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Chennai, Feb 27: The DMK today flayed the ruling BJP at the Centre on the Cauvery issue, saying it should not handle the matter with an eye on "electoral gains" in poll-bound Karnataka, the upper riparian state in the river water sharing dispute. "The Prime Minister maintaining silence on the Cauvery issue by not speaking about it when he came to Tamil Nadu... is condemnable," Stalin, Leader of

New Delhi, Feb 27: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday said veteran actress Sridevi was murdered, even as the forensic report rules out any kind of foul play in her death. Swamy also pointed a finger at the underworld terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, saying we should take serious cognizance of the “illicit relations between cinema actresses and Dawood”. “It doesn’t appear to me the facts that have

New Delhi, Feb 27: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday said veteran actress Sridevi was murdered, even as the forensic report rules out any kind of foul play in her death. Swamy also pointed a finger at the underworld terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, saying we should take serious cognizance of the “illicit relations between cinema actresses and Dawood”. “It doesn’t appear to me the facts that have

New Delhi, Feb 27: The Central Information Commission has directed the external affairs ministry to disclose records related to the expenses incurred on chartering Air India aircraft for abroad visits of the prime minister from 2013 to 2017. Chief Information Commissioner R K Mathur rejected the contention of the ministry that details of the amount, reference numbers, dates of bills raised by

Dubai, Feb 27: Bollywood diva Sridevi's stepson Arjun Kapoor flew to Dubai today to be with his father Boney Kapoor as he wraps up formalities and takes the body home to Mumbai, the family said. The uncertainty over Sridevi's sudden death has intensified with no clarity on when her body would be released and officials saying there was no change in the situation on the ground as far as the

New Delhi, Feb 27: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Punjab National Bank's (PNB) Managing Director and CEO Sunil Mehta in connection with the Rs. 11,400 crore PNB scam allegedly involving diamantaire Nirav Modi and owner of Gitanjali Gems Mehul Choksi, officials said today. The ED today also examined the state-owned bank's Executive Director KV Brahmaji Rao to understand how the

Washington, Feb 27: President Donald Trump today once again raked up the issue of high import duty on Harley-Davidson motorcycles by India, saying the US was "getting nothing" with the New Delhi's recent announcement that it had slashed customs duty on imported motorcycles from high-end brands to 50 per cent. He added the US wants fair and reciprocal trade deals. "When they (Harley Davidson) send

Dubai, Feb 27: Dubai police today recorded the statement of Boney Kapoor, husband of Bollywood actor Sridevi who died of accidental drowning in her hotel bathtub after losing consciousness, according to a media report. Kapoor reportedly discovered Sridevi unconscious in the bathtub filled with water. She was taken to a hospital where she was declared dead on arrival. Dubai Police called in Kapoor

New Delhi, Feb 27: Amid the multi-agency probe into the PNB scam, the state-run bank said the amount of fraudulent transactions could be Rs 1,300 crore more than the current estimate of about Rs 11,400 crore. The latest announcement from the public sector lender assumes significance against the backdrop of the probe going on into the Rs 11,400 crore scam, which is already one of the biggest in the

Patna, Feb 27: Police have registered an FIR against BJP leader Manoj Baitha whose reckless driving resulted in the deaths of nine school children, all aged between 7 and 10, in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur on February 24. Meanwhile, the Bihar BJP admitted that the prime accused in the tragedy, Manoj Baitha, was indeed a party leader. The volte-face comes two days after Bihar BJP president Nityanand Rai