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Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 15: Kerala police said it will not give any special considerations for activist Trupti Desai who plans to visit the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple this weekend, the local news channels reports. Desai on Wednesday, in an email to the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, had requested the state to handle the security, stay and travel arrangements for the visit of seven activists of

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 15: Activist Trupti Desai has written a letter to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, seeking security during her visit to world famous Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala on November 17. In her letter, Ms Desai said she will come to Sabarimala temple when it opens for the two-month 'Mandalam Makaravilakku' annual pilgrimage season for which the temple will open at 1700

Chennai, Nov 15: The cyclonic storm 'Gaja' over the Bay of Bengal lay at about 470 km south east from Chennai and is set to make landfall between Cuddalore and Pamban on Thursday evening bringing heavy rainfall to Tamil Nadu. 'Gaja' that lay over southwest and adjoining southeast and west central Bay of Bengal is about 550 km north east of Nagapattinam and is very likely to cross coast between

Panaji, Nov 14: Goa Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee (GPMCC) president Pratima Coutinho was questioned today in connection with a case lodged against her for allegedly revealing the identity of a sexual harassment victim, the police said. Investigation officer police sub-inspector Sandhya Gupta questioned the Congress leader for over an hour at the Women's Police Station in Panaji. Coutinho was

New Delhi, Nov 14: President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary party Sonia Gandhi, former President Pranab Mukherjee, former vice-president Mohd Hamid Ansari and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, along with senior Congress leaders on Wednesday, paid tributes India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary. In a tweet

New Delhi, Nov 14: The Supreme Court Wednesday commenced its crucial hearing on pleas seeking a court-monitored probe into the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph is also likely to peruse the pricing details of the jets submitted by the government in a sealed cover. During the hearing, advocate

Chennai, Nov 14: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) will contest the upcoming elections in Tamil Nadu in alliance with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). After meeting DMK president MK Stalin at his residence here, CPM leader Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday said, "We have decided today that in Tamil Nadu, we will be with the DMK in the forthcoming elections. We are together on the issue of

New Delhi, Nov 13: Flipkart Group CEO and co-founder Binny Bansal Tuesday resigned following a probe into an alleged "serious personal misconduct", the firm's new parent Walmart said. Bansal, 37, has strongly denied the allegation, the American retail giant said in a statement. His decision to step down follows an independent investigation done on behalf of Flipkart and Walmart, even though the

Singapore, Nov 13: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address some 30,000 people at the world's largest gathering of financial technology companies in Singapore this week and launch a banking solution for two billion people without bank accounts worldwide. Prime Minister Modi will be in Singapore from November 14 to 15 to attend a series of summits, including the East Asian summit and ASEAN

New Delhi, Nov 13: The Congress on Tuesday described the statement by Dassault CEO Eric Trappier as a 'fixed match' and said the Country needed fair investigation in the Rafale deal with France. Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, AICC media incharge Randeep Singh Surjewala said,'' Nation doesn’t need ‘doctored explanations’ but ‘fair investigation’!'' Taking potshots at Prime Minister Narendra