French prosecutors said today that the Moroccan man arrested for last week's train attack is being treated as a suspected "terrorist" who planned to kill a large number of passengers. 

They say they have not been given time to meet PM Modi and that their protests will continue.

Hardik Patel, the 21-year-old, who has become the face of the Patel protests in Ahmedabad, was released an hour after he was detained. He was released after the violence escalated following his detention.     

Just in: The wife of the former CEO of Star India Peter Mukerjea has been arrested.

Indrani Mukerjea is arrested for the murder of her sister.

The sister was killed in 2012 but Mumbai police now have proof against her, reports NDTV.  She has been produced in court and remanded in police custody till August 31.

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap recently played a prank on social media when he posted a picture of his bandaged eye.

Now they put a plaster, this is what happens when you get into a brawl with a MMA fighter, he said as he posted the image on Instagram.

The media reported wasted no time in reporting it even as they tried to figure out whom the 'Bombay Velvet' director got into a fight with. But, this is exactly what he wanted.

He later tweeted that the picture was a prosthetics test and that he won the bet as it soon became news.

"one Instagram picture of prosthetics test for the eye, with a random line, becomes news without crosschecking. point proven, won the bet," he later tweeted.

We must confess, Mr Kashyap, you got us. 

Violence in Nepal continued unabated today as thousands of people protesting the proposed new Constitution clashed with the police in which one person was killed, taking the death toll to 11 and prompting authorities to deploy the army in a riot-hit district bordering India.

A curfew imposed yesterday in Tikapur in Kailali district, where an infant and seven security personnel were killed continued for a second day today. Nepal has seen several protests in recent weeks against a new draft constitution being discussed by the constituent assembly but the unrest took an ugly turn yesterday with seven police officers, a two-year-old son of a police officer, and three protesters killed by agitators.

The protesters are against dividing the country in seven provinces with minority ethnic groups arguing that the new constitution would discriminate against them and give them insufficient autonomy. The police had earlier said eight security personnel were killed in the violence yesterday but later revised the toll to seven. Police opened fire at protesters in Gaur in southern Nepal today after they hurled stones defying ban on demonstrations, killing a person.

The administration also decided to deploy army in parts of Kailali district, worst hit by violence, after a meeting of the district security committee declared the area as riot zone, according to home ministry sources.

Coming down heavily on mobile operators for frequent call drops, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today asked them to optimise their networks and said they cannot escape their 'responsibility and accountability'.

"Whatever the government is required to do, government has done and will do more. But what is required of the telecom operators, must be done by them," Prasad told reporters in New Delhi.

With call drops becoming a cause of concern for the entire country, mobile operators need to rise to the occasion and they cannot escape their "responsibility and accountability", he said. The minister said he wants to tell the operators that while the work done by them in the spread of mobile telephony in the country has been appreciated, they have to find solutions including the public sector bodies as to why the whole problem has become rather serious in the last three to four months.

"The answer has to be discovered by them. The remedial measures have to be taken by them and response has to come from them," he said. The problem of call drops has worsened in the recent months.

In a meeting in New Delhi last evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also voiced serious concern over call drops and directed officials to resolve the problem urgently. Asked about the PM's intervention on the matter, Prasad said if there is a problem, it certainly goes to the Modi.

"The prime minister conveys his concern and we execute his concerns in a proactive manner."

Earlier in the day at an event in Greater Noida, Prasad had asked mobile operators to optimise the networks and reinforce their systems even as he promised full support on policy front including on installation of towers.

Hundreds of protestors gathered at Ahmedabad's GMDC ground went berserk and destroyed several vehicles after police resorted to lathicharge.

Earlier, the agitation of the Patel community turned violent with clashes being reported in various parts of Ahmedabad forcing the police to baton charge the agitators. Police also lobbed teargas shells to control the situation.

Clashes between Patel community members and local residents were reported in Vadaj, Vastrapur, Nikol and Paldi areas when they tried to enforce a bandh called by their community leader Hardik Patel after their mega rally, reports India Today. 

Just in: 21-year-old Hardik Patel, who is leading the campaign in Gujarat for quota for Patel community, has been detained by the police in Ahmedabad for unlawful public gathering, reports NDTV.

