Kanhaiya Kumar, the student who was arrested on sedition charges, is scheduled to arrive tomorrow at the Hyderabad university where Dalit student Rohith Vemula killed himself after alleging caste discrimination. Mr Kumar, 28, will meet students who say that Mr Vemula was driven to suicide by university officials who suspended him and his friends in […]
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Jawaharlal Nehru University student’s union president Kanhaiya Kumar met Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday, days after the Congress vice-president attacked the government over a sedition row at the university. Kanhaiya met Gandhi along with delegations from the JNUSU and the All India Students’ Federation (AISF). Kanhaiya was booked and arrested on a charge of involvement in
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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday in a renewed bid to break the deadlock over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting at the PM’s 7 Race Course Road residence is said to be the final step to reconciliation between the BJP and the PDP. “It
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Australian skipper Steve Smith warned his side faced defeat in coming matches unless they improved after their thrilling three-wicket win over Bangladesh in their World Twenty20 clash in Bangalore on Monday. Opener Usman Khawaja hit a quick-fire half-century as Australia successfully chased down Bangladesh’s total of 156 for five, with nine balls to spare. The
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Aam Aadmi Party national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is set to become the first Indian chief minister to be replicated in wax at the iconic museum, Madame Tussauds. A life-size replica of Kejriwal will be installed both in London and the branch of the museum in Delhi, which is set to open
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Nawazuddin Siddiqui has proved his mettle as an actor after undergoing years of struggle in showtown. Now, the actor is all set for his next film, where he will be playing yet another surprising role. According to reports, Nawazuddin will play the role of lingerie salesman in Sohail Khan’s next directorial venture. A source has
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The FBI may have found a way without Apple’s assistance to unlock the iPhone used by one of the shooters in the San Bernardino terrorist attack, Justice Department officials said Monday. Less than 24 hours before a highly anticipated hearing over access to the phone was set to begin, Justice Department lawyers requested a delay.
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Donald Trump began his appearance at the annual AIPAC conference in Washington DC by insisting he would not “pander” to his pro-Israel audience, claiming “That’s what politicians do.” But during a lengthy address designed to demonstrate the Republican front-runner’s foreign policy chops to the largest pro-Israel organisation in the US, he did little else. Describing
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BJP CORPORATOR and the party’s Braj region unit vice-president, Kundanika Sharma, was on Monday arrested in Agra in a case of alleged hate speech given at a condolence meeting for murdered VHP district vice-president, on February 28. She was later before the court, which gave her interim bail till April 2. In the February 28
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In an extraordinary news conference Monday afternoon, President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro sparred over human rights, the Guantanamo prison and their views of their own countries and the world, even as both hailed Obama’s historic visit here as a new step in normalizing relations. The event was marked by a jarring juxtaposition
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Even as the BJP-PDP alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is tottering on brink, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday asked PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti to make up her mind. “The fact is that the PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti has to really make up her mind,” Jailtey told Shekhar Gupta, former Editor of Indian Express in
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Apple Inc’s new iPhone SE has first-rate features and a relatively low price tag, but its prospects in key markets like China and India may be limited by its diminutive size. At the product launch in Cupertino, California on Monday, Apple vice-president of iPhone Product Marketing Greg Joswiak singled out China as a target market,
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The weekend always seems to fly by quickly while weekdays often seem to drag on. Monday morning blues affect people around the globe, across caste, creed, age or nationality. Dragging yourself to work after a relaxed weekend seems like an uphill task and you wish you could turn back time. Here are some ways to
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Holi marks the end of winter chills and the beginning of spring. It is a time for spreading festive cheer and color among friends and family. It goes without saying that Holi celebrations are incomplete without mouth-watering treats like gujiya, thandai, peda and matthi. But thandai, which is one of the most popular drinks, is
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A ‘miracle drug’ to battle multi-drug resistant tuberculosis MDR-TB, and extensively-drug resistant TB (XDR-TB), will be rolled out on Monday in six public hospitals across the country. This is part of a co-ordinated programme between the government and Johnson & Johnson, whose pharma arm Janssen has manufactured the drug. Named ‘Bedaquiline’ (trade name Sirturo), the
