Actor Sushant Singh Rajput death case | HC quashes LOCs issued against Rhea Chakraborty

Actor Sushant Singh Rajput death case | HC quashes LOCs issued against Rhea Chakraborty

Bombay High Court quashes Look Out Circulars issued against Rhea Chakraborty and her family by the CBI in connection with the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. File photo: Special Arrangement The Bombay High Court on February 22 quashed the Look Out Circulars (LOCs) issued against Rhea Chakraborty, her brother and father by the CBI … Read more

Maharashtra Congress questions CBI’s ‘silence’ over probe into death of Sushant Singh Rajput

Maharashtra Congress questions CBI’s ‘silence’ over probe into death of Sushant Singh Rajput

The Maharashtra Congress on Thursday questioned the Central Bureau of Investigation’s “silence” over the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, a year after it took over the probe into the case. The party alleged that the national investigation agencies were being used by the Centre for its own “political agenda”. Rajput, 34, was found hanging … Read more

Arjun Rampal questioned by NCB, says he has ‘nothing to do with drugs’

Arjun Rampal questioned by NCB, says he has ‘nothing to do with drugs’

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal was questioned by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in a drug- related probe for around seven hours on Friday. The NCB, which questioned Rampal’s partner Gabriella Demetriades on Wednesday and Thursday, has also arrested his friend Paul Bartel, an official of the central agency said. “I have nothing to do … Read more

Won’t tolerate attempts to ‘finish off’ Bollywood: Uddhav Thackeray

Won’t tolerate attempts to ‘finish off’ Bollywood: Uddhav Thackeray

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said attempts to malign and “finish off” the Hindi film industry or “to shift it” will not be tolerated. Thackeray’s statement came against the backdrop of probe by multiple agencies into actor Sushant Singh Rajput‘s death and its media coverage which was seen by some as a deliberate … Read more

AIIMS forensic team says Sushant death a case of suicide, rules out murder

AIIMS forensic team says Sushant death a case of suicide, rules out murder

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences’ (AIIMS) Forensic Medical Board, which was looking into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, has ruled out the possibility of murder in its report. According to news agency ANI, Dr Sudhir Gupta, AIIMS Forensic Head, said, “We have concluded our conclusive report. It is a case of … Read more

Confident that Hathras rape trial will be fast; hope they hang soon: Smriti Irani

Confident that Hathras rape trial will be fast; hope they hang soon: Smriti Irani

Minister for women and children and textiles, Smriti Irani, in an interview with ET, took on the Congress leadership for “not showing any remorse on the opposition’s treatment” of Rajya Sabha deputy chairman Harivansh Singh, and for urging Congress-ruled states to bypass the Centre’s bills on agriculture reforms. She said women issues are “not political … Read more

Maharashtra govt will last full term, no mid-term polls, says Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut

Maharashtra govt will last full term, no mid-term polls, says Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut

Mumbai: The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government will complete its five-year term, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said on Tuesday while ruling out possibility of mid-term elections in the state. Raut told reporters that people of the state do not want polls now. His comment came a day after Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant … Read more

Mandate in a pandemic: NDA has many strengths. But Bihar can yet spring a surprise

Mandate in a pandemic: NDA has many strengths. But Bihar can yet spring a surprise

The bugle has been sounded for India’s first assembly election in the Covid-19 era. Despite deciding who governs almost 125 million people in Bihar for the next five years, the biggest multi-faith festival will remain like other celebrations since March — subdued, albeit in campaign method. While people are making prophecies about low turnout, voter … Read more

Kangana Ranaut leaves Mumbai for home state, calls her POK analogy ‘bang on’

Kangana Ranaut leaves Mumbai for home state, calls her POK analogy ‘bang on’

Actor Kangana Ranaut on Monday left Mumbai for her home state Himachal Pradesh, saying she has been terrorised with “constant attacks and abuses” and declaring that her analogy comparing the city with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir was “bang on”. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur welcomed her return and accused Maharashtra’s Shiv Sena-Congress government of having … Read more

After Twitter spat with Sena’s Raut, Centre may provide Y+ security cover to Kangana Ranaut: Sources

After Twitter spat with Sena’s Raut, Centre may provide Y+ security cover to Kangana Ranaut: Sources

Last week, ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ actress Kangana Ranaut locked horns with the Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut which sparked a massive controversy. Amid the rising security concerns for the actress the Centre has approved ‘Y’ level security for the ‘Panga’ actress, ANI has quoted sources as saying. Earlier, it was being speculated that the Himachal … Read more