CCTV footage shows CISF men vandalising Karipur airport

by FP Staff  Jun 12, 2015 09:04 IST

15 people were booked on murder charge in connection with the clash between CISF and AAI personnel in which a jawan was killed at Karipur international airport where flight operations resumed on Thursday morning amid tight security.

The airport was temporarily shut down after the clash between CISF and fire department officials of Airport Authority of India (AAI) following an argument over frisking of some personnel.

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Who died? How many? Sticky questions cast unflattering shadow over Myanmar op

by Arun George  Jun 12, 2015 11:50 IST

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Even as the Modi government steadily dialled down its rhetoric on the Indian Army operation in Myanmar, questions are now being raised over just how much the mission achieved.

The death toll from the strike has been kept under wraps since news of the operation broke. The official Indian Army press release made no mention of the number of militants who were killed in the attack, sticking instead to a cryptic phrase, ' significant casualties'. News reports pegged the death toll anywhere between 20 to 50, with some hinting that it was as high as 100.

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Pakistan Rangers violate ceasefire in Jammu, open fire at BSF posts; no casualties reported

Jun 12, 2015 09:39 IST

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Jammu: Pakistan Rangers on Friday violated the ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked firing at Border Security Force (BSF) positions in Jammu, an official said.

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From Dracula to Jinnah: Six Sir Christopher Lee films you shouldn't miss

Jun 12, 2015 08:04 IST

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Horror legend Christopher Lee, who has died at the age of 93, frightened the wits out of generations of movie-goers.

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Hamari Adhuri Kahani review: Bhatt reduces Vidya Balan to a whimpering mess in this painful film

Jun 12, 2015 09:18 IST

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By Gayatri Gauri

O married lady, thy place is at thy lover’s feet,
Worshipping gratitude is thy virtue.
Who else doth uplift you bechari
But the rich boss swooning over your lilies?

Such is the undying faith expressed in the good Indian wife by Mahesh Bhatt, writer and producer of Hamari Adhuri Kahani(HAK) and self-professed woman’s lib advocate turned regressive preacher. In HAK, he has for company the Aashiqui 2 and Ek Villain director, Mohit Suri, and their regular dialogue writer, Shagufta Rafique. The trio’s conviction in a bygone century’s sacrificial feminine lambs and grateful tearjerkers results in in a ridiculous love story that attempts to be a tragedy, but ends up being an unintentional comedy.

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The Aruna Shanbaug story: 'Perhaps she's paying for all our sins'

May 18, 2015 14:35 IST

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following extract is from Pinki Virani's book Aruna's Story: The True Account of a Rape and its Aftermath. It's a heartbreaking account of what happened to Aruna Shanbaug, how her body survived a horrific rape and how the medical staff of KEM Hospital resolutely stood by her and cared for her — even when it may not have been in Shanbaug's best interests medically — when she was abandoned by her family and betrayed by the justice system.

Virani decided to write the book when she realised that Shanbaug's rapist served sentences for assault and robbery, but not for rape. The only silver lining in this terrible history is that Virani's passionate plea for euthanasia for Shanbaug would start the debate that would ultimately make passive euthanasia legal in India. It couldn't be applied in Shanbaug's case because the nurses of KEM Hospital, where Shanbaug had worked before she was raped and became brain dead, refused to entertain the idea of allowing the former nurse to die.

One man. Plus a savage twist of one chain. And the thirty seconds for his sperm to release. Equals one broken woman. With brain damage so irreversible that it does not even register images. And perfectly healthy pupils but blind for life.