BJP releases 3rd list of candidates for LS polls

New Delhi, Mar 21 (UNI) Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) on Thursday released its third list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The list contained the names for nine seats in Tamil Nadu. According to the list, former Telangana governor Tamilisai Soundararajan will be contesting from Chennai South. She had resigned from the saffron…

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SL Navy arrests 32 more Indian fishermen, impounds 5 boats

Rameswarm (Tamil Nadu), Mar 21 (UNI) The Sri Lankan Navy personnel on Thursday arrested 32 more Indian fishermen and confiscated five mechanised fishing trawlers in two separate incidents on the alleged charges of straying into their territorial waters and indulging in unlawful fishing activities. Tamil Nadu fisheries department officials, quoting preliminary reports, said here that…

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Sensex surges 539.50 pts

Mumbai, Mar 21 (UNI) The BSE Sensex on Thursday spurted 539.50 pts to close at 72,641.19 amid strong global cues as Federal Open Market Committee (‘FOMC) kept US Federal Reserve kept its rates unchanged at 5.25 to 5.30 per cent boosted the Dalal Street also. The National Stock Exchange (NSE) gained 172.85 pts at 22,011.95….

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Rainfall, thunderstorms expected over N-E India till Mar 26

New Delhi, Mar 21 (UNI) India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday predicted enhanced rainfall with thunderstorms over Northeast India, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim from March 21 to 26. “Fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall with isolated thunderstorms and lightning likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and…

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