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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. ....
Women's Group In Manila Burns US Flag With Trump's Face
A large crowd of protesters of a Left-wing feminist group marched in this Philippine capital city on Wednesday on the occasion of the International Women's Day and burnt the US flag with President Donald Trump's face printed on it.....
BCCI Stands By Kohli On Australia's 'DRS' Episode
After Virat Kohli came down heavily on Australian captain Steve Smith for trying to elicit the dressing room's consent for using Decision Review System (DRS) in the second Test in Bengaluru, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday stood by its skipper after due deliberation and seeing the video replays.....
‘Don't Need Favours, Skills Enough For Women'
Notwithstanding the notion that society is still discomfited by the progress of women, a clutch of female technopreneurs and faculty at Indias oldest IIT, the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, have called for inculcating gender equity in young minds and providing opportunities based on merit and not on gender -- emphasising skills and confidence are enough to climb to the top.....
Veteran Journalist Arvind Padmanabhan Passes Away
Veteran journalist Arvind Padmanabhan, an Executive Editor at IANS, died of cardiac arrest here early on Wednesday.....
NIA Releases Two Pakistanis Held For Uri Attack
The NIA on Wednesday said it had released two Pakistani teenagers arrested last year in connection with the attack on an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri and handed them over to the army for sending them back to their homes.....
Krishnaveni's Story And The Era Of Women Panchayat Presidents
Thalaiyuthu panchayat, Tirunelveli district (Tamil Nadu): P. Krishnaveni remembers the night of 13 June, 2011, clear as day. Barely 200 m from her home of 15 years, in front of a local temple, she lay in a pool of her blood.....
ASUS Offers Free Gift For Female Customers
Taiwan-based technology major ASUS announced that female customers will be given a free Lolliflash -- accessory for a smartphone -- with purchase of a Zenfone 3 Max series smartphone. ....
Dismiss Kushwaha From Modi's Cabinet, Says BJP's Bihar MLA
A BJP MLA in Bihar on Wednesday demanded the dismissal of Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha from the Central Cabinet for what he said was repeated criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's roadshow in Varanasi.....
Air Pollution Second Largest Cause Of Deaths In Delhi, Say Experts
The monster of air pollution is the second biggest killer in the National Capital Region (NCR), environmentalists have said here and asked people to combat and curb it.....