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It’s not common to find a woman fretting over commitment levels of the man she is dating. Women often have an intuition when their man is not being serious about their relationship or plan to opt out of the relationship mid-way. Should you find yourself doing that, save yourself the heartache that comes from being
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Hrithik Roshan, who often embarks on adventurous outings with his sons Hrehaan and Hridhaan, recently had another fair share of it in the city of Dubai. Unaffected by his legal battle with Kangana Ranaut, Hrithik took some time from his busy schedule for a quick getaway. The 41-year-old actor shared his travelogue in photos on
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Actor Arjun Kapoor, who is gearing up for the promotion of his film ‘Ki and Ka’, says today looks have become important to everybody. “If you are a good actor, all these pressures doesn’t matter. I feel this society has created this pressure. Looks have become important to everybody. I think, for an actor, you
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Acclaimed actor Kangna Ranaut, who has been approached by filmmaker Homi Adajania for his next directorial venture has apparently refused to do the film because of date issues. “Homi has narrated (the script) to Kangana and she is keen to work with him, but she is already committed to Hansal Mehta’s film after ‘Rangoon’ and
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Actress Shraddha Kapoor says she has not received any film offer with actor Sanjay Dutt. “I have not been offered any film opposite Sanjay Dutt but I totally admire him and would love to work with him in the future,” Shraddha told IANS. The actress was reported to have been roped in with Sanjay for
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Maharashtra Advocate General Shreehari Aney’s demand for separate Marathwada state today led to ruckus in the state Assembly which was adjourned thrice as Congress-NCP and Shiv Sena raised slogans and demanded Aney’s resignation. “The government should sack Aney or else it will be construed that it is backing him,” NCP MLA Dilip Walse Patil said.
The much awaited Vijay Theri trailer is out! Starring Ilaya Thalapathy Vijay, Samantha, Amy Jackson, Baby Nainika in main roles, the film Theri (English: Spark) is an upcoming Tamil action thriller, written and directed by Atlee and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu. The audio launch of the movie was held on Sunday at Sathyam Theatre,
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Myanmar’s new Parliament voted on Monday to reduce the number of government ministries, with President-elect Htin Kyaw assuring lawmakers that no civil servants will lose their jobs and that the nation will save $4 million by getting rid of 15 ministers. The 611-3 vote by a joint session of parliament was the first legislative act
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It was a Telugu movie that inspired the three ‘killers’ of Abhay Modhani, a teenager from Shahinayathgunj who was kidnapped four days ago and was later found dead. The accused, Indugugamalli Sheshu Kumar alias Sairam (20), Pondara Ravi (21) and Namburi Mohan (23), all from Andhra Pradesh, were caught by the city police after a
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Congress leader Shashi Tharoor clarified today that he had not intended to equate Kanhaiya Kumar, the student recently arrested on charges of sedition at Jawaharlal Nehru University or JNU, with freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. “It was a girl in the audience (at JNU) who mentioned Bhagat Singh, and I said that Bhagat Singh was a
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Sanjay Dutt, who was convicted under the Arms Act and was sentenced to jail by the Supreme Court, in March 2013, walked out of prison a few days back and the deadly Dutt is planning to pen down his prison experiences in a book, we hear. Sanju recently revealed that he wants to write about
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Kareena Kapoor Khan and Arjun Kapoor have been going all out to promote their movie Ki and Ka which releases next week and we surely cannot get enough of them. The lovely duo was captured yesterday during media interactions and were seen goofing around together. While Kareena was stylish in her grey dress, Arjun was
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Meghalaya police have arrested one person in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a 19-year-old girl who had gone missing on Thursday night and was later found dead at a jungle, a police official said today. Vicky Syiemlieh (24), the prime accused in the case was arrested yesterday evening from his residence at
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s media conference at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, after India beat Pakistan for the 11th time in the ICC tournaments, appeared more like he was addressing his own team-mates. Like a teacher telling his students which classmate of theirs they should emulate, pointing to the most scholarly in the class, India captain sang
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North Korea on Monday fired five short-range missiles into the sea off its east coast — the latest in a series of missile launches ordered by leader Kim Jong-Un amid rising military tensions. The launches came just days after the North test-fired two medium-range missiles, in what the UN Security Council described as an “unacceptable”
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