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Chennai, Oct 6: Jailed AIADMK leader VK Sasikala was granted parole for five days on Friday to meet her ailing husband Natarajan who recently underwent a liver and kidney transplant. Sasikala had sought parole for 15 days to meet her 74-year-old estranged husband who was a bureaucrat in the Tamil Nadu government during Jayalalithaa's earlier tenures. Natarajan – who joined AIADMK when MGR was

Bengaluru, Oct 6: As many as five saffron extremists linked to the Sanatan Sanstha, a hardline Hindutva outfit, have emerged as key suspects in the coldblooded murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh. The key suspects have been identified as Jayaprakash alias Anna (45), from Mangaluru; Praveen Limkar (34), from Kolhapur; Sarang Akolkar (38), from Pune; Rudra Patil (37), from Sangli and Vinay

Bengaluru, Oct 6: As many as five saffron extremists linked to the Sanatan Sanstha, a hardline Hindutva outfit, have emerged as key suspects in the coldblooded murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh. The key suspects have been identified as Jayaprakash alias Anna (45), from Mangaluru; Praveen Limkar (34), from Kolhapur; Sarang Akolkar (38), from Pune; Rudra Patil (37), from Sangli and Vinay

New Delhi, Oct 6: Five Air Force personnel and two Armymen were killed on Friday when an IAF helicopter ferrying kerosene cans burst into flames in Tawang area of Arunachal Pradesh. The mishap happened at an altitude of 17,000 feet when the Mi-17 V5 chopper crew were getting ready to drop kerosene supply at a forward location. While jerry cans of kerosene were being offloaded, the net holding the

New Delhi, Oct 6: A day after Panchkula Police Commissioner AS Chawla said that Honeypreet is not co-operating in the ongoing interrogation, the Dera Sacha Sauda supporters in police custody on Friday claimed that Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s ‘adopted’ daughter had masterminded the August 25 violence in Panchkula. According to the media reports, Honeypreet alias Priyanka Taneja had chaired a meeting

New Delhi, Oct 6: The all powerful GST Council will meet on Friday and is likely to decide on providing some relief to exporters in terms of faster refunds as well as compliance. The full fledged meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council is also likely to assess the improvements in the GST Network's functioning, officials said. This will be the 22nd meeting of the Council. Officials in

Mumbai, Oct 5: The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his promises made during his election campaign, alleging he has betrayed the people of the country. "The entire nation including me trusted you.. voted for you.. You promised 'Acche Din'. But you betrayed us. Prime Minister Modi had promised that he would get back black money and deposit Rs

Bengaluru, Oct 5: Journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead by unknown assailants on September 5, has been posthumously accorded with the prestigious Anna Politkovskaya Award, instituted by Reach All Women (RAW) in War. RAW, in a statement, said that it was honoured to award the annual Anna Politkovskaya Award for women human rights defenders from war and conflict zones jointly to Gauri

London, Oct 5: British author Kazuo Ishiguro, best known for his novel The Remains of the Day, won the Nobel Literature Prize on October 5, the Swedish Academy said. The 62-year-old, "in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world," the Academy wrote in its citation. Born in Nagasaki, he moved to Britain with his family when he

United Nations, Oct 5: India has called for a closer and real-time intelligence sharing, coordination of operations and technical assistance to address the increasing challenges posed by transnational crime organisations. Despite the development of an expanding body of international treaties and conventions, designed to address the entire range of trans-border crimes, the challenge appears to only