Bharati Ghosh, Ex-IPS Who Was Close To Mamata Banerjee, Joins BJP
Amid the crisis in West Bengal, Bharati Ghosh, a former IPS officer in the state who was considered close to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has now joined the BJP. BJP leader Kailash Vijaywargiya took...
View ArticleSupreme Court Orders Kolkata Police Chief To Appear Before CBI, Says No Arrest
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar to appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and cooperate with the probe. According to Live Law, Kumar has been...
View ArticleWe're Trapped Inside Netflix's 'Russian Doll' -- And It's Great In Here
Nadia Vulvokov is gazing at her reflection in the bathroom mirror. It’s her 36th birthday party, and the celebration is bittersweet, in part because her mother never made it to that age. Unfortunately...
View Article'Kleptocrat's Club' Wants To Capture Power: Arun Jaitley Hits Out At Opposition
NEW DELHI — Hitting out at the opposition coming together in support of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Union Minister Arun Jaitley Tuesday said that a “kleptocrat’s club” was aspiring to...
View ArticleMamata Banerjee Claims 'Moral Victory' After SC Order, BJP Calls It CBI's Win
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed “moral victory” on Tuesday after the Supreme Court’s verdict on the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) plea against Kolkata police chief Rajeev...
View ArticleAnand Teltumbde Won't Be Arrested Till 12 February: Pune Police To Bombay HC
MUMBAI — Pune Police told the Bombay High Court on Tuesday that it will not arrest activist Anand Teltumbde till 12 February midnight.The statement was made by state’s counsel Aruna Pai, representing...
View ArticleManage UP First, Mamata Banerjee Tells Yogi Adityanath; BJP Asks Her 'How's...
Amidst the ongoing tussle with the Centre, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday took a dig at her Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath, saying he should take care of his state...
View ArticleTrump Called Nepal And Bhutan 'Nipple' And 'Button' In Intel Briefing: Time's...
President Donald Trump mispronounced Nepal and Bhutan as “Nipple” and Button” in a White House meeting with intelligence officials — and noted incorrectly that they’re both part of India, Time...
View ArticleJ.D. Salinger's Family To Publish Trove Of Secret Works, The Guardian Reports
The family of writer J.D. Salinger plans to publish a wealth of secret works he created over the last half century of his life, his son told The Guardian in an interview published Monday.“This was...
View ArticleOn Lokpal Fast Again, Anna Hazare Confronts His Irrelevance
RALEGAN SIDDHI, Maharashtra — A motley crew of gossipy local journalists, phlegmatic policemen, and bored villagers at the village’s Yadav Baba temple make up the entirety of the audience that sits...
View Article'MHA Wants To Destroy NRC Progress': Supreme Court Raps Centre
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the Centre over the Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) process and said it is hell bent on not allowing the work to continue.The top...
View ArticleMamata Banerjee Trying To Save A 'Corrupt' Officer, Says Yogi Adityanath
PURULIA — Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday accused Mamata Banerjee of exploiting the poor in West Bengal and being only interested in saving a “corrupt” officer allegedly...
View ArticleMamata Banerjee Ends Three-Day Long Dharna, Calls SC Order 'Positive'
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has been on a “Save India” dharna since Sunday night, called it off on Tuesday. “This dharna is victory for the Constitution and democracy, so, let us...
View ArticleThe Depression Symptom We Rarely Talk About
Anyone who has ever gotten cut off in traffic or stubbed their toe on a coffee table knows how quickly anger can go from zero to 100. Most of the time, getting mad is just a part of being human. But in...
View ArticleThis Face-Swap With Nicolas Cage And Ross From ‘Friends' Cannot Be Unseen
“Face-Off,” the sequel?A face-swap of Nicolas Cage and David Schwimmer as Ross Geller in “Friends” is setting the internet alight.Reddit user spaghetticondom911 shared the doctored image online...
View ArticleAnna Hazare Ends Lokpal Fast After Devendra Fadnavis Accepts Demands
RALEGAN SIDDHI — Social activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday called off his fast after a marathon meeting with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and two Union ministers.Hazare, 81, had started...
View ArticleApsara Reddy, Congress's First Transgender Office-Bearer, On Life, Love And...
NEW DELHI — On 8 January 2018, Apsara Reddy made history by becoming the first transgender office bearer of the Congress, India’s oldest political party. The 35-year-old transgender woman, who was born...
View ArticleKamala Harris Pushes Racial And Economic Justice Ahead Of State Of The Union
Sen.Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) broadcast a populist message focused around a desire for greater racial and economic justice in the U.S. on Tuesday night, just an hour before President Donald Trump’sState...
View ArticleVHP Suspends Ram Mandir Campaign Till Lok Sabha Polls
NEW DELHI — The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Tuesday said its campaign for building the Ram mandir in Ayodhya has been suspended till general elections are over, as the Hindutva organisation does not...
View ArticleSupreme Court To Hear Review Petitions On Sabarimala Verdict From Today
NEW DELHI — Four women have moved the Supreme Court seeking to intervene as parties in support of its last September’s historic judgment which allowed women of all age groups into Sabarimala temple in...
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