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Salman Khan gets 5 yrs jail term in hit-and-run case: Superstar Salman Khan was today convicted of culpable homicide and sentenced to five years imprisonment in the 2002 hit-and-run case after which the actor was immediately arrested. But Salman Khan escaped being sent to jail after the Bombay High Court granted him interim bail till May 8 when it will hear his plea against conviction. The high court granted interim relief to the 49-year-old actor on the ground that he had been handed over only a 2-page operative part of the sessions court verdict and not a detailed order explaining the reasons for his conviction. (Reuters)
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Rahul Gandhi attacks 'suit-boot ki sarkar' again: Stepping up his attack on the Modi government, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today questioned why it was keeping the posts of RTI commissioner, Lokpal and Chief Vigilance Commissioner vacant. Gandhi also reiterated his "suit-boot" barb, saying the government kept the posts vacant as it wanted to "grab" land from common people on behest of its "industrialist friends". "Our government fought for transparency. The appointments to the post of RTI commissioner, Lokpal and CVC are not being done by the government and the posts are lying vacant. "That's because the 'suit-boot ki sarkar' wants to grab land from the people on the behest of its few industrialist friends and give entire power to them," he told reporters outside the Parliament. (PTI)
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Old students hounding St Stephen's principal, says Swami Agnivesh: Kept in the news by a succession of controversies, St Stephen's College principal Valson Thampu today found support from social activist Swami Agnivesh who testified to his "proven integrity" while slamming the "crude spectacle" of certain former students "hounding" him. "I am appalled at the crude and barbaric spectacle of certain former students of the college hounding a man of proven integrity and stature like Thampu. "This witch-hunt began, as I remember, in 2007 when he announced the admission policy, affirming social justice in higher education," Agnivesh said in a statement. A group of St Stephen's alumni have alleged that Thampu's appointment was illegal after questioning his qualifications for the post. They have also charged that Thampu was responsible for "rampant misadministration" in the college.
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Kumar Vishwas' 'illicit relationship row' now envelops dead woman: In a fresh turn of events, mother of AAP member Santosh Koli, who died in August 2013 following an accident, today demanded a CBI probe into her daughter's death and approached the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW). Kalawati, mother of Koli, approached the DCW after her daughter's name cropped up in the complaint by a woman AAP volunteer against the party leader Kumar Vishwas in which she alleged that she was threatened by Vishwas that she would meet the same fate as that of Santosh Koli if she will fight. A controversy surrounding Kumar Vishwas erupted after the woman party volunteer accused him of not rebutting "rumours" about an illicit liaison with her. The AAP volunteer then approached DCW seeking justice. (PTI)
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Salman Khan's conviction inspires jokes on social media: Verdict on Salman Khan has drawn extreme reactions from celebrities and fans but some people on social media chose to have a lighter take on the topic. Catchy one liners from Salman's films like "Mujhpe Koi Ehsaan Na Karna…" and "Chal Mere Bhai" started trending on Twitter and WhatsApp soon after the court hearing. The 49-year-old Salman Khan was today sentenced to five years imprisonment by a Mumbai sessions court that convicted him of culpable homicide in the 2002 hit-and-run case. "Sanjay Dutt today would be singing the same song he sung years ago in a movie 'chal mere bhai'," a user shared. "Bhai ne bola hai # Ke Mujh pe ek Ehsaan karna ke mujh pe koi ehsaan mat karna… Judge ne serious le liya isko," another tweeted. (Courtesy: Twitter)
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Sonia Gandhi hits out at PM Narendra Modi: In two sharply critical speeches, a combative Congress President Sonia Gandhi today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of running a government "of some people, by one person, for a select few" by "centralising" power and "weakening" the State's strength. She also accused Modi of playing domestic politics on foreign soil by attacking his distinguished predecessor in France and sinking to a "new low" by referring to the UPA in "despicable terms" in Canada. Questioning the Modi government's performance on all fronts in the nearly one year of its rule, Gandhi said minorities were being threatened while people were made to feel unsafe by "poisoning" the political discourse. (PTI)
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ISIS opens 5-star hotel for jihadist commanders in Iraq: report Dreaded Islamic State terror group has purportedly opened its own 5-star hotel complete with 262 rooms, restaurants, ballrooms and gym in Iraq's Mosul city for its Jihadist commanders, according to a media report. The hotel is believed to be the Ninawa International Hotel, which received a number of positive reviews before being overtaken by militants and stripped of its branding, The Independent reported. Pictures circulated by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-affiliated social media accounts show members tending to a well-maintained garden, polishing floors and cleaning windows, expansive swimming pools and two black ISIS flags flying at the front of the multi-storey building. It has 262 rooms, two restaurants, two ballrooms and a gymnasium, among other facilities, the report said. (Courtesy: Twitter)
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BJP left embarrassed in the Lok Sabha: The government today faced some embarrassing moments in Lok Sabha as 12 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members voted against a clause of the GST Bill, instead of voting in favour. The 12 ruling party members pressed red button instead of green when Speaker Sumitra Mahajan put the Clause 2 of the Constitution Amendment Bill to division of votes. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who was piloting bill for passage, was clearly peeved at the development and was seen speaking to Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Pratap Rudy who was involved in floor management. Rudy, in turn, rushed to speak to the members who had ended up voting against their own government's move. A visibly upset Rudy was seen instructing something to the members, possibly about how to use the electronic voting mechanism. (PTI)
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No decision on getting Facebook, Twitter servers to India, says govt: The government today said it has not decided to establish servers of websites such as Facebook and Twitter in India, though it regularly interacts with the social networking majors to resolve issues relating to handling of unlawful content on the internet. "The government has not decided to get servers of popular social networking sites, like hike, Facebook, Twitter etc established within the country," Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a written reply to Lok Sabha. (Reuters)
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No rain was recorded in the national capital in the past 24 hours. (PTI)
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