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Washington, Jan 19: A day after Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that no action could be taken against Hafiz Saeed as there is no case against him, the United States Administration has called for the prosecution of the UN-designated terrorist "to the fullest extent of the law". Reacting strongly to Pakistan PM's remarks, US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said, '

Mangaluru, Jan 18: Another case of so called ‘love jihad’ has turned out to be a typical ‘lie jihad’. A team of police from Mumbai has arrested a Bajrang Dal leader from Mangaluru on charges of kidnapping a married woman and then accusing her husband of indulging in love jihad. The arrested has been identified as Sunil Kumar, a resident of Pumpwell and a known face of Bajrang Dal in Mangaluru. The

New Delhi, Jan 18: Within a month of his acquittal in the 2G spectrum scam case, former telecom minister Andimuthu Raja has in a tell-all book questioned former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's "palpable silence" in defending the telecom policy that he himself had approved. In his book '2G Sage Unfolds', Raja slammed the then CAG Vinod Rai saying the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General

Lahore, Jan 18: Bhagat Singh should be accorded Pakistan's highest gallantry award 'Nishan-e-Haider' and his statue be installed at Lahore's Shaadman Chowk where he was hanged 86 years ago, an organisation working to prove the legendary freedom fighter's innocence in a court has demanded. Singh was hanged along with his two comrades Rajguru and Sukhdev by British rulers on March 23, 1931 at the

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