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ED issues lookout notice for P Chidambaram as SC rejects urgent bail
21 Aug 2019
A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice NV Ramana refused to give Chidambaram interim relief from possible arrest in the INX Media case and instead referred the petition challenging the Delhi High Court rejecting anticipatory bail to Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi
ED issues lookout notice for P Chidambaram as SC rejects urgent bail
21 Aug 2019
A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice NV Ramana refused to give Chidambaram interim relief from possible arrest in the INX Media case and instead referred the petition challenging the Delhi High Court rejecting anticipatory bail to Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi
Chidambaram goes missing as Delhi HC rejects anticipatory bail plea
21 Aug 2019
Chidambaram was untraceable when a CBI team laded at his posh Jor Bagh residence, hours after the Delhi High Court denied anticipatory bail for the former union finance minister in the INX Media case
Chidambaram goes missing as Delhi HC rejects anticipatory bail plea
21 Aug 2019
Chidambaram was untraceable when a CBI team laded at his posh Jor Bagh residence, hours after the Delhi High Court denied anticipatory bail for the former union finance minister in the INX Media case
Chidambaram goes missing as Delhi HC rejects anticipatory bail plea
21 Aug 2019
Chidambaram was untraceable when a CBI team laded at his posh Jor Bagh residence, hours after the Delhi High Court denied anticipatory bail for the former union finance minister in the INX Media case
Chidambaram moves SC as Delhi HC rejects bail plea in INX Media case
20 Aug 2019
The Delhi High Court, in its order, said the magnitude and enormity of material produced dis-entitle Chidambaram from any pre-arrest bail in the INX media case
Chidambaram moves SC as Delhi HC rejects bail plea in INX Media case
20 Aug 2019
The Delhi High Court, in its order, said the magnitude and enormity of material produced dis-entitle Chidambaram from any pre-arrest bail in the INX media case
Sushma Swaraj, former foreign minister and BJP stalwart, passes away
07 Aug 2019
'Was waiting for this day in my lifetime', was Sushma Swaraj's ominous tweet on abrogation of Article 370 status of Jammu and Kashmir, hours before she was rushed to the AIIMS
Man who sold Mindtree to L&T, VG Siddartha, goes missing
30 Jul 2019
The entrepreneur, who is credited with the creation of Cafe Coffee Day and Mindtree, is reported to have left a note saying that he could not take any more pressure from investors, before possibly jumping off the bridge across the river Nethravathi
Man who sold Mindtree to L&T, VG Siddartha, goes missing
30 Jul 2019
The entrepreneur, who is credited with the creation of Cafe Coffee Day and Mindtree, is reported to have left a note saying that he could not take any more pressure from investors, before possibly jumping off the bridge across the river Nethravathi
Boris Johnson to take over as British PM
24 Jul 2019
The Guardian described Boris Johnson as "someone who could easily be rejected as a `Guess Who’ character for looking too ridiculous to lead the country... a man whose DNA profile is the exact same as a Bernard Manning joke... "the clown is crowned as the country burns in hell”
ICJ stays Kulbhushan’s death penalty, directs case review
17 Jul 2019
The court order means that the death sentence remains suspended 'until Pakistan effectively reviews and reconsiders the conviction/sentence', even as India will get consular access to Jadhav
Hafiz Saeed, 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind, held in Pakistan
17 Jul 2019
Pakistani authorities decided to arrest the JuD chief only days before Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's visit to Washington, where he will hold talks with President Donald Trump and, possibly, seek US help to ease Pakistan out of the "grey list" of the Financial Action Task Force
IMF chief Christine Lagarde to succeed Mario Draghi as ECB president
03 Jul 2019
Lagarde, who successfully used her diplomatic skills to steer the IMF out of the policy muddle following the 2008 financial crisis, will now be pitched into an economic power house that is split between anti-austerians and expansionists as president of the ECB
RBI Dy governor Viral Acharya resigns 6 months before term ends
24 Jun 2019
Although Acharya has not announced his plans yet, since the timing of his resignation coincides with the start of academic term in the US, he must probably be returning to academia
Noted actor, writer and playwright Girish Karnad passes away
10 Jun 2019
The multi-faceted actor, writer, playwright Girish Karnad had also hosted an award-winning weekly science programme on the Doordarshan titled Turning Point, featuring Indian scientist Yash Pal
Boris Johnson launches UK leadership bid with `no deal’ Brexit call
03 Jun 2019
Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has launched his bid for UK premiership with calls to walk out of the European Union with or without a deal, sounding US President Donald Trump’s advice
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