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US President Donald Trump's third attempt to ban travel to the US from several countries has been blocked by a federal judge in Hawaii, just hours before the executive order was to go into full effect. Judge Derrick Watson has found that Trump's order "plainly discriminates based on nationality" and fails to show that people coming from the listed countries would be" detrimental" to US national

Udupi, Oct 18: Strongly opposing the separation of Lingayat community from Hindu religion, Paryaya Pejawar Mutt chief pontiff Vishwesha Teertha Swami said that worshipping Hindu god Shiva is part of Lingayat-Veerashaiva tradition. Speaking to media persons on the eve of Diwali, the seer said that in his opinion though there were two traditions (Lingayat and Veerashaiva) in the Lingayat community

Udupi, Oct 18: Strongly opposing the separation of Lingayat community from Hindu religion, Paryaya Pejawar Mutt chief pontiff Vishwesha Teertha Swami said that worshipping Hindu god Shiva is part of Lingayat-Veerashaiva tradition. Speaking to media persons on the eve of Diwali, the seer said that in his opinion though there were two traditions (Lingayat and Veerashaiva) in the Lingayat community

Udupi, Oct 18: All-rounder Tanush Kotian got the most memorable birthday gift on Mondaywhen the national junior selection headed by Venkatesh Prasad granted him a place in the India U-19 team for the Asia Cup to be held in Malaysia next month. Tanush was born and brought up in Mumbai. However, his roots are in coastal Karnataka. His father Karunakar and mother Mallika Kotian hail from Pangala in

Bengaluru, Oct 18: Maulana Syed Anzar Shah Khasmi, a city-based outspoken cleric, who was arrested by the Anti-Terrorism Squad of Delhi police nearly two years ago on suspicion of terror links, was finally acquitted by a Delhi court. During charge proceedings, Additional Sessions Judge Siddhartha Sharma discharged Qasmi stating that there was not sufficient evidence against him. However, the other

London, Oct 18: American author George Saunders won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday for Lincoln in the Bardo, a polyphonic symphony of a novel about restless souls adrift in the afterlife. It is the second year in a row an American has won the £50,000 ($66,000) prize, which was opened to U.S. authors in 2014. “I feel kind of numb,” said Saunders, who said disbelief and

Kolkata, Oct 17: The value of declared assets of BJP has increased from Rs 122.93 crore in 2004-05 to Rs 893.88 crore in 2015-16 while that of Congress has risen from Rs 167.35 crore to Rs 758.79 crore, according to the NGOs Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Election Watch. The value of assets of Trinamool Congress has seen a jump from Rs 0.25 crore to Rs 44.99 crore during this 11-year

Kochi, Oct 17: In what could be a shocking blow to former Indian pacer S Sreesanth, a division bench of the Kerala high court on Tuesday upheld the appeal made by the BCCI against the earlier single bench verdict that lifted the life ban on the bowler in August this year. The division bench of Chief Justice Navniti Prasad Singh ruled that the court cannot conduct a judicial review on the life ban

Lucknow, Oct 17: The Taj Mahal was made by the blood and sweat of “Bharat Mata’s sons” and its protection was the responsibility of the Uttar Pradesh government, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Tuesday. Announcing that he would visit Agra on October 26 to review tourism schemes, the Chief Ninister said the Taj Mahal was a historical monument regardless of the emperor who built it. There was

Paris, Oct 17: Bangladesh has announced plans to build a refugee camp that could accommodate around 800,000 Rohingya Muslims pouring over the border from Myanmar. The camp would be the largest in the world and has raised concerns about the risks of concentrating vulnerable people, such as the spread of disease. Around 550,000 Rohingya have fled communal bloodshed in Myanmar since the latest