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A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during his first public appearance at a mosque in Mosul, Iraq, according to a video recording posted on the Internet on July 5, 2014. Reuters Baghdad: Eight senior figures from Islamic State were killed in an air strike while meeting in a town in western Iraq, but the group's reclusive leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi did not appear to be among them, residents of the town and hospital sources said. Iraq said on Sunday its air force had hit the meeting and had also struck a convoy that was carrying Baghdadi to attend it. It said Baghdadi had been driven away from the convoy in an unknown condition. The Iraqi military's announcement was the latest unconfirmed report of the possible death or injury of Baghdadi, who has survived a year of US-led air strikes and multi-sided wars in two countries since proclaiming himself caliph of all Muslims after his forces swept through most of no

Pallickal Narayanan played by Mammootty is a metonymy that stands for the early generation of Keralite diaspora in the Gulf. Half a century after setting afoot on a land unknown by a wooden catamaran, that night he goes to sleep early as he has to work on day shift from the next day. And he would never wake up again. Thus comes an end to Pallickal Narayanan's life, which was lived mostly on the deserts of the Gulf than in the coastal village of Malabar where he was born. And being a Keralite, as you watch his life on-screen, a number of characters come and play their part in your mind -- because you personally know someone who lived the life of Narayanan, in parts if not fully. Salim Ahamed's third directorial outing, 'Pathemari' is that narrative necessitated by time itself. Being an economy, that has a strong base on the Gulf boom of 70's and 80's, it's indeed the duty of the land to preserve the memories of a generation that was forced to

Thiruvananthapuram: Soon after seven films were announced for screening at the 20th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) this year,Ennu Ninte Moideen, directed by R.S. Vimal has backed out from the ‘Malayalam Cinema Today’ section. Reports suggests that the film was not considered to be screened under the competition category and thus the makers backed out from the venture. Two films - state and national award winning Ottal, an adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s 19th-century classic short story ‘Vanka’ by Jayaraj R, and Satish Babusenan’sChaayam Poosiya Veedu (The Painted House) - has made it to the Competition category. The other films included in the ‘Malayalam Cinema Today’ section are: Ain (‘The Eye’) by Sidharth Siva; Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal (‘Birds with Large Wings’) by Dr Bijukumar Damodaran; Pathemari by Salim Ahmed; Ozhivudivasathe Kali (‘An Off-Day Game’) by Sanal Kumar Sasidharan; Nirnayakam by V K Prakash; andKaattum Mazhayum by R Harikumar. The films

Representative image Malappuram: In a gruesome incident, three of a family have been found dead in Ponnani near here. According to police, the woman jumped into a well with her child after killing her husband. The deceased have been identified as Faisal (35), his wife Saleena (28) and their eight-month-old son Faheem. Saleena is said to have been suffering from mental illness, according to her relatives. Saleena and Faheem were found dead in a well on Monday morning. Faisal was found hacked in the bedroom. The incident came to light on Monday morning around 6 am. Credits: Manorama

Patna: After high pitch bitter campaigning which saw Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the rival camps led by Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad holding a string of rallies, the stage is set for voting in 49 seats of Bihar Assembly elections in the first phase of the five-phase poll on Monday. Additional Chief Electoral Officer R Lakshamanan said that a total of 1,35,72,339 electorate are eligible to decide the fate of 583 candidates for the 49 seats in 10 districts in the first phase of elections. Lakshamanan said voting would start from 7 AM. While in majority of seats polling would end at 5 PM, in some constituencies time has been cut short to 4 PM and 3 PM on the basis of law and order situation feedback in the Naxal-hit areas, he said. Out of a general electoroate of 1,35,72,339 there are 72,37,253 men, 63,17,602 women and 405 of third gender. Lakshamanan said out of a total of 583 candidates in the field, there are 54 women nominees. BSP, which does not have much influenc

Mumbai: Shiv Sena workers smeared black paint on Sudheendra Kulkarni, Chairman of Observer and Research Foundation, on Monday over his refusal to back down from organising the launch of a book written by former Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri. Earlier, Kulkarni had said the event will continue as scheduled amid threats from Sena. Kulkarni, a foreign policy think-tank, who organised Monday's event, had met Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray at the latter's residence Matoshree here late on Sunday night. It is understood that the meeting went futile and Kulkarni left Matoshree without getting any assurance from the Sena leader whose party's threat to disrupt Pakistan ghazal singer Ghulam Ali's concerts led to cancellation of his events in Mumbai and Pune recently. "I have requested Uddhav Thackeray that Shiv Sena should not oppose the book launch event. I also told him that the event will proceed despite Sena's threat," Kulkarni told P

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BJP has tried to contain the Dadri lynching fallout on its Bihar poll fortunes and turn the ‘beef debate’ to its advantage. — PHOTO: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Modi seeks to drive a wedge between Lalu and his community Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally broke his silence, if obliquely, on the murder of 52-year-old Mohammad Akhlaq at Dadri in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday at an election rally in Bihar, hailing President Pranab Mukherjee’s appeal on Wednesday to preserve India’s core civilisational values. But the Prime Minister’s comments fell short of condemning the lynching of Akhlaq or of pulling up his party colleagues, ministers Mahesh Sharma and Sanjeev Baliyan, MPs Yogi Adityanath and Sakshi Maharaj or MLA Sangeet Som, to desist from making the communally polarising statements. He restricted himself to a general remark on “some politicians [have been] making irresponsible statements for political interests... [which] should end.” Instead, he skilfully wove his salut

PTI Mohd Iqlakh's eldest brother Jameel Ahmed at his residence at Bishada in Dadri on Thursday. Almost 10 days after his father Mohammad Akhlaq Saifi was lynched by a mob, over rumours about beef consumption, just outside his house at Bishahra village in Dadri, his family does not want to leave, despite the immense pain and memory of his brutal killing associated with the house. While taking care of his brother Danish at a hospital in Noida, Sartaj was reminded of “things which happened in my absence.” Danish was brutally assaulted by the mob after which he had to be in the ICU of the hospital for several days. “I can never get over the brutality with which my father was killed. It is like living with the wounds. Yes, it is true that the house at Bishahra reminds me of my father’s killing,” said 29-year-old Sartaj who works with the Indian Air Force in Chennai. But he was quick to add that the small house in the Hindu neighbourhood stands for much more than

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