Earlier, in the day Hardik addressed a mega rally in the city which saw the participation of around 3 lakh people from the Patel community.

Addressing a massive gathering at the GMDC ground in Ahmedabad, the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti convenor mentioned the lack of initiative by the government in resolving the reservation issue.

He said: "We are sons of Sardar Patel, revolution begins from where we stand. We do not belong to any political party. We belong to Patidar community. We declare August 25 as Patidar Kranti Diwas."

He warned that "the lotus (the BJP symbol) will not blossom in 2017" if the Patel community is not placed under the OBC status.

 

Against the backdrop of tension along Indo-Pak border, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will begin his three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir from tomorrow during which he will meet the people affected by shelling from Pakistani troop.

"Rahul will arrive in morning in Srinagar on a three-day visit to J&K. He will fly the Balakote area of Poonch district where six of persons have died and dozens injured due to Pakistan firing on August 15," Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress President Ghulam Mir said.

He will also meet families of the victims and interact with affected population of the border belts, he added. After returning from Poonch, Gandhi will meet the representatives of different sections of society besides addressing a Panchayat Conference of the party for Jammu province, Mir said.

Rahul will also visit Kashmir and Ladakh regions during his three-day visit.

In the wake of steep hike in onion prices, the West Bengal government today started selling onions at a subsidised rate of Rs 50 per kg from 49 government outlets in the city and its outskirts.

"We had no other alternative, but to take this decision after a meeting with traders yesterday," state Agriculture Marketing minister Arup Roy told PTI.

As the traders were apprehensive that prices would remain high until fresh crop reached markets, the state government resorted to this strategy to give some relief to the people, he said.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had earlier directed traders to crack down on illegal hoarders and also asked the task force to visit markets to ensure people were not charged exorbitantly.

Roy said one would be able to buy 500 gram packets of onion at the cost of Rs 25 per day from government outlets and selling of onions at subsidised rate from them would continue till prices eased.

Sri Ram Sena chief Pramod Mutalik today moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay high court order banning his entry into Goa to maintain peace and harmony in the state. He has sought stay of the order of the Goa bench of the high court, which on July 2 had refused to interfere with the prohibitory order imposed on him and his associates by the state police.

The right-wing leader also questioned the prohibitory order passed under section 144 of the CrPC contending that it was illegal and repeatedly passed without giving him a hearing. He has sought ex-parte permission to visit Goa. Challenging the high court order claiming that it was violation of his fundamental rights, he has claimed that it "clearly erred in law and in facts of the case".

The petition said the repetitive prohibitory orders passed by the Goa government and district magistrates of south and north Goa are "illegal and without jurisdiction".
The first order restraining Mutalik from entering the state was issued by the district magistrates of North Goa and South Goa on August 19 last year for 60 days. The orders were subsequently extended further.

Russian authorities briefly banned the entire Wikipedia site over a page relating to drug use which the site had refused to edit or delete.

The ban was quickly lifted today, before it had even gone into effect for most Russian internet users but not before the news had created a wave of panic in the country's online community.

There is increasing concern in Russia about a crackdown on internet freedom, reports The Guardian. 

A court in a small town in southern Russia ordered that a Wikipedia page about charas, an Indian form of hashish, be banned as it contained harmful information.

Photograph: Wikipedia

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Modifying its order, the Supreme Court today said real estate barons Ansal brothers will undergo a two-year rigorous jail term in the Uphaar fire case if they fail to pay Rs.30 crore each within three months.     

Earlier in its verbal order, the court had on Aug 19said Sushil, 76, and Gopal Ansal, 67, should pay a fine of Rs 30 crore each within three months and restricted their jail term to the period already undergone by them in view of their advanced age.     

The judgement had received a lot of flak, especially from the association of victims of Uphhar cinema fire tragedy in which 59 people had died 18 years ago. However, the written order, which was posted on the court's website today, has restored the two-year rigorous jail term awarded by the trial court to the brothers with a condition that the punishment can be reduced to the period already undergone if they would pay Rs 30 crore each within three months.    

"For the reasons to be recorded hereafter, we direct that Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal shall stand sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years.     

