Mumbai: In Maharashtra, the BJP lost on Thursday at the hands of the Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP alliance, the posts of president and vice president of Nashik and Kolhapur district councils. However, the BJP managed to save the post of president and vice-president in Sangli Zilla Parishad where Shiv Sena members decided to support it.
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Kerela woman claims singer Anuradha Paudwal is her biological mother, demands Rs 50 crore as compensation
The year 2020 has started on a bizarre note for Anuradha Paudwal, with a 45-year-old woman from Kerela’s Thiruvananthapuram claiming that the singer is her mother. Karmala Modex, said that her she came to know about Anuradha Paudwal being her biological mother when her ‘foster’ father Ponnachan let out this big secret in his death bed.
Brian Lara backs Virat Kohli-led India to win all ICC tournaments
Batting great Brian Lara believes that the Virat Kohli-led Indian side is well capable of winning all ICC tournaments they play. The former Windies skipper also felt that Kohli, David Warner and Rohit Sharma are some of the batsmen who can break the record of his highest Test score of 400.
Bengaluru Protests: Police Outnumber Students, Detain 9 For Hours
Bengaluru: On Tuesday, the fists of students from different colleges were seen rising at Freedom Park in Bengaluru to the slogans of ‘azadi’ and ‘CAB down down’ to reject Citizenship (Amendment) Act and to express solidarity with Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and Delhi University (DU) in their struggle against police brutality. Police detained at least nine students. Teresa Braggs, a third year media and communication student from a women’s university in Vasanth Nagar and Anahita Ananth, along with seven more students were detained. They had showed up at Town Hall prior to the scheduled time of the protest.
‘No grounds to review 2017 verdict’: SC rejects Nirbhaya convict’s plea against death sentence
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the review petition challenging the death penalty given to Akshay Kumar, one of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya rape case.
‘Violent protests on CAA are unfortunate, distressing’: PM Modi
New Delhi, Dec 16: In his first reaction to the protests PM Narendra Modi has said, “violent protests on the Citizenship Amendment Act are unfortunate and deeply distressing”.
Climate fight takes a step back with no deal on carbon markets
Madrid: The international effort to rein in fossil fuel pollution took a step backward this weekend after envoys at a marathon round of United Nations talks watered down language on issues they had agreed on in previous years.
He Can’t Speak Yet: Injured Unnao Lawyer’s Kin On Road to Recovery
About five months since the Unnao rape survivor Chaya* and her lawyer Mahendra were were admitted to AIIMS after a head-on collision with a truck, the lawyer’s family is yet to know if he recognises them.
Judicial process beyond reach of poor: President Kovind
President Ram Nath Kovind here on Saturday expressed concern over access to justice, saying the judicial process has gone beyond the reach of the common man. “The judicial process has become expensive, even beyond the reach of common man due to many reasons, especially in the high court and the Supreme Court where it has…
Pati Patni aur Woh movie review: A rather dull remake of a lewd affair
Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Bhumi Pednekar, Ananya Pandey, Aparshakti Khurana, Manu Rishi Chadha, Rajesh Sharma, K.K. Raina, Navni Parihar, Sunny SinghDirector: Mudassar Aziz We should all weep in unison and offer our heartfelt condolences to the house of B.R. Chopra which, under the auspices of Baldev Raj Chopra, gave us Naya Daur, Gumrah, Humraaz, Waqt, Ittefaq, The Burning…
In identical affidavit, Amravati ACB too gives clean chit to Ajit Pawar
Maharashtra’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) office in Amravati too has filed an affidavit before the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court, exonerating former state Deputy Chief Minister and Water Resources Minister Ajit Pawar of any wrongdoing in the irrigation projects under its jurisdiction. Like its Nagpur counterpart, which filed an affidavit before the High Court…
Unnao rape victim dies during treatment
The victim of the Unnao rape case of Uttar Pradesh died late Friday while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Delhi. Dr. Shalabh Kumar, head of the Burn and Plastics Department of Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi, has said that he died at 1140 AM. Dr. Shalabh Kumar said, “He suffered a heart attack at 11.10…
#INDvsWI Hyderabad Twenty20: Kohli’s great innings, India’s bang win
Indian captain Virat Kohli has said that he wants to score runs in every match for India. Kohli, who led India to victory by scoring an unbeaten 94 against the West Indies in a Twenty20 match played in Hyderabad on Friday, said he focused on the goal rather than keeping the fans entertained. India defeated…
If Narsimha Rao heeded to Gujral’s advice, 1984 riots could have been avoided: Manmohan
Singh also spoke as to how his relationship with the former Prime Minister grew, post the emergency period. New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said that Inder Kumar Gujral’s advice to then home minister Narsimha Rao would have prevented the 1984 massacres, if later had heard and acted over it. Speaking at an…
Agra farmer dumps potato to grow saffron sold at over Rs 80,000 per kg
Agra farmer dumps potato to grow saffron sold at over Rs 80,000 per kg
