Over 80 FTII students stages protest at Jantar Mantar

Over 80 FTII students stages protest at Jantar Mantar

New Delhi, Aug. 3 : Over 80 agitating students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) held a protest march from Jantar Mantar to Parliament Street today against the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as the Pune-based institute’s chairman.The FTII students strike entered its 52nd day on Monday.”We have been protesting for more than […]

Congress defends Rahul’s FTII visit, asks adamant BJP to back off

Congress defends Rahul’s FTII visit, asks adamant BJP to back off

New Delhi, August 3 : Congress leader Ambika Soni on Monday asked the Narendra Modi-led government to stop politicising Rahul Gandhi’s recent visit to the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and urged the ruling dispensation to initiate a dialogue with the students to end the controversy.”There should be no politics as far as […]

Pak releases 163 Indian fishermen as goodwill gesture

Pak releases 163 Indian fishermen as goodwill gesture

Karachi, Aug. 2 : Pakistan on Sunday released 163 Indian fishermen from Karachi’s Malir District Jail as a goodwill gesture.Following their release, the fishermen were taken to the Karachi Cantt railway station by bus from where they will be transported to the Wagah border to be handed over to the Indian authorities.”We have a total […]

New leader of Afghan Taliban Mullah Akhtar Mansour calls for unity

New leader of Afghan Taliban Mullah Akhtar Mansour calls for unity

London, Aug 2 : Mullah Akhtar Mansour, the new leader of the Afghan Taliban after the death former head Mullah Omar, has called for unity in an audio message, saying that the group will continue with the fight.According to the BBC, a Taliban spokesperson said that Mullah Mansour had not been appointed “by all Taliban”, […]

Jammu AIIMS row: ‘Bandh’ duration extended by 72 hours

Jammu AIIMS row: ‘Bandh’ duration extended by 72 hours

Jammu, Aug. 2 : The All India Institute of Medical Sciences Coordination Committee on Sunday decided to extend the ‘bandh’ called for demanding a separate AIIMS hospital in Jammu by 72 hours.”In the core committee meeting the decision was unanimous that since the demand of coordination committee for announcement and sanctioning of separate independent AIIMS […]