IFFI ends in controversy; jury head calls ‘The Kashmir Files’ as ‘propaganda’

New Delhi, November 28In a rather controversial end to the 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) at Goa, the jury head, Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid while making a speech at the closing ceremony, criticised Vivek Agnihotri’s film The Kashmir Files on stage, calling it ‘propaganda’.In his address to the…

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Appointment of HC judges: Centre returns 20 files to Supreme Court Collegium

New Delhi, November 28The Centre is understood to have asked the Supreme Court Collegium to reconsider 20 files related to the appointment of high court judges, including that of advocate Saurabh Kirpal ndash; a declared gay, sources said on Monday.The Government expressed “strong reservations” about the recommended names as it…

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Video: Tiger plunges towards tourists during a jungle safari giving heart-stopping moments

Chandigarh, November 28 While jungle safaris are gaining popularity, sometimes things can take turn for the worse. While visitors might be eager to see the big cat in its natural surroundings, sometimes the wild animal can get too close for comfort. One such incident has been shared on Twitter by…

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Called Kasab, Manipal university student schools professor; video goes viral

Mangaluru (Karnataka), November 28 A professor of a private university at Manipal in Udupi district has been suspended after a video of him calling a Muslim student by a terrorist’s name went viral on the social media. The student and the professor of the Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) sorted…

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Shradha murder case: Police van carrying accused Aaftab attacked outside forensic lab in Delhi

New Delhi, November 28 A police van carrying Aaftab Poonawala, accused of killing his live-in partner, was attacked by some weapon-wielding people outside the Forensic Science Laboratory in Rohini where he was taken for a polygraph test on Monday, sources said. The vehicle was driven out of the spot while…

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Shradha murder case: Van carrying accused Aaftab attacked outside forensic lab in Delhi

Chandigarh, November 28A van carrying Aaftab Amin Poonawala, accused of brutally killing his live-in partner Shradha Walkar, was attacked outside Forensic Science Laboratory in Delhi’s Rohini on Monday, reports said.Aaftab had come to FSL for the remaining sessions of the polygraph test.More details regarding the attack are awaited.Poonawala has already…

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It’s mpox now, not monkeypox, says WHO amid racism worries

Aditi TandonNew Delhi, November 28In a major development that seeks to end concerns of racism around the use of the term monkeypox and fight stigma, the World Health Organisation on Monday said it would not be calling the disease mpox.Experts have been seeking name change of the decades old disease,…

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Former J-K CM Mehbooba Mufti vacates Fairview residence, shifts to private house in Srinagar

Samaan Lateef Srinagar, November 28 Former Jamp;K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday vacated her official residence and shifted to a private house in Srinagar. Mufti has vacated her Fairview residence at high-security Gupkar locality, which houses the residences of VIPs, and has shifted to a private residence in Khimber…

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Viral video: Dhoni showcases his dance skills, turns singer as he parties with Hardik Pandya, rapper Badshah

New Delhi, November 28 Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was seen having a gala time with his wife Sakshi, star all-rounder Hardik Pandya, rapper Badshah and others at a birthday party in Dubai, in multiple videos that have gone viral on social media. In a video that has surfaced…

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Shraddha murder case: Delhi police recover weapons used by Aaftab Poonawala to chop his girlfriend’s body

IANS New Delhi, November 28 Investigators have recovered some of the weapons used by Aaftab Amin Poonawalla to chop up Shraddha Walkar’s body into several pieces, sources said on Monday. Shraddha’s ring that Aaftab had gifted to another girl whom he invited to his flat after killing her, has also…

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Judges’ appointments: Supreme Court disapproves of Law Minister Kiren Rijiju’s statement

Satya Prakash New Delhi, November 28 The Supreme Court on Monday disapproved of Law Minister Kiren Rijiju’s statement in which he reportedly said the Supreme Court Collegium could issue notification for judges’ appointment if it thought the government was sitting over its recommendations. “Names are not being cleared. How can…

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Canada eyes India as critical partner in supply chains, immigration; to invest more in visa processing at Chandigarh, Delhi

Sandeep Dikshit New Delhi, November 28 Canada’s new Indo-Pacific Strategy calls India a critical partner with the focus entirely on trade and immigration. The Strategy calls for a preliminary trade agreement as a step towards a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. It also wants greater investment in people-centric activities such as…

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Fed up with his ‘illicit relation’, Delhi woman, with son’s help, ‘murders’ husband, ‘chops body’ into 10 pieces

New Delhi, November 28 In a chilling recall of the Shraddha Walkar murder case, a woman and her son were arrested for allegedly killing her husband, chopping the body into 10 pieces and keeping them in a fridge in east Delhi’s Pandav Nagar, police said on Monday. Anjan Das was…

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Delhi woman, with son’s help, ‘murders’ husband, ‘chops body’ into 10 pieces

New Delhi, November 28 In a chilling recall of the Shraddha Walkar murder case, a woman and her son were arrested for allegedly killing her husband, chopping the body into 10 pieces and keeping them in a fridge in east Delhi’s Pandav Nagar, police said on Monday. Anjan Das was…

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