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Chennai, June 8: A gang of four hacked to death an RTI activist who sought to expose building violations and illegal power connections in Sowcarpet on Tuesday. J Parasmal, a financier from Kilpauk, was murdered on Baker Street in Periamet, hardly 500m from the city police commissioner's office. Around 10.30am, Parasmal was going on his bike to his office on Narayana Moorthy Street in Sowcarpet

Washington, Jun 8: Observing that the world needs a new engine of growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India is poised to contribute as the new engine of global growth and asserted that a larger Indian economy has "multiple benefits" for the world. "This is the time when the world needs new engine of growth. It would be nice if the new engines are democratic engines," Modi said in his

Washington, Jun 7: The US today returned to India over 200 stolen cultural artifacts, some dating back 2,000 years, estimated at USD 100 million, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi describing the cultural heritage as a great binding force in bilateral relationships. "Usually relationship between the countries of the world are very often covered by the present. It is present that plays a big role

Mumbai, Jun 7: In a setback to the Congress, former union minister and five-time lawmaker Gurudas Kamat on Monday announced he was quitting the party and politics. "I met Congress president (Sonia Gandhi) about 10 days ago and expressed a desire to resign. For several months now, I have felt I need to take a backseat to enable others to get the opportunity," Mr Kamat said in a statement late this

Mumbai, Jun 7: RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan today kept the key policy rate unchanged citing higher upside risks to 'inflation trajectory' but said the central bank will remain accommodative provided data are supportive. Accordingly, Rajan retained the short-term lending rate at 6.5 and the cash reserve requirement of banks at 4 per cent. "The inflation surprise in the April reading makes the future

Washington, Jun 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today began his three-day US visit by laying a wreath at the Tomb of Unknown Soldiers and paying homage to Indian-American astronaut late Kalpana Chawla at Arlington National Cemetery here. "Honouring sacrifice, saluting valour. Formal engagements begin with a solemn ceremony," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted. "In homage

Geneva, Jun 6: Switzerland today assured India of stepped up cooperation in its hunt for unearthing black money stashed by Indians in Swiss banks as it agreed to send a top official to New Delhi to extensively deliberate on the issue. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his talks with Swiss President Johann Schneider-Amman, raised the issue of black money and tax evasion by Indians to which the

New Delhi, Jun 6: In the wake of Jat leaders in Haryana launching fresh stir over quota, prohibitory orders remained imposed in several parts of the national capital today. No violence has been reported till noon. Over a hundred check posts were set up in areas, mostly bordering Haryana, and the police barricaded some road stretches near Singhu Border, on Nangloi-Bahadurgarh road and Karnal road

Chandigarh, Jun 6: Elaborate security arrangements have been put in place at Amritsar and several parts of the state, even as Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal exhorted people to exercise restraint and observe the 32nd anniversary of Operation Blue Star peacefully. "We have made sufficient deployment of security forces in Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Patiala," a senior Punjab police official

Geneva, Jun 6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here today on the third leg of his five-nation tour during which he will hold talks with Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann to deepen bilateral and multilateral cooperation. Modi, who visited Afghanistan on Saturday, arrived here after his two-day visit to Qatar during which he held talks with the leadership there on a host of issues. "Bon