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
Tehran: Iranian users of Samsung mobile applications said Thursday that the company had notified them that they will no longer have access to the company's online store as of May 22. The move is seen as part of international sanctions on the country over its disputed nuclear program. The West has imposed banking and insurance sanctions on Iran since it suspects Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons, a charge Tehran denies....
02:41 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Veteran director Singeetham Srinivasrao is currently directing the film titled 'Welcome Obama' The film is produced by Bharathi Krishna and produced by Smt Bharathi under the banner of Sandalwood media banner. The film is in its third schedule. The director Singeetham said in an interview, "The film has all the commercial elements and all the new actors have been performing excellently. The shooting completes with the shoot of songs in...
09:47 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: Amid nationwide outcry over the rape of a 5-year-old girl in the national capital, the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights has formulated guidelines for prevention of child abuse in the country. "Child abuse is a crime against one of the most vulnerable sections of our society our children. It is a crime that leaves permanent damage on psyche of children and robs them of their innocence....
01:33 AM, Apr 24, 2013
Bhubaneswar: With the BJD intensifying its anti-Centre tirade accusing it of neglecting Odisha, opposition Congress on Monday said the ruling party was trying to "exploit" the sentiments of the people by making such allegations. "BJD is simply exploiting the sentiment of people by taking name of special category state status for Odisha and alleging Central negligence," Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik told reporters. Claiming that the BJD's...
03:00 AM, Apr 23, 2013
Mumbai: South actor Prithviraj Sukumaran is likely to share screen space alongside Shah Rukh Khan in Farah Khan's 'Happy New Year'. The movie revolves around a bunch of male friends and how situation forces them to participate in a dance competition. But the only problem is that none of them are good dancers. The female lead will play the role of a bar dancer, who will help these friends win...
10:22 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Rajahmundry: Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Sunday night said Rs 1,000 crore and Rs 400 crore will be spent this year for infrastructure and water works in localities were SCs and STs stay. He also announced that in order to provide better education facilities for students completing tenth standard, 100 hostels for SCs, each costing Rs 2 crore and 250 hostels for STs, each costing Rs 1...
02:55 AM, Apr 22, 2013
Jerusalem: US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel held out hope on Sunday for a nonmilitary way to ending the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, but he also emphasized Washington's willingness to let Israel decide whether and when it might strike Tehran in self-defense. Hagel, on his first visit to Israel as Pentagon chief, seemed intent on burying the image that Republican critics painted of him as insufficiently supportive of the Jewish...
01:25 AM, Apr 22, 2013
Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi suggested a concept of collaborative policing to lessen the crime rates in Delhi. ...
07:45 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Kiran Bedi demanded a change in the leadership in Delhi government and police saying they have lost trust of the people in the city. ...
03:46 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: In the wake of the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, Kiran Bedi, country's first woman IPS officer and social activist, on Sunday demanded a change in the leadership in Delhi government and police saying they have lost trust of the people in the city. She said the Lieutenant Governor Tejinder Khanna, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Chief Secretary DP Spolia and Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar...
10:27 AM, Apr 21, 2013
BJP leader Smriti Irani has said that culprit should be given death for raping a minor. She has also asked that stringent action must be taken against the police officer who slapped a young girl inside a hospital, who was protesting against the rape of a five-year-old girl. A 25-year-old youth allegedly allegedly raped five-year-old girl at his rented accommodation in east Delhi's Gandhi Nagar. ...
12:39 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: India's hopes of winning a medal in the Greco-Roman category went up in smoke after Bhim Singh lost his bronze-medal bout at the Senior Asian Wrestling Championship here on Friday. Bhim was thrashed by his Iranian opponent, Davoud Gilnirang, in the 96 kg category. Davoud did not allow any opening for the Indian to score points in the bouts. The Iranian registered a resounding 1-0 8-0 win over...
11:58 PM, Apr 19, 2013
