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Chidambaram likely to be lodged in Jail No.7 in Tihar

7:32 pm September 5, 2019

New Delhi: Former finance minister P Chidambaram, who was sent to 14-day judicial custody on Thursday in the INX Media corruption case, is likely to be lodged at the Tihar prison’s Jail No. 7, officials said. Jail No. 7 usually houses those accused in Enforcement Directorate cases. The veteran Congress leader was sent to the […]

Budget for the rich, of the rich, by the rich: Chidambaram

Chidambaram sent to Tihar jail in INX Media corruption case

7:21 pm September 5, 2019

New Delhi: Veteran Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram was sent to Tihar jail Thursday by a Delhi court where he will spend 14 days in judicial custody in connection with the INX Media corruption case. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar sent him to judicial custody till September 19. The court allowed him […]

2 arrested after violent clashes as Pakistani groups lead Kashmir protest in UK

3:55 pm September 4, 2019

London: Two people remain in custody after being arrested during clashes as thousands of protesters led by British Pakistani groups descended upon the Indian High Commission here against the scrapping of special status of Jammu and Kashmir. The ‘Kashmir Freedom March’ began at Parliament Square on Tuesday and moved towards India House, with protesters waving […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Asian markets mostly down as China-US tariffs kick in

3:14 pm September 2, 2019

Hong Kong: Most Asian markets fell on Monday as fresh Chinese and US tariffs on goods worth hundreds of billions of dollars kicked in, though Donald Trump reiterated that the two sides were still due to hold talks this month. Hong Kong was weighed down by another weekend of violence, fuelling worries about possible Chinese […]

Anxiety and impatience in long wait for Dorian in coastal US

Dorian strikes Bahamas with record fury as Category 5 storm

2:44 am September 2, 2019

Bahamas: Hurricane Dorian struck the northern Bahamas on Sunday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, its record 185 mph winds ripping off roofs, overturning cars and tearing down power lines as hundreds hunkered in schools, churches and shelters. Dorian slammed into Elbow Cay in the Abaco Islands at 12:40 p.m., and then made a second […]