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Iran mourns death of ‘voice of moderation’ Rafsanjani
09 Jan 2017
Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was a key backer of President Hassan Rouhani and supported Iran`s landmark nuclear deal with world powers that brought peace to the country
Madras HC might order exhumation of Jayalithaa’s body for investigation
09 Jan 2017
''One day it was told that she is walking, another day you said that she will come out and suddenly what happened,'' Justice S Vaidyanathan, who was heading a two-judge vacation bench, asked, adding that the public had a right to know
Veteran actor Om Puri passes away
06 Jan 2017
The veteran theatre and film actor, reportedly suffered a heart attack, and was found dead at his Mumbai house on Friday morning
Trump names former Reagan administration official as USTR
04 Jan 2017
Robert Lighthizer, who was deputy US trade representative under President Reagan, would work with secretary of commerce-designate Wilbur Ross and Peter Navarro, head of the newly created White House National Trade Council to “strengthen” US manufacturing base and help stop the flight of jobs
Former Deutsche Bank top exec Anshu Jain joins Cantor
03 Jan 2017
Jain will be doing something different from his Deutsche Bank job, helping the Wall Street underdog that lost 658 or two-thirds of its employees in the September 2001 terrorist attacks, expand in Europe and into Asia
Former Deutsche Bank top exec Anshu Jain joins Cantor
03 Jan 2017
Jain will be doing something different from his Deutsche Bank job, helping the Wall Street underdog that lost 658 or two-thirds of its employees in the September 2001 terrorist attacks, expand in Europe and into Asia
New UN chief Anonio Guterres seen as ideal for the job
02 Jan 2017
`Adaptable, consensual, affable, intellectual, Guterres is perhaps better qualified than any of his nine predecessors for the world’s most demanding job,’ feels The Guardian
Anurag Thakur, Shirke out of BCCI as SC upholds Lodha panel
02 Jan 2017
Indian cricket board president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke have been sacked by the Supreme Court for failing to implement the reforms suggested by the Lodha Committee
Mulayam postpones national convention as Samajwadi Party splits
02 Jan 2017
With almost 200 MLAs extending support for Akhilesh at a meeting called by the chief minister immediately after the Saturday night reprisals, sources say, the Mulayam camp is apprehensive of a poor turnout and is buying time
Mulayam goes soft on Akhilesh, revokes suspension
31 Dec 2016
A meeting of party MLAs held earlier by the chief minister Akhilwsh Yadav saw almost 200 legislators turn up, signalling that he enjoyed the support of a majority of party legislators
Admiral Sunil Lanba to head Chiefs of Staff Committee
29 Dec 2016
Admiral Sunil Lanba, who received the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee baton from outgoing Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha at a ceremony in South Block today, will be assuming charge in the afternoon of 31 December
Madras HC judge says he too has doubts over Jayalalithaa's death
29 Dec 2016
The Madras High Court today said it has doubts over Jayalalithaa’s death and asked why the former CM's dead body could not be exhumed for investigations
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