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DU Professor Saibaba Gets Life Imprisonment For Maoist Links
Delhi University professor G.N. Saibaba, who is wheelchair-bound, was on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment by a Maharashtra court for his links with Maoists.....
Won't Spare Even Kin If Guilty Of Sex Racket: Meghalaya Minister
Meghalaya Home Minister Horju Donkupar Roy Lyngdoh on Tuesday said that the law will take its own course if even his own kin was found involved in the sex racket in the guest house owned by his son.....
Modi Taunts Note Ban Critics
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday taunted critics of demonetisation and said the country was on the road to unprecedented economic growth.....
Fresh Snow In Mountains, Rains Lash Plains Of J&K
Fresh snowfall occurred in the higher reaches in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday while rain lashed the plains.....
Naidu Condoles Death Of IANS Journalist Arvind Padmanabhan
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday expressed grief over the death of IANS Executive Editor Arvind Padmanabhan, describing it as a "huge loss to the media fraternity". ....
India Has To Make Room For 'lady Oriented' Works: 'Lipstick...' Director
Theres rallying for womens empowerment on the one hand -- and a curb on freedom of expression on the other. The paradox is perplexing to writer-filmmaker Alankrita Shrivastava, whose "honest" telling of a story of womens secret desires and hidden fantasies has been deemed too "lady oriented" and unfit for release by Indias censor board. ....
Veteran Journalist Arvind Padmanabhan Passes Away
Veteran journalist Arvind Padmanabhan, an Executive Editor at IANS, died of cardiac arrest here early on Wednesday.....
DCW Honours 30 On International Women's Day
A fiesty Indian Police Service officer, a Bollywood actress and three Delhi UNiversity students were among 30 women honoured by the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Wednesday on the International Women's Day -- apart from men who helped women in distress. ....
Electoral Bonds Cannot Become Parallel Currency-Arun Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said that the electoral bonds announced in Union Budget 2017-18 to promote legitimate funding of political parties cannot become a parallel currency and thus would be valid only for a specific duration.....
Alibaba Launches India-specific Content Platform
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba on Wednesday announced the launch of an India-specific content platform -- We-Media Reward Plan 2 -- with an initial investment of Rs 5 crore, as part of its plan to invest Rs 200 crore over the next two years to drive content distribution in the country. ....
