Palaniswami, Tamil Nadu's new CM was among the senior ministers who had proximity to Jayalalithaa.
The Union Home Ministry has issued showcause notices to six senior officers, including the Bathinda police chief, over the "major lapses in security" during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Punjab, officials said here on Friday.
Brazilian soccer legend Pele is doing 'fine' and will be discharged from a Sao Paulo hospital early on Thursday after he was admitted for stomach pains, one of his aides said.
AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday restructured the party's apex body.
Income tax department sends out notices to cryptocurrency investors on suspicion of tax evasion.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the provisions of the Special Protection Group Act and contents of the Blue Book are "comprehensive" in ensuring proximate security of the prime minister and other SPG protectees, and any lapse in following these can lead to "devastating and serious consequences".
'The intention is to let the governor know that we have the majority and the letters of support is the proof.'
Now, irrespective of who supports whom, only a floor test in the assembly will decide if this government can continue or not.
Virtual currencies don't have any intrinsic value and are not backed by any kind of assets.
The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday suspended Sandeep Kumar from the party, days after he was sacked from the post of Women and Child Development minister over an "objectionable" CD in which he was shown in a compromising position with a woman.
The trigger for the action is understood to be the huge spike being registered in the value of bitcoins and other virtual currencies in the recent past.
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Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar said he spoke to the batting great and he's agreed to share his views on Mumbai cricket.
New Zealand have been excluded from the final to determine Oceania's representative at next year's Rio Olympics men's soccer tournament after defender Deklan Wynne was deemed an ineligible player, the Oceania Football Confederation has said.
Purohit had allegedly said in the sting video that there is no collective leadership in the BJP. Only two people take decisions and others merely implement it.
'Modi should have trust in us and the minorities should also have trust in him.'
Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) president T C Mathew on Thursday said he is planning to take up the matter of banned pacer S Sreesanth with senior Board of Control for Cricket in India official Arun Jaitley.
FIFA's executive committee has unanimously agreed to publish an 'appropriate' version of a report into the bidding process for the 2018/2022 World Cups but said Russia and Qatar would still stage the tournaments.
Sports Minister Jitendra Singh responded to his senior colleague in the government Veerappa Moily's letter to him in connection with Jwala Gutta's ongoing impasse with the BAI, saying that he will examine her case and see how he can extend support to her.
State officials "not happy" after meeting with CoA
The judge also said that even an accidental physical contact, though unwelcome, would not amount to sexual harassment.
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday declared the probe panel formed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), looking into allegations of spot-fixing during the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), as illegal and unconstitutional.
India's gymnastics ace Dipa Karmakar on Saturday said she accepted provisional suspension after returning positive for a banned drug to swiftly resolve her case with the international federation.
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A former employee of Qatar's 2022 World Cup bid has accused FIFA investigators of violating confidentiality promises made when she agreed to provide evidence of alleged corruption related to the bid.
A few former MLAs, considered to be his loyalists and a few supporters, turned up at Sidhu's residence in Patiala Friday morning to extend moral support to him.
Sidhu was in Patiala to take part in a protest against inflation when the Supreme Court verdict came in.
Australian Olympic Committee Chief Executive Officer Matt Carroll said he had received reports from the CEOs of rugby and football, investigating reports of rowdy behaviour on a flight into Sydney last Friday.
Amidst the ongoing hostilities with Pakistan, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said the Modi government will not allow anyone to dent India's honour and every citizen has faith in the country's armed forces.
Believe it or not, the regulator is even stretching its arm to identify stressed borrowers and gauge the 'distance to default' as a measure of a particular bank's fragility, reveals Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the ongoing inquiries by two separate panels of the Centre and the Punjab government into the security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to Punjab, and said that it will set up a committee headed by a former apex court judge to probe it.
Kapadvanj Deputy Superintendent of Police V N Solanki has been asked to conduct the inquiry and submit a report, sources in the state home department said on Friday.
The two students were also asked to vacate the campus after the institute charged them of trying to 'misrepresent facts'.
Italy in particular has got a very big problem, I would go as far as to say it's an epidemic, said FARE's executive director Piara Powar
It also said that 44 establishments were found running without a valid health trade license and also without a no-objection certificate from the fire department.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Siddle broke the news to his team mates at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday after being released from the squad for the third and final Test against New Zealand in Sydney.
An agitated Congress condemned the anti-party act of Thomas and said he will face stern action for violating the order of the high command.
The former India fast bowler claimed that Delhi Police 'continuously tortured' him in custody to extract confession of his involvement in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal.
Dheeraj, whose performance under the woodwork during the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India earned him accolades, is the third player after skipper Amarjit Singh and defender Anwar Ali from that squad, to get a call in the senior team camp.
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