Dharmapuri bus burning case: T.N. Governor explains why he agreed to set free life convicts
Tamil Nadu government’s top officials met Governor Banwarilal Purohit in October pressing for the release of the three AIADMK cadres convicted to life in the Dharmapuri bus burning case, stating that they “had no intention to kill” the three girl students of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.
Sushma Swaraj says she won’t contest in coming Lok Sabha election
Minister for External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, declared in Indore on Tuesday that she would not be contesting the next Lok Sabha polls scheduled for 2019 and that the top leadership of the BJP had been informed of the same.
Man throws red chilli powder at Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi Secretariat
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was on Tuesday afternoon attacked in the Delhi Secretariat by a man who threw red chilli powder at him. Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj said the Chief Minister was walking out of his office on the third floor of the Secretariat when a man came up to him and threw chilli powder at him. The Chief Minister's glasses were broken in the incident.
Sabarimala row: UDF leaders, workers defy prohibitory orders at Nilackal
As many as 250 United Democratic Front (UDF) workers, led by Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly Ramesh Chennnithala and former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, defied the prohibitory orders clamped by the District Magistrate P.B. Noohu, at Nilackal on Tuesday forenoon.
1984 anti-Sikh riots case: Delhi court awards first death penalty
A Delhi court on November 20 awarded death sentence to one of the convicts in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in South Delhi's Mahipalpur. The other convict was awarded life imprisonment.
Demonetisation used as a “bitter medicine” to treat corruption: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said he used the “bitter medicine” of demonetisation to bring back money into the banking system and to give “proper treatment to deep-rooted corruption system” in the country.
BJP, RSS know they will not win next Lok Sabha election, claims Rahul
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday claimed that the RSS and the BJP “know it very well” that the saffron party will not win the next Lok Sabha election. Addressing his first election rally at Champhai in Mizoram, he accused the BJP and RSS of trying to destroy the culture of the State.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey posing with “smash Brahminical patriarchy” placard irks Twitterati
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has kicked up a social media storm in India after a picture of him with a placard saying “smash Brahminical patriarchy”, went viral in one of the company's fastest-growing markets.
All you need to know about Ajaz Patel, New Zealand's spin hero
There is already a list of Patels who have played Tests for New Zealand. All happen to be spinners. After Dipak and Jeetan, a third made his debut for his adopted country last week, against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi.
