Actor Siddharth and Hansika Motwani are acting as the lead couple in a film titled 'Something Something'. Actress Khusboo's hubby Sunder C is the director of this film and the audio launch of this bilingual film will be done on 12th of this month. The latest news is that Rana Daggubati and Samantha have played guest roles in this film. Siddharth has finished the dubbing for the film and the...
06:47 PM, May 10, 2013
Bangalore: Prominent backward caste leader S Siddaramaiah is set to be the next Chief Minister of Karnataka after he was elected as the Congress legislative party leader by party MLAs on Friday. Siddaramaiah, along with the new cabinet ministers of Karnataka, will be sworn in on Monday morning. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Siddaramaiah said he was thankful. "My election as CLP leader was unanimous. I thank all MLAs. The CLP has...
05:09 PM, May 10, 2013
Bangalore: The Congress gets one step closer to deciding the Karnataka Chief minister after party leaders met a legislative meeting on Friday. Sources say that most of the MLAs in the state have backed Siddaramaiah to be the next Chief Minister. Siddaramaiah was always the frontrunner but there were other claimants as well such as Labour Minister Mallikarjun Kharge. Congress leader D Sivkumar said, "Siddaramaiah has moved a resolution that...
03:24 PM, May 10, 2013
Bangalore: Karnataka may get the name of its new Chief Minister on Friday and the Congress legislature party is meeting on to decide who will lead the government. An AICC observer team led by AK Antony is in Bangalore for the meeting. The Congress leaders are consulting MLAs even as several aspirants throw their hat in the ring. While frontrunner Siddarmaiah has sought an appointment with UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi,...
11:57 AM, May 10, 2013
YSR Congress Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy suffered another disappointment with the SC denying him bail in an illegal assets case. ...
10:29 AM, May 10, 2013
Bangalore: The battle of Karnataka Chief Minister probables isn't over yet. Many leaders have put their hats in the ring now - including frontrunner Siddaramaiah. A final name is expected after the state Congress legislature party meet later on Friday. A day after Karnataka's definitive mandate for the Congress, the bouquets and tributes still kept flowing in at Siddaraiamaih's house on Thursday. But the question of whether he will be...
07:33 AM, May 10, 2013
London: Britain said on Thursday it was "very likely" the Syrian government had used chemical weapons, and Turkey announced it was stepping up testing of people fleeing the Syrian civil war for traces. US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed gratitude to Russia for its willingness to try to arrange a "Geneva two" conference to negotiate an end to the conflict, in a sign of a thawing of the long...
04:06 AM, May 10, 2013
BJP ex-strongman BS Yeddyurappa, whose party KJP is being seen as one of the primary reasons for BJP's poll defeat in Karnataka, is CNN-IBN's Newsmaker of the Day. ...
11:20 PM, May 09, 2013
The Congress on Thursday dithered on taking action against its two beleaguered ministers Ashwani Kumar and Pawan Kumar Bansal. ...
10:02 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: Talented Delhi Daredevils medium pacer Siddharth Kaul on Thursday pointed out that even someone like Chris Gayle is a "human being who can make mistakes" and said he will not try anything extra against the Jamaican in their IPL match against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday. "He is a human being and if I can bowl a good delivery, he can get out. If you bowl a bad...
09:42 PM, May 09, 2013
Bangalore: Congress has set the ball rolling for picking its Chief Minister in Karnataka by convening a meeting of its newly-elected MLAs in Bangalore on Friday with senior leaders Mallikarjuna Kharge and Siddaramaiah being considered front runners in the race for the top post. The observers are slated to elicit the MLAs' views on the leadership issue in Karnataka where the party was swept to power with comfortable majority of...
07:49 PM, May 09, 2013
Bangalore: Former chief minister and Karnataka Janata Paksha president BS Yeddyurappa on Thursday said it was the split votes of his party and BJP that helped Congress bag 121 seats in the May 5 Assembly polls. Addressing a press conference here, he said "it is not positive votes in favour of Congress. As many as 23 seats which Congress has won was because of the split votes". Yeddyurappa said that...
07:18 PM, May 09, 2013
Is the people's verdict in Karnataka an anti-BJP one? Or is it a product of a pro-Congress wave? How is it significant in light of the general elections which are not very far away? Senior journalist Imran Qureshi joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the matter. Q. Isn't it true that, in India voting happens mainly on Caste/religion basis. This would be the case, unless there is a very...
06:31 PM, May 09, 2013
Mumbai: Popular TV actor Sharad Kelkar, who has landed a role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Ram Leela' is quite excited about the film and calls it a big achievement. Off late, lot of TV actors like of Ayushmaan Khurrana, Sushant Singh Rajput, Amit Sadh and Hussain Kuwajerwala have turned towards the big screen. Sharad has given memorable performance in TV serials like 'Uttaran, 'Saat Phere', 'Kuch Toh Log Kahenge' and...
05:37 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: After her critically acclaimed performance as Nagma Khatun in 'Gangs of Wasseypur', Richa Chadda is keen to cement her career by experimenting with challenging role in Bollywood. Chadda, who earned praise in Anurag Kashyap's two-part crime saga, will next be seen playing a gangster in two of her upcoming movies --'Fukrey' and 'Tamanchey'. Richa's aim is to follow the success of 'GOW' by taking on challenging roles rather...
03:58 PM, May 09, 2013
Bangalore: Even though BS Yeddyurappa's Karnataka Janatha Paksha failed to make a big splash in the Assembly elections and could win just six seats, the former chief minister boasted that he was responsible for Bharatiya Janata Party's rout in the state. Declaring that he would not return to the BJP, Yeddyurappa on Thursday said the party has "no existence in Karnataka" without him. "I hope BJP leaders don't come to...
01:21 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: In a disappointing verdict for YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy, who has been lodged in a Hyderabad prison for a year in connection with a disproportionate assets case, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected his bail plea. "Jagan's release will hamper the probe in the case which is of high magnitude," said the court in its ruling. The apex court also said that "likelihood of tampering with...
11:45 AM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: A day after its landmark victory in Karnataka, the Congress is yet to take a call on who will be the Chief Minister. Several aspirants are already making a pitch for the top post. Frontrunner Siddaramaiah has sought an appointment with UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and is expected to meet her in Delhi on Thursday evening. Siddaramiah on Wednesday said, "I'm a frontrunner in the race for the...
11:16 AM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: Sonam Nair's 'Gippi' is hitting the screens on Friday the 10th. On an outset, it seems to be dealing with the problems of adolescence, which would be a new thing in Bollywood if these issues are presented in a sensible way. It also marks the changing patterns of teen issues in the Hindi film industry. One film that stands out in the list of teen films is Mansoor...
10:49 AM, May 09, 2013
