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Hope other stars learn from Deepika!

'Does Deepika not have the right to raise her voice in a democratic and peaceful manner on an issue she considers important?''Why should one view her only as an actor and not appreciate her role as......

Anti-Citizenship Act protest outside Jamia continues

Anti-government posters in all sizes and colours covered the long boundaries of Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi as protests outside the university against the controversial Citizenship Act and the......

Medha Patkar gets passport office notice; cries foul

Veteran social activist Medha Patkar has received a notice from the Regional Passport Office for allegedly not disclosing criminal cases pending against her while obtaining the travel document.......

Medha Patkar ends hunger strike after 9 days

Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar Monday night ended her nine-day-long hunger strike after discussions with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's emissary and former chief secretary S......

The Women Who Made A Difference

Sandeep Pandey salutes women who have contributed to social transformation in India after 1980. Medha Patkar Photograph: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Probably the best known woman activist in......

World Bank decides not to fund project to build AP's new capital Amaravati

N Chandrababu Naidu, when he was chief minister of the state, had sought funding for the project in 2015, but the Bank had deferred its decision in the light of the alleged government excesses.......

Mamata returns land to Singur farmers

Mamata offered 1,000-acre land at Goaltore and said anyone be it the Tatas or BMW are most welcome to set up an auto plant in the state Image: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee interacts......

Tarun Tejpal's many businesses

The company owned 80% by him is highly profitable, but the one that he owns 19.25% is mired in losses. The alleged sexual assault by Tehelka Editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal on a young......

Modi's development model is pro corporate: Medha Patkar

Noted social activist Medha Patkar on Monday termed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's model of development as a "corporate model" where poor people have lost their land to big corporate......

How downturn helped Bajaj quell Chakan strike

The strike at Bajaj Auto’s Chakan plant came at a time when cuts in production in the automobile sector in the Pimpri-Chinchwad-Chakan belt led to many job losses, especially for contract......

'Actors are mad'

'To this day, I find faults in my performance. If people are sitting next to me and watching it and I feel I haven't given that shot properly, I quickly give them popcorn or something to distract......

PIX: Bollywood says farewell to Sadashiv Amrapurkar

Film personalities pay homage to Sadashiv Amrapurkar. Veteran actor Sadashiv Amrapurkar passed into the ages on November 3. He was 64. The actor was being treated for lung infection at Mumbai's......

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