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Pope Francis has used the Christmas Eve Mass to call on the world not to ignore the plight of millions of refugees who are “driven from their land.” Leading a ceremony on Sunday for about 10,000 people in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican City, the head of the Roman Catholic Church compared refugees to Mary and Joseph, who had to travel from the Biblical city of Nazareth to Bethlehem but found

Chennai, Dec 24: In a jolt to the ruling AIADMK, sidelined leader T T V Dhinakaran today won the prestigious RK Nagar Assembly bypoll by a thumping margin of over 40,000 votes. Dhinakaran, nephew of jailed leader V K Sasikala, defeated his nearest rival E Madhusudhanan of the AIADMK by 40,707 votes, officials announced as the counting of votes ended. Polling for the seat was held on December 21

Muzaffarnagar, Dec 24: A local court has quashed non-bailable warrants issued against Uttar Pradesh Minister Suresh Rana, BJP MLA Sangit Som and BJP MP Bhartendu Singh in connection with a 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case. The NBWs were issued on November 15 following permission from the State government to prosecute them. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Madhu Gupta on December 23 quashed non

New Delhi, Dec 24: Backing the protest by doctors in Rajasthan for higher pay and promotions, resident doctors of AIIMS today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "live" their life for a day to understand their stress. In a letter to Modi, the AIIMS Resident Doctors Association (RDA) urged the PM to understand the tremendous pressure on doctors at government hospitals due to the poor

Shimla, Dec 24: Five-term MLA Jairam Thakur is now the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. The decision was taken in the meeting of Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs in Shimla on Sunday. Central observers for Himachal Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Narendra Singh Tomar were also present for the meeting. "Jairam Thakur will be the Legislature party leader in Himachal Pradesh. Thakur's name was

Dec 24: Israeli forces have indefinitely closed down the northern entrance to the occupied West Bank twin cities of Ramallah and al-Bireh. On Saturday night, amid ongoing protests over US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) decided to close off the DCO checkpoint that connects

Chennai, Dec 24: Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran's margin further widened over that of his rivals by 13000 plus votes at the end of third round of counting of votes for the RK Nagar bypoll here. Dhinakaran registered a total 24,550 votes at the end of third round, continuing to maintain a comfortable margin over and above his AIADMK and DMK rivals. AIADMK's E Madhusudanan bagged 10,687

Chennai, Dec 24: Counting of votes for the RK Nagar bypoll, the outcome of which can have a bearing on political equations in Tamil Nadu, began here today. The seat was represented by late chief minister J Jayalalithaa. The counting began by 8 am at Queen Mary's College here and the process is expected to be completed in 19 rounds. As many as 200 officials drawn from both Central and State

Riyadh, Dec 23: A total of 253,086 people have been arrested in five weeks since the start of the ongoing crackdown against violators of residency and labor regulations in the Kingdom. The coordinated security crackdown, as part of the Nation Without Illegal Expats campaign, started on Nov. 15. Until Thursday, Dec. 21, 136,997 people were arrested for violating residency laws, 83,151 for violating

Patna, Dec 23: Former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav was on Saturday convicted in fodder scam by a special CBI court in Ranchi. The court will announce the sentencing on January 3, 2018. After the verdict, Lalu was immediately taken into custody. Special CBI judge Shivapal Singh acquitted former chief minister Jagannath Mishra as well as six others in the case. However, fourteen were found