"However, having regard to advanced age of the accused and other peculiar facts and circumstances, if they pay Rs 30 crore each, ie Rs 60 crore, then the sentence will stand reduced to the period already undergone," a bench comprising Justices A R Dave,Kurian Joseph and Adarsh Kumar Goel said.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Mohammad Iqbal Khanday seeks voluntary retirement, two-and-half months before his superannuation.

Two people died and five others were injured in a clash between Tihar jail inmates in New Delhi today. The clash took place inside a jail van while the inmates were being taken from Rohini Court to Tihar jail.

Police have not ruled out gang rivalry, reports CNN IBN.

Details awaited.

It is not Dawood Ibrahim who owns the house in the posh sector of Pakistan's federal capital near the Margallah hills but it is definitely somebody relevant to India -- Dr Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan's permanent representative to the UN.


Dr Lodhi cannot be compared to Dawood Ibrahim in any way, however, she does advocate resolution of the Kashmir issue as per the aspirations of the Kashmiris -- something never welcomed by India.

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The NDA government on Tuesday released the data on population by religious communities from Census 2011, which showed that the proportion of Muslims to the total population is growing marginally faster than that of other religions.

Critics questioned the timing of the release of the data just weeks ahead of polls in Bihar, where Muslims can influence the outcome in about 50 of the 243 assembly constituencies. 

According to the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India the data on Population by Religious Communities of Census 2011 is as follows.

Population in 2011 is 121.09 crore:

Hindu 79.8%
Muslim 14.2%
Christian 2.3%
Sikh 1.7%
Buddhist 0.7%
Jain 0.4%

On Tuesday, the 2011 data were released by sex and residence up to sub-districts and towns.
 
Of the total population in 2011, the number of Hindus was 96.63 crores (79.8%); Muslims 17.22 crores (14.2%); Christians 2.78 crores (2.3%); Sikhs 2.08 crores (1.7%); Buddhists 0.84 crores (0.7%); Jains 0.45 crores (0.4%), Other Religions and Persuasions (ORP) 0.79 crores (0.7%) and Religion Not Stated category 0.29 crores (0.2%). The growth rate of the total population during 2001-2011 was 17.7%.


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Collector of Umaria (Madhya Pradesh) KG Tiwari who was injured in a car accident succumbs to injuries.

The Patels of Gujarat are seething. They have warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Anandiben Patel of consequences if their demands for reservations are not met. Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com reports from the mega rally in Ahmedabad. Read        

A news clip aired by an Assamese news channel, which went viral on social media, has equated young girls wearing shorts to monkeys. This has given rise to a heated debate in civil society in the northeastern state.


Assam boasts of traditionally empowering women, but the video aired by Pratidin Time opened with a shot of a monkey dressed in pants with a voice in the background saying in Assamese: "Monkeys have also started wearing clothes and know how to wash clothes, but girls in Guwahati now prefer wearing shorts for comfort. Maybe for them fashion means exposing, resulting in their attire which is shorter than needed."


The video has a number of clips of girls walking around the city in short dresses or wearing t-shirts and shorts.


Civil society members have protested against the channel and a peaceful march was organised in Guwahati on Sunday. But then inexplicably police arrested several of the protestors, booking them for "violating curfew" when no announcement of curfew was made.


The channel's editor-in-chief, Nitumoni Saikia, posted an apology on its Facebook page for "unintentionally hurting people's sentiments." "We are responsible for what was aired, but the packaging and some of the content (referring to the part about monkeys) were wrong. Warning has been given to the reporter regarding the matter not to repeat anything similar in future," Saikia told IANS.


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The picture that's been going viral today: A Radhe Maa themed party!
Twitter has been sharing this image of some 10 women all dressed in the bright red clothes that Radhe Maa favours even carrying her foot-long trishul.

A day after Dalal Street witnessed its bloodiest battering, NSE chief Chitra Ramkrishna today said there is no need for panic as in an inter-connected world, global developments are bound to have an impact on all markets.


The domestic market is capable of handling volatility and yesterday's bloodbath was the result of such global volatilities driven by the worsening crisis in China, whose markets tanked close to 9 per cent, the NSE managing director and chief executive Ramkrishna said on the sidelines of a national services sector excellence summit organized by industry body CII.

