Bangalore: As the Congress juggernaut rolled on in Karnataka, 12 Ministers of the Jagadish Shettar Cabinet, including Deputy Chief Minister KS Eshwarappa, fell by the wayside, rubbing salt into the wounds of the vanquished BJP. Eshwarappa's loss in Shimoga is all the more significant as he was a former state unit President of the party and also held the key portfolios of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and Revenue. Eshwarappa...
05:38 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: Kiran Rao first met Aamir Khan during a recce on a bus to Bhuj when the actor came and introduced himself. Her first impression of Khan was that he was quite normal, Rao told the Calcutta Times in a candid interview on Wednesday. But she was nervous kept her distance until she met him again during Dil Chahta Hai. Khan divorced his first wife Reena in 2003 and...
02:29 PM, May 08, 2013
Union Tourism Minister Chiranjeevi's actor son, Ram Charan Teja, was caught flexing his muscles after being caught in a street brawl. His bodyguards beat up two IT professionals in Hyderabad when their car came in the way of Charan's Aston Martin. ...
07:44 PM, May 07, 2013
Hyderabad: Actor and Union Minister Chiranjeevi's son Ram Charan lands in trouble after his bodyguards beat up two IT professionals for coming in the way of the star's Aston Martin in the posh Banjara Hills area of Hyderabad on Sunday. Ram Charan was caught flexing his muscles after being caught in a street brawl. The IT professionals said that they were beaten up at the behest of the star after...
10:07 AM, May 07, 2013
Director V N Aditya who is noted for superhit films like 'Manasantha Nuvve' and Nagarjuna's 'Nenunnanu', is currently working on his upcoming film titled 'Park'. The film will feature Santhosh and Sarayu as the lead pair in the film. Ramesh Gogula and Hymavathi Gogula are jointly producing this movie under the banner of G V R Creations and Movies9 Entertainment. The film is presented by Srinivasa Raju. "We have finished...
06:01 PM, May 06, 2013
Hyderabad: Telugu actor Ram Charan Sunday allegedly got manhandled two people for not making way for him at a traffic signal here. A case has been registered against the actor at the Banjara Hills police station. "Ram Charan was returning after shopping from Banjara Hills when the incident took place near Taj Krishna traffic signal. When a Maruti Alto car driven by Phanish, who was accompanied by Kalyan, didn't make...
10:11 AM, May 06, 2013
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Sunday promised to shut down, in a phased manner, "belt shops" or illegal outlets of licensed liquor shops spread across the state. He made the announcement while addressing a public meeting at Eluru in West Godavari district when union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh made a fervent appeal. Ramesh said the chief minister should take the initiative as the women...
04:47 AM, May 06, 2013
Hyderabad: Annapurna International School of Film and Media (AISFM) Friday announced today that it represented Indian media industry in Ryerson University's Global City Project, a live TV show that was streamed online to film students around the world. Under the project by Toronto based university, schools produce a live television show, with studios in four countries, without the use of satellites, said a statement from Annapurna school owned by the...
10:32 AM, May 04, 2013
On Board Special Aircraft: India will participate in the upgradation of strategically crucial Chahbahar port in Iran, that gives access to Afghanistan, and the issue will be discussed when External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid holds talks with his counterpart Ali Akbar Salehi. "We have taken a decision. We will collaborate for development of the port," Khurshid told reporters accompanying him on a three-day visit to Iran. He said the Cabinet...
02:30 AM, May 04, 2013
New Delhi: Ways to increase commercial links with sanctions-hit Iran to reduce huge bilateral trade imbalance will be high on the agenda when External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid travels to Tehran on Friday on a three-day visit. India's participation in the upgradation of Iran's Chahbahar port, which gives access to Afghanistan, will also be among a host of issues expected to figure in the talks that Khurshid will have with...
03:25 AM, May 03, 2013
Apart from being a legendary director, Bharathi Raja is also a versatile actor. His acting skills were seen at its best in films like 'Aayutha Ezhuthu' and 'Kalukkul Eeram'. Now the latest is that Bharathi Raja has been roped in by director Suseenthiran for Vishal's 'Pandianadu'. Set in the backdrop of Madurai, the action family entertainer marks the actor's first production venture, under his banner Vishal Film Factory. In the...
04:08 PM, May 02, 2013
New Delhi: Indian prisoner Sarabjit's death in Pakistan was preventable, said former top police officer Kiran Bedi on Thursday. "Sarabjit's death inside Pakistan prison was preventable.Need to find out if r Counsulate in Lahore was regularly visiting him?," tweeted Bedi after Sarabjit Singh died in a Lahore hospital where he was admitted following a savage assault on him by fellow prisoners on April 26. Bedi also tweeted, "Human Rights Council...
10:59 AM, May 02, 2013
Mumbai: Filmmaker Kiran Rao feels her actor-husband Aamir Khan's passion and commitment for cinema has kept him alive in Bollywood for 25 years. "More than perfection, the defining quality is his passion towards cinema and art. He does all out of love. And that is why his commitment and performance has remained the same over the years and that's why he has been here," Kiran told reporters at the special...
12:47 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Expressing concern over the misuse of central funds in Odisha, a delegation led by state Congress president Niranjan Patnaik met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to seek a need-based financial package for the state, party leaders said in Delhi on Saturday. "The prime minister has said that there is no discrimination whatsoever with Odisha as is being claimed by the state government, and under the revised guidelines of backwardness,...
06:01 AM, Apr 28, 2013
New Delhi: A delegation of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee on Friday met Finance Minister P Chidambaram and demanded a financial package for the state on the lines of special allocation for Bihar and conferment of special category status. It also demanded setting up of a high-level fast track inquiry against the BJD government in the state to "expose massive mis-utilisation of public funds". The delegation led by PCC President Niranjan...
12:45 AM, Apr 27, 2013
Directed by film maker Selvaraghavan, starring actors like Arya and Anushka Shetty, 'Irandam Ulagam' is fast approaching its completion, with only a song's shooting pending. And that song, we hear, is a peppy party song, set in a backdrop of a pub, composed by Harris Jeyaraj and sung by none other than Dhanush, for Arya. It is also observed that Dhanush has voiced a song in every Selvaraghavan movie, starting...
03:11 PM, Apr 26, 2013
