Top 10 stories for today - May 21, 2017

May 21, 2017 07:39 pm | Updated May 22, 2017 06:35 pm IST

Will Mumbai Indians steal Pune Supergiant’s thunder?

Memories of defeats in the league phase may weigh Mumbai down in the final

Four militants, three jawans killed in Kashmir encounter

The gun battle had ensued when alert Army jawans had foiled an infiltration by the militants in Naugam sector in north Kashmir.

Rajini is a great actor. Modi is a great leader. If he wants to meet PM, no problem, says Venkaiah

Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said he was not aware of any possible meeting between actor Rajinikanth and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Jail for contempt: Justice Karnan seeks President’s intervention

A fresh representation has been made to the President on behalf of the Calcutta High Court judg seeking suspension of the Supreme Court order sentencing him to six-month imprisonment for contempt of court.

Pharma effluents promoting drug resistance?

European study finds drug residues in high concentrations around specific pharmaceutical units in Hyderabad, but industry rebuts the claim

In welfarist TN, Aadhaar is a gamechanger but with glitches

By seeding its extensive PDS and job guarantee scheme with Aadhaar, Tamil Nadu is in the forefront of implementing a national reform

North Korea fires ballistic missile in latest test: Seoul

The launch comes a week after a successful test-fire of a new midrange missile that Pyongyang said could carry a heavy nuclear warhead.

From NASA with love: new bacteria named after Kalam

In great news for India, scientists at NASA have named a new organism discovered by them after the much-loved A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

Japan to build war museum in Manipur

Japan is going to build a war museum at the hillock at Maiba Lokpa in Bishnupur district, Manipur, where a Japanese camp was located during World War II.

Indian man arrested in Pakistan for not carrying travel documents: Report

The arrest came days after the International Court of Justice stayed the execution of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court.  

 

 

 

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