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CM Vijay visits rebel AIADMK MLAs leader Shanmugam, who backs his government

Chennai, May 12 (PTI) In a surprise political manoeuvre, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay visited AIADMK MLA C Ve Shanmugam at his residence here on Tuesday evening following the support extended by his faction to the TVK-led government. Vijay was greeted by party veterans S P Velumani, C Vijayabaskar, Natham Viswanthan, K P Anbalagan, and others with bouquets. The recent poll debacle has led to a split within the AIADMK, with one faction headed by party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswamy and another by senior party leaders S P Velumani and C Ve Shanmugam. Claiming the backing of

India’s Hindu RSS lobbies groups abroad to counter minority rights criticism

NEW DELHI, May 12 (Reuters) – A powerful Hindu group from which ​Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party emerged said on Tuesday it had organised foreign visits, including ‌to the U.S., to counter perceptions it is a paramilitary outfit involved in attacks on minority communities. The outreach by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), or National Volunteer Organisation, came after the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said in a report in November that it “has been involved in acts ​of extreme violence and intolerance against members of minority groups for decades”. The commission is a bipartisan body of ​the U.S.

Gold, silver jump in Delhi as rupee slides to record low

New Delhi, May 12 (PTI) Gold prices climbed Rs 1,500 to Rs 1.56 lakh per 10 grams in the national capital on Tuesday, and silver soared more than 4 per cent to Rs 2.77 lakh per kilogram, mainly due to a sharp fall in the rupee against the US dollar and firm domestic sentiment amid persistent geopolitical tensions. According to the All India Sarafa Association, gold of 99.9 per cent purity increased by Rs 1,500, or nearly 1 per cent, to Rs 1,56,800 per 10 grams (inclusive of all taxes) from Monday’s closing level of Rs 1,55,300 per 10 grams.

British PM Starmer defies calls to quit, says he’s getting on with governing

LONDON, May 12 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer defied calls to resign on Tuesday, telling ministers he would “get ​on with governing” despite a “destabilising” 48 hours of growing calls to set out a timetable for his departure after a drubbing in local elections. At a meeting of his ‌cabinet, Starmer, in the top job for less than two years, repeated that, while he took responsibility for one of his Labour Party’s worst election defeats, there had been no official move to trigger a leadership contest. Several loyal ministers expressed their support for him. It was the latest

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