Hawaldar Major Singh refuses to be taken to hospital, continues his hunger strike at Jantar Mantar #OROP

Just in: BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha dares his party to act against him with a series of tweets:


"After some unofficial news channel reports and there's nothing official about it, people are seeking my reactions on unconfirmed and unofficial report that BJP will take action after the Bihar elections.


"I will not comment on unofficial report spread by vested interests.
However one shouldn't forget Newtons third law "Every action has an equal and opposite reaction."

Media reports yesterday said the BJP may take disciplinary action against its MP after the upcoming Bihar Assembly Elections. The actor-politician has been in the news for his growing proximity with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.


Sinha has been praising Nitish on and off but has said that his equation with the Bihar CM is of personal friendship and nothing more.

Sinha, who is an MP from Patnasahib in Bihar, has been absent from the Prime Minister's rallies in the state. He had explained the absence saying, "I attend a function only when invited. At the launch of several projects at the veterinary college by the PM on July 25, I was present. But, since I have not been invited, because of some people of my own party, in all three rallies at Muzaffarpur, Gaya and Saharsa, I did not go."

Sinha has been BJP's star campaigner for long and has also served as cabinet minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.

Pakistani troops yet again violated the ceasefire by resorting to firing, resulting in the death of a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) in Nowgam in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.


Just yesterday, there was mortar shelling on forward posts and civilian areas in Poonch district. There have been 52 violations of the border ceasefire agreement of 2003 by Pakistan in August and over 245 ceasefire violations this year so far.


Pakistan yesterday resorted to firing of automatic weapons and shelling of 60 mm mortar bombs on the forward posts and civilian areas from 1900 hours to 1920 hours in Balakote area, a defence spokesman said.


Army troops guarding the border, effectively and appropriately replied back, the spokesman said. The fresh ceasefire violation has occurred after a few days of lull along LoC in Poonch district.

JCO killed in Pakistani firing near LoC in Nowgam sector of Kashmir: Army

"The assumption is that the lines have been drawn and the two sides (India and Pakistan) have gone to battle. All of us, whether analysts or politicians or citizens or cricketers or housewives, must see the other side as an enemy and must reject everything it says or does even if we gain nothing from it. I am no longer able to subscribe to this stupidity," says Aakar Patel. Read more

Just in: OROP Row: There may some 'positive movement' on pension demands by the end of the week. 


Vishnu Som @VishnuNDTV  tweets: An OROP announcement on the 28th (the present buzz) is all very well. The big question: Will OROP be undiluted?

'Off with his head', seems to be the Congress party's answer to the debacle in the Bengaluru civic polls.

Congress dissidents want the high command to remove Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Out of 198 seats in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, the BJP has won 112 and Congress 68, with results still coming in. Party insiders say the poll defeat shows the waning fortunes of the party in the state. Leading the demand for Siddaramaiah's removal is Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, who is camping in Delhi.


The party believes that if it goes to the assembly polls with Siddaramaiah at the helm in 2018, the BJP will sweep the polls. Kharge also feels that people are against the Congress in Bengaluru. That's what Kharge has been saying on record, as for what is being said off record... let's just say that it shall stay with us.


PM Modi tweeted this reaction to the BJP win: "After MP & Rajasthan, BBMP poll results complete a hat-trick of wins for BJP. This is a win for politics of development & good governance."

PM Narendra Modi tweets his response to the Bengaluru civic polls: "Thank you Bengaluru! My gratitude to people and congratulations to Karnataka BJP leaders and workers for great BBMP election results. After MP & Rajasthan, #BBMPResults complete a hat-trick of wins for BJP. This is a win for politics of development & good governance."


The BJP is leading in 100 wards, closely followed by the Congress in 75 wards, the JD(S) in 14 wards and independents in 8 wards. These results are based on 197 out of 198 wards. 

Jasleen Kaur, the gutsy woman who posted her experience on Facebook, while dealing with a Delhi pervert, who is now on bail, rejects accusations that she did it become 'famous'.


"Some say I want to contest for the AAP student wing in Delhi Universty Students Union polls. I want to clarify that I study in St Stephens which doesn't come under DUSU. If I had to derive political mileage I would have openly declared that I am an AAP supporter," she said.


