Maintain dignity of Ramjas: Principal appeals on his last day

Maintain dignity of Ramjas: Principal appeals on his last day

Tuesday, 28 February 2017 | Rahiba R Parveen | New Delhi

The aftermath of the violence over an event at Delhi University’s Ramjas College is echoing widely in the country while the principal of the college on Monday said that he “trusted” the organisers and “cancelled the event” as soon as the police raised an alarm by covering up the entrance. The...

Irom refuses security escort

Tuesday, 28 February 2017 | PTI | Imphal

 Irom Sharmila Chanu on Monday refused to accept the ‘security escort’ provided to her by the State authorities under the direction of the Election Commission of India. Sharmila told PTI that she has no enmity with anyone and has “nothing to fear about”. The former iconic human rights figure said she...

'AFSPA not medicine for militancy; it's there to extract Manipur's resources'

Tuesday, 28 February 2017 | PTI | New Delhi

The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act — the AFSPA — is not the medicine for militancy and it is there to “extract resources” from Manipur, Irom Sharmila’s party PRJA has said. To drive home the point, the Peoples’ Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA) said that there were only four insurgent...

BJP too seeks CBI probe as ias body adamant

Tuesday, 28 February 2017 | Faizan Ahmed | PATNA

Names of some high-profile politicians are doing the rounds in connection with the paper leak scam in Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC). The Opposition BJP alleged that some Ministers and several lawmakers were involved in this scam. Demanding a CBI probe, leader of Opposition Prem Kumar said in the Assembly on...

Khadi spinners' wage to be hiked

Tuesday, 28 February 2017 | Nayan Dave | GANDHINAGAR

In an important meeting of Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) at historic Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, THE KVIC has decided to increase the wage of spinners from existing Rs 5.50 per hank to Rs 7 per hank with effect from the new financial year. “Recognising the importance of enhancing the...

On verge of bankruptcy, Bengal Govt to borrow Rs 3,000 crore

Tuesday, 28 February 2017 | Saugar Sengupta | Kolkata

Almost on the verge of bankruptcy, the Mamata Banerjee Government is once again raising a whopping Rs 3,000 crore from the market taking the total amount borrowed in the current fiscal to Rs 32,000 crore, Finance Department sources said. The Government’s heavy borrowing comes against the backdrop of sustained attack Chief...

ISIS suspects sent to 12-day police remand

Tuesday, 28 February 2017 | Nayan Dave | GANDHINAGAR

A day after arrest of the two ISIS suspects arrest, a local court in Rajkot sent both of them to 12-day police remand on Monday for their further investigations over their connections within the country as well as overseas.    The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) personnel nabbed two brothers - Wasim...

Rebel Goa RSS faction ready to re-unite with Sangh

Tuesday, 28 February 2017 | Mayabhushan | Panaji

Months after being sacked as the State RSS chief and launching a sustained bitter attack on the BJP-led coalition Government in Goa, Subhash Velingkar, chief of the rebel Sangh, faction in the coastal State has hinted at a possible return to the original fold. Velingkar also told The Pioneer, that the...

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