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Kerala MLA Rahul Mamkootathil Thiruvananthapuram: Congress, already on the defensive after the survivor lodged a formal complaint against the MLA, moved swiftly Thursday, expelling Mamkootathil from the party’s primary membership within minutes of the court order. AICC had reportedly cleared the action soon after KPCC president Sunny Joseph received a rape complaint from another woman…

Social welfare dept is probing her confinement ‘as case of potential criminal negligence, unlawful detention’, Bastar collector said RAIPUR: A bizarre case of a foster family allegedly trying to “protect” a young woman from a suspected molester by locking her in a room since she was eight has come to light in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar after…

J&K CM Omar Abdullah (PTI) SRINAGAR: Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah “resides in the hearts of people” whether his Dec 5 birth anniversary is declared a holiday or not, his grandson and J&K CM Omar Abdullah said Thursday, five years after the date tied to the National Conference (NC) founder was taken off the list of public…

President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday formally appointed Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir as Pakistan’s first Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) for a period of five years.The move follows the recent passage of the 27th Constitutional Amendment on November 12, which created the post of CDF to unify command across the armed forces and…

Intel has said that it is shelving plans to spin off or sell a stake in its Networking and Edge Group (NEX) division. The chipmaker said that it is now best positioned to succeed as an internal unit. The decision marks a reversal of a strategy announced earlier this year. The company said it would…

Celina Jaitly has filed a plea in court as her brother Major Vikrant Jaitly has been detained in the UAE for th last 14 months. She filed a request so that the Indian Government can help rescue him. A hearing took place in court today and the Delhi High Court has directed to facilitate communication…

IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers has written to employees acknowledging the severe disruptions that have hit the airline in recent days, conceding that IndiGo “could not live up to the promise” of providing a good travel experience to passengers. The carrier has seen more than 300 flight cancellations on Thursday alone, with scores of services delayed…

Anish Giri at the Global Chess League (GCL Photo) NEW DELHI: Coming into the second edition of the Global Chess League (GCL) last year in October, the current Dutch No. 1 Anish Giri had a turbulent time. In the span of one month, his ratings dropped drastically from 2746 to 2724.To put things into perspective,…

Search operation launched after bomb threat (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Security agencies on Thursday launched an extensive search operation in Rajasthan’s Ajmer after the district administration received a bomb threat email. The email claimed that RDX-based explosives had been planted at the Ajmer Sharif dargah, the district collectorate and the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in…

Then-Gujarat CM Modi accompanying then-PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in a meeting with Putin NEW DELHI: As Russian President Vladimir Putin prepares to visit India for a much-anticipated meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, old images of the two leaders have resurfaced online. The photographs, taken in Moscow in 2001, show Modi — then the Chief…