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Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 27: A popular radio jockey was hacked to death on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday while he was sitting with his friend at his studio in Thiruvananthapuram. Rajesh alias Rasikan Rajesh, 36, was also a mimicry artist as well as a folk singer. According to the rural district police, the crime took place around 2am at the sound recording studio - Metro Studio -

Beijing, Mar 27: North Korea leader Kim Jong-un has visited China, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing three unnamed sources, in what would be his first known overseas trip since taking power in 2011 and ahead of a potential summit with US president Donald Trump. Details of his visit including its purpose and itinerary were not yet known, Bloomberg said. Japanese media reported earlier on Monday

Bhopal, Mar 27: A 35-year-old journalist investigating illegal sand mining cases in Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh was run over by a truck on Monday morning. Identified as Sandeep Sharma, the journalist was working with a regional news channel. Police said they have formed an SIT team to investigate the case. Sources said they have detained the truck driver and he is being interrogated. The

New Delhi, Mar 26: Australian skipper Steve Smithtoday decided to step down from Rajasthan Royals' captaincy in the wake of severe backlash he has faced after admitting to ball tampering during the third Test against South Africa. India's Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane will now lead the franchise in the upcoming 11th edition of Indian Premier League as Cricket Australia is mulling harsher

Harare, Mar 26: Afghanistan captain Asghar Stanikzai said his side will head into next year's World Cup aiming to lift the trophy, after capping a remarkable recovery in qualifying by thrashing the West Indies in Sunday's final. Both Afghanistan and West Indies had already made sure of their places in the 2019 World Cup by topping the 10-team qualifying tournament in Zimbabwe. Mohammad Shahzad

Sydney, Mar 26: Being Australia's cricket captain is widely seen as the second most important job in the country behind the prime minister. Many would argue it holds even more prestige. In an astonishing development, the captain said he hatched a plot to tamper with the ball in the third Test against South Africa, which saw team-mate Cameron Bancroft use yellow sticky tape on Saturday in Cape Town

Moscow, Mar 26: With the fire alarms silent and staff reportedly nowhere to be seen, a fire at a shopping mall packed with children and their parents on the first weekend of the school recess killed 64 people in eastern Russia. The fire at the Winter Cherry mall in Kemerovo, a city in Siberia, about 3,000 kilometers east of Moscow, was extinguished this morning after burning through the night

New Delhi, Mar 26: The Supreme Court of India today agreed to examine the constitutional validity of the practices of polygamy and 'nikah halala' among the Muslims and sought responses from the Centre and the Law Commission. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered the submission that an earlier five-judge constitution bench, in its 2017 verdict, had kept open the issue of polygamy

Al Fujairah, Mar 26: In a gut-wrenching tragedy, a 10-year-old girl was strangled to death after her shila (head scarf) was accidentally wrapped and pulled hard around her neck when she was her quad bike in the city of Dibba Al Fujairah in United Arab Emirates. Police sources said that the Emirati girl, a grade-5 student, was riding her quad bike in front of her house at Al Tawain area when her

New Delhi, Mar 26: The Congress and the BJP on Monday again locked horns on the prickly issue of data sharing with Rahul Gandhi dubbing Prime Minister Narendra Modi the “Big Boss who likes to spy on Indians” and the ruling party accusing the opposition party of “theft”. Taking to Twitter after allegations surfaced that data from the Prime Minister’s official app was being shared without the