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Chennai, Jul 26: Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasan today said freedom of expression was "slowly being snatched away" in the country and this should change. "Certainly," was his response when a reporter cited recent arrests of protesters over various issues and asked if freedom of expression was being "snatched" in the country. "Certainly. It is slowly being snatched... The situation in

Ballia, Jul 26: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Surendra Singh opined that every Hindu couple must have at least five children for Hindutva to remain intact. Singh, in an interview to ANI, said this step is necessary to increase the population of Hindus in India. "It is the desire of every spiritual leader (mahant) for every couple to have a minimum of five children. This way the population will

London/New Delhi, Jul 26: The UK's Court of Appeal has refused Vijay Mallya the permission to appeal against a High Court order in favour of 13 Indian banks to recover funds amounting to nearly 1.145 billion pounds, in another setback to the embattled liquor tycoon. The 62-year-old businessman, who is separately undergoing an extradition trial in a UK court over fraud and money laundering charges

Mumbai, Jul 26: A PMLA court here summoned on Thursday diamond jeweller Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi to appear before it on September 25 and 26 respectively on the Enforcement Directorate's plea seeking action against them under the new fugitive economic offenders law in the alleged USD 2 billion PNB bank fraud case, officials said. The agency had recently moved the court seeking to

New Delhi, Jul 26: The Supreme Court on Thursday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for filing a draft report of the vision document on protection and preservation of the Taj Mahal and asked whether the apex court was supposed to vet it. A bench comprising Justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta came down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh government and questioned the state's concern in the matter. "Why

Panaji, Jul 26: Goa Deputy Speaker Michael Lobo has hit out at his party-led government over its "failure" to act against "so-called cow vigilantes", alleging that it has resulted in beef shortage in the coastal state. Claiming that the shortage of beef was affecting the state's tourism industry, the BJP MLA from Calangute in North Goa district demanded the government-run Goa Meat Complex, which

New Delhi, Jul 26: Congress President Rahul Gandhi today took a swipe at the BJP over his hugging Prime Minister Narendra Modi in parliament, saying now the party's MPs take "two steps back" on seeing him fearing he may embrace them too. Mr Gandhi, who was severely criticised by the BJP leaders for hugging PM Modi during his speech on the no-confidence motion against the government last week, said

New Delhi, Jul 25: The Parliament on Wednesday passed the Economic Offenders Bill, 2018, seeking to give the Centre ample powers to arrest economic offenders such as Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, and seize or provisionally attach their properties or assets. The law gives the authorities power to arrest the offenders who try to escape the country by evading its legal process. The bill

Rampur, Jul 25: Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan today charged the government of failing to curb attacks on Muslims who rear cows and earn their livelihood from the dairy trade. Khan's comments comes days after a man in Rajasthan's Alwar district was lynched on suspicion of cow smuggling. He said a Muslim becomes a victim of lynching for keeping cows. "The government has not been able to stop

Hathras, Jul 25: At least four people were assaulted while transporting a dead buffalo, by a mob here in the early hours of Wednesday, the police said. Villagers alleged that the men were caught in village Nagla Mandhata while they were transporting the buffalo's carcass in a pick-up van. They were, however, rescued by the police who intervened in time, Hasayan SHO Jitendra Kumar said. The owner