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New Delhi, Oct 29: Unable to force the government to scrap the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as FTII chairman, agitating students on Wednesday unilaterally withdrew their 139-day-old strike but vowed to continue protests as ten eminent filmmakers returned their National Awards voicing solidarity with them and against growing intolerance in the country. "We are calling off the strike as a

New Delhi, Oct 28: Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta was today detained by Delhi Police for allegedly making a false complaint that beef was being served at the Kerala house canteen here. DCP (New Delhi) Jatin Narwal said that Vishnu Gupta is being questioned but did not disclose any further details. The development comes a day after a major row erupted when Delhi police entered the Kerala House

New Delhi, Oct 28: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will host a townhall at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi on Wednesday where around 900 students are expected to attend the Q&A session. The event will begin at 12 noon. India is home to over 130 million Facebook users, making it the second largest user base for the world's largest social networking site after the US. The next Townhall Q&A

Patna, Oct 28: About 27 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 12 noon in 50 Assembly constituencies spread over six districts of Bihar in the third phase of polling today. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who cast his vote at polling booth number 204 at Bakhtiyarpur, faced protest from a section of people agitating over death of a girl allegdly due to lack of proper medical facility at Bakhtiyarpur

New Delhi, Oct 28: The Centre on Tuesday opposed a plea before the Supreme Court seeking a total ban on bursting firecrackers, saying regulations were already in place to check noise levels. “The night time has been defined between 10 pm to 6 am, and restrictions have been imposed on use of horns, sound-emitting construction equipment and bursting of firecrackers,” said the Environment Ministry in

New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 27: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and state MP MB Rajesh have hit out at the Delhi Police for conducting a 'beef raid' at the Kerala House in the national capital. A day after cops visited the Kerala House after receiving a complaint from a right-wing activist that beef was being served at the canteen there, Chandy said the Delhi Police should have exercised

New Delhi, Oct 27: In a sharp attack on the Narendra Modi government, BJP leader Arun Shourie on Monday contended that it believes that managing economy means “managing the headlines” and that people had started recalling the days of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. “Doctor Singh (Manmohan Singh) ko log yaad karne lag gaye hain (People have started recalling the days of Manmohan Singh). The

Jalandar, Oct 27: 22 packets of heroin, worth Rs 110 crore in the street market, were seized along the India-Pakistan border near Bahadurke check-post in Abohar sector, a BSF official said. The personnel posted at the check-post noticed suspicious activities near the border by smugglers in the wee hours, Inspector General of BSF, Punjab Frontier, Anil Paliwal said. When the BSF troops challenged

New Delhi, Oct 26: A strong earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale shook north India a little after 2.30 pm on Monday. Massive tremors lasting almost a minute were reported in Delhi, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab. The US Geological Survey or USGS said the quake's epicentre was in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan. Tremors that lasted about 40 seconds were also reported in

Chhapra/Nalanda/Patna, Oct 26: Taking on rivals Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad on their home turfs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday painted them as leaders with regressive agenda with "18th century mindset", attacking the Bihar Chief Minister over the "tantrik" controversy and said the RJD chief was leading "Rashtriya Jadu Tona" party. In a string of poll rallies, Modi projected BJP's six