The frenzied media trial in Sushant Singh Rajput's case has brought the focus on gender attitudes within media. Outlook speaks to renowned TV anchor Nidhi Razdan on the issue.
Maria, who investigated some high-profile cases like the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts and also headed probe in the26/11 Mumbai terror attack, made the revelation in his memoir 'Let Me Say It Now'
The Bombay High Court observed that prima facie there was no evidence of his involvement in the crime.
The chargesheet against Chidambaram in INX Media case is akin to producing a dead rat. It trivialises the case and raises questions about the credibility of the accusations.
The CBI has made Indrani Mukerjea, who is currently in jail in Mumbai, approver in the case.
The court had on Thursday allowed the Enforcement Directorate to quiz Chidambaram till October 24
The court’s order came after ED’s request for custodial interrogation of Chidambaram who has been lodged in Tihar jail since September 5 in INX media case.
Chidambaram was arrested on August 21 by the CBI in the INX Media corruption and money laundering case. Indrani Mukerjea and her husband Peter Mukerjea are former promoters of the INX Media Group.
The case received a fresh twist after jailed Indrani Mukherjee turned approver in the INX Media case and gave testimony against Chidambaram, which largely forms the basis of the CBI case against the former finance minister.
The firm once promoted by Peter and Indrani Mukerjea, both in jail for murdering the latter's daughter Sheena Bora, had allegedly made payments to a firm linked to the former finance minister's son Karti Chidambaram, the CBI has said in the FIR.
Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was arrested by the CBI from his Jor Bagh residence in Delhi.
The court has issued production warrant for Indrani Mukerjea, who is jailed in another case in Mumbai.
A few months ago she was admitted to the state-run hospital following a chest pain. Prior to that, she was hospitalised for the alleged drug overdose
"Had I taken two more pegs (of the drink allegedly offered by his mother) that day, I won't have been alive today," he said.
Justice A K Pathak, who had earlier granted the interim protection till today, extended the relief to Chidambaram by one more month.
Indrani is currently serving jail term in Byculla women's jail in connection with the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.