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Chennai, Jan 18: Veteran star Kamal Haasan today said the term 'Dravidian' should be expanded beyond Tamil Nadu to all southern states which will help dictate terms to the central government. "Dravidian is not related to Tamil Nadu alone. If we celebrate Dravidian across South India this discrimination would end." he said. Kamal said he intended to launch his political tour of Tamil Nadu on

Mathura, Jan 18: In an unfortunate turn of events, an eight-year-old boy was killed in an encounter between the police and a robbery accused here in Mohanpura. The victim, identified as Madhav, a nursery student. The police came to know of whereabouts of a robbery accused, who was hiding in a field in Mohanpura, following which they proceeded to nab them. However, they were unable to do so, since

New Delhi, Jan 18: The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the decks for the all-India release of controversial movie 'Padmaavat' on January 25 and stayed notifications and orders issued by Rajasthan and Gujarat prohibiting exhibition of the film in their states. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also restrained any other state from issuing such notifications and orders prohibiting

Lucknow, Jan 18: In a chilling reminder of the murder of a class II student in a Gurgaon school last year, a class I student has been brutally stabbed in his school toilet in Lucknow. The seven-year-old, who was allegedly attacked on Tuesday by a senior girl student, is battling for life at the trauma centre of King George's Medical University (KGMU) here. What is more shocking is the reason

Toronto, Jan 18: A selfie posted on Facebook showing Cheyanne Antoine, 21, wearing a black belt eventually led to her being convicted for killing Brittney Gargol, reported the BBC. Antoine pleaded guilty on Monday (Jan 15) to killing Gargol two years ago in the Canadian city of Saskatoon. Gargol was strangled to death and she was found "unresponsive" by the side of a road, said CBC News. Antoine's

New Delhi, Jan 18: Terming Aadhaar as "an electronic leash", a senior lawyer on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the government could completely destroy an individual by "switching off" the 12-digit unique identifier number. The argument was made before a five-judge Constititution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra which commenced hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the

Kanpur, Jan 17: As many as 16 people, including a noted builder, were arrested by police and demonetised currency worth ₹97 crore seized from his ancestral house at Swaroop Nagar in Kanpur. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Akhilesh Kumar Meena said on Wednesday that ₹95 crore belonged to builder Anand Khatri and the remaining amount to over a dozen others. This is the biggest seizure of

The international community has condemned the US government’s ruthless decision to cut more than half of its planned funding to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees. The Arab League on Wednesday warned of the devastating consequences of a US decision to freeze $65 million of Palestinian refugee funding. On the other hand Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, said in

Lucknow, Jan 17: Dalit outfits on Wednesday took to the streets in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh to protest against the assault on a Dalit youth by saffron activists. Members of both the Dalit and saffron outfits came out on the streets in protest against the incident, which occurred on Tuesday. While the Dalit outfits demanded the arrest of the people who had assaulted the youth, the saffron

Moscow, Jan 17: Even thermometers can't keep up with the plunging temperatures in Russia's remote Yakutia region, which hit minus 67 degrees Celsius (minus 88.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in some areas Tuesday. In Yakutia — a region of 1 million people about 3,300 miles (5,300 kilometers) east of Moscow — students routinely go to school even in minus 40 degrees. But school was canceled on Tuesday