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Tamil Nadu agriculture minister R Vinoth at the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple on Saturday CHENNAI: A controversy erupted on Saturday after Tamil Nadu agriculture minister R Vinoth offered prayers at the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple holding an “agriculture budget document.” Vinoth is to present TVK govt’s maiden agricultural budget in the Tamil Nadu assembly on Aug 6....

Nathula Border gate (ANI image) Border trade through the Nathula Pass in East Sikkim, a key segment of the ancient Silk Route connecting India and China, resumed on Saturday after remaining suspended for nearly six years. A formal reopening ceremony was held at Nathula, with officials from both countries participating in the event.The trade route...

LVMH chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault rejected suggestions that rivalries among his children threaten LVMH’s eventual succession. LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault has publicly rejected suggestions of a succession rift within his family after French daily Le Monde published a six-part investigative series examining his business empire, political influence and the dynamics among his five children....

Buffalo Sabres and Anaheim Ducks linked to $2.5M star defenseman. Logan Stanley, the former Winnipeg Jets defenseman, posted nine goals, 17 assists, 26 points, 110 hits, and 128 penalty minutes across 76 games last season split between the Buffalo Sabres and the Winnipeg Jets. While it has been a month since NHL free agency started,...

Rahul Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday described the proposed delimitation exercise as a “conspiracy” by the ruling BJP to “take away” Tamil Nadu’s political power.He also said that anyone supporting delimitation would be a “21st-century Ettappan” — a Tamil term for a traitor.“There is an attempt by the BJP...

According to CNN, the White House received sharply contrasting messages from two of Washington’s closest regional partners this week. US President Donald Trump‘s efforts to find an exit from the escalating conflict with Iran appear increasingly uncertain as he faces conflicting advice from key regional allies..While Saudi Arabia is urging Washington to pursue de-escalation, Israel...

Ajinkya Rahane Ajinkya Rahane‘s career will always leave Indian cricket wondering what might have been.On paper, his numbers are respectable rather than extraordinary: an average of 38.46 across 85 Tests, 5,077 runs, twelve hundreds, twenty-six fifties. For most cricketers that would count as an outstanding career. For Rahane it somehow feels short of the mark....

Rahul also took aim at the Prime Minister’s comments about forgiving students who participated in the protests. NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks on the students who protested against alleged irregularities in the NEET examination. He accused the Prime Minsiter of failing to...

Nepalese mountaineering icon Nirmal Purja (file photo) has been confirmed dead after an avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak Nirmal “Nims Dai” Purja, the legendary Nepal-born mountaineer who climbed all 14 of the world’s 8,000-metre peaks in a record six months and six days, has been confirmed dead after an avalanche struck his expedition on PoK’s...

Arrested Hamim Mondal (PTI image) The West Bengal Police’s Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a woman from Jharkhand for allegedly helping a suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed operative run a ‘honey trap’ network aimed at collecting personal information about political leaders in the state.Investigators identified the woman as Arpita Sarkar, who was arrested from Sahibganj district on...