Condemning alleged attacks on students of the Vidyasagar College and University of Calcutta after BJP President Amit Shah's roadshow here, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said she has never seen such political violence in Kolkata.


Mamata condemns attacks on Vidyasagar College, CU students


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Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union Minister P. Chidambaram, on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking release of Rs 10 crore, deposited with the court's registry regarding his overseas travel.


Karti moves SC, seeks release of Rs 10 cr deposit


Amid a row, Chairman of the Supreme Council and Governing Body of St Stephens College Rt Revd Warris K Masih on Tuesday asserted that the decision to include a member of the Council in the interview panel for selection of students for admission was to ensure that the right of the Christian minority for 50 per cent seats to the college was safeguarded.


Stephen's College row: Governing Council Chairman asserts authority


A PIL was filed in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday seeking action against actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan over his recent statement terming Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse as the first Hindu terrorist of free India.


PIL filed in Delhi HC against Haasan for Godse remark


Trinamool Congress Chhatra ParishadA activists allegedly pelted stones at BJP President Amit Shah's roadshow here on Tuesday, triggering clashes in which three motorbikes were set ablaze in the College Street area.


Shah's roadshow stoned, Trinamool backers blamed


The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday demanded strong action against those accused of stabbing to death a man who tried to resist harassment to his daughter in West Delhi last week.


Stabbing case: AAP demand strong action against accused


The Bharatiya Janata Party's Goa unit president Vinay Tendulkar here on Tuesday said he had requested the BJP-led coalition government to shut the offshore casino industry, after the licences of the current casino operations expire.


BJP asks Goa government to shut offshore casinos


Russia would like to rebuild ties with the US through a dialogue built on trust because suspicions and prejudices had only served to hinder bilateral security, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday at a meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.


Suspicions, prejudices hinder ties: Lavrov tells Pompeo


Dalit rights activists Jignesh Mevani and Martin Mcwan on Tuesday came down heavily on the Gujarat government for failing to protect the community even as at least five incidents of marriage processions of the Scheduled Castes were attacked in a week.


Gujarat government under fire for attacks on Dalit marriage processions


The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to BJP Yuva Morcha leader Priyanka Sharma, who was arrested for a meme on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.


SC grants bail to BJP activist on Mamata meme


Two leaders of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) from the Kasaragod district, arrested on Tuesday on charges of murdering two Youth Congress workers, were granted bail by a court near here.


2 accused of Congress workers murder get bail


Students at many places in the Kashmir Valley took to the streets and clashed with security forces on Tuesday in protest against the rape of a minor in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district.


Student protests continue in Kashmir Valley against rape


Sandip Ssingh, producer of the forthcoming biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday criticised Mamata Banerjee as he came out in support of BJP Yuva Morcha leader Priyanka Sharma, arrested last Saturday for sharing a meme of the West Bengal Chief Minister on social media.


Modi biopic producer criticises Mamata Banerjee


State Crime Branch police on Tuesday arrested two leaders of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) from Kasargode district on charges of murdering two Youth Congress workers.


2 Kerala CPI-M leaders held for killing 2 Congress workers


Congress MLA Aditi Singh was attacked by unidentified men while she was on her way to the district panchayat office where voting was taking place on a no-confidence motion against Panchayat head Avadesh Singh.


Congress legislator attacked in Rae Bareli


The UN has voiced alarm over the spate of attacks against religious minorities in Sri Lanka since the Easter Sunday bombings and urged Colombo to ensure that the spread of prejudice and hate among groups is not tolerated.


UN 'alarmed' over rise in prejudice against SL minorities


The BSP candidate from the Ghosi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, Atul Rai, on the run in an alleged rape case, moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking protection from arrest till the end of the elections on May 23. A Vacation bench agreed to hear his plea on Friday.


BSP candidate moves SC seeking bail in rape case


The "missing" rape victim who, in 2016, had accused Congress leader Atanasio Monserrate, now a candidate for the Panaji assembly bypoll on May 19, could have gone for a party or a wedding and may not be missing at all, Goa Congress legal cell Chairman Carlos Ferreira said on Tuesday.


'Missing' rape victim may be on a visit: Goa Congress


North Korea on Tuesday demanded that the US should release a cargo ship seized on suspicions of violating UN sanctions, denouncing the seizure as an "outright denial" of the spirit of last year's first summit between leader Kim Jong-un and American President Donald Trump.


N. Korea demands release of cargo ship seized by US


Malaysian authorities have deported a Thai anti-monarchy activist who was seeking asylum after fleeing persecution in her country, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday.


Malaysia deports Thai activist seeking asylum


Actor-politician Kamal Haasan-floated Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) party on Tuesday demanded the dismissal of Tamil Nadu Minister for Milk and Dairy Development K.T. Rajenthra Bhalaji for saying that Haasan's tongue should be cut.

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