Akhilesh Yadav Books Cinema Hall in Lucknow for Special Screening of ‘Chhapaak’
Not just Akhilesh, the Kamal Nath government also showed its support for the film by declaring Chhapaak tax free in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday
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SC Orders Govt to Restore Internet in Kashmir for All Essential Services, Review Restrictions Within 7 Days
New Delhi: Ruling that the right to access internet is constitutionally protected and internet can be shut down only in exceptional circumstances, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered that internet access be restored in Kashmir for all essential services.
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JNU students meet HRD officials, Delhi Police detains protestors marching towards Rashtrapati Bhavan
Hundreds of JNU students on Thursday marched to the HRD Ministry and were later stopped when they tried to go towards Rashtrapati Bhavan during when some of them were roughed up by police who used mild force, in escalating protests for the sacking of the university Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar over the violence in the campus.
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Article 370: SC verdict on pleas challenging curbs in J&K on Friday
The Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver on Friday its verdict on a batch of pleas including that of Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad challenging the restrictions imposed in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir following the abrogation of provisions of Article 370.
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Deepika Padukone has done what no big male movie star has
Deepika Padukone has done what no big male movie star has by appearing at JNU on Tuesday evening in solidarity with students protesting against the insidious attack that rolled there for hours. Some accuse her of using the appearance to draw attention at a time when she has a new movie – “Chhapaak”. Doesn’t matter. She took a brave stand that she knew could impact her movie – there were instant calls to boycott it.
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JNU: A fierce desire for freedom and democratic dissent against authority (opinion)
Afierce love of freedom and democratic dissent are the sine qua non of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), study and struggle its motto. But why is JNU prone to dissent? What explains the fact that slogans popularised by former JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumarbhukhmari se aazaadi, samantwad se aazaadi (Freedom from starvation, freedom from feudalism)are also the songs of JNU students struggling against the violence unleashed on January 5 on the campus by masked goons?
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Judge Loya Case To Be Opened Based On “Evidence”: Maharashtra Minister
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government would consider investigation into the death of special CBI judge BH Loya in 2014 if it gets any complaint with substantial evidence, a minister said on Wednesday.
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Top factors that will determine who wins Delhi Assembly election
If Delhi were a country, it would be three times richer than India both on the per capita GDP and
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“Anything But Publicity Stunt”: Anurag Kashyap On Deepika Padukone, JNU
Anurag Kashyap has re-emerged in protests and on Twitter after a self-imposed hiatus after he and his family were trolled viciously last year.
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‘If not Kejriwal, then who?’
Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the one question that perhaps defined the contest was, “If not Modi, then who?”. Fast forward eight months, and the Aam Aadmi Party is trying to define the Delhi Assembly election by the question, “If not Kejriwal, then who?”
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