Day: October 14, 2019

The Enforcement Directorate sought Delhi court’s permission today to arrest former finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media money laundering case.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar ridiculed Sonia Gandhi’s return as the Congress chief, using a Hindi proverb that seemed to call her a ”dead mouse” and provoking an outrage from the opposition party.

The new BCCI president-elect Sourav Ganguly on Monday said ‘it’s a great opportunity for him to do something good’ as he is taking over the reigns of the board at a time when it’s image has got a serious beating. 

Facebook-owned instant messaging giant WhatsApp will be compliant with data localisation norms over the next two months, post which it can roll out its much-delayed payments service here, says the National Payments Corporation.

French energy giant Total announced acquisition of 37.4 per cent stake in Gautam Adani-led Adani Gas. The gas marketing and distribution company, however, did not reveal the value of the deal. The announcement comes a year after the two firms announced a 50:50 joint venture to import and retail natural gas.

Lewis Hamilton said he was in no hurry to win a sixth world championship after the title battle was reduced to a two-horse Mercedes race at the Japanese Grand Prix.

Sounding a warning to the rivals, India captain Virat Kohli on Sunday said they will not ‘take their feet off the gas’ and will aim for a whitewash when the third and final Test against South Africa begins in Ranchi.

The Income-Tax (I-T) department continued raids on coaching institutes in Namakkal for the fourth consecutive day today.

With conditions favouring the arrival of North East monsoon, the Indian Meteorological Department today has predicted that Tamilnadu is likely to experience heavy rainfall from today for five days.

Santhanam is busy shooting for a movie directed by R Kannan, with whom he worked in many films. Santhanam plays the lead in the movie and he will have two heroines — Tara Alisha Berry and Swathi Muppala.