Sunny, the man accused of abusing her has said he is innocent and told ANI that, "She (Jasleen) is an AAP supporter and is doing it for political mileage. She just wants to be famous."
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His mother too said her son was innocent and the "girl was misusing her political connections."

Jasleen responded saying, "No parent would want their son to go to jail, neither will an accused accept his guilt."


Sunny made obscene comments at Jasleen while she was crossing the road and then challenged her to complain after posing for her mobile phone camera. He was arrested and released on bail yesterday.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal after meeting PM Modi: "I told the PM, we will fulfill your dreams of Swacch Bharat, Skill India and Digital India. We will do the work and you will earn fame when you go abroad.


"We said all you have to do is cooperate with us. Political ideologies should not come in the way," he added.


Asked how PM Modi reacted, Kejriwal said: "He heard us and said we will see."

Just in: Govt may convene second part of Monsoon Session to pass key legislations after talking to political parties: Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu says. "The govt going to Parliament with an open mind; amendments if any can be approved on the floor of the House," Naidu said.


The opposition has said that the govt has sent no feelers on the GST so far and felt the current atmosphere was hardly conducive for such a session.


The GST Bill, being a Constitutional amendment, has to meet two requirements for passage: presence of at least a majority of members and two-thirds of them voting in its favour in each House. The Government cannot get a Rajya Sabha endorsement unless its able to mobilise support.

Men who feel the least masculine are nearly three times more likely to commit violent acts compared with those who are comfortable in their own skin. Read

The Thirsty Explorer heads to the Scottish island of Islay where he learns the important differences between malt and whisky --  and how to order it in a bar. Read more

The BJP, which had a majority in the last corporation elections in Bengaluru, is ahead as votes are counted to the 197 city corporation wards. Karnataka's ruling Congress is trailing in second place. The BJP is currently leading in 59 wards, the Congress in 39 and the Janata Dal Secular in 10.


In one ward, the BJP candidate won unopposed. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike or BBMP has 198 wards. For the first time, 50 per cent seats were reserved for first women candidates in the high-stake BBMP elections.

A Muslim man was stripped, tied to a pole and flogged for more than an hour at a crowded marketplace for allegedly speaking to a Hindu woman in the communally polarised coastal town of Mangalore, reports the Hindustan Times.


Policemen reached the spot after local cable television channels began beaming visuals of the man and arrested 14 of around 30 suspected Bajrang Dal activists who were taking turns to flog him. The man is the manager of an accessories store in Mangalore and the woman works in the same store as a salesgirl.


According to the man's complaint to police, the woman had asked him for a loan of Rs. 2,000. They were on their way to an ATM so that he could withdraw cash when a gang of men armed with knives and staves accosted them, the man said. The woman escaped without much harm but she too was slapped for trying to come to her colleague's defence.


Several brazen attacks involving groups such as the Bajrang Dal, Sri Rama Sene, Hindu Jagarana Vedike and the Islamist group, Popular Front of India, have been reported in the coastal towns of Mangalore, Udupi, Honnavar, Bhatkal and Karwar over the past decade.


Civil society activists blamed the BJP government that was in power in Karnataka from 2008 to 2013 for encouraging Hindutva groups to commit such crimes. However, statistics show the attacks did not reduce even after the Congress came to power.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal reaches PMO to meet PM Modi. The much-awaited interaction between the two is expected to revolve around the ongoing crisis between the state and the Centre and will come in the light of Kejriwal's accusation that Delhi Police and lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung have been harassing the Delhi government at the behest of BJP.  Deputy CM Manish Sisodia is accompanying Kejriwal.


Sources said that Kejriwal has been trying to meet the PM for some time now and that he was finally given an appointment for Tuesday. In his Independence Day speech, Kejriwal said he had gone to meet the PM once but wasn't able to and would be trying for another meeting soon.

Hardik Patel, a Patel community leader's mega rally in Ahmedabad has come to an end. Patel is demanding reservations under the Other Backward Caste (OBC) quota for the community.


