Maharashtra govt will write to Centre seeking to change IIT Bombay’s name to IIT Mumbai: Fadnavis

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government will write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the education ministry seeking to change the name of IIT Bombay to Mumbai, CM Devendra Fadnavis said amid a row over Union minister Jitendra Singh’s remarks on the nomenclature of the premier institute. The Minister of State for Science and Technology had said…

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Mamata expresses concern over restrictions on ‘Jai Hind’, ‘Vande Mataram’ slogans in Parliament

Kolkata:  Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday expressed concern over reports that MPs were allegedly being restricted from saying ‘Jai Hind’ and ‘Vande Mataram’ inside Parliament, and asked whether such measures were aimed at undermining West Bengal’s identity. Banerjee said she had come across media reports claiming that the patriotic slogans were not being permitted…

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‘Pro-Naxal’ slogans: JNUSU denies claims in FIR about planning protest at India Gate

New Delhi: The student’s union of JNU on Wednesday denied the Delhi Police charge that it helped organise the anti-pollution protest at India Gate that has come under the scanner over alleged “pro-Maoist slogans”, calling the FIR’s claims “false” and “malicious”. The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) said it has “repeatedly” informed the police…

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BJP-RSS ‘disrespect’ Constitution, their love for it is mere ‘pretence’: Kharge

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday accused the BJP-RSS of damaging institutions and disrespecting the Constitution, claiming their current reverence for it is a mere pretence and sham as they never made any contribution in its making. He also noted that justice, equality, freedom, mutual brotherhood, and secularism, which are the hallmarks of…

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