Mumbai: Corporate Affairs Minister Veerappa Moily on Friday said he is hopeful about the New Companies Bill getting passed in the Monsoon Session. "Since the Standing Committee of Parliament has concluded its deliberations on the New Companies Bill, I expect it to submit it to the ministry soon and table it in the Monsoon Session," Moily told reporters in Mumbai on the sidelines of a function on Friday. Claiming that...
11:52 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Even as 'Billa 2' is gearing up for a release, Ajith's next with Vishnuvardhan is already making several headlines. The latest is that Bollywood director cum actor cum producer Mahesh Manjrekar will play baddie in this yet-to-be-titled film. However it is said that there are few other villains as well in this film where Mahesh Manjrekar plays the main villain. This is not the first time he's playing baddie for...
02:45 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Ratnagiri: Expressing disappointment over the Centre not doing enough to eradicate corruption, anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare has said he has lost his faith in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. "I had a strong belief in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, but now I do not have faith in him," Hazare said. "We have to select persons having good character and send them to Parliament, then only the expected change will take place,"...
01:46 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: Bill Gates met Rotary International India on Thursday in New Delhi on his three day visit to the country where he is expected to meet a number of Government functionaries before heading to Bangalore for a discussion on philanthropy with India's industrial leaders. Gates met Rotary leaders " Rajendra K Saboo, Past President, Rotary International , Ashok M Mahajan, Trustee & Member, International PolioPlus Committee and Deepak Kapur,...
06:59 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: First it was Vidya Balan and now it is Bill Gates who has come forward to extend support to Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh's sanitation drive. Gates, who has supported India's battle against polio, will now help alter behavioural patterns connected with sanitation. Talking to reporters after the meeting, Ramesh said, "We discussed how the Gates Foundation can support us in bringing behavioural changes along the lines of...
10:19 PM, May 30, 2012
Lucknow: Microsoft founder Bill Gates met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav earlier on Wednesday in Lucknow. The focus of the meet was on healthcare, which the Bill and Melinda Foundation plans to take up in the state. An advance team from Gates's office had met senior officials in the state last week and done the ground work for the Gates-Akhilesh meeting. Gates reportedly presented a five-point programme that his...
06:10 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre was on Wednesday directed by the Delhi High Court to consider in three months a plea seeking CBI inquiry against members of Team Anna for allegedly receiving funds from foreign organisations to run their agitation for Lokpal Bill. A bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked Additional Solicitor General (ASG) A S Chandhiok to treat the PIL as a...
05:16 PM, May 30, 2012
Lucknow: Microsoft founder Bill Gates will meet Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow on Wednesday to discuss healthcare in the state. The 56-year-old Gates is likely to discuss a host of healthcare programmes that the Bill and Melinda Foundation plans to take up in the state. An advance team from Gate's office has met senior officials in the state last week and done the ground work for the...
12:29 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: The worth of a popular work of literature is now often judged by a little tagline, "Soon to be made into a motion picture", Mushtaq Sheikh, a pioneer of the genre of Bollywood chronicles, says while underscoring the "mutual synergy created by the two colliding worlds of mainstream cinema and literature". "A lot of literature has been translated into Bollywood movies and films are being made into books....
03:59 PM, May 29, 2012
Lucknow: Microsoft founder Bill Gates will meet Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow on Wednesday to discuss healthcare in the state. The 56-year-old Gates is likely discuss a host of healthcare programmes that the Bill and Melinda Foundation plans to take up in the state. An advance team from Gate's office has met senior officials in the state last week and done the ground work for the Gates-Akhilesh...
03:34 PM, May 29, 2012
Solapur: A day after his team targeted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for alleged corruption, Anna Hazare on Sunday said that the prime minister is an honest man. Speaking to reporters at Pandharpur on Sunday, he said that the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh "is an honest man though some ministers in his cabinet are corrupt". Prominent Team Anna members Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan had on Saturday written to the Prime...
02:50 AM, May 28, 2012
Satara: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Sunday said if a strong Lokpal Bill does not come into being, he would again launch a massive movement in Delhi once the Lok Sabha elections are declared. "The government does not want to create a corruption-free India. Which is why, the Lokpal Bill had not been passed despite being introduced eight times in the Lok Sabha. At least half of the number of...
01:38 AM, May 28, 2012
Army Chief General VK Singh has refuted rumours that he has received an offer from anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare to join his campaign. ...
08:28 PM, May 26, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna on Saturday will release documents related to corruption charges against 15 union ministers. Team Anna will also elaborate on its plans for its indefinite fast beginning July 25 for a strong Lokpal Bill. With the Lokpal Bill once against stuck in the Rajya Sabha, Team Anna has earlier announced that it would to go on a fast again from July 25 at Jantar Mantar in New...
08:01 AM, May 26, 2012
A violent scuffle erupted in Ukraine's Parliament on Thursday evening over a bill that would allow the use of the Russian language in courts, hospitals and other institutions in the Russian-speaking regions of the country. ...
04:13 PM, May 25, 2012
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