| Sharad Yadav backs protesting JNU students
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| Opposition leader Sharad Yadav on Monday accused the JNU administration of acting at the behest of the Union government to "play" with the career of poor students. In a statement, he also condemned Delhi police action against the students protesting against the fee hike, saying it was "completely unjustified" and may further flare up the situation. Even the revised charges approved by the administration are far more than the existing ones, Yadav said, endorsing the agitation by students. "The JNU administration on the directions of the government is playing with the career of the poor students. Police action on the students is completely unjustified which may further flare up the issue and therefore the administration should be refrained from stopping the students from peaceful demonstration," he said. He asked the administration to roll back the increase in the fees and restore the existing charges. This government, he alleged, is deliberately raising the cost of education and ...
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| Pawar non-committal on Sena tie-up in Maha, says only discussed pol situation with Sonia
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| Keeping his cards close to his chest, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Monday said he had only discussed the political situation in Maharashtra with Congress president Sonia Gandhi and the two parties will hold talks with their other allies, before taking a decision on government formation in the state. Pawar, whose meeting with Sonia was being billed as a major step towards a tie-up with the Shiv Sena for government formation in the state, said if the NCP-Congress had to take a view on government formation, they had to first discuss it between themselves. Addressing a press conference after his meeting with Gandhi here on Monday that lasted for about 50 minutes, the Maratha strongman also said there was no discussion on a common minimum programme (CMP) during the talks. "There was no talk of government formation at our meeting. This meeting was all about discussing the Congress and the NCP and the situation in the state," he said. "We will keep an eye on the situation in Maharashtra. ...
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| Das oozes confidence of winning Jamshedpur East seat
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| Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Monday expressed confidence that he would notch up a historic win from Jamshedpur (East) seat following his five years of developmental works in the state. He reiterated BJP will achieve its target of winning 65- plus seats in the ensuing Assembly elections. "I have full faith in the people of my constituency and I am very much confident that I will win with more than 1 lakh votes than the last election margin of 70,000," Das said, without mentioning his opponent Saryu Roy, who is contesting as an Independent candidate from the same constituency. Both Das and Roy filed papers from the Jamshedpur (East) seat during the day. The constituency will go to vote on December 7. Das has been winning the seat since 1995. Roy who held Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs portfolios in Das cabinet tendered his resignation on Sunday night and announced that he would contest against the cm. "The BJP will achieve its target of 65-plus ..
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| Sona Mohapatra thanks Tanushree Dutta for support, says #MeToo isn't over
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| Singer Sona Mohapatra on Monday thanked Tanushree Dutta for her support after the actor praised her for raising voice against music composer Anu Malik, who has been accused of sexual harassment by multiple women, adding that the #MeToo movement is far from dead. Malik was first accused of misconduct last year during the #MeToo wave and was briefly dropped as a judge of a singing reality show on Sony channel. Several women, including singers Shweta Pandit and Neha Bhasin, levelled allegations against the composer. The allegations resurfaced with his reinstatement this September. In a daily, Tanushree, who can be credited with kick-starting India #MeToo in the showbiz sphere, had applauded Mohapatra and others for "fighting the good fight" against Malik and his reinstatement. On her part, Mohapatra said she felt "elated" after reading the actor's critique of the channel's "double standards". "My own fight is not against just one man, but with an entire system which normalises sexual ...
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| Woman branded as 'witch', HP govt forms SIT to probe case
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| The Himachal Pradesh government on Monday informed the high court that it has constituted a special investigation team to probe the case of parading an 81-year-old woman in her village after blackening her face and garlanding her with shoes on the suspicion that she practised sorcery. The state government said that taking note of the seriousness of the offence, the SIT has been constituted. It was brought to the notice of the court that an FIR had been registered in this matter at the Sarkaghat police station in Mandi district on November 9. Hearing the case, a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice L Narayana Swamy and Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua directed the state government to file a fresh status report within six weeks in the matter of torturing the elderly woman in Samahal village on November 6. The Division Bench passed these orders on a petition taken up suo moto by the court as Public Interest Litigation on news items published in various news papers on November 10 and ...
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| We will form committee for Sports Code: Kiren Rijiju
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| Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said that the Committee for Sports Code will be formed so that the sports federations are run efficiently."We will form a committee for the Sports Code. This committee will be very credible. After the recommendation of the committee, I can say anything. We will bring the Sports Code, which will be acceptable to all. We cannot ignore anyone from the society," Rijiju told ANI."If I say a particular group member that you can't be a sports federation head that will be not good. In sports, only those can run (federations) who have the best knowledge of good administrative skills, accountability, transparency, and governance. These are the three parameters on which we will see, who can run sports federation in democracy," he added.The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has rejected the new National Sports Code draft and has also raised questions over many articles that are part of the newly crafted draft.Currently, the National ..
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| Prestige Estates buys 28.9% stake in DB Realty's Mumbai project
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| Bengaluru-based realty firm Prestige Estates has bought 28.99 per cent stake in a commercial project in Mumbai of DB Realty. The deal value was not disclosed. In a regulatory filing, DB Realty informed that Prestige Falcon Realty Ventures, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prestige EstatesProjects Ltd, has acquired 1,32,854 equity shares representing 28.99 per cent (without considering other convertible instruments in the entity) of the equity share capital of DB (BKC) Realtors from Trinity Capital (Ten) Ltd. Last month, Prestige Estates Projects Ltd on announced a joint venture with DB Group to develop a large hotel and convention centre project at Aero City in the national capital with an investment of Rs 2,000 crore. DB Group had acquired the development rights on the 7.70 acre land parcel in 2009 from Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL).
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| Hyderabad: Police rescue 7-yr-old boy, nabs kidnappers within hours of complaint
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| A team of Hyderabad Police on Monday rescued a seven-year-old boy and nabbed his kidnapper from the city within hours of receiving a complaint in the matter.According to the police, a seven-year-old boy was kidnapped from PSR colony on Sunday."The father of the boy received a phone call from the kidnapper who demanded ransom amount of Rs 3 lakhs and threatened of dire consequences and said that if they informed to police he would kill the boy," Commissioner of Police (Rachakonda) Mahesh M Bhagwat said.After receiving a complaint, the police registered a case and started an investigation into the matter.Police said that a special team was formed to probe the matter and the boy's father was kept in constant touch with the kidnapper for negotiations."The father agreed to pay Rs 25,000 form now and give a cheque for the remaining Rs 2.75 lakhs. The caller was tracked with information and intelligence collection and identified and the team immediately apprehended the caller at Almasguda, ..
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| Delhi to get three new govt hospitals with over 1,900 beds
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| The Delhi Government on Monday approved the plan to construct three new government hospitals here to increase patients' access to secondary and tertiary healthcare.Deputy Chief Ministe Manish Sisodia headed an Expenditure Finance Committee which approved the projects on Monday. He stated that the construction will commence in the next two months."Each of the three hospitals will have around 650 beds as per the initial plan, thereby adding 1,950 beds in total," said Health Minister Satyendar Jain.The new hospitals will be constructed in Madipur, Hastsal and Jwalapuri areas of Delhi. These locations have been selected given their high population density and lack of government hospital facility in proximity.Madipur is located in West Delhi and is an urban slum area. Hastsal (near Vikaspuri) and Jwalapuri (in Nagloi) are inhabited by urban, rural and semi-urban population.The three hospitals will cater to a population of over 40 lakh, who currently travel approximately five km (or 30 ...
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