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NSUI’s hunger strike demanding postponement of JEE, NEET enters fourth day

11:59 pm August 29, 2020

New Delhi: The Congress-affiliated NSUI’s indefinite hunger strike to demand postponement of JEE, NEET and other examinations amid the coronavirus pandemic entered the fourth day. Senior Congress leaders like Pawan Khera, Qazi Nizamuddin, Pramod Kumar and Alka Lamba joined the strike to express solidarity with the students, the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) said in a statement. NSUI national president Neeraj […]

Sushant case: Rhea questioned by CBI on second day

10:19 pm August 29, 2020

Mumbai: Actress Rhea Chakraborty, who is accused of abetting the suicide of her boyfriend and film star Sushant Singh Rajput, was questioned for seven hours by the Central Bureau of Investigation on Saturday. The actress was interrogated by the Central Agency for the second consecutive day. A vehicle carrying Chakraborty (28) reached the DRDO guest house in suburban Santacruz, where the […]

Former Supreme Court judge Justice A R Lakshmanan dead

2:42 pm August 27, 2020

Chennai: Justice A R Lakshmanan, former Judge of the Supreme Court and ex-chairman of the Law Commission of India died following a heart attack at a hospital, his family said on Thursday. He was 78 and he died at a hospital in Tiruchirappalli on Wednesday at 11.30 pm and is survived by two sons and […]

Republicans doing everything to suppress voting rights of people of colour: Kamala Harris

11:48 pm August 26, 2020

Washington: The Republican Party is doing everything in its power to suppress and attack the voting rights of people of color, India-origin senator and Democratic Party’s vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris alleged on Wednesday. Paying tributes to all the courageous women throughout history who fought for voting rights, Harris, in an op-ed on the occasion […]

Sushant death case: NCB files criminal case against Rhea, others

9:20 pm August 26, 2020

New Delhi: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Wednesday filed a criminal case against Rhea Chakraborty and others for their alleged dealings in banned drugs, officials said. They said various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) have been pressed in the complaint filed by the federal anti-drugs agency on an official reference received from the Enforcement Directorate […]