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Meerut, Mar 19: There are more legal troubles in the offing for Jawaharlal University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar, who is currently out on interim bail. A Bajrang Dal activist from Bulanadshahr has filed a fresh case of sedition against Kumar for allegedly disrespecting the Indian armed forces. The court on Friday evening set March 28 as the first date of the hearing. Hemant

Dehradun, Mar 19: Beleaugered Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat, whose Congress government plunged into a crisis tonight with nine party MLAs revolting against his leadership, tonight claimed he has "full majority" and warned of disciplinary action against the rebels. "We have full majority. All our members are in tact. The figures being touted (about our government's strengh being reduced)

New Delhi, Mar 18: JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya walked out of Tihar jail today, over three weeks after their arrest on sedition charges in connection with a controversial event at the university where anti-national slogans were allegedly raised. They were greeted outside the Tihar jail by a group of JNU students. "Both Umar and Anirban were released from jail number 3 around 8

New Delhi, Mar 18: Efforts to revive the BJP-PDP coalition in Jammu and Kashmir have hit a roadblock with BJP making it clear that government cannot be formed on the basis of conditions. A day after Mehbooba Mufti met BJP chief Amit Shah here, her party sources also indicated that the back-channel talks between the two sides on formation of a new government have failed. However, BJP General

New Delhi, Mar 18: JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, arrested in a sedition case almost a month ago, were today granted interim bail for six months by a Delhi court. Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh granted the relief to the two accused on furnishing of a personal bond of Rs 25,000 each with one surety of the like amount. "I am granting them interim bail for six months,"

New Delhi, Mar 18: Rajasthan minister Vasudev Devnani on Friday said major changes are being made in school curriculum and biographies of freedom fighters will be included so as to ensure “no one like Kanhaiya Kumar is born” in the state. “To inculcate the feeling of patriotism in students, major changes are being made in the curriculum,” the Rajasthan Minister of State for Education (primary and

New Delhi, Mar 18: Pictures of Union Ministers, Chief Ministers, Governors and State Ministers can now appear in government advertisements with the Supreme Court on Friday modifying its earlier order and allowing their publication. The verdict came on pleas by Centre and states including poll-bound West Bengal and Tamil Nadu which had sought review of the Supreme Court judgement barring

New Delhi, Mar 18: The National Commission for Minorities has issued a notice to JNU authorities over a professor's alleged remarks calling Dalits and Muslim teachers "anti-national", days after the National Commission for Scheduled Caste issued a similar notice. Amita Singh, who is the chairperson of the varsity's school of governance has made the alleged comments in an interview to a web portal

Pokhara (Nepal), Mar 17: A Pakistani Joint Investigation Team will arrive in India on March 27 to carry forward its probe into the Pathankot terror attack, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj announced here today. The announcement came after Swaraj's 20-minute meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, who hoped that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Premier

Mumbai, Mar 17: The Bombay High Court today quashed the death penalty awarded to lone convict Himayat Baig in the 2010 German Bakery blast in Pune due to lack of evidence, but confirmed the life sentence imposed on him for possession of explosives. A division bench of Justices N H Patil and S B Shukre said Baig is acquitted of all charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), under