TN water crisis: IT firms, hotels down ops, violence in Chennai

With no signs of rain across Tamil Nadu and the reservoirs running dry, some Chennai restaurants have reduced their operational hours and some IT companies have reportedly told their staff to work from home. There are also reports of violence taking place over water. Read More
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Congress won’t send any member to media debates for a month

Senior Congress leader and party media chief Randeep Surjewala said his party members wouldn’t participate in television debates for a month. Surjewala requested media channels to not place any of their representatives on their shows. Read More
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Congress firefighting to save its Karnataka coalition govt

In Karnataka, the differences between the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition government are increasing. To firefight the precarious situation, chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy met Muniyappa and Nagesh who requested ministerial posts for themselves. Read More
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After election debacle, string of state Congress leaders resign

After Congress chief Rahul Gandhi announced that he wants to quit the party as its chief, three state Congress chiefs have resigned after the party’s poor performance in 2019 Lok Sabha poll taking the total number of state unit chiefs expressing their desire to quit from three to six. Read More
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Rahul won’t abandon Congress but firm to quit as its chief: Reports

After Congress president Rahul Gandhi told the party that he wants to quit as its chief over the party’s abysmal performance in the Lok Sabha election, it fuelled speculations on the future of the party and its leadership. Read More
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15 people die in Sri Lankan forces raid on ISIS hideout

Sri Lankan security forces, on Saturday, carried out an operation to take down militants linked to the Easter Sunday bombings in eastern province of the country, in which 15 people including six children and three women died. Read More
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India gave us intelligence, but there was a lapse: Sri Lanka PM

Three days after the deadliest terrorist attack in Sri Lanka that killed more than 300 people and injured over 500, Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe claimed that intelligence inputs about the attack were shared by India but there was a lapse in the country handled it. Read More
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Five million lost their jobs since 2016 demonetization: Report

Almost 50 lakh people in India lost their jobs between 2016 and 2018 – the post-demonetization years, according to a new report published by Azim Premji University’s Centre for Sustainable Employment. Read More
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Two Goa MLAs break away from MGP, join BJP

Two Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MLAs – Manohar Ajgaonkar and Deepak Pauskar – split from the party and merged their group into the Bharatiya Janata Party, in a midnight development. The duo said they were kept away from the decision-making process in the MGP. Read More
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After Parrikar’s death, Congress moves to form govt in Goa

The Congress wrote to the governor, Mridula Sinha, saying that the “unfortunate development calls for the immediate action on your part for smooth transition and transfer of power.” Read More
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