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Meerut, Oct 20: A “gang” of monkeys stoned an elderly man to death in Tikri village of Baghpat in Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh. The murder took place when Dharampal Singh (72) was collecting pieces of dry wood for havan. The monkeys rained bricks, which they got from a nearby dilapidated building, at him from the treetop. Hit on the head and chest, the elderly man died in hospital later. His

Kochi, Oct 20: Senior actor Dileep, who was named in a Malayalam actress kidnapping case, was on Friday removed from the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists, its chief Mohanlal said. Ending months of uncertainty, the actors' body at its executive committee meeting held in Kochi agreed to end Dileep's membership from AMMA as he has been facing trial in the case that took place in February 2017

Chennai, Oct 20: Blaming the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) behind the Sabarimala Temple protests, Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Friday said similar kind of violence was witnessed during the Babri Masjid demolition. "This is the worst form of vote bank politics being played in the country at the expense of destroying social harmony. All the TV

Amritsar, Oct 19: In a major tragedy, at least 60 people, including women and children, were killed and more than 70 injured after a train ran them over when they were gathered at a crossing to watch burning of Ravana's effigy at Jora Phatak near Amritsar on Friday evening. Reports said that during the Dussehra celebrations, around 500 people were standing near the railway tracks to watch a Ravan

Algiers, Oct 19: Algeria Prime minister Ahmed Ouayhia has banned female public sector employees from wearing veils that cover their faces. In a letter sent to ministers and regional governors on Thursday, Ahmed Ouayhia cited reasons of identification for the move. Civil servants, he wrote, need to “observe the rules and requirements of security and communication within their department, which

Houston, Oct 19: An Indian-American woman has been honoured with a Presidential award by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for her extraordinary contribution towards combatting human trafficking in Houston. Minal Patel Davis, Special Advisor on Human Trafficking to Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, received the 'Presidential Medal for Combating Human Trafficking' in the White House last week at a

Pune, Oct 19: Women activist Trupti Desai was detained by the Pune Police on Friday morning after she, along with other women activists, threatened to stop Prime Minister Narendra Modi's convoy. Her detention comes a day after she wrote a letter to Ahmednagar Superintendent of Police demanding a meeting with Prime Minister Modi to discuss Sabrimala issue. Trupti, who is leading the protest for

Kochi, Oct 19: Amid threat by Thantri to lock the Ayyappa temple, protests by Assistant Priests and several devotees forced two women, including a Journalist of Mojo TV to give up their attempt to enter the world famous hill shrine at Sabarimala on Friday. UNI report from Sabarimala said, When they reached Valiya Nada Pandal, just 100 metre away from the shrine, a large number of devotees

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 19: The Pandalam Palace Trust on Friday wrote a letter to functionaries of Sabarimala Temple asking them to shut down the temple in case of any breach of rituals. The letter, which is addressed to executive officer and administrative officer of Sabarimala Devaswom, said that if anything happens at the temple against the rituals, it must be shut down. In case of any breach

New Delhi, Oct 18: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a show cause notice to private television news channel NDTV for alleged violations of the forex law amounting to over Rs 4,000 crore, the central probe agency said Thursday. "The investigation showed FEMA contraventions relating to receipt of foreign direct investment by NDTV to the extent of Rs 1,637 crore and the other relating to