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Mumbai, Jul 24: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday shamelessly backed his MPs after a video footage of paty MP Rajan Vichare forcing a fasting Muslim worker to eat at Maharashtra Sadan in Delhi triggered outrage in Parliament and social media on Wednesday. "The Opposition is making it political to target Sena", said Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray. "MPs were telling him to eat food he

Geneva, Jul 24: India has voted in support of a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution to launch a probe into Israel's offensive on Gaza and made a strong statement against the "disproportionate use of force". India joined Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa to vote for a Palestinian-drafted resolution on "Ensuring Respect for international law in The Occupied Palestinian Territories

Mangalore, Jul 24: Yenepoya University has received a certificate of excellence as a great place to study. Bob Blackman, MP, UK handed over the certificate to Dr Ravi Vaswani, former registrar of the university. SkillTree Knowledge Consortium selected 20 universities from throughout India a top educational institutes at par with top global institutes. Dr Vaswani represented the University and

Bangalore, Jul 24: A school principal, who was arrested last month on charges of sexually harassing hostel inmates, has reportedly confessed that he had sexually assaulted at least 30 girls in the hostel. Horrific tales of sexual attacks by Principal Mallikarjun Swamy (52) came to light when the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) recently met students of the residential school in Anekal taluk. The

New Delhi, Jul 23: The catering supervisor of the IRCTC-managed canteen at New Maharashtra Sadan, who was force-fed by a Shiv Sena MP in a fit of rage, has claimed chapatis were forced into his mouth even though they knew he was observing Ramadan fast. In a complaint to the Maharashtra Resident Commissioner, Arshad Zubair, who was at the receiving end of the Shiv Sena MPs' anger, said chapatis

New Delhi, July 23: "Is prime minister a God that he should give us darshan" once in a while, Leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge remarked sending the members into peals of laughter on Wednesday. The poser by Kharge was in response to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's dig at him over his remarks on Tuesday that Narendra Modi should show his face in Parliament at least

Riyadh, Jul 23: The Council of Ministers has approved legislation that would allow Saudi women to vote and stand as candidates in upcoming municipal council elections. Women were not allowed to participate in the 2011 elections but Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques had ordered shortly before the polls that they should be allowed to do so from the 2015 elections onwards. The law allows councils to

Udupi, Jul 23: Two brothers drowned in a mishap when they had set out to sea with another brother to go fishing off the shore at Haradi near Brahmavar in Udupi district on Wednesday. The deceased ones are identified as Suresh (32) and his brother Jayakara (30). The third brother Avinash was rescued by local fishermen and survived in the mishap. As usual, the three brothers set out at the

Udupi, Jul 23: To ensure that the government schemes for sexual minorities reached the beneficiaries in the district, Udupi zilla panchayat officials were directed to make available schemes such as provision of housing sites, grants for construction of houses and below poverty line (BPL) cards. At a grievance meeting of sexual minority community held on Tuesday, CEO of zilla panchayat M

Mangalore, Jul 23: A preparation meet for the impending Badria alumni get-together-2014 was recently held in the city wherein more than a dozen old students of the Badria Educational Institutes shared their views and opinions on how to uplift their ailing alma mater. The attendees unanimously urged city based entrepreneur and Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Mohammed Ameen to lead