
Mumbai: In a relief for sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, prime accused in the September 2008 Malegaon blast case, the Bombay High Court on Thursday allowed her to travel in second class AC compartment to Bhopal for appearance in another trial there. The division bench of justices VM Kanade and PD Kode passed the order on the petition filed by Thakur praying that the authorities be directed to arrange travel by...

08:51 PM, Feb 09, 2012

Patna: The RSS on Sunday rapped Gandhian leader Anna Hazare for his stoic silence in acknowledging the fact that the Sangh workers had actively taken part in the latter's nationwide crusade against corruption last year. "It is a fact that the Sangh workers in individual capacity did play an active role in the anti-corruption crusade by the civil society headed by Hazare... It baffles me as to whay the former...

04:04 PM, Feb 05, 2012

New Delhi: All those waiting for the release of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo in India are going to be disappointed. As reports go " the India release of this crime novel turned movie " has been cancelled. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is the first book of the Millennium Series by Stieg Larsson has been turned in to a movie starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara. Directed...

03:16 PM, Jan 29, 2012

Hubli: Embarrassed with the style of functioning of the state BJP government, infighting and accusations of land grabbing and court cases against leaders, the RSS tries to distance itself from the government, said the organisation never supported anyone who had been accused. Addressing the media at the RSS convention in Hubli on Friday, national general secretary of the organisation Suresh Joshi said they expected good governance from any government. If...

10:27 AM, Jan 29, 2012

Indore: Dismissing BJP's promise of constructing Ram temple in Ayodhya as a poll gimmick, the Congress on Saturday accused the saffron party of trying to foment communal trouble, along with RSS, in run-up to the Assembly elections. BJP in its poll manifesto for Uttar Pradesh has promised of constructing Ram temple in Ayodhya, an issue which had once propelled the party to the centrestage of national politics. "RSS and BJP...

11:48 PM, Jan 28, 2012

New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday stepped up attack on Narendra Modi asserting that the Gujarat Chief Minister has no moral right to continue in office in the wake of the High Court judgement upholding appointment of the Lokayukta. "Morally, Modi has no right to continue and he should resign," party spokesperson Rashid Alvi told reporters here. He said that the Gujarat government approaching the Supreme Court to challenge the...

10:27 PM, Jan 19, 2012

Bangalore: The more the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) asserts that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) does not involve itself in its internal affairs, the greater the chances that it does - and publicly. In Karnataka, the only state the BJP is ruling in southern India, it is the RSS that is calling the shots, and not the party "high command", in disciplining the warring groups in the state unit. With...

01:56 PM, Jan 16, 2012

New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday alleged there was a "well orchestrated conspiracy" by RSS behind the ink attack on yoga guru Ramdev and the NGO activist who did it was "anti Congress" and has links with BJP. "I have seen the visuals of the person who threw ink at Baba Ramdev and it seems there is politics behind it. It seems to be a well orchestrated conspiracy....

07:39 PM, Jan 14, 2012

Los Angeles: Stieg Larsson's novel 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo', about computer hacker Lisbeth Salander, is getting a graphic makeover by Vertigo. The company is planning to publish a graphic novel based on the original in November. The first book from the best-seller trilogy has already been adapted on the big screen in Hollywood, starring Bond actor Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara in lead roles. The series also has...

01:31 PM, Jan 14, 2012

Shimoga (Karnataka): A day after RSS decried the leadership row that engulfed the Karnataka unit of BJP and its government, former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa on Thursday directed his followers to halt their campaign and desist from expressing any view on the issue publicly. "I have urged my supporters not to rush to the media to express their opinion on leadership issue," he told reporters here in the backdrop of...

08:45 PM, Jan 12, 2012

Bangalore: Alarmed over leadership tussle in Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Wednesday began efforts for patch-up. State RSS leaders held a meeting with Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda, his predecessor BS Yeddyurappa and state BJP chief KS Eshwarappa, and several ministers as part of the bid to broker peace. "There were some minor problems in the party. We have taken guidance from senior...

06:41 AM, Jan 12, 2012

New York: Sony Pictures is reportedly planning to go ahead with the sequels of Stieg Larsson's best-selling trilogy despite the poor box office performance of Daniel Craig starrer 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo'. Directed by 'Social Network' helmer David Fincher, the film was billed as the next big thing but failed to live up to the expectations of the audiences. However, the studio is moving on with the next...

01:48 PM, Jan 10, 2012

Rajya Sabha MP Mohan Singh has been dropped as party spokesperson of SP. ...

11:32 PM, Jan 05, 2012

New Delhi: The RSS and Digvijaya Singh on Thursday clashed over publication of a photograph, which showed the senior Congress leader-sharing dais with Sangh leaders at a Hindu meet. While RSS accused Singh, who is a vocal critic of the saffron outfit, of practicing "vote-bank and communal" politics, Singh hit back saying the Sangh should explain whether it ever praised him as it has done Anna Hazare in a recent...

06:36 PM, Jan 05, 2012

New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya SIngh hit back at the RSS after the its mouthpiece Panchjanya showed the leader sharing a stage with former RSS chief Raju Bhaiyya and Ashok Singhal at a Sangh function. The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister had said that he had taken prior permission from the Congress before attending the event. He reiterated that all his utterances at that function were against the RSS....

02:41 PM, Jan 05, 2012