A string of hitmen who repeatedly subcontracted a murder to each other — then failed to go through with the job — have been jailed in China. The hapless assassins kept passing on the contract — each time taking a cut of the cash — in the hope […]
Japan-based SoftBank Group confirmed Wednesday it will pump billions of dollars into struggling start-up WeWork in a deal that ups its stake in the office-sharing firm to around 80 percent. The package, which involves new financing, speeding up already pledged money and a new tender offer for existing […]
Jakarta, Oct 23 : Indonesia’s new cabinet were introduced at an informal presentation on the palace steps Wednesday, with President Joko Widodo tapping his election arch-rival — a former general with a chequered rights record — as defence minister. More than three dozen new ministers — the vast majority […]
New Delhi, Oct 23 : Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday morning met Karnataka Congress leader D K Shivakumar in Tihar jail and enquired about his welfare. Shivakumar, 57, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on September 3 in a money laundering case. He is lodged in Tihar […]
Chennai, Oct 23 : As the counting of votes polled in two Tamil Nadu Assembly constituencies would be taken up on October 24, all eyes would be on the outcome as it would provide the moral edge to one of the two Dravidian parties–AIADMK and DMK–against their respective archrival. […]
Mumbai, Oct 23 : Veteran Mumbai all-rounder Abhishek Nayar has retired from all forms of cricket. “I’m absolutely satisfied… there are so many cricketers out there who would want to be in the position I am today. I can only be grateful and thankful to have had the opportunity […]
Amethi (UP), Oct 23 : Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will visit Amethi on Thursday to attend a party programme, a spokesperson said. Priyanka will arrive at the Amethi office in the afternoon and take part in the swearing-in function of newly-appointed district unit president Pradeep Singhal, party spokesperson […]
Mumbai, Oct 23 : Mumbai Police have booked nearly 200 people and arrested 33 of them for allegedly attacking policemen and damaging vehicles during the funeral procession of a man who committed suicide after being unable to trace his teen daughter, an official said on Wednesday. Arround three police […]
Mumbai, Oct 23 : Kalki Koechlin says she believes in doing extensive research for every role before she dives right into it. In a chat with Franklin Leonard, founder of ‘The Black List’ fame at the 21st Jio MAMI Mumbai film festival on Tuesday, the actor revealed how she […]
Jammu, Oct 23 : The Army on Wednesday defused two anti-tank guided missile shells fired by Pakistani troops along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. The shells have been defused by Army engineers in a forward area along the LoC in Poonch district, they said. […]
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