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Film releases in UP amid tight security

“It is rather unfortunate that people who are speaking against Vishwaroopam are those who have not even seen the film.

Girl thrown off SUV after ‘rape’

In yet another gangrape incident marked by brutality of the accused, a teenaged girl was thrown off a SUV in Ghatampur area in Kanpur district on Thursday after being allegedly raped by five men.

Police detains resort manager

The alleged rape of a South Korean tourist at a resort owned by a ruling BJP MLA near the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh earlier this month has raised a political storm with leader of Opp

Didi downplays face-off with Gorkha leadership

Desperate to defuse the tense situation which emerged in the hills in the past two days, chief minister Mamata Banerjee tried to downplay her face-off with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leadership.

Mamata ordered police to block my arrival in Kolkata: Rushdie

Controversial author Salman Rushdie today alleged that he was forced to cancel his trip to Kolkata after being threatened that he would be bundled out on the first flight by the police on orders from West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.

Hazare warns of fresh protest

A year and a half after holding massive rallies in Delhi with his call for the Jan Lokpal Bill, anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday addressed a rally in Patna aiming to begin a national

Protests keep author away

The visit of Booker Prize winning author Salman Rushdie to Kolkata where he was expected to participate in the promotion for Deepa Mehta’s film Midnight’s Children on Wednesday was abandoned apparentl

GJM chief warns of militant stir if needed

Going on a collision course against the Mamata Banerjee government, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung on Wednesday warned that their movement for a separate Gorkhaland may no longer rema

Students celebrate Dickens bicentenary

Famous works and characters of Charles Dickens have come to life at an exhibition put together by the students of the department of English and modern European languages at the Lucknow University to m

HC: Why no murder charge on ex-MLA?

In another setback to the Mamata Banerjee government, the Calcutta high court on Wednesday expressed its displeasure over the police’s failure to slap attempt to murder charge against former Trinamul

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Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.