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The Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) will allow students admitted under the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) since 2015 to take exams under the one-time exit scheme, the high court was informed on Wednesday. The counsel for the VTU filed a memo ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday once again stressed that the court cannot intervene in an adult womans choice of marriage. The government or investigating agencies were, however, not denuded of its power to check if the couple indulged in anything manifestly ...

In a huge setback to Julian Assange, a British court on Tuesday for the second time ruled that a United Kingdom arrest warrant against the Wikileaks founder was still valid, making it clear that he could be arrested if he tries to leave the Ecuadorian embassy where he has been holed up since 2012. Senior District Judge Emma Arbuthnot, handing down her judgement before a packed courtroom at Westminster magistrates court, said that she was not persuaded by the argument from Assange's legal team ...

A visibly annoyed Supreme Court judge Justice D Y Chandrachud on Thursday asserted he would like to be a 'nationalist judge' committed to the Constitution and not seen as an 'Aadhaar judge' or following the NGO line. Justice Chandrachud, who is part of the five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, lost his cool after not getting a satisfactory reply to his query from senior advocate Shyam Divan, representing an NGO that has challenged the ...

Congratulations, all! After television stars were honoured at the Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Awards on Friday, it was the turn to celebrate Bollywood. Held the next day, April 21, at the St Andrews College in Bandra, north west Mumbai, quite a few movie stars made their presence felt.   Shahid Kapoor won the Best Actor award. Shilpa Shetty won the Best Reality Show Judge award. Shahid's Padmavat co-star Ranveer Singh won the Best Actor People's Choice award.   Amitabh Bachchan.

'People ask, "Are you envious of Raj?" I mean, are you envious of your brother or sister or your mum and dad?''No. You feel a sense of pride when you see the other person excel.''Both of us are from the industry, so seeing the other person excel is what inspires me and instills faith and hope in me.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Patralekhaa/Instagram Patralekhaa has done just three films in four years. It is not easy being an actress in Bollywood, and Patralekhaa will vouch for that. Her ...

Travel photographers take note! The competition is already fierce in the National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest 2018, now underway. National Geographic editors have pulled together some of their favourite entries so far from all three categories -- Nature, People and Cities. Once the competition closes, a panel of judges, selected by National Geographic Travel, will choose a winner in each of the categories and also name an overall winner. A public vote will also see a ...

Sameer Dua reveals why every corporate leader must be a coach. IMAGE: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (left) and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos (right).Robert Hargrove in his book Masterful Coaching states that 80 per cent of the best CEOs in the world spend their time coaching.Don't miss: Why Nadella is a fan of Sourav Ganguly's leadershipPhotograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images   It is a myth that only professional coaches do coaching. One of the key roles of leaders and managers is ...

No other woman – in life and after – occupies the place that Winnie Madikizela-Mandela does in South African politics. A stalwart of the African National Congress (ANC), she nevertheless stands above, and at times outside, the party. Her iconic ...