing Lashkar-e-Taiba’s (LeT) loopholes, the US has taken aim at its political party, the Milli Muslim League (MML), and seven leaders, as well as another front organisation adding them to its list of terrorist groups. The State and the Treasury Departments announced on Monday that the MML, which openly campaigns with posters of LeT chief […]
Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK began their statewide hunger strike on Tuesday in protest against the Central government’s failure to set up a Cauvery Management Board (CMB) despite a Supreme Court order. Chief Minister K.Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O.Panneerselvam participated in the strike here, while in districts, the protest was led by other ministers and […]
A Telugu news anchor committed suicide by jumping off the fifth floor of her apartment building here, police said on Monday. V. Radhika Reddy, 36, who was associated with the V6 News channel, killed herself at Srivila Apartment in Moosapet on Sunday night. A suicide note written in Telugu was found from her handbag. She […]
The Supreme Court will hear on Wednesday a batch of petitions challenging the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) decision to re-conduct maths exams for Class 10 after its question paper was leaked on March 28. The bench headed by the Chief Justice Dipak Misra said on Monday decided to take up the matter after […]
Positive Asian cues, along with value buying pushed the key indices of the Indian equity market higher during the early morning trade session on Monday. According to market observers, healthy buying was witnessed in automobile, capital goods and oil and gas stocks. At 9.30 a.m., the barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE traded […]
The trade war between China and the US escalated on Monday, with Beijing slapping a tariff as high as 25 per cent on 128 American products. China’s tit-for-tat move comes after US President Donald Trump announced to imposed trade charges of up to $60 billion on Chinese imports on March 22 and did not revoke […]
The DMK on Monday staged protests here against the Central government for not setting up the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) as per the Supreme Court’s orders. Party members protested in several places in the city including the arterial Anna Salai stretch in Saidapet here affecting traffic. The DMK had announced that it would conduct protests […]
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day on Monday after the opposition parties created pandemonium over their demands. Soon after the House met, the AIADMK, TDP and other opposition members trooped near the Chair’s podium shouting slogans and holding placards. Amid the pandemonium, the papers were laid on the table of the House. Leader […]
Activists from various Scheduled Castes (SC) organisations held protests in Punjab and Haryana against the dilution of the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act following a Supreme Court order. Hundreds of protesters carrying swords, sticks, baseball bats and flags forced shopkeepers and other establishments in Jalandhar, Amritsar and Bathinda to shut down. According to reports, some […]