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News of rape and murder cooked up: Disha Salian’s dad

07 Aug 2020 03:04 AM IST

Amid the ongoing media speculation around late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s case, Disha Salian’s father Satish Salian has ended his silence on Thursday and slammed reports that claim her daughter was raped and subsequently murdered. In a letter to Maharashtra’s Assistant commissioner of police Dilip Yadav, he said that his

Books to look out for this week

07 Aug 2020 02:51 AM IST

The Citizenship Debate: CAA & NRC Amit Malviya and Salman Khurshid Rupa, Rs 295 Amid widespread protests, the Indian Parliament passed CAA on 11 December 2019. It divided the country into two distinct groups—one section of people considers the apprehensions about the CAA being a case of a misreading of

Poignant short stories inspired by women around us

07 Aug 2020 02:46 AM IST

Richa Gupta’s stories in Slices of Life intend to offer a glimpse into the experiences of women who find themselves in a variety of situations. The author talks to The Daily Guardian about her new book. Excerpts: Q. Slices of Life is about women from various walks of life, much

Looking at past pandemics in the time of coronavirus

07 Aug 2020 02:46 AM IST

Ashoke Mukhopadhyay’s book, ably translated from Bengali into English by Arunava Sinha, takes the reader in the lanes of a plague-hit Bengal of the 18th and the 19th centuries.

Centre agrees for CBI probe in Sushant Singh Rajput suicide case

06 Aug 2020 09:37 AM IST

The Central government has accepted Bihar government’s recommendation to initiate a CBI (Centra Bureau of Investigation) probe in actor Sushant Singh Rajput suicide case, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The SC was hearing a plea filed by Sushant’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty seeking transfer of her

Depth of China’s poison tree farm

06 Aug 2020 06:29 AM IST

It’s time for the world to realise—and accept—that China’s much publicised and acknowledged development story is full of illegal, unethical and unfair practices.

Handwara locals celebrate one year of the abrogation of Article 370 with mela

06 Aug 2020 06:28 AM IST

Soundly rejecting Pakistan’s efforts to create a false narrative around the first anniversary of abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmiris celebrated the occasion by organising “Bangus Awaam Mela” in Handwara district with great fanfare. The two-day annual festival witnessed the participation of hundreds of Gujjars, Bakarwals and

Military bands gearing up to perform before 15 August for Covid warriors

06 Aug 2020 06:26 AM IST

The Indian military bands will perform for a fortnight before Independence Day across the country. This will happen for the first time. The performances are intended as gestures of gratitude and appreciation of the nation for the Covid-19 warriors who have been steadfastly fighting to stop the spread of the

Monsoon mayhem in Mumbai: 4 killed, traffic hit for 4th day

06 Aug 2020 05:47 AM IST

Overnight heavy spells of rainfall inundated at least 137 spots all over Mumbai.

Something fishy in Sushant Singh’s death, says Bihar DGP

06 Aug 2020 05:46 AM IST

Escalating the turf war between Mumbai and Bihar Police, Bihar Police DGP G. Pandey called out the former for their attempt to thwart the ongoing investigation into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. He said that Mumbai Police behaved in the “most unprofessional way” and “neither did they share

Won’t tolerate political interference in spurious liquor case: Punjab CM

06 Aug 2020 05:45 AM IST

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said that he would not tolerate any political interference in the hooch tragedy case, and directed the DGP to book those directly involved in the case, under section 302 of IPC, for murder. Promising justice for the victims of the hooch case,

Hooch tragedy: Punjab BJP demands CBI investigation

06 Aug 2020 05:45 AM IST

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab unit of the BJP demanded a CBI investigation into the illicit liquor tragedy, which has claimed 112 lives so far. The BJP Punjab unit has asked the Minister of State for Home Affairs G. Krishna Reddy on Wednesday in a virtual conference. According to an official release