Actor-turned politician Chiranjit Chakraborty further claimed that his remark was not a diktat but a mere ‘suggestion’
A 19-year-old tribal woman in Madhya Pradesh's Alirajpur district was allegedly beaten up and paraded half-naked by the members of her community for being in love with a man from another tribe.
Rahman, who is posted at Moosapet police station, was deployed at the examination centre at the college as part of the security arrangement for the police constable examination on Sunday.
A senior officer at the Kolkata Police headquarter in Lalbazar said police was also planning to record statements of witnesses.
"CCTV footage was analysed and no clear evidence of assault noticed."
According to the media reports, a man hugging his female friend raised eyebrows in a train compartment on Monday night.
A person was taken into custody in connection with the incident, the police said.
'Samajh ni aata kaun muslim hai, kaun hindu hai?' (Don't you understand who is Muslim and who is Hindu?), the BJP leader is seen asking the girl.
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.