CPM leader faces probe for jehadi connection The CPI (M) has found itself in a soup with one of its senior leaders in Tripura facing probe for his alleged link with a Bangladeshi, who is suspected to have helped jehadis set up an espionage network in West Bengal and in the northeastern region
Rahul Gandhi gives some impromptu boxing lessons Besides battling it out on the streets of Jhansi, for the cause of farmers, Rahul Gandhi gave some impromptu boxing lessons to a young pugilist. And if the boxer is to be believed, the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family knows the sport.
Implement quota this year: Govt Ending a week-long uncertainty, the government on Sunday directed all the Centrally-funded elite educational institutions, including IIMs and IITs, to implement the OBC reservation from this year.
Munde quits as BJP gen secy Gopinath Munde on Sunday resigned as BJP national general secretary, protesting what he termed as a lack of internal democracy in the party.
Mid-air bday bash for Prezs spouse The brief birthday bash for Shekhawat was held onboard the special Air India-001 flight which was taking the President to Guadalajara on the last leg of her four-day visit to this Latin American country.
Kashmir's hardline separatist leader, Syed Ali Geelani (R) and chairman of the JKLF, Yasin Malik share a platform during a
seminar on 'Self-determination and Elections under Occupation' in Srinagar on Sunday. Geelani said that elections are no
solution to the Kashmir issue and cannot be a just and fair exercise in view of the presence of Indian troops. The insurgency
has left more than 43,000 people dead by official count, while rights groups put the toll at 70,000 dead and disappeared. AFP
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