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Chennai, Oct 1: Tamil film superstar Rajinikanth today said fame and clout earned in the world of cinema were not enough to help one make a mark in politics, and stressed there was something beyond these attributes that ensured success in public affairs. Rajinikanth said his contemporary Kamal Haasan possibly knew what that something was, but might not want not share the secret with him. The two

Kalaburgi, Oct 1: Pointing at alarmingly rising farmers’ suicides across the country in the last three years, Maruti Manpade, State president of Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha (KPRS), alleged that intense implementation of liberalisation policies by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led-Union government had intensified the agrarian crisis. Addressing a media conference here on Saturday, he said

Mumbai, Oct 1: A shocking video of a bystander molesting a woman seconds before her death during recent stampede at Mumbai’s Elphinstone Railway station has now surfaced on social media. As seen in the video, the woman tried to reach out to help as she lay atop a pile of victims on the foot overbridge when the shameless man molested her. The woman, trapped by the bodies, finally drops her hand

Mumbai, Oct 1: A shocking video of a bystander molesting a woman seconds before her death during recent stampede at Mumbai’s Elphinstone Railway station has now surfaced on social media. As seen in the video, the woman tried to reach out to help as she lay atop a pile of victims on the foot overbridge when the shameless man molested her. The woman, trapped by the bodies, finally drops her hand

Mysuru, Oct 1: Expressing confidence that he would get a second term, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that Congress party would face the upcoming Assembly elections in 2018 under his leadership. Speaking to reporters, after offering puja to the Nandi Dhwaja at Balarama Gate of Mysuru Palace to mark the inauguration of the Dasara procession the CM said that he will perform puja to the Nandi

London, Sept 30: An Oxford University college where Aung San Suu Kyi studied as an undergraduate has removed her portrait from its main entrance amid mounting criticism of the Myanmar leader over the plight of Rohingya Muslims. Suu Kyi had graduated from St Hugh's College in 1967 and the portrait had hung prominently at the college entrance since 1999. It was painted by artist Chen Yanning in 1997

Mumbai, Sept 30: A day after the tragic Elphinstone Road foot-over bridge collapse, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray on Saturday slammed the Centre and threatened that it would not allow a single brick to be laid for bullet train project, the big initiative of prime minister Narendra Modi. "This Piyush Goyal is good for nothing...just for bullet train," Thackeray told a

New Delhi, Sept 30: Congress leader P Chidambaram today criticised the bullet train project, saying it will be a demonetisation-like move "which will kill everything else", and suggested that the money should instead be spent on improving rail safety. The former finance minister's comments come a day after a stampede on a footbridge connecting Mumbai's suburban railway stations of Parel and

Puttur, Sep 30: Hindu Jagaran Vedike leader Jagadish Karanth, who was arrested by the police almost two weeks after delivering a provocative speech in Puttur, was released within a few hours as a local magistrate granted him interim bail in the wee hours of Saturday. Karanth, who evaded arrest for one week, was picked up by the sleuths of Dakshina Kannada district police from an Airport in

Puttur, Sep 30: Hindu Jagaran Vedike leader Jagadish Karanth, who was arrested by the police almost two weeks after delivering a provocative speech in Puttur, was released within a few hours as a local magistrate granted him interim bail in the wee hours of Saturday. Karanth, who evaded arrest for one week, was picked up by the sleuths of Dakshina Kannada district police from an Airport in