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Close to a century ago, an 18-year old illiterate working as a priest in a local temple in Kerala was jolted out of his slumber by a 10-year old girl. That anecdote was illustrative of a community caught in a time warp that hardly made any sense ...

NEW DELHI: One of the most wanted gangsters of north India has finally been arrested. The accused, Mehraj, a resident of Kasganj in Uttar Pradesh, has 17 cases registered against him, including those of murder and robbery, across Uttar Pradesh, ...

NEW DELHI: Two incidents of gang rape and one rape were reported in the city in the past 72 hours leading to the arrest of nine people. While two of the victims were minors, the third is a 30-year-old. Two of the accused are juveniles. The first ...

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The southern bank of river Gundar, 12 kms off Aruppukkottai, hides history which dates back to the microlithic age, roughly 4,000 years ago. The village Thiruchuli by the river bank radiates calm and serenity much as the great man who was born here ...

Film score, World music Film score composer, lyricist, music director, songwriter, singer, conductor, instrumentalist and Film producer years active Karthik Raja Yuvan Shankar Raja Ilaiyaraaja (born Gnanadesikan on 2 June 1943) is an Indian film ...

For years, women have been suffering silently the indignities heaped on them on the pretext of celebrating a festival. Let's make a beginning this year by stopping the charade and displaying some real festive spirit NEW DELHI: If public spaces in ...