He spoke about how India stands on three pillars; the Indian Army, the farmer and labourers. Talking about farmer suicides he said, "Political parties say that a farmer's death is his own responsibility. 6000 farmers died in Gujarat. Who'll take the responsibility? If any more farmers die, it won't be good for either Gujarat or India."


He also mentioned the lack of initiative by the government in resolving the reservation issue. Patel asked, "If the Supreme Court can open at 3:30 a.m. in the morning to decide the fate of a terrorist, then why not for the youth and the future of this nation? The BJP will suffer in 2017 if our demands are not heard."

The Delhi biker who allegedly abused a woman on the road and then challenged her to complain against him after posing for her mobile phone camera, has said he is innocent.


The man who is called Sunny told ANI, "She (Jasleen) is an AAP supporter and is doing it for political mileage. She just wants to be famous."


Police said Delhi University student Jasleen Kaur was abused at a traffic signal in Tilak Nagar area in Delhi around 8 pm on Sunday. The biker has beem booked on charges of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation.


Sunny said, "Agar main nahi hota toh koi aur hota, use (Jasleen) toh bas famous hona tha. If I wasn't there, somebody else would have been there. She just wanted to be famous."


His mother added, "My son is innocent. The girl is misusing her political connections."


This is what Jasleen Kaur posted on Facebook.
"This man (misnomer) made obscene comments on me today at around 8 pm near Aggarwal, Tilak Nagar. He was on a silver Royal Enfield, vehicle number - DL 4S CE 3623. When I told him that im clicking his picture and i'm going to file a complaint against him, he responded by posing for the picture and said- "Jo kar sakti hai kar le. Complaint karke dikha, fir dekhiyo kya karta hun main".
"But there was something that is disturbing me much more than his obscene remarks- the fact that it was a red traffic signal and 20 other people heard what he was telling me. Yes, no one minded. No one intervened. No one stood up for me. I decided to stand up for myself and lodged a complaint in Tilak Nagar police station with his photo and vehicle number.
"Share his picture and vehicle number as much as you can to pin this creep. (only if you care).
"Today he had the audacity to say these things to me, tomorrow he will have the audacity to move one step ahead and do it.
"PS- I could've written here exactly what he said in his comments, but i don't want FB to remove my post."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's magic appears to be working well among cooking gas consumers. With a little assistance from state-run fuel retailers.


Between 30,000 and 40,000 households are giving up LPG subsidy daily in response to a countrywide door-to-door campaign launched by the oil marketers to capitalize on the prime minister's call to 'Give It Up'.


The result is nothing but magical in a country used to government freebies. The number of households surrendering subsidy has already topped 20 lakh mentioned in the PM's Independence Day speech. Read more

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu is meeting Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at the latter's official residence in New Delhi today to discuss about a special session of Parliament to pass the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill.


Naidu is expected to meet Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy to discuss the same later in the day.

Actor Sooraj Pancholi, who hit the headlines two years ago when he was arrested for his involvement in girlfriend Jiah Khan's death case, says he still misses her a lot and has no qualms if his name is associated with her. Sooraj's life turned upside down when his name cropped up. He was arrested on abetment charges and sent to jail.


"My name will always be associated with her and I have no guilt for that. I am happy that something at least stays with me. I am sad that she ended her life. But at least her name is with me and I have no problems with it," Sooraj told PTI.


Jiah, the 25-year-old British-American actor, was found hanging from a ceiling fan at her Juhu home in 2013. Sooraj met Jiah through Facebook and then after sometime the two fell in love.


"I miss her. I miss her everyday of my life. I am missing her while I am sitting with you right now. If I loved a person so much I would miss her," said the 25-year-old "Hero" star.


"She was five years elder to me. She was more mature than me. I was 21-year-old then and she was 26. She knew more about the industry than me." Sooraj faced further mental trauma when Jiah's mother Rabia alleged that he was responsible for her daughter's death.

Rarely, if ever, has any prime minister's foreign policy after only one year in office been scrutinized and analysed at home and abroad in the manner that Narendra Modi's has been. While apologists of the Congress claim that there has only been continuity in the policy and that the positive aspects were a legacy from the United Progressive Alliance's decade-long tenure, it is clear to any dispassionate observer that the feature of Modi's policy has been his departures from the received wisdom and traditional footprints. Read more