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Dalit protest: Bhim Army chief arrested for ‘rioting’

New Delhi, Aug 22: Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad has been arrested on charges of rioting and unlawful assembly and will be produced before a court on Thursday, a police official said.  The Dalit leader and around 96 others were detained on Wednesday night from Tughlaqabad area after protest […]

IIMC holds offline admissions for vacant SC/ST seats

New Delhi, Aug 21: The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) is holding offline admissions to fill up vacant SC/ST seats in its PG diploma programmes, officials said on Wednesday.  According to officials, 32 seats reserved for SC/ST candidates are available for offline admission in Post Graduate Diploma Courses […]

Srinagar, Jammu mayors get MoS status

Jammu, Aug 21: The mayors of Srinagar and Jammu civic bodies have been granted status equivalent to that of Minister of State (MoS), according to an official order. The order, issued by additional secretary Subash Chhibber on Tuesday, said the hospitality and protocol department shall make necessary insertion in […]

4 TN fishermen arrested by Lankan Navy

Rameswaram (TN) Aug 21: Four fishermen from Tamil Nadu were on Wednesday arrested and their country boat was seized by the Sri Lankan navy while they were fishing near Neduntheevu which is part of island nation’s territorial waters. This is the second such arrest made by the Lankan navy […]

Incarcerated Kashmir separatists urge public march over loss of autonomy

Hundreds of political leaders and activists, many of them separatists seeking Kashmir’s secession from India, have been incarcerated and the appeal to the public came through posters that appeared overnight in the region’s main city of Srinagar. “Every person, young and old, men and women, should march after […]

Take steps for CBI probe into alleged sand scam: AIADMK

Puducherry, Aug 21: Opposition AIADMK on Wednesday requested the Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi to take steps to institute a CBI probe into the alleged scandalous practice and corruption in disposing of river sand imported from Malaysia and kept in Karaikal port. Addressing reporters here, the leaderof the legislature […]

Gaur – the ‘bulldozer’ minister who went on to become CM

Bhopal, Aug 21: BJP veteran Babulal Gaur, who started his career as a trade unionist, went on to become a tall figure of the party in Madhya Pradesh, holding several key positions, including that of the chief minister, during his decades long political career. Gaur, 89, who died here […]

Audiences less forgiving today: Mohnish Bahl

Mumbai, Aug 21: Mohnish Bahl says he is careful about selecting projects as he believes the audiences today demand better content and don’t shy away from trashing a film or show they dislike. The actor called the 1980s and 1990s a more “forgiving” era in cinema and TV. “I […]

Suspected Maoist killed in exchange of fire with police

Hyderabad, Aug 21: A suspected Maoist was killed in an exchange of fire with police in Bhadradri-Kothagudem district on Wednesday, District Superintendent of Police Sunil Dutt said. He said the incident occurred during search operations conducted this morning in a forest area based on a tip-off. “We are suspecting […]

HC gives Vadra four weeks to file rejoinder in plea to quash money laundering case

New Delhi, Aug 21: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday gave businessman Robert Vadra four weeks to file a rejoinder to the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) reply to his petition seeking quashing of certain provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). A bench of Justices Manmohan and Sangita […]

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