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San Francisco, Feb 23: Twitter co-founder Evan Williams will leave the social media company’s board of directors at the end of the month. Twitter announced his departure in a securities filings on Friday and Mr. Williams tweeted confirmation of the news. Mr. Williams served as Twitter’s CEO from 2008 to 2010 and now is chief executive of publishing site Medium.com. He tweeted that stepping down

Bengaluru, Feb 23: Top Indian badminton star P V Sindhu wore yet another feather in her hat by becoming the first woman to have taken a sortie in Tejas cockpit at the 12th edition of Aero India show here Saturday and said the 40 minute sojourn as part of women's day celebration at the top Air Show in Asia will be cherished by her for long years. "I am very happy about being the first woman to fly

New Delhi, Feb 23: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday made a strong re-election pitch to corporate India as he drew contrasts between the governance styles of Congress and his party, saying competition for corruption in the previous regime had been replaced by highest growth rate and lowest inflation of post-liberalisation era. Addressing the Economic Times' Global Business Summit here, Modi

New Delhi, Feb 23: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday made a strong re-election pitch to corporate India as he drew contrasts between the governance styles of Congress and his party, saying competition for corruption in the previous regime had been replaced by highest growth rate and lowest inflation of post-liberalisation era. Addressing the Economic Times' Global Business Summit here, Modi

Tindivanam, Feb 23: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MP S Rajendran, died in a car accident on Saturday morning near Tindivanam, Tamil Nadu. The accident took place when Rajendran, 62, who represented Villupuram parliamentary constituency, was on his way to Tindivanam and his car hit the road divider. Severely injured Rajendran died on the spot, police said. The injured driver was

Washington, Feb 23: Asserting that there is a lot of problems between India and Pakistan, US President Donald Trump has said New Delhi is looking at something "very strong" in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack. Forty CRPF personnel were killed and five injured on February 14 in one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir when a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e

Guwahati, Feb 23: Country liquor laced with toxic chemicals has killed at least 29 people, including 16 women, in villages inhabited by tea plantation workers across eastern Assam’s Golaghat and Jorhat districts. Officials in these two districts said more than 45 people had been admitted to hospitals, with the condition of four being critical. The hooch tragedy first struck Salmara Tea Estate in

Feb 22: Months before the nation goes to polls, the Civil Aviation Ministry has "requested" airlines flying on domestic routes to give their passengers a letter written by Suresh Prabhu that enlists various "achievements and initiatives" of the Narendra Modi government in the aviation sector. The airlines operating on the domestic routes have been sent a note along with the letter written by

Lucknow, Feb 22: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested two alleged Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists from Deoband in Saharanpur district, Director General of Police O.P. Singh said on Friday. The two men arrested are Shahnawaz Ahmad Teli from Kulgam and Aquib Ahmad Malik from Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir. Both were involved in recruiting members for the JeM, the DGP told

Seoul, Feb 22: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday joined the illustrious club of the likes of Kofi Annan, Ban Ki-moon and Angela Merkel as he was honoured with the prestigious Seoul Peace Prize. Mr Modi received the 14th Seoul Peace Prize for the year 2018 at a ceremony organised by the Seoul Peace Prize Cultural Foundation "in recognition of his national and international contributions". "I