It was 30 years ago when a DTC 615 bus was abruptly stopped at Munirka and goons entered the bus asking “Are You from JNU?” and kicked all those who said yes and those who resembled even slightly as a student, including a friend and classmate of Nirmala Seetharaman, currently the BJP minister. Now that three decades have passed by, ...
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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Arrested, Released on Bail; What Next?
The only known Muslim face of BJP and Vajpayee government, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs and 19 others were convicted by a Rampur Court for violating prohibitory orders during the 2009 Lok Sabha election campaign. He was immediately arrested inside the court and granted bail. The court sentenced him for one year jail term. Naqvi ...
Read More »‘Mere Dad Ki Maruti’ is all set to test Director Ashima Chibber’s real talent
Yash Raj Films’ ‘Mere Dad Ki Maruti’ is all set to redefine the director’s lifeline into the Bollywood’s Hall of Fame. For a girl grown up in Hyderabad, films could have been her natural choice but as daughter of a professor, life meant simpler for her in the picturesque surroundings of JNU with many friends and well wishers. She was ...
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