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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a case against five alleged sympathisers of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), hailing from Kannur district in Kerala, the agency said on Sunday. ISIS is a dreaded terror outfit which carries of terror activities in different parts of the world, especially in Muslim countries. Muslim scholars across the world have called ISIS as anti

Ahmedabad, Dec 18: The BJP is ahead in 107 seats while the Congress is leading in 71 seats, according to trends available so far. Election Commission figures show the NCP, Bhartiya Tribal Party and an independent candidate are leading in five seats together. BJP Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who was earlier trailing after the count of postal ballots, is now leading in over Congress' Indranil

Honnavar, Dec 18: The “attack” on a schoolgirl, which led to communal tension in the town last week in Honnavar taluk of Uttara Kannada district, has taken a new twist with the girl confessing that no one had attacked her and, injuries on her hand were self-inflicted. On December 14, Kavya Chandrashekar Naika, a class IX student and a resident of Magodu Kodlagadde village, had claimed that

Honnavar, Dec 18: The “attack” on a schoolgirl, which led to communal tension in the town last week in Honnavar taluk of Uttara Kannada district, has taken a new twist with the girl confessing that no one had attacked her and, injuries on her hand were self-inflicted. On December 14, Kavya Chandrashekar Naika, a class IX student and a resident of Magodu Kodlagadde village, had claimed that

Lucknow Dec 18: Adopting a defiant attitude, riot accused Uttar Pradesh minister Suresh Rana, against whom a non-bailable warrant (NBW) had been issued by a court in connection with 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case, on Sunday said that he would appear in the court after the end of the ongoing Assembly session. ''I will appear in the court after the session ends,'' Rana said while speaking to

The results, which will forecast the fortunes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi 15 months ahead of Lok Sabha polls, either way, will have a huge impact on national politics. It would set the tone for the Assembly elections in mid-2018, including in Karnataka, while also indicating whether Modi would think of preponing the Lok Sabha elections by 6-7 months, as

Ahmedabad, Dec 17: Counting of votes will be held tomorrow for the Gujarat Assembly polls, considered a prestige battle for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his home state and a litmus test for new Congress president Rahul Gandhi. While the BJP is seeking a sixth straight term in office, the Congress is aiming to stage a comeback in power after being in the opposition for over two decades. The

Heavy rains hit Dubai, Al Ain, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah and some other parts of UAE on Sunday, flooding streets in Kalba areas. The weather department has sounded the alarm and asked residents to be cautious while out near the sea. "It is not advisable to go swimming or venture out to the mountains till Monday. The weather conditions are very unstable and we are closely monitoring the situation,"

Controversial Big Boss Season 11 contestant Arshi Khan could be headed for legal trouble, with a court in Punjab's Jalandhar city issuing an arrest warrant against her. However, there is a question mark over she being actually arrested from the Big Boss reality show house sets as her publicist, according to reports, claimed to have obtained a stay order on the arrest warrant till January 15 next

Mumbai, Dec 17: How often does it happen that you book an app cab in the wee hours and find a burqa-clad woman pulling up in her red hatchback? "People find it tough to believe it when I call them up and ask for directions or when they see me in the driver's seat," says 30-year-old Rizwana Shaikh, a stay-at-home mum by day and Ola driver by night. Shaikh, who grew up in Lucknow, moved here after