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Hyderabad, Jul 24: Telangana BJP leader K Laxman on Thursday flayed the TRS government's decision to appoint tennis star Sania Mirza as brand ambassador of the newly carved-out state, terming her as "daughter-in-law" of Pakistan and questioning her credentials for the honour. Sania was born in Maharashtra and settled in Hyderabad only later and, hence, is a "non-local", he told reporters here and

Tiruchi, Jul 24: Renowned Tamil scholar, writer and former Principal of Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchi, C. Nainar Mohamed passed away at his daughter’s residence at Texas in USA on Wednesday night. He was 85. Popularly known as ‘Perum Pulavar’, a title conferred on him by late Kundrakudi Adigalar, Nainar Mohamed served as the Head of the Department of Tamil of Jamal Mohamed College for a record 32

New Delhi, July 23: India figures third among the top 10 countries where highest number of rapes have taken place in 2010 while in cases of murder, the country comes second in 2012, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said according to UN Crime Trends Survey 2010, the U.S. recorded 85,593 cases of rape in that year followed by Brazil with 41,180 rape

New Delhi, Jul 22: A total of 597 armed forces personnel committed suicide since 2009, the defence ministry of India said Tuesday. Suicide rates were highest in the army with 498 suicides since 2009, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha. There were 83 suicides in the Air Force while 16 Navy personnel took their lives. In the same period, 2,215 personnel applied

New Delhi, Jul 22: The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied bail to Sahara chief Subrata Roy Sahara once again in the investors' money return case. He had sought bail to finalise deals relating to his foreign-based luxury hotels. The apex court in the order allowed him to do that but denied to release him. He had wanted at least 40 days conditional bail to raise the money the court had asked him to

Lucknow, Jul 22: In a controversial remark, Uttar Pradesh Governor Aziz Qureshi on Monday said rape cases could not be stopped even if entire police force was deployed for women's safety and only a divine intervention could check such crimes. Qureshi's statement comes after SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav stirred up a controversy earlier with his statement that even with 21 crore people in Uttar

New Delhi, Jul 22: Think twice before buying a tricolour made of plastic to show your patriotic fervour this Independence Day as it could land you in jail. The Centre has warned that the proper disposal of plastic national flags is a concern and any dishonour showed to the tricolour could land one in jail for up to three years. With plastic tricolours flooding the market ahead of national

New Delhi, Jul 22: Yesterday in a blog post, former Supreme Court justice Markandey Katju had written about how an additional Judge of the Madras High Court was given an extension thanks to political pressure, even though the judge in question was corrupt and there was an adverse IB report in his name. Justice Katju said that while the then Chief Justice of India RC Lahoti had initially called for

New Delhi, Jul 22: The Government on Monday asserted in the Rajya Sabha that India’s policy on the Palestine issue remains unchanged but stonewalled demands for a unanimous resolution on the Gaza conflict, triggering a walkout by the Opposition. Replying to a short duration discussion in Rajya Sabha on Monday, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj rebutted the Opposition’s call for suspension of

New Delhi, Jul 21: There were mixed reactions from parties to Markandey Katju's charge that three ex-Chief Justices of India had compromised in giving extension and elevation to an additional judge of Madras High Court at UPA government's instance, with some including AIADMK demanding a probe while others questioned the timing of his disclosure. AIADMK members in Lok Sabha sought an enquiry into