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Kasaragod, Jul 27: Veteran leader of Indian Union Muslim League, former minister and four-time MLA of Manjeshwaram constituency in Kasaragod, Cherkalam Abdullah, is no more. He was 76. He was suffering from old-age related ailments and was admitted in Kasturba Medical College in Mangaluru for the past two weeks. He was brought home in Cherkala late Thursday night. The end came today at 8.20am in

New Delhi, Jul 27: Social media platforms are the medium and vigilantism the message. Delivered by volatile crowds provoked to murderous rage, the all-too frequent lynchings are being played in all their goriness within hours on smartphone screens across India. Affordable smartphones and the rapid spread of mobile internet have come together in recent months to lay bare the brutality of lynchings

Manila, Jul 26: Two Indians -- Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk -- are among the winners of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award, regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize. The two are among six individuals declared winners today. Vatwani is being recognised for "his tremendous courage and healing compassion in embracing India's mentally-afflicted destitute, and his steadfast and magnanimous

Chennai, Jul 26: Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasan today said freedom of expression was "slowly being snatched away" in the country and this should change. "Certainly," was his response when a reporter cited recent arrests of protesters over various issues and asked if freedom of expression was being "snatched" in the country. "Certainly. It is slowly being snatched... The situation in

London/New Delhi, Jul 26: The UK's Court of Appeal has refused Vijay Mallya the permission to appeal against a High Court order in favour of 13 Indian banks to recover funds amounting to nearly 1.145 billion pounds, in another setback to the embattled liquor tycoon. The 62-year-old businessman, who is separately undergoing an extradition trial in a UK court over fraud and money laundering charges

Mumbai, Jul 26: A PMLA court here summoned on Thursday diamond jeweller Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi to appear before it on September 25 and 26 respectively on the Enforcement Directorate's plea seeking action against them under the new fugitive economic offenders law in the alleged USD 2 billion PNB bank fraud case, officials said. The agency had recently moved the court seeking to

Mumbai, Jul 26: A PMLA court here summoned on Thursday diamond jeweller Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi to appear before it on September 25 and 26 respectively on the Enforcement Directorate's plea seeking action against them under the new fugitive economic offenders law in the alleged USD 2 billion PNB bank fraud case, officials said. The agency had recently moved the court seeking to

Panaji, Jul 26: Goa Deputy Speaker Michael Lobo has hit out at his party-led government over its "failure" to act against "so-called cow vigilantes", alleging that it has resulted in beef shortage in the coastal state. Claiming that the shortage of beef was affecting the state's tourism industry, the BJP MLA from Calangute in North Goa district demanded the government-run Goa Meat Complex, which

Panaji, Jul 26: Goa Deputy Speaker Michael Lobo has hit out at his party-led government over its "failure" to act against "so-called cow vigilantes", alleging that it has resulted in beef shortage in the coastal state. Claiming that the shortage of beef was affecting the state's tourism industry, the BJP MLA from Calangute in North Goa district demanded the government-run Goa Meat Complex, which

New Delhi, Jul 26: Congress President Rahul Gandhi today took a swipe at the BJP over his hugging Prime Minister Narendra Modi in parliament, saying now the party's MPs take "two steps back" on seeing him fearing he may embrace them too. Mr Gandhi, who was severely criticised by the BJP leaders for hugging PM Modi during his speech on the no-confidence motion against the government last week, said