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Thrissur, Dec 31: Popular Leftist and former SFI leader Simon BrittoRodrigues, who becameparalysed after a campus clash in Kochi in 1983,passed away due to a heart attack in a private hospital here Monday, CPI(M) sources said. He was 64. He is survived by wife and a daughter. Wheelchair-bound Britto was a writer who had been active in the cultural and political circles in Kerala, they said. The

New Delhi, Dec 31: Congress president Rahul Gandhi targeted the BJP-led government Monday over the Rs 41,167-crore loss suffered by banks during the past year, saying the money given to "best friends" could have been used for running the MGNREGA for one full year, waiving farm loans in three states and opening 40 new AIIMS in the country. "In the guise of 'chowkidaar', they do the work of thieves

New Delhi, Dec 31: The contentious Triple Talaq Bill is facing stiff resistance from as many as 11 opposition parties including Congress in the Rajya Sabha, which recently got united to put forth their demand of sending the legislation to the Select Committee for further scrutiny. As per the latest dossier issued by Rajya Sabha secretary-general Desh Deepak Verma on Monday all India Anna Dravida

Ahmedabad, Dec 31: In a scathing attack on Rahul Gandhi for his critical remarks on the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Summit, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani dubbed the Congress president as a "shameless liar" who was desperate to see the state fail. Rupani said people of Gujarat have recognised Gandhi's "hatred" for the state and have continuously rejected the Congress, and will keep doing so. Gandhi had

New Delhi, Dec 31: Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar on Monday surrendered before a court here to serve the life sentence awarded to him by the Delhi High Court in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. He surrendered before Metropolitan Magistrate Aditi Garg who directed that Kumar be lodged in Mandoli jail in northeast Delhi. The court rejected Kumar's petition to be lodged in the high

Port Blair, Dec 30: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced the renaming of three islands of Andaman and Nicobar on the occasion of 75th anniversary of Tricolour hoisting by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The Ross Island was renamed as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep, the Neil Island would now be known as Shaheed Dweep and the Havelock Island as Swaraj Dweep, Modi said during a speech. The

Chennai, Dec 30: A counsel for a Commission of Inquiry probing the death of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa has alleged in a petition that Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan colluded and conspired with Apollo Hospital and "inappropriate treatment" was provided to her, sources said. Also, the commission's counsel has alleged that the then chief secretary P Rama Mohana Rao, at the time

New Delhi, Dec 30: Petrol price on Sunday was cut by 22 paise per litre to its lowest level in 2018 while diesel rates were reduced by 23 paise to a nine-month low. Petrol price in Delhi was cut to Rs 69.04 per litre from Rs 69.26 while diesel rates came down to Rs 63.09 from Rs 63.32 a litre, according to the price notification of state-owned oil firms. Petrol prices, which have been on a decline

New Delhi, Dec 30: A stockpile of 15,000 tonnes of uranium is required for achieving supply security of fuel for nuclear plants in the country, the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), which manages atomic energy installations, has told a parliamentary panel. The panel report, which was tabled before the Lok Sabha in the on-going Parliament session, also recommended that necessary steps should be

New Delhi, Dec 30: Pakistan has drawn up an ambitious plan to procure close to 600 battle tanks including T-90 tanks from Russia, primarily to bolster its military might along the border with India, intelligence sources said on Sunday. Most of the tanks Pakistan was procuring will be able to hit targets at a range of 3 to 4 km, the sources told PTI. Apart from battle tanks, Pakistan Army is also