New Delhi: With Chhattisgarh government under attack for failing to provide adequate security to Congress leaders killed in Saturday's Naxal attack, BJP on Monday said there was a need to fight the menace unitedly by rising above political lines. The BJP Parliamentary Board, which met here this evening, also decided that party chief Rajnath Singh along with general secretary in charge of Chhattisgarh JP Nadda will visit the state on...
01:55 AM, May 28, 2013
New Delhi: BJP President Rajnath Singh will visit Chhattisgarh on Wednesday where Congress leaders and workers were killed in a Naxal attack on Saturday. Earlier, Singh and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley along with party general secretary in charge of Chhattisgarh JP Nadda were to visit the state on Tuesday. The decision was taken at a meeting of BJP Parliamentary Board held here this evening....
01:02 AM, May 28, 2013
Bangalore: The CBI probing the alleged multi-crore iron ore scam on Monday filed its chargesheet against former minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy and six other accused in the case. The chargesheet running into 15,000 pages was filed before the CBI Special Court Judge Shreedshananda. Apart from Reddy, S Muthaiah, then Deputy Conservator of Bellary Forest; SP Raju, the then Deputy Director of Hospet Mines and Geology Department; Reddy's...
10:33 PM, May 27, 2013
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader from Rajasthan Gulab Chand Kataria on Monday filed an anticipatory bail plea at CBI court in connection with the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case. The former Rajasthan Home Minister has been named in the chargesheet filed by the CBI. Kataria is the second high profile politician to be named in the case after former Gujarat home minister Amit Shah. Kataria, presently leader of the Opposition in...
05:29 PM, May 27, 2013
Hyderabad: YSR Congress party chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, or Jagan as he is popularly called, on Monday completed one year in jail in a disproportionate assets case. The member of Parliament from Kadapa was arrested by the CBI on this day in 2012. The YSR Congress party has announced two-day protests from Monday, over what it calls the continued undemocratic detention of its leader. The party plans to hold...
12:28 PM, May 27, 2013
Jeddah: India and Saudi Arabia have decided to further strengthen and deepen their counter-terrorism cooperation, nearly a year after Riyadh deported Abu Jundal, wanted in the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack. The counter-terrorism issue is emerging as a key area of cooperation between India and Saudi Arabia. Riyadh is concerned about the rise of extremism in the region, including in Pakistan, notwithstanding their close ties. "We discussed the menace of terrorism...
09:58 AM, May 27, 2013
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Police have gone on high alert on the borders with Chhattisgarh and Odisha in the wake of Maoist attack on Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh. Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy said the police force was on alert in Andhra Odisha Border (AOB) area. He told reporters in Nizamabad on Sunday that police had no information about Maoists belonging to Andhra Pradesh participating in Saturday's ambush, which...
05:17 AM, May 27, 2013
Howrah: By withdrawing its candidate for the Howrah Lok Sabha by-election, BJP was trying to get close to Trinamool Congress and gain a footing in West Bengal, CPI(M) leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee claimed on Sunday. "BJP is sending a message to Trinamool Congress, which has broken its tie-up with Congress, by withdrawing its candidate, that its doors are open," Bhattacharjee said at a public meeting in Howrah. Claiming that the Trinamool...
03:03 AM, May 27, 2013
The heart-rending story of recovered child drug addicts denied school admission because of their past. ...
01:13 AM, May 27, 2013
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan on Sunday accepted the resignations of two cabinet ministers who had quit about a week ago. The governor on the advice of the chief minister has accepted the resignations of Home Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy and Roads and Buildings Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao with immediate effect, a press communique from Raj Bhavan said. "These portfolios will be held by the chief minister until...
07:35 PM, May 26, 2013
New Delhi: A country that is divided in the name of religion, state, language, caste, economy, profession and even god, breathes together, stands together in the name of cricket! Now, director Shlok Sharma has come up with a film titled 'Hidden Cricket'. Take a look. ...
01:07 PM, May 26, 2013
Telugu direcor Sudheer Babu's upcoming romantic-comedy 'Prema Katha Chitram' will be releasing on June 7th. Nanditha is the lead actress in this film. The story-dialogues are written by Maruthi. He is jointly producing the film alongwith R Sudharshan Reddy under the banner of R C A Creations and Maruthi Talkies. J Prabhakar Reddy of 'Ee Rojullo' and 'Bus-stop' fame is the director of the film while the music is scored...
11:56 AM, May 26, 2013
Panaji: A decision on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the BJP's prime ministerial candidate will only be taken by the party's parliamentary board "when it is appropriate" and not when the national executive meets in Panaji in June 2013, a BJP leader said on Saturday. BJP general secretary JP Nadda told reporters: "The decision for the post of prime ministerial candidate is for the party's parliamentary board to decide....
05:44 AM, May 26, 2013
Addis Ababa: Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari on Saturday participated in the golden jubilee celebrations of the African Union at Addis Ababa that is being attended by around 75 heads of state, including of 54 African countries. Ansari met Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, who is chairperson of the AU, on the sidelines of the summit. The Indian vice president took part in a debate on Pan-Africanism and African renaissance....
04:10 AM, May 26, 2013
New Delhi: Months after he was arrested for burglary in his own house, an 18-year-old boy allegedly made a plan to take revenge against his businessman father by implicating him in a rape case. However, within two days of a woman filing a complaint against his father of raping her, police managed to unravel the conspiracy. The teenage son Harkesh was angry at his father, Ashok, for "beating his mother...
02:09 AM, May 26, 2013
It's been a busy year for Siddharth, the actor who marked his new year with Deepa Mehta's 'Midnights Children' was soon seen romantic comedy 'Jabardasth', he then featured in Junior NTR starrer 'Baadshah' and shortly was seen in a pivotal role in Hindi film 'Chashme Baddoor'. Siddharth mesmerised his fans with 'Udhayam NH4' that proved to be a commercial success at the box office is now all set for his...
05:17 PM, May 25, 2013
Mumbai: Actress Richa Chadda, who would be seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's much-talked about film 'Ram Leela', was initially sceptical about doing it as she had not read the script. "Initially, I was not sure about doing 'Ram Leela' as I had not read the script. I did not get to read the script till one month of filming. As he (Bhansali) is guarded about what he makes. I still...
03:33 PM, May 25, 2013
Bangalore: Amid discontent among MLCs jostling for ministerial berths, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday expanded his council of ministers by inducting SR Patil, a former leader of Opposition. Patil was administered the oath of office by Governor HR Bhardwaj at the Raj Bhavan. The induction of Patil, who enjoys a good equation with the Chief Minister, has apparently angered other MLCs who were in the race for the berth,...
01:22 PM, May 25, 2013
Mumbai: The CBI special court on Friday granted interim relief from arrest to three people accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter killing case. The court granted relief to Vimal Patni, Director of RK Marble, senior IPS officer Narasimha Balasubramaniam and police inspector G Shrinivasan. The accused have been granted the relief till June 14 after they moved anticipatory bail applications claiming there was no evidence against them. The special...
03:09 AM, May 25, 2013
New Delhi: A plea for a separate cell in Tihar jail on the grounds of being "well educated" and belonging to a "respected family" has been rejected by a Delhi court which on Friday dismissed the petition of former Ranji cricketer Manish Guddewar arrested in IPL spot fixing scandal. The court rejected the plea of Guddewar, a former Ranji player of Vidarbha, saying lots of educated people are lodged in...
06:55 PM, May 24, 2013
