Sidhartha Mallya has come out in defence of RCB cricketer Luke Pomersbach, who has been accused of misbehaving with a woman at a five-star hotel early Friday morning. ...
05:00 PM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: In 1923, iconic Bengali humorist Sukumar Ray described a curious race of beings "who were scared to laugh". With the government forced to apologise for a 1949 cartoon on Jawaharlal Nehru and B.R. Ambedkar after parliamentarians of all hues raised a massive ruckus, are Indians becoming that humourless race? The 63-year-old cartoon by the eminent Shankar - considered the father of Indian political cartoonists who ran the highly...
01:12 PM, May 18, 2012
Naveed Akram Cheema has put in place stringent measures to ensure there is no fixing or controversy. ...
11:27 PM, May 16, 2012
Seldom does the Indian media today act as the cronies of the commoners. However, when it does, especially in pelting stones at the castle, it ...
02:17 PM, May 12, 2012
Kolkata: Resurrecting the issue of cartoons lampooning her sent by email by a Jadavapur University professor, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday claimed it actually contained a message threatening to assassinate her. She also alleged a conspiracy through Facebook, Twitter and SMS and said "I am being shown on Facebook. Now, it is my turn. I will show you Facebook". "Mamata Banerjee is not a cartoon. A section...
11:12 AM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony on Monday defended the Tatra deal in Parliament saying that the trucks were bought mainly due to operational needs of the Army and that not a single Tatra truck had been purchased post 2008. Seeking to turn the tables on the Opposition, Antony said the present government had not purchased a single new Tatra truck and the current deliveries were being made as per...
12:04 PM, May 07, 2012
TIRUMALA: YSR Congress Party president and Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy landed in a controversy when he went in for a darshan of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala without signing the formal declaration of his faith in the Lord as required by temple rules for non-Hindus.Jagan Mohan Reddy, who is a practising Christian, is learnt to have refused to sign the form despite being told repeatedly by TTD staff about...
08:44 AM, May 03, 2012
New Delhi: The post-recess budget session of Parliament resumed on Tuesday. The government is planning to bring in three key finance sector reforms " the Pension Regulatory Bill, the Insurance Bill and the Banking Reforms Bill " in the current session. The priority, however, will be to see that the Finance Bill is cleared by the House. It may not be smooth sailing for the government, however, as the Opposition...
11:14 AM, Apr 24, 2012
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi has quit as the chairperson of Parliament Standing Committee on Law and Justice and as the Congress spokesperson following the CD controversy. ...
09:35 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: Congress Rajya Sabha MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi has quit as the chairperson of Parliament Standing Committee on Law and Justice and as the Congress spokesperson following the CD controversy. Following is the full text of Singhvi's statement on his resignation: I have decided to resign as Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law, Justice. Personnel and Grievances and have informed the Hon'ble Congress President accordingly. I have also decided...
06:30 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: Congress Rajya Sabha MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi has quit as the chairperson of Parliament Standing Committee on Law and Justice and as the Congress spokesperson following the CD controversy. After the CD allegedly featuring Singhvi surfaced, the Congress sidelined him and removed him from party's official spokespersons roster. Singhvi was the Vice-President of Congress's media cell. Singhvi in a press release on Monday said that he had informed...
06:23 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Abhishek Singhvi CD controversy: Tonight at 10 pm CNN-IBN's Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of experts, is social media above the law of the land?
01:54 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Army has withdrawn the controversial class three CBSE textbooks from schools under which shows the entire PoK region as 'Azad Jammu and Kashmir', there is no explanations for that faux pas yet. The new book shows the map of Jammu and Kashmir just the same as how the Pakistani government claims it to be. The Gilgit-Baltistan region is not shown as Pakistan occupied Kashmir instead it's called...
09:30 PM, Apr 22, 2012
New Delhi: In a major faux pas, a new CBSE textbook for class three in an Army school in Srinagar depicts the map of Jammu and Kashmir exactly how Pakistan claims it to be. The map reportedly calls the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir region, 'Azad Jammu and Kashmir', a term used by Pakistan to describe the region. The Gilgit-Baltistan region, which is a part of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, is called the Northern areas....
09:16 AM, Apr 22, 2012
New Delhi: Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Saturday slammed social networking websites over the CD controversy surrounding him. The Supreme Court lawyer has accused the websites of using the CD for sensationalism. He further said, "This can happen to anyone and if this lawlessness is allowed to continue as it is, we all will be consumed shortly." Hitting out at social networking websites, Singhvi pointed that while there was...
12:18 PM, Apr 21, 2012
BANGALORE: Believe it or not: it is cheaper to travel by helicopter than by a car, if former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappas travel bills are any proof.Documents pertaining to his travel obtained by Express through RTI, indicate that Yeddyurappas travel costs by car were far higher than a trip to Mysore by helicopter. This misleading and inaccurate information was provided to TNIE by the Chief Ministers Office only...
09:09 AM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: In another embarrassment for the Congress party, its spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi found himself in the midst of a CD controversy on Wednesday. While his name has been removed from the Press Conference roster, Singhvi insists it is because he is unwell. The man who used to vociferously defend his party is now almost being silenced. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, the suave lawyer turned politician, is feeling the heat...
12:07 AM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday declined to comment on the CD controversy concerning chief party spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi, saying it was a personal matter of the senior lawyer. When asked as to why Singhvi did not address the press briefing of the Congress party on Monday, party spokesperson Rashid Alvi said that the only information they had was that the leader was unwell. Alvi further dismissed any possibility...
05:09 PM, Apr 18, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The controversy over the proposed Annie Mascrene Square has taken a new turn with the memorial committee spearheading the project alleging that the row over the size of the roundabout was intended to prevent the installation of the statue of the national leader.The statue is being installed on an under-construction roundabout at Xanadu Junction at Vazhuthacaud.The Annie Mascrene Smaraka Samithi has protested against what it termed concerted attempts and...
10:57 AM, Apr 18, 2012
The state CAG report on Tuesday named trusts run by Vilasrao Deshmukh, Chhagan Bhujpal and Narayan Rane as beneficiaries in controversial land allotments. ...
10:37 PM, Apr 17, 2012
