
Also, actress Bhavana won the award for the Best Actress for her film 'Bhagirathi'. ...

09:41 PM, Mar 15, 2013

The special show of film 'Bhagirathi' directed by Prof Baraguru Ramachandrappa, which is based on the folk 'Kerege Haara' was attended by the top leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party in state on August 5 at Renukamb Digital theatre. Bharatiya Janata Party politicians - BS Yediyurappa with his son MP BY Raghavendra, former Chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda with his wife Daaty, current deputy chief minister R Ashok and close friends...

12:41 PM, Aug 07, 2012

At last Benkosri alias BK Srinivas has found success for his offbeat film 'Bhagirathi' in Kannada cinema. Producer Srinivas spent as much on his offbeat folktale as he usually spends on his commercial films. 'Bhagirathi' has been directed by Baraguru Ramachandrappa. Ramachandrappa, known for quality films in Kannada, is taking his 'Bhagirathi' - starring Kishor, Bhavana, Dr Srinath, Hema Chaudhary, Thara, Shivadwaj and others - to 'Samudayadatta Cinema' from now...

05:34 PM, Jul 31, 2012

Baraguru Ramchandrappa's latest film 'Bhagirathi' is certainly the most appealing film that has come out of his stable. Earlier he made several films that won awards and even got recognition in the Guinness Book for their uniqueness, but they did not appeal to the masses because they were qualitatively poor. But 'Bhagirathi' stands out because Ramchandrappa has taken the trouble of narrating a film that could be easily understood by...

12:49 PM, Jun 09, 2012

Garhwal: Even as a government commissioned Green Report recommends the scrapping of 34 dams on the Ganga's tributaries, the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi, construction continues on 300 dams. Over 300 dams are planned on its various tributaries to generate electricity for a power-hungry nation. The Dhari Devi temple faces an uneasy future. The 330 megawatt Alaknanda dam may submerge the 17th century temple. At the temple town of Srinagar, the women...

11:39 AM, Jun 05, 2012

New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has reportedly alleged in her letter to the Prime Minister concerning the Teesta water-sharing pact that the Farraka barrage was a "man-made disaster, planned on the one hand with finesse and aplomb, to plunge West Bengal into a crisis and on the other hand, to provide 'water' bonanza to Bangladesh". Slamming it as a man-made conspiracy, she wrote, "It seems there was...

07:37 PM, Feb 18, 2012

New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai is reportedly meeting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a bid to settle the Teesta water sharing agreement. The West Bengal CM had earlier written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh raising objections over the Farakka Barrage water-sharing with Bangladesh. In her letter, Mamata said that a majority of water from the Farakka barrage was going to Bangladesh instead of remaining in...

04:23 PM, Feb 18, 2012

New Delhi: With water levels in the Tehri dam crossing the danger mark, a potential disaster is feared in the hills of Uttarakhand. The region has been lashed by heavy rains, the worst in almost 40 years even as 63 people have died in cloudbursts and numerous landslides. Chief Minister Pokhriyal has appealed to the Prime Minister to declare Uttarakhand a disaster affected state and has sought a package of...

12:06 PM, Sep 20, 2010

Sri Lanka and India have played each other nine times this year, in Australia, Bangladesh and in Sri Lanka, and the end is in sight. However, the fifth and final ODI in Pallekele on Saturday is a dead rubber after India wrapped up the series on Tuesday and the best the hosts can hope for is a win that would give them some momentum leading up to the ICC World...

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