National award winning director Priyanandan, whose social media post on Sabarimala evoked angry reactions from the Sangh Parivar, was on Friday attacked near here in Kerala, leading to the arrest of the attacker.


National award winning director attacked, RSS activist nabbed


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National award winning director Priyanandan was attacked by suspected right-wing activists early on Friday following his social media post on the Sabarimala issue, police said.


National award winning director Priyanandan attacked


Richie Mehta's "Delhi Crime Story", a seven-part series based on the horrific 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case, will have its world premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival next week. The award-winning Indo-Canadian filmmaker says such opportunities are a sign of the changing times.


'Delhi Crime Story' premiere at Sundance a sign of changing times: Director


The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday raided former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's residences here and in Rohtak.


CBI raids ex-Haryana CM Hooda's residence


The Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed on Friday for the fifth consecutive day due to landslides in Ramban district.


Jammu-Srinagar highway off limits for 5th day


The law has finally caught up with the big fish -- high-profile banker Chanda Kochhar and industrialist Venugopal Dhoot. On Thursday, both, along with Chanda's husband Deepak Kochhar, were named in a CBI FIR for cheating and defrauding ICICI Bank to the tune of Rs 1730 crore.


How Chanda Kochhar defrauded ICICI? CBI FIR deconstructs fiddle


In the wake of around 25,000 cases of irregularities surfacing in Madhya Pradesh's "Jai Kisan Fasal Rinn Mafi Yojana" (loan waiver scheme for farmers), the government on Thursday decided to take strict action against those who have taken money in the name of farmers by forging documents.


MP government moves in to stem irregularities in loan waiver


Bengal film producer Shrikant Mohta was on Thursday arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the multi-crore rupee Rose Valley Chit Fund scam, an official said.


CBI arrests Bengal film producer in Rose Valley case


On Thursday, India's premier anti-corruption agency CBI registered a case against the then MD and CEO of ICICI Bank, the once high-profile Chanda Kochhar, two Managing Directors of separate private companies, four Mumbai-based private companies and other unknown private persons and unknown public servants under section 120-B (conspiracy) read with section 420 (cheating) of IPC read with Section 7, Section 13(2) (criminal misconduct) read with 13(1)(d) (pecuniary advantage) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.


CBI hot on Chanda Kochhar trail


Drinking alcohol or cooking in public on Goa's beaches will now attract a fine of Rs 2,000 or imprisonment for up to three months, according to an amendment to the Registration of Tourist Trade act which was approved by the state cabinet on Thursday.


Rs 2,000 fine for boozing, cooking on Goa beaches: Minister


In a significant development, the CBI on Thursday lodged an FIR against former ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar and industrialist V.N. Dhoot besides four companies, and raided four locations in Maharashtra in connection with a Rs 3,250-crore loan involving the Videocon Group and the ICICI Bank, informed sources said here.


CBI books Dhoot, Chanda Kochhar; conducts raids in Videocon-ICICI Bank Rs 1,730-cr loan case (Third Lead)


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said it has registered two more cases of money laundering in its ongoing probe into the illegal sand mining cases in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi and Shamli districts.


UP illegal sand mining: ED registers 2 more cases


Carlos Ghosn, the ousted Nissan Motor chairman who is currently in a Tokyo jail for alleged financial misconduct, on Thursday resigned as President and CEO of Renault, hours before the company was slated to dismiss him.


Ghosn resigns as Renault President


In a significant development, the CBI on Thursday lodged an FIR against ex-ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar and industrialist V.N. Dhoot besides four companies, and raided four locations in Maharashtra in connection with a Rs 3,250 crore loan involving the Videocon Group and ICICI Bank, informed sources said here.


CBI books V.N. Dhoot, Chanda Kochhar; raids in Videocon-ICICI Bank loan case


Four people were injured after a branch snapped off a a tree in the exclusive lunch area of the Jaipur Literature Festival on its opening day on Thursday afternoon.


Tree branch falls at JLF, 4 injured


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday searched over 10 places in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh in connection with the Rs 1,500 crore Gomti riverfront development project in Lucknow.


Gomti riverfront project: ED raids on in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, UP


The CBI on Thursday raided four locations here in connection with a Rs 3,250 crore loan involving the Videocon Group and ICICI Bank, sources said here.


CBI conducts raids in Videocon-ICICI Bank loan case


The CBI on Thursday said it has registered a case against Deepak Kochhar, husband of former ICICI Bank MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar, in connection with the Rs 3,250 crore loan to the Videocon Group given in 2012.


CBI files FIR against Chanda Kochhar's husband, Videocon group


Actress Taraji P. Henson has clarified her stance on singer R. Kelly's scandal after she came under fire for her controversial post on social media.


Taraji denies taking R. Kelly's side after Weinstein comparison


Rapper Drake and footballer Odell Beckham Jr. have been sued over an alleged nightclub attack.


Drake, Odell Beckham Jr. sued over nightclub attack


A government-appointed human rights group in Zimbabwe has accused soldiers of using "systematic torture" in a crackdown on protesters after unrest broke out more than a week ago following a sharp rise in fuel prices.

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