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New Delhi, Oct 20 (PTI) Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, the country’s second highest law officer, resigned today for “personal reasons”. The office of Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad received his resignation letter today. While Kumar confirmed to PTI that he had resigned, sources close to him said it was for […]
New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) The Supreme Court has refused to ban the controversial book–Samajika Smugglurlu Komatollu (Vysyas are social smugglers) penned by prominent Dalit writer and intellectual Kancha Ilaiah, saying every author has a fundamental right to voice ideas freely. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices […]
New Delhi, Oct 14 (PTI) At a time when the Congress is trying to cobble together a coalition against the BJP, former president Pranab Mukherjee argued against sewing up alliances just for the sake of forming a government, insisting such attempts would only dilute the identity of the Congress party. In […]
Dhaka, Oct 15 (AFP) Bangladesh has tightened security along its western border with India amid concern that hundreds of Rohingya Muslim refugees could be pushed into its territory, officials said today. Patrols have been stepped up along the frontier with India’s West Bengal state, where border guards say they have been […]
Mumbai, Oct 15 (PTI) Vidya Balan, who will be seen shaking legs on the popular track ‘Hawa Hawai’ in her next film “Tumhari Sulu”, says the song is a tribute to legendary actor Sridevi. Vidya has recreated Sridevi’s chartbuster “Hawa Hawai” from the 1987 blockbuster “Mr India”. “I am an ardent […]
New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has refused to share details of a decision to put the logo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet project ‘clean India mission’ on the new Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 currency notes, citing security concerns among other reasons. Replying to […]
Dhaka, Oct 15 (PTI) Favourites India continued their winning momentum defeating arch-rivals Pakistan 3-1 in a pool encounter of the 10th men’s Asia Cup hockey tournament, here on Sunday. After the two easy wins against Japan (5-1) and hosts Bangladesh (7-0), as expected India had a relatively tough outing against Pakistan […]
Mumbai, Oct 15 (PTI) At least 26 people aboard the Mumbai-bound Tejas Express from Goa were today taken ill after consuming food served by the Railways’ catering wing, IRCTC, the Konkan Railways said. The passengers were headed towards Mumbai. After consuming the food served by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism […]
New Delhi, Oct 14 (PTI) Wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik and pacer Shardul Thakur were on Saturday recalled for the three- match ODI series against New Zealand while selectors continued to ignore senior spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Aswhin. Opener Shikhar Dhawan has also returned to the ODI team after missing the series […]
Mumbai, Oct 14 (PTI) Akshay Kumar today praised his “Namastey London” co-star Katrina Kaif, saying she has become one of the biggest stars of Bollywood due to hard work and determination. Akshay and Katrina were present at the Kudo Tournament prize distribution event here. “I had told her (Katrina) about this […]
