Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday wrote to Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala seeking an appointment to meet him, after accepting the support extended by the Congress to form the government in the state. The JD-S has already announced that Kumaraswamy would be the party’s candidate for the Karnataka Chief Minister’s post. “This is […]
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s chief ministerial candidate B.S. Yeddyurappa said on Tuesday evening that he had urged Governor Vajubhai R. Vala to allow him to prove majority support in the Karnataka Assembly. “We are the single largest party. We have requested the Governor to give the BJP a chance to prove majority in the Assembly. […]
Veteran stage, TV and Malayalam film artiste Kalashala Babu passed away here in Kerala early on Monday at a private hospital, family sources said. He was 68. Apart from donning the grease paint in close to 150 films, mostly in small character roles, the multifaceted Babu was also a hugely popular stage artiste, who began […]
A coalition supporting radical Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who rose up in arms against the US invasion, is leading in the initial vote count of the parliamentary elections, said the poll panel on Monday. Al Sadr’s candidates were leading in several provinces, including Baghdad, where incumbent Prime Minister Haider al Abadi was in sixth […]
At least seven Maoists were gunned down in separate encounters with security personnel in Odisha’s Kandhamal and Balangir districts in last two days, said an official on Monday. “Five Maoists were killed during a combing operation at Sudukumpa forest in Kandhamal’s Golanki village. “While two were killed in Dudkamal village of Balangir district,” said Additional […]
Polling for electing 38,616 representatives across three tiers to West Bengal Panchayat (rural) bodies began at 7 a.m. on Monday. Long queues were seen outside several booths as people from all social and economic backgrounds patiently waited for their turn to exercise their democratic right. Pre-poll surveys have predicted that the coming rural elections could […]
Fortis Healthcare on Thursday said that its Board will recommend the binding offer of the Hero and Burman consortium for shareholders’ approval. According to the healthcare major, the entire exercise for selecting the Hero and Burman consortium involved a process that witnessed “deliberation and recommendation” by an independent Expert Advisory Committee (EAC). “The Board considered […]
A week after he was granted bail, former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Chhagan Bhujbal finally returned home after over two years in custody, here on Thursday. The NCP legislator from Yeola in Nashik has been in jail since his arrest on March 14, 2016, for being involved in […]
Positive Asian markets, along with lower crude oil prices and expectations of healthy quarterly earning results pushed the key Indian equity indices to trade higher during the morning session on Tuesday. According to market observers, healthy buying was witnessed in banking, healthcare and FMCG stocks. Around 9.30 a.m., the broader Nifty50 of the National Stock […]
Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday continued restrictions in parts of Srinagar city and other places in the valley after separatists renewed their appeal for a protest shutdown. Police said restrictions would remain in force in Rainawari, Khanyar, Nowhatta, M.R.Gunj, Safa Kadal, Maisuma and Kralkhud. All educational institutions, including universities, colleges and schools have […]