Patna: CPI leader Kanhaiya Kumar Saturday voiced disapproval of AIMIM leader Waris Pathan’s ’15 crore Muslims can be heavy on 100 crore’ remark and asserted that there was a difference between being “religious” and a “fanatic”. The former JNU student leader, who was here after completing a state-wide Jan Gan Man Yatra against CAA-NPR-NRC, was responding to...

New Delhi: Nationalism and the slogan of 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' are being misused to construct a "militant and purely emotional" idea of India that excludes millions of residents and citizens, former prime minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday, in an apparent attack on the BJP. Addressing a gathering at the launch of a book on Jawaharlal...

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of a row over a directive by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, imposing Hindi on its employees in their day-to-day official work, the institute Saturday committed to adopt three-language policy for signage with top most priority to Odia language. AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, Director, B Gitanjali told reporters Saturday that the...

Barcelona: Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram Saturday crashed out of the men’s singles semifinals of the Barcelona Spain Masters after suffering a straight-game loss to Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn here. The unseeded Indian gave a tough fight in the opening game before surrendering 20-22 12-21 in the last-four clash of the BWF World Tour Super 300 event. With Jayaram’s...

Mumbai: Veteran actress Neena Gupta, a single mother, says her father helped raise her daughter Masaba, adding that he had turned out to be her backbone during the “most crucial time of my life”. “My father played a very important role in raising my daughter, he especially shifted to Mumbai to help me. I cannot express how...

Mumbai: Actress Payal Ghosh is taking Spanish lessons as preparation for an upcoming role in Bollywood. “I am learning Spanish and I am totally loving the process. Every emotion and expression is denoted so differently in Spanish, and it’s such an open language. It’s beautiful, and I hope I get it right,” she said. However, she isn’t...

New Delhi: A small stretch of the road closed for over two months in Shaheen Bagh due to an anti-citizenship law protest was “opened” by a group of demonstrators Saturday, though police barricades continued on one side. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) RP Meena said, “Road number 9 in Shaheen Bagh was reopened by a group of...

Kolkata: Krishna Bose, an academician-turned-politician who was a three-time parliamentarian from West Bengal, died on Saturday due to age-related ailments. She was 89. Bose, the former Trinamool Congress MP from Jadavpur constituency in Kolkata, was unwell for quite some time. She died at a private hospital off EM Bypass at 10.22 am, according to the sources. Bose...

Bangalore: Two late goals by ATK cancelled two scored in the first half by Bengaluru FC as their Indian Super League match ended in a 2-2 draw here Saturday. Bengaluru FC ended their league stage campaign with 30 points and could possibly finish fourth, should Chenniayin FC win their final league game against NorthEast United. Dimas Delgado...

Margao: Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan Saturday defeated Churchill Brothers FC Goa 3-0 at the Fatorda Stadium here to inch three points closer to their second Hero I-League title. Former La-Liga and Senegalese striker Papa Babacar Diawara opened the scoring as early as the sixth minute, while VP Suhair (51st) and Tajik Komron Tursunov (58th) found the net ...