Chennai: The Madras High Court today stayed till January 29 criminal proceedings against absconding film financier G N Anbuchezhian in a case relating to the alleged suicide of a producer.

Justice MS Ramesh passed the interim order on a petition by Anbuchezhian who went into hiding after a case of abetment of suic

Washington: Notwithstanding competition from China and Russia and challenged by non-state actors and rogue nations like North Korea, US President Donald Trump has asserted that America will lead again.

Laying out his new national security strategy yesterday, Trump said both China and Russia seek to “challeng

Mumbai: The stock market today lapped up the BJP’s electoral success as the Sensex surged 235 points to 33,837 and the Nifty hit 10,463 — both all-time highs — driven by auto and consumer durable shares.

The 30-share Sensex rose 235.06 points, or 0.70 per cent, to close at a new high of 33,836.74

New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi today said the Gujarat election results raise questions on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s credibility and the country is not listening to him.

Gujarat had given a message to the BJP and Modi that the anger within them would not work, Gandhi said.

One can d

London: France’s privacy watchdog has issued formal notice to WhatsApp, asking the popular mobile messaging app to stop sharing user data with the parent company Facebook within a month.

The Chair of the National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) had asked WhatsApp to provide a sample of the French users&rsq

Kolkata: The BJP’s victory in the assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh has unsettled political equations in West Bengal and it was likely to have far-reaching consequences in politics of the state, say political leaders.

Some leaders believe that the Mamata Banerjee-led party could tone down it

New Delhi: Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia has been appointed the party’s Punjab in-charge after an assessment of the political situation in that state, a statement said on Tuesday.

The Political Affairs Committee decided to appoint Sisodia as “prabhari” following Sanjay Singh’s res

Sydney: Steve Smith has broken English hearts and smashed records with his phenomenal Ashes batting and is being acclaimed as the best Australian batsman since the greatest of all, Don Bradman.

That is rarefied company for the quirky 28-year-old skipper, who led Australia to reclaiming the Ashes with an imperious 239 — his h

Mumbai: Buoyed by the BJP’s electoral success in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, the Sensex on Tuesday rallied 143 points as it moved closer to an all-time high.

Firm Asian stocks on bets that US tax reforms Bill will go through supported the uptrend.

The NSE Nifty wrested control of the crucial 10,4

Chennai: Campaigning for the high-stakes December 21 bypoll to the RK Nagar assembly seat here will end this evening and the outcome of the hustings is likely to be seen as a report card of the 17-month old AIADMK government.

The political campaign will end by 5 pm and the Election Commission has made it clear tha