Dibakar is the best director: Anurag Kashyap

Dibakar is the best director: Anurag Kashyap Mumbai: Filmmakers rarely applaud each other's work but Anurag Kashyap and Dibakar Banerjee are all praises for each other. After watching 'Shanghai', Kashyap has declared it is the best film he has ever watched and Banerjee is the country's best director. "It's a film that should be made compulsory for everybody to watch. This is the most powerful and the best film I have seen in a long time," Kashyap...
04:06 PM, Jun 01, 2012

K'taka: Siddaramaiah resigns as Opposition leader

K'taka: Siddaramaiah resigns as Opposition leader Bangalore: In a jolt to the Congress in Karnataka, party opposition leader in the assembly Siddaramaiah on Friday announced his resignation from the post saying the High Command apparently lacked confidence in his leadership. "It looks that the High Command lacks faith in my leadership and since they have not taken me into confidence to nominate candidates to contest the Legislative Council election, I have tendered my resignation," he said....
02:16 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Friday Releases: 'Rowdy Rathore', 'Snow White' hit theatres

Friday Releases: 'Rowdy Rathore', 'Snow White' hit theatres

Kristen Stewart's 'Snow White' and Jennifer Aniston's 'Horrible Boss' have also released this Friday. ...
10:34 AM, Jun 01, 2012
CNN-IBN experience on your iPhone gets better with new IBNLive app

CNN-IBN experience on your iPhone gets better with new IBNLive app

Get your daily dose of news and a lot more instantly on your iPhone with the new and improved IBNLive application. ...
09:53 PM, May 31, 2012

Law to protect Andaman's Jarawa tribes approved

Law to protect Andaman's Jarawa tribes approved New Delhi: After the controversy over a video showing scantily clad Jarawa tribal women, the government on Thursday approved promulgation of a legislation that provides for imprisonment up to seven years for such crimes in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Union Cabinet approved the proposal for promulgation of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Protection of Aboriginal tribes) Amendment Regulation 2012. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told reporters that the decision...
05:16 PM, May 31, 2012

Hollywood Friday: 'Snow White And The Huntsman' & more

Have a look at the Hollywood films being released on June 1, 2012. Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Sam Claflin and Ian McShane are in the star cast of the film. 'Snow White and the Huntsman' is based on the famous 'Snow White' fairy tale.
05:15 AM, May 31, 2012

Kashmir boy's logo makes it to Rashtrapati Bhawan

Kashmir boy's logo makes it to Rashtrapati Bhawan New Delhi: A drawing by a Class IX student from a Jammu and Kashmir school will be adopted as the logo of the Rashtrapati Bhavan's green initiative 'Roshni' after it was adjudged winner among 3,276 entries. President Pratibha Patil adjudged the drawing of Robin Singh, a student of Kendrya Vidyalaya BSF school in North Kashmir's Bandipore, as the best among the thousands of entries received by her secretariat. The 15-year-old...
01:48 AM, May 31, 2012

Delays to Libya elections spark concern

Delays to Libya elections spark concern Cairo: Little in Libya ever gets done in a timely manner. In commerce and government, bureaucratic inertia and a lack of accountability delay even the most mundane of administrative tasks. Which is why it was so telling these last few weeks that Libyans defied the pessimists, shrugged off security worries and quickly registered the populace ahead of a historic June 19 parliamentary vote. And why it is so alarming that...
12:59 AM, May 31, 2012

Examine Tejinder's plea against Gen Singh: Antony

Examine Tejinder's plea against Gen Singh: Antony New Delhi: Defence Minister A K Antony has directed Defence Secretary Sashikant Sharma to examine the petition sent to him by retd Lt Gen Tejinder Singh seeking action against outgoing Army Chief Gen V K Singh for issuing a "defamatory" Press release against him. Defence Ministry sources said the Minister had asked the Secretary to look into the petition sent by Tejinder Singh on Tuesday. After failing to get any...
10:41 PM, May 30, 2012

'Defence Ministry paralysing Armed Forces Tribunal'

'Defence Ministry paralysing Armed Forces Tribunal' The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Law on a Public Interest Litigation. The PIL filed by Army Reserve Officer Maj Navdeep Singh who is also the first president of the Armed Forces Tribunal Bar Association states that excessive control of Ministry of Defence over appointments, infrastructure, rule-making and functioning of the Armed Forces Tribunal, being the...
08:55 PM, May 30, 2012

Bengal Governor clarifies 'paribartan' remark

Bengal Governor clarifies 'paribartan' remark Kolkata: A day after courting controversy for saying "true paribartan" (change) had touched West Bengal, Governor MK Narayanan on Wednesday said his words referred to Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) win. "After trying for four years, it (KKR) finally won (the Indian Premier League). It is obviously a change. 'Paribartan' means change. It has nothing to do with the state government," he told reporters. While addressing the KKR felicitation ceremony at...
08:13 PM, May 30, 2012

Remove Gujarat Governor, BJP tells President

Remove Gujarat Governor, BJP tells President New Delhi: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation led by party president Nitin Gadkari met President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Wednesday and demanded the removal of Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal for her alleged involvement in a graft case. The delegation had spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman, MPs Balbir Punj, Bhupendra Yadav and Arjun Meghwal and party secretary Kirit Somaiya, along with some other party leaders from Gujarat. However, senior party leaders like...
05:17 PM, May 30, 2012

The IBNLive for iPhone app just got better

The IBNLive for iPhone app just got better New Delhi: The popular IBNLive app for the Apple iPhone just got an upgrade. The IBNLive for iPhone version 2.0 is available for free from the Apple App Store. In its upgraded avatar the app has a refreshed user interface that is not only richer and smarter but lets users delve a lot deeper into IBNLive content. The all-new app features a detailed navigation accessible from the top left corner....
03:33 PM, May 30, 2012
Emraan Hashmi: Bollywood's dark horse

Emraan Hashmi: Bollywood's dark horse

From being B-film serial kisser, Emraan Hashmi has suddenly become the blue-eyed boy of Bollywood's A-list filmmakers. ...
11:31 AM, May 30, 2012
Loop Telecom seeks compensation for cancelled 2G licence

Loop Telecom seeks compensation for cancelled 2G licence

Loop Telecom moved the Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) on Tuesday for compensation for its cancelled 2G licence. ...
07:22 PM, May 29, 2012
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