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  RBI may go for rate cut to spur economy

  India | September 29, 2015 10:31 IST

  RBI may go for rate cut to spur economyNew Delhi: All eyes are now on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as the central bank is scheduled to hold its monetary policy review on Tuesday,

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  FTII students claim support of US scholars a day before talks with govt

  India | September 28, 2015 20:23 IST

  New Delhi: A day ahead of their talks with I&B Ministry over the impasse at FTII, agitating students on Monday said several leading academicians and professionals from Silicon Valley, visited by PM Narendra Modi during

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  FTII students to call off hunger strike after govt agrees to hold fresh talks

  India | September 27, 2015 20:35 IST

  New Delhi: Students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune has decided to call off their hunger strike after receiving a letter from the joint secretary Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

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  FTII students to end hunger strike if govt fixes meeting date

  India | September 26, 2015 19:22 IST

  Pune: The agitating FTII students today said they would withdraw their hunger strike to pave way for a dialogue with the government if the I&B Ministry confirmed a date for talks to resolve their demands

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  PM Modi leaves for Ireland, USA; 4 major events of the day

  National | September 23, 2015 10:23 IST

  PM Modi leaves for seven-day tour to Ireland and USANew Delhi: PM Narendra Modi left for two-nation (Ireland and USA) tour early today morning. PM will hold talks with Enda Kenny,the Taoiseach of Ireland. He

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  FTII row: Students ready for talks tomorrow, clean chit to Director Prashant Pathrabe

  India | September 22, 2015 23:42 IST

  Pune/New Delhi: Possibility of a fresh round of talks between the Centre and striking FTII students brightened on Tuesday with the protesters saying they were ready to meet Information and Broadcasting Ministry officials at the

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  FTII strike enters 100th day amid hope given by offer of talks

  India | September 19, 2015 23:49 IST

  Pune: As Film and Television Institute of India's (FTII) strike against appointment of actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan as its chairman, enters its 100th day, a ray of hope is seen by the students

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  FTII students ready for talks without preconditions

  India | September 18, 2015 0:00 IST

  Pune: After nearly 100 days of agitation against Gajendra Chauhan's appointment as FTII chairman, possibility of resolution of the impasse today brightened with the protesting students saying they were ready for talks with the government

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  FTII deadlock: BJP leader Madhav Bhandari talks to students

  India | September 16, 2015 15:58 IST

  Pune:  In an effort to end the 97-day-old impasse at FTII, senior BJP leader Madhav Bhandari today held informal talks with students' representatives even as the relay hunger strike by three protesters continued on the

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  FTII row: Protesters detained outside I&B Ministry office

  India | September 15, 2015 15:26 IST

  New Delhi: FTII students were today joined by those from other universities here in a day-long symbolic hunger strike outside I&B Ministry's office against Gajendra Chauhan's appointment as Chairman and the agitators threatened to hold

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  FTII row: Students hunger strike enters day two

  India | September 11, 2015 17:16 IST

  Pune: A sombre mood prevailed at the Film and Television Institute of India campus as the indefinite hunger strike of the three students demanding removal of actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan as FTII chairman

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  Vidya Balan supports FTII students, signs letter to president

  Bollywood | September 11, 2015 8:19 IST

  Mumbai: Padma Shri awardee actress Vidya Balan and screenwriter Anjum Rajabali on Thursday threw their weight behind the protesting students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) by signing an appeal to President

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  FTII faculty member ends fast after 66 hours

  India | September 08, 2015 22:44 IST

  Pune: Abhijit Das, a contractual faculty member at the FTII who had gone on a fast demanding resolution of the current impasse over the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as FTII chairman, today ended it after

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  Rajkumar Hirani not to be FTII's new chairman

  Bollywood | September 08, 2015 17:18 IST

  New Delhi:  Rajkumar Hirani will not replace Film and Television Institute of India's (FTII) chairman Gajendra Chauhan, the spokesperson of the Bollywood filmmaker said on Tuesday."He is not replacing Gajendra Chauhan, who is heading the

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  FTII row: Supreme Court refuses to entertain PIL

  India | September 07, 2015 18:37 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a PIL seeking its intervention to end the ongoing stir at Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) opposing the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as Chairman."We

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  FTII students threaten en masse hunger strike

  India | September 07, 2015 18:37 IST

  Pune:   With no end in sight to the nearly  three-month-old strike in FTII, the protesting students today threatened go on hunger strike en masse if their main demand of removal of actor Gajendra Chauhan

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  Govt may curtail FTII chairman Gajendra Chauhan's role to end stir

  National | September 07, 2015 11:41 IST

  New Delhi: The NDA government may curtail Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) chairperson Gajendra Chauhan's role to end the stir against the actor's contentious appointment.Hindustan Times reported that government has told protesting students

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  FTII row: 3-member panel submits report to Govt

  India | September 01, 2015 20:36 IST

  New Delhi: A three-member committee constituted by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to examine the "ground situation" at Film and TelevisionInstitute of India (FTII) submitted its report today.Sources said that the report was submitted by

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  PM's Office likely to discuss Posco issue with Odisha govt

  India | August 25, 2015 10:30 IST

  PM's Office likely to discuss Posco issue with Odisha government todayNew Delhi: The Prime Minister's Office is likely to take up the issue of steel giant Posco's proposed $10.5-billion integrated steel plant in Jagatsinghpur with

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  3-member panel likely to submit report on FTII today

  India | August 24, 2015 23:58 IST

  New Delhi:  The three-member committee constituted by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to look into issues pertaining to Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) is likely to submit its report today.  Sources said that