He was also the second in Goa who died while still in office.
Swami Sandeepananda Giri had welcomed the apex court order permitting women in the 10-50 age group to offer prayers at the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala.
The 65-year-old leader had taken over as general secretary of the CPI-M from Prakash Karat in the 21st party congress, which was held in Visakhapatnam, in 2015.
The Queen's Baton Relay for next month's Commonwealth Games on Friday arrived at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai amid much fanfare.
It will be interesting to see who will represent the constituency as its first MLA in the Tamil Nadu assembly.
The state president of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Kerala V Muraleedharan has charged the State Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan and the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Mulapally Ramachandran of scuttling the probe in the palm-chopping incident of a professor from New Man College in Thodupuzha
Amid opposition uproar over price rise, Parliament approved imposition of President's Rule in Jharkhand without any debate on Thursday.
Pagalguy speaks to a few candidates who have taken the CAT in the latest 'computerised' avatar both years.
'Our party cadre does not want her in the party.'
Chinese intrusions have been noticed in the past "two years" along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
He was unanimously elected the new general secretary of the party.
Jayalalithaa's nephew Deepak Jayakumar claimed that the late AIADMK chief had left behind her properties to him and his sister.
Analysts expect holiday fares to inch up further closer to the travel dates, but airlines may still not be able to fully recover higher costs as fuel costs remain elevated
LIC Chairman T S Vijayan on Friday said that V K Sharma will take over as the CEO of its housing finance arm, early next week. Sharma has been chosen to replace LIC Housing Finance CEO Ramachandran Nair, who was arrested by the CBI on charges of involvement in housing-loan bribery case on Wednesday.
International Olympic Committee member in India, Randhir Singh described the country's return to Olympic fold as a "great development" but said the 14-month suspension would not have happened had the IOA "realised" the importance of the IOC Charter.
The supposedly suspense thriller is anything but entertaining.
Panneerselvam said Sasikala is only a 'temporary general secretary' and proper elections have to be held to elect new party chief.
The Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu is one of the targets on the radar of terrorists, the ministry of home affairs told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Currently, Kingfisher offers international flights to just London and Colombo, Kingfisher Airlines Ltd vice-president (Global Sales) Siva Ramachandran said, adding that there is a proposal for including destinations like Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Dhaka, Dubai and Maldives.
The decision in this regard was taken when urban development secretary M Ramachandran met with top officials of the Obama Administration during his four-day visit to the US capital this week.
'These are people who are anxious to die.' 'We have not seen such type of committed people anywhere.'
The national capital will get another 75 km of Metro network before Commonwealth Games in October.
Party spokesperson said while Jaya was the "conscience" of her mentor M G Ramachandran, Sasikala was, likewise, her "conscience."
The move aims to increase operating efficiency and establish greater autonomy at the operating level in the company's India operations.
Infiltration from across the border and through the ''porus'' coastal belts were posing serious threats in the efforts to safeguard internal security of the nation,Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Mullappalli Ramachandran said on Tuesday.
Aviva CEO talks about talks about some of key issues on insurance.
The Tehelka magazine on Friday claimed some officials, bureaucrats and other VIPs had 'abused' their status to get free tickets and other facilities from a private airline in gross violation of service rules and propriety.
Customers can link their cards to banks' app and make payments after scanning a 'quick response' code.
If Vijaykanth and his party stole the media thunder, which lingered in the viewers' mind even while watching Prime Minister Modi's thunderous campaign speech, the latter suffered also owing to visible 'disconnects', says N Sathiya Moorthy.
In the second part of a series, Get Ahead readers share their tips on how not to be attacked in Australia.
The five-judge Constitution bench said that it is the devotion which makes a woman to visit a temple.
It looks as if competing political parties in Tamil Nadu have not grasped the full impact and import of a sizable section of voters possibly staying away from voting -- voters, supposedly with a predictable polling pattern -- owing to the Covid second wave and more so, how it could affect the outcome in individual constituencies and even booths, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
The CoS, headed by Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar, has also decided to set up a committee overseen by additional secretary, expenditure, Vilasini Ramachandran, and key finance ministry officials who have been asked to work out a financial package.
Global investment bank Morgan Stanley today named P Jayendra Nayak, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Axis Bank, as its new chief executive and country head for India. Nayak, who will replace Narayan Ramachandran, is slated to join on April 5.
The Tribunal passed the order on a plea of a Delhi Transport Corporation employee, who alleged that he had not been given the pensionary benefits after he opted for voluntary retirement scheme and sought directions for relief. The CAT noted that the pension scheme was there as per the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules and minimum incumbency of 20 years of service was required for a person to claim pension as a matter of right.
Reader KS Ramachandran sings his favourite Rafi song.
The SC transferred the bail plea of JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar to the Delhi HC and asked it to expeditiously deal with the matter.
There is action, drama, emotion, comedy -- everything in equal measure and lots of stylish sequences featuring Rajinikanth. Clearly, Darbar is a visual treat for fans, says Divya Nair.
An appraisal of performance of the board and practice of values and their synergy with the organisational strategy are all crucial for an organisation to evolve into an institution, say Ramachandran Kavil & Sougata Ray.
