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I have no idea where the Islamic State/ISIS/ISIL or whatever name it uses came from, and I'm just as baffled by the roots of its violent ideology. While I never pretend to speak for the diverse community of Muslims living in Britain today, I reckon my views on this will be echoed by the majority who have watched with growing concern the unprecedented rise of this group. However, just as...

Mozilla"s Firefox OS as a smartphone operating system has had a negligible impact on the market, but all that could change very soon as the first Firefox smartphone has been announced for India. The Spice Fire One has predictable low-end specifications and a greatly attractive price tag. At Mobile World Congress, Mozilla unveiled plans to expand to additional markets in Latin America and eastern...

Udupi, Aug 24: The district committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) staged a dharna in front of the Clock Tower here on Thursday against the increasing atrocities on women across the country. CPI(M) leader Balakrishna Shetty said assaults on women, children and people with disabilities were being reportedly on a daily basis, he said. The fact that some adolescents were indulging in...

New Delhi, Aug 21: Notwithstanding a high savings rate of 16 per cent per annum, second only to China, around 78 per cent of Indian employees still believe they are not saving enough for a comfortable retirement, says a report by Towers Watson. According to the global professional services firm, a large number of employees are not confident of affording a long spell of retirement amid high...

Kasaragod, Aug 21: The police late on Tuesday seized more than hundred litres of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) at Muliyar, near here, while being smuggled in a car into the State ahead of the Onam festivities. Two persons were arrested in connection with the incident. A team of shadow police, deputed by the Superintendent of Police, seized 135 IMFL bottles of 750 ml capacity in 11 boxes...

Tokyo, Aug 20: A 111-year-old retired educator from Japan who enjoys poetry has been recognized as the world's oldest living man. Sakari Momoi received a certificate from Guinness World Records on Wednesday. He succeeds Alexander Imich of New York, who died in April at the age of 111 years, 164 days. The world's oldest living person is also Japanese: Misao Okawa, a 116-year-old woman from Osaka...

Agra, Aug 20: More than 200,000 people visited the Taj Mahal in two days over the weekend, causing alarm among conservationists who feel the ever-increasing human load on the fragile white marble wonder on the banks of the Yamuna could prove detrimental to the health of the monument to love. Mughal emperor Shah Jahan wanted it to be a place of peace and tranquillity, but the 17th century Taj Mahal...

Udupi, Aug 17: Satyatma Tirtha Swami of Uttaradi Math has offered a chain made of precious gems costing about Rs. 19 lakh to Lord Krishna at the Sri Krishna Mutt/Temple here on Saturday. He handed over the chain to Vidyavallabha Tirtha Swami of Paryaya Kaniyur Math. The Uttaradi seer is here on his ‘chaturmasya’, stated a press release here.

Washington, Aug 15: All of two feet, Jyoti Amge, the world's smallest woman, has joined the cast of US TV show "American Horror Story". She will star alongside actress Jessica Lange in the fourth series of the show, Sky News reported. The news emerged out of an announcement by the show's creator Ryan Murphy on Twitter. Murphy tweeted a photo showing Lange posing with the 20-year-old Amge. "Jessica...

Kasargod, Aug 11: A 40-year-old man was killed and his six-year-old daughter sustained injuries as their motorbike collided head-on with a truck at Uppala on Sunday, police said. The mishap occurred when the motorbike driven by the man identified as Zulfikar, who was returning along with his daughter from a relative’s house at nearby Bappayitod, collided with the truck in front of Uppala Town Juma...