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Melur (Tamil Nadu), Mar 15 : Rebel AIADMK leader, TTV Dhinakaranlaunched his political party on Thursday. His new party will be called - 'Amma Makkal Munetra Kazhagam'. At the party launch here, Dhinakaran also displayed the party flag that bore the image of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa, and said, "We will win all upcoming elections from now by using latest name and party flag, we will

Mumbai, Mar 15: The Reserve Bank of India chief said on Wednesday that it had “very limited authority” over state-run banks and called for reforms to give the regulator more powers to police such lenders in the wake of a USD 2 billion fraud. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Urjit Patel defended the central bank’s role in the aftermath of the Punjab National Bank fraud case and hit back

Washington, Mar 15: The US on Wednesday challenged Indian export subsidy schemes at the World Trade Organisation, saying these programmes harm American workers by creating an "uneven" playing field, officials said. The US Trade Representative (USTR) argued that at least half a dozen Indian programmes provide financial benefits to Indian exporters, which allow them to sell their goods more cheaply

Lucknow, Mar 14: Buoyed by his party’s impressive victory in the Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha by-polls, Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said that the results of Gorakhpur and Phulpur LS seats had a ''political message'' and were indicative of what was in store for the 2019 Parliamentary elections. Akhilesh, while speaking to reporters here, thanked the BSP supremo Mayawati for

The BJP sank into silence on Wednesday as the by-poll results, especially the defeat in Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, took the sheen out of its victorious run in Tripura trampling the formidable Left Front. If the north-east victories brought a new vigour to the saffron camp ahead of Karnataka polls, the BJP scoring a 'zero' in the by-polls to three Lok Sabha seats -- the

The BJP sank into silence on Wednesday as the by-poll results, especially the defeat in Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, took the sheen out of its victorious run in Tripura trampling the formidable Left Front. If the north-east victories brought a new vigour to the saffron camp ahead of Karnataka polls, the BJP scoring a 'zero' in the by-polls to three Lok Sabha seats -- the

A group of Buddhists have filed a petition before the Supreme Court claiming that the land of historic Babri Masjid which was demolished by the saffron extremists in 1992 is actually a Buddhist site. The fresh petition says the claim is based on the four excavations carried out by the Archaeological Survey of India at the disputed site, with the last one being held in 2002-2003 on the orders of

New Delhi, Mar 14: The Supreme Court today extended the March 31 deadline for linking Aadhaar with various services till the five-judge constitution bench delivers its judgement on petitions challenging the validity of the biometric scheme and the enabling law. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra had on March 7 said it may not be possible to decide by March 31 the

New Delhi, Mar 14: Truce eluded the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and a united opposition for the seventh consecutive day of the budget session on Tuesday with virtually no business being conducted in the disruption-hit Houses of Parliament. Later in the day, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi hosted a dinner meeting for opposition parties at her official residence to strengthen its

London, Mar 14: World famous British scientist Stephen Hawking, modern cosmology's brightest star known for his groundbreaking work with black holes and relativity, died today at his home in Cambridge aged 76. Hawking's children, Lucy, Robert and Tim said in a statement: "We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today. "He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work