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Hours before attack, slain CRPF trooper asked wife to give medication to father

Chennai :  Hours before he was killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, 28-year-old Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper G. Subramanian had asked his wife to provide medication for his father’s eyes. “On Thursday, he spoke to his wife Krishnaveni on phone. He told her he was proceeding to Srinagar. […]

Late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa (File Photo/IANS)

Jayalalithaa death probe panel going beyond brief, Apollo tells Madras HC

Chennai :  Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd has approached the Madras High Court to restrain the Justice A. Arumugaswamy Commission from probing into the adequacy or correctness of the treatment given to late Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa at the hospital. Jayalalithaa was in Apollo Hospitals here for 75 days in 2016 before she died there due […]

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Centre dismisses two PNB Executive Directors for lapses in Rs 13,500 crore fraud

Chennai | The Central government has removed two Punjab National Bank (PNB) Executive Directors — Sanjiv Sharan and K.Veera Brahmaji Rao — for the lapses in the Rs 13,500 crore fraud allegedly perpetrated by absconding diamantaire Nirav Modi. The PNB has intimated the action to the stock exchanges on Friday. “We welcome the Central government’s […]

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Kamal Haasan welcomes Prakash’s entry into politics

Chennai :  Actor-politician Kamal Haasan on Sunday wished “good luck” to actor-filmmaker Prakash Raj for foraying into politics. “Wishing my friend Mr. Prakash Raj all the very best in his political journey. Thanks for walking the talk,” tweeted Haasan, the chief of Makkal Needhi Maiam party. A few days ago Prakash, who has been critical […]