Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed 'Vatsalyagram' project of VHP leader Sadhvi Ritambhara. "If one was to truly understand Sadhvi Ritambharaji and her work, one must also look at her role in building Vatsalyagram," Modi said.
He was addressing a gathering on the occasion of the ground-breaking ceremony of Vatsalyagram (shelter village) at Mahisa village in Kheda district. Vatsalyagram, co-founded by Sadhvi Ritambhara, under the auspices of Param Shakti Peeth, is a combination of an orphanage, an old-age home and a widow-shelter where orphan kids, widows and elders live like a family.
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01:38 AM, May 21, 2013
Lucknow: The Japan International Cooperative Agency (JICA) has offered the Uttar Pradesh government financial assistance for the Metro rail project and a host of other projects, including the Agra-Lucknow expressway, officials said Tuesday. JICA sought details of the projects at a meeting with Chief Secretary Jawed Usmani Monday. The World Bank has already expressed its willingness to give funding for the Lucknow Metro rail and Agra-Lucknow expressway projects. Both these...
11:21 AM, May 14, 2013
Agra: A 32-year-old man was on Saturday arrested in connection with the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl, whose body was found at the house of a CRPF sub-inspector in Kachaura area in Agra, police said. Shailendra alias Chintu, who was arrested from Achhnera Road near the village where the incident took place, would be prosecuted under National Security Act along with murder and rape charges, SSP Agra Subhash...
01:30 AM, Apr 28, 2013
Los Angeles: Fragrance company Adrenalina Inc. has filed a lawsuit against singer Selena Gomez for not binding to her contract. Adrenalina Inc. claims Gomez had signed a deal with the company in 2011. The deal gave them allowance to develop fragrance products using her name. However, Gomez and her agent reportedly ended the relationship with the company without giving a valid reason. She even refused to show up for the...
02:42 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Agra: A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered when she had gone to attend an engagement ceremony at the residence of a CRPF sub-inspector in Kachaura area in the district, police said on Friday. The victim was found lying in a pool of blood with wire marks around her neck and it seemed her head had been crushed with a stone, police said. The girl had on Thursday gone...
03:18 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Paris: World champion Viswanathan Anand played out his third draw on the trot, signing peace with joint-leader Maxime Vachier-Lagraev of France in the fourth round of Alekhine Memorial chess tournament. It turned out to be an easy affair for Anand as he went for an age-old variation in the Semi Slav defense and drew without sweating much. The day yet again provided just one decisive game and the beneficiary was...
07:59 PM, Apr 25, 2013
Agra: Two people have been reportedly killed in an explosion in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. The explosion reportedly took place in a junkyard near Taj Mahal. Ram Niwas (23) and his brother Jitendra (21) died on the spot, while Maya Devi was injured when they were sorting through scrap which was received from Army camp, DIG Bhanu Bhaskar said. Devi has been admitted to hospital, said Bhaskar. Cause of the explosion...
12:26 PM, Apr 25, 2013
Bilaspur: Under attack from Opposition on over an alleged land scam, Chhattisgarh's Health Minister Amar Agrawal on Monday filed a criminal defamation suit against Congress leaders Vivek Bajpayee and Vani Rao in a court in Bilaspur. Chief Judicial Magistrate Omprakash Chauhan admitted the suit and fixed May 13, 2013 for hearing the matter. The Health and Family Welfare Minister's counsel Ranveer Singh said Bajpayee and Bilaspur Mayor Vani Rao, who...
01:59 AM, Apr 23, 2013
Mumbai: Filmmaker Prakash Jha's 'Satyagraha' will be screened in South Africa because of its "inherent Mahatma Gandhi connection", says a source. "A plan is being auctioned right now for a screening in South Africa for Satyagraha because of its inherent Mahatma Gandhi connection. It is being finalized which cast members will be travelling for the screening," said a source close to the team. The movie's screening will take place somewhere...
01:24 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Bhopal: Denying reports that his upcoming film 'Satyagraha' is based on Anna Hazare's Lokpal Bill movement, noted film director Prakash Jha said that the movie shows discontent among today's youth. "The film is not based on Anna Hazare's movement, but there may be few similarities between it and the Lokpal agitation. The movie is about the problems faced by youths and their thinking," Jha told reporters here last night. Besides...
04:31 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Amitabh Bachchan posted this photo on his Facebook page with this message: "Greeting the lovely Kareena as she arrives on set of 'Satyagraha' in Bhopal. Shooting an important sequence on a deserted highway, blocked graciously by the authorities for our shoot." ...
10:44 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says his work 'dissects' him from the 'daily and hourly burdens'. The 70-year-old shared his thoughts through his post on his blog. He wrote: "The sun sets again and another day of turmoil comes to an end. The work is the place that I would like to be always. It is almost like a balm across an aching forehead - therapeutic." "Work dissects me from the...
02:36 PM, Apr 07, 2013
Vancouver: Manoj Bajpayee is a busy man these days. After the success of 'Gangs of Wasseypur' and 'Special 26', he is coming up with two films this year and the actor believes it is a good time for people like him in the industry. The 43-year-old's 'Shootout At Wadala' is ready to hit the screens while Prakash Jha's 'Satyagraha' is currently being shot. "When I got recognition with 'Satya', I...
01:37 PM, Apr 06, 2013
Bollywood actors Kareena Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan arrive at the Raja Bhoj Airport for shooting of the film 'Satyagrah' in Bhopal. ...
12:25 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Wonder pill Viagra celebrates its 15th birthday, but still no pills for women. Researchers say the cure for women's low sex drive may not be in a bottle but in their mind. ...
05:00 PM, Mar 28, 2013
The 31-year-old British woman who jumped off a hotel balcony in Agra to escape an alleged sexual assault has vowed to return to India to give evidence against her attackers but said she will "never" travel alone again. The dental hygienist from Greenwich was speaking of her ordeal for the first time since her return to Britain after she cut-short her back-packing tour of Asia. ...
09:45 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Uttar Pradesh police are yet to the identify killer of the PhD student, who was found murdered at Dayalbagh Educational Institute in Agra on Friday. Even though the police have recovered girl's mobile phone, jeans and her shoes from the institute laboratory where she was found murdered, the mystery over who killed her continues. ...
01:43 PM, Mar 20, 2013
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11:55 PM, Mar 19, 2013
Taking serious note of the attempt to molest a foreign tourist in Agra, Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi on Tuesday ordered suspension of the three-star rating of Hotel Agra Mahal, where the incident took place. The Tourism Ministry also issued a show cause notice to the hotel asking it why its licence should not be cancelled. ...
11:40 PM, Mar 19, 2013
