London: After taking down Aung San Suu Kyi’s portrait and withdrawing the honour “freedom of Oxford”, her name from the title of prestigious Oxford Junior Common Room is removed due to her inability to condemn human right crises against Rohingyas in Myanmar. Students of St Hugh’s College, where A

United Nations: Nearly 590,00 Rohingya refugees have been admitted to camps in Bangladesh and 320,00 refugee children among them are threatened by water-borne diseases and desperate living conditions, a UN spokesman said Friday. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) repor

When Dr. Abdul Qadeer, an engineer by profession, had begun teaching 17 students in one room in in Bidar district – the northernmost part of Karnataka – in 1989, he would have even imagined that his effort would take the shape of an education revolution. The institute set up in a room with an aim of

"The marriage of ugly girls, who otherwise would have gone without a partner, is made possible by offering (a) heavy amount of dowry." Supporters of dowry think it provides this important advantage, says the author who penned the words above. And believe it or not, the page that contains them was

New Delhi: Forbes on Wednesday released the top 20 richest sportsmen in the world for 2017 with Real Madrid superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo leading the chart. Ronaldo earned £70m in the last year, making him the highest-paid European sports personality and one of the sportsmen with the highest net w

Upset with the lifetime ban imposed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which was upheld by the Kerala High Court, former India cricketer S. Sreesanth has said he might consider playing for another country. A division bench of the Kerala High Court on October 17 upheld the appeal ma

Saudi Railways Organisation (SRO) has completed the second test run of a train on the 453km Haramain high-speed rail scheme, which links the holy cities of Medina and Mecca. The train completed the 72km test run from Jeddah to its terminus in Mecca on 17 October. In June, Spanish trains suppli

Brigadier Saif Zir Al Shamsi said a total of 5,300,000 traffic black points of 670,000 drivers were cancelled by Sharjah Police hours after the traffic fine announcement. Brigadier Al Ziri said the cancellation was made before 12 midnight on Wednesday, October 18. He said motorists will benefit f

It took AB de Villiers just one innings to soar to the top of the ICC ODI Rankings - for the 14th time in his career. De Villiers, who was making a comeback to the international fold after having last played in the Champions Trophy in June, returned for the three One-Day Internationals against Bangl

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Baloch separatists are suspected to be behind two grenade attacks Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province that injured at least 38 people on Thursday. The attacks targeted eateries in Gwadar and Mastung on Thursday evening. The attacks are likely to raise concern about security for the Pakista

The family of the domestic help of Talwars, Hemraj Banjade, is likely to file an appeal in the Supreme Court against the Allahabad HC order that acquitted the dentist couple last week. The family is waiting for the CBI to file an appeal failing which they will approach the Supreme Court. While th

New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday wrote to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, requesting him to exempt various categories of handmade products from the Goods and Services Tax (GST). In a letter dated October 19, the Chief Minister, who received a representation from a

Bengaluru (Karnataka): At least 13 people were arrested in connection with the attack on Court Commissioner of the High Court appointed to inspect illegal slaughterhouses in Bengaluru, said police on Wednesday. A group of assailants attacked the car of the Court Commissioner at Dodda Bettahalli n

Bengaluru: KPCC president G. Parameshwar on Thursday said AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi has advised state party leaders against making personal comments on opposition BJP leaders and instead engage them on national and local issues in run up to the next year’s assembly elections. KPCC leaders inc

Search engine giant Google has emerged as the most authentic brand in the country, followed by Microsoft, Amazon, Maruti Suzuki and Apple, according to New York-based global communications firm Cohn & Wolfe. Sony, YouTube, BMW, Mercedes Benz and British Airways are the other brands to feature i

U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved a second gene therapy for a blood cancer, a one-time, custom-made treatment for aggressive lymphoma in adults. The Food and Drug Administration allowed sales of the treatment from Kite Pharma. It uses the same technology, called CAR-T, as the first gene thera

Mohammad Hafeez, the Pakistan allrounder, has been reported for a suspect bowling action. Hafeez's bowling action came under question during the third One-Day International against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi. Hafeez had already been reported twice for illegal bowling action and was suspended from bow