
Srinagar: There seems to be yet another conflict between Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Opposition PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti. The PDP leader charged out of a meeting on Monday after an argument with the Chief Minister over the appointment of the state's first Chief Vigilance Commissioner. Mufti expressed dipleasure over the suggestion of State DGP Kuldeep Khoda taking over the post. The four member selection committee headed...

09:56 AM, May 29, 2012

Mumbai: An altercation over washing laundry got really dirty, when the husband of a woman, who had been abused by a neighbour, thrashed the latter severely, leading to his death. Mankhurd police arrested Santosh Kisan Vajirkar (30) on Sunday for causing the death of Sandeep Jagannath Bansode (29). The incident took place at Lallubhai Compound Building, 12, Mankhurd. On May 11, Sandeep abused and scolded Santosh's wife in the morning...

10:01 AM, May 14, 2012

Kolkata: Mehboob Elahi is happy that his old prison mate Asif Ali Zardari is coming to India but is crestfallen that he will not get to meet the Pakistani president during his short visit Sunday. Elahi, a former Indian spy, was Zardari's jail mate at the Karachi Central Jail for a few months between 1986-87. Elahi had decided that if he gets to meet Zardari he would request the Pakistani...

01:11 PM, Apr 08, 2012

Jammu: Alleging a cricket scam worth millions in Jammu and Kashmir, opposition PDP on Saturday lashed out at the Centre accusing it of facilitating political crimes and corruption in the state. PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti also targeted national parties, especially the BJP, over the issue saying they were yet to utter a word on the alleged scam of such proportions. "New Delhi is facilitating political crimes and corruption in J&K",...

02:23 AM, Apr 08, 2012

Jammu: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday alleged that the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre was "facilitating" crime and corruption in Jammu and Kashmir. "It is unfortunate that UPA government is not taking cognisance of the grave charges of corruption and crimes in J&K. They seem in a way to be facilitating corruption in the state," Mufti told reporters here. Replying to a question on the...

03:26 AM, Apr 04, 2012

San Francisco: Google is offering to provide a monthly report to people who want to keep track of their activities on some of its most popular services. The tool unveiled Wednesday includes a breakdown of Gmail correspondences and search requests entered while logged in. The summary also lists the Web browsers and operating systems used during logged-in sessions. Google Inc. also is reporting the countries where logins originated. These details...

10:41 AM, Mar 29, 2012

Jammu: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday launched a spirited attack on Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, calling him a man who has "unquenchable thirst for power". Mehbooba and her party - at the receiving end of Omar Abdullah's speeches inside and outside of the state legislature, hit back in the assembly on Tuesday, charging him with failing on all counts, except for "maintaining his...

01:38 AM, Mar 28, 2012

Jammu: The PDP on Tuesday warned the Jammu and Kashmir government to withdraw cases registered against 5,000 youths for stone pelting during the 2010 summer unrest in Srinagar or else the party would launch an agitation. "We will agitate in every nook and corner of Kashmir if the government did not withdraw the FIRs against the youths," PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said in the state Assembly. The Leader of the...

08:30 PM, Mar 27, 2012

Kolkata: The spirit of Kolkata in the early '70s when the music of a pioneering rock band was first heard, the arrival of hippies and the naxalite movement together with autobiographical elements will be the thrust of national award winning film director Anjan Dutta's new venture 'Dutta vs Dutta'. "Unlike other '70s films, which mostly sought to portray Naxalite violence, 'Dutta vs Dutta' will recapture turbulent College Street, the pub...

12:08 PM, Mar 19, 2012

Kolkata: The spirit of Kolkata in the early '70s when the music of a pioneering rock band was first heard, the arrival of hippies and the naxalite movement together with autobiographical elements will be the thrust of national award winning film director Anjan Dutta's new venture 'Dutta vs Dutta'. "Unlike other '70s films, which mostly sought to portray Naxalite violence, 'Dutta vs Dutta' will recapture turbulent College Street, the pub...

12:08 PM, Mar 19, 2012

Samajwadi Party workers were on Sunday seen brandishing guns at MLA Mehboob Ali's victory rally on the Lucknow-Delhi road. ...

11:42 AM, Mar 19, 2012

Jammu: Supporting Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's demand of replacing Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said that her agenda has always been pro-poor. "(West Bengal Chief Minister) Mamata's agenda has always been pro-people and pro-poor," Mufti said while defending West Bengal Chief Minister's move. "Mamata is all the time doing what she thinks is good. I do not think you can blame her for being...

01:34 AM, Mar 16, 2012

Jammu: Supporting Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's demand of replacing Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said that her agenda has always been pro-poor. "(West Bengal Chief Minister) Mamata's agenda has always been pro-people and pro-poor," Mufti said while defending Banerjee's move. "Mamata is all the time doing what she thinks is good. I do not think you can blame her for being pro-poor," Mehooba said....

11:30 PM, Mar 15, 2012

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir's opposition People's Democratic Party on Monday demanded a CBI probe into the multi-crore rupee scam in Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) headed by Union Minsiter Farooq Abdullah and registeration of a case against him. "We do not have trust in the probe here. The way CBI conducted inquiry against Suresh Kalmadi, a similar inquiry should be conducted by CBI against Farooq Abdullah (as head of...

03:08 AM, Mar 13, 2012

Mumbai: Veteran Shabana Azmi says women must be 'placed at the centre of development' while another seasoned actor Khushboo feels it's time to 'change the mindset of people' towards women. Women's Day is March 8 and Indian actresses express what it means to be a woman, what changes they feel should be brought about and which woman inspires them: Shabana Azmi: Separate but equal/different but equal surely must become the...

12:04 PM, Mar 08, 2012