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Chennai, Sep 12: According to an unverified statement from the OPS camp, there are claims that the party's interim general secretary V K Sasikala has been expelled. Reports also claim that the post of the AIADMK general secretary has been abolished and that it would "always be held by Amma". A crucial meeting of the ruling AIADMK General Council began here today morning amid expectations that it

Mexico, Sept 12: A powerful earthquake that struck Mexico last week has left some 2.5 million people in need of aid and killed 96 others, authorities said on Monday, as officials rushed to get food and water to afflicted communities in the poor south. Oaxaca state Governor Alejandro Murat told local television the death toll in his state had risen to 76. He said preliminary reports showed that at

New Delhi, Sept 12: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday will hear Ryan International School's CEO Ryan Pinto's plea seeking anticipatory bail in connection with the alleged murder of a seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur in the institution's premises in Gurgaon. Ryan International Group's founding chairman, Augustine Pinto (73), and his wife Grace Pinto (62), who is the managing director of the

New Delhi, Sept 12: In yet another shocking incident, a 22-year-old man was allegedly thrashed by five men for speaking in fluent English with his friend. The incident took place when the man was dropping off his friend at a five-star hotel in Lutyens' Delhi, police said. Three persons have been arrested in this connection, they said. According to the police, Varun Gulati, a resident of Noida, had

Geneva, Sept 11: United Nations human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein today flayed any attempts by India to deport Rohingyas to Myanmar when the ethnic minority community is facing violence in their country. Speaking at the opening of a Human Rights Council session here, Zeid also referred to the killing of activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh, observing that she "tirelessly addressed the

New Delhi, Sep 11: The Dalai Lama has spoken out for the first time about the Rohingya refugee crisis, saying Buddha would have helped Muslims fleeing violence in Buddhist-majority Myanmar. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh in recent weeks after violence flared in neighbouring Myanmar, where the stateless Muslim minority has endured decades of persecution. The top

Kochi, Sep 11: A Sangh Parivar outfit leader was today booked for allegedly making a hate speech at a public function near here on Friday. Addressing a function organised by the "Hindu Aikyavedi" at North Paravur, the outfit's Kerala president K P Sasikala had allegedly urged secular writers to conduct "Mrityunjaya Homam" at Lord Shiva temples to save them from meeting a fate similar to that of

New Delhi, Sept 11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday pitched for innovation and promotion of skills among youth and asked them to work for a modern India. “The world evaluates the country where it is today not what it was 5,000 years ago or during the times of Lord Rama or Buddha,” he said at an event marking the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s address at the World Parliament of

Geneva, Sep 11: The UN human rights chief said today that the violence and injustice faced by the ethnic Rohingya minority in Myanmar, where UN rights investigators have been barred from entering, "seems a textbook example of ethnic cleansing." Speaking at the start of UN Human Rights Council session, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein first recognised the September 11 attacks anniversary then chronicled human

Geneva, Sep 11: The UN human rights chief said today that the violence and injustice faced by the ethnic Rohingya minority in Myanmar, where UN rights investigators have been barred from entering, "seems a textbook example of ethnic cleansing." Speaking at the start of UN Human Rights Council session, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein first recognised the September 11 attacks anniversary then chronicled human