Tharoor in Bhagat Singh controversy

Shashi Tharoor has kicked up a controversy comparing JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar with freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, drawing strong criticism from BJP while Congress distanced itself from his remarks.

PTI NEW DELHIPublished Mar 22, 2016, 5:11 AM IST

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Tharoor, while listing the names of victims of sedition law under British rule had said Bhagat Singh was the Kanhaiya Kumar of his time.

“The biggest victims of sedition law under the British rule were Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Annie Besant,” he said.

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HC order puts rent-a-cab on wheels of hope

The Bombay High Court at Goa has directed the State government to decide within six weeks whether to settle the issue of granting permissions to the rent-a-cab operators and declare in writing, if they decide in the negative, the reasons for doing so.

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Published Mar 22, 2016, 5:11 AM IST

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PANAJI Speaking to The Goan, Munna Sheikh the secretary of the Goa Rent-a-Cab Operators Association, said that the order has come as a huge relief to them as it would force the government which had ignored their applications for permissions for long to finally take a decision.“We are legally entitled to be given licences to run rent a cab operations. For long the government has not acted in the matter giving one excuse or another,” Sheikh said.Soon after the order was…

Tharoor in Bhagat Singh controversy

HC order puts rent-a-cab on wheels of hope

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