
Mumbai Mumbai Police will oppose the bail plea of actor Suraj Pancholi, arrested in Jiah Khan suicide case. The 22-year-old actor had applied for bail in the sessions court and the hearing is likely to be held tomorrow.
Suraj, the prime accused in the Jiah Khan suicide case, was on Thursday sent to jail till June 27 by a Mumbai court. The investigating officer informed the court that Suraj had deleted messages from his mobile phone and the police needs more time to probe the case.
Meanwhile, the post-mortem report of the actress, who committed suicide in Mumbai, has suggested that there were no external injuries found on the body. Jiah's mother Rabbiya Amin-Khan had alleged that Suraj had beaten up her daughter. Rabbiya had also said that there were injury marks on Jiah's face.
The 22-year-old aspiring actor was arrested on Monday after Jiah committed suicide by hanging herself at her Juhu residence. Suraj had admitted that he was in a live-in relationship with Jiah but denied abetting her suicide....
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01:38 PM, Jun 13, 2013

Mumbai: Suraj Pancholi, the prime accused in the Jiah Khan suicide case, was on Thursday sent to jail till June 27 by a Mumbai court. The investigating officer informed the court that Suraj had deleted messages from his mobile phone and the police needs more time to probe the case. Meanwhile, the post-mortem report of the actress, who committed suicide in Mumbai, has suggested that there were no external injuries...

01:21 PM, Jun 13, 2013

Mumbai: The post-mortem report of Jiah Khan, who committed suicide in Mumbai, suggests that there were no external injuries found on the body. Jiah's mother Rabbiya Amin-Khan had alleged that Suraj had beaten up her daughter. Rabbiya had also said that there were injury marks on Jiah's face. Meanwhile, Suraj Pancholi who was arrested on charges of abetting Jiah's suicide will be produced before a Mumbai court as his custody...

10:07 AM, Jun 13, 2013

New Delhi: Amendments to licence agreements of existing operators of Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular have been approved by the Telecom Ministry to harmonise them with spectrum auction rules of November 2012, sources said. "Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal has approved amendments to the licences of Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular on June 6," a DoT source said. "NIA (Notice Inviting Application) provides for amendment to the existing licence agreement of...

11:10 PM, Jun 11, 2013

London: World leaders on Saturday signed a global agreement to fight malnutrition in children and made commitments of up to USD 4.15 billion to tackle the global menace. The participants, who signed a Global Nutrition for Growth Compact, committed their countries and organisations to reduce the number of children under five who are stunted by an additional 20 million in developing countries like India by 2020. Stunting affects around 165...

12:06 AM, Jun 09, 2013

Kolkata: Three video journalists belonging to different Kolkata based regional news television channel were allegedly roughed up by Trinamool Congress supporters in the Barrackpore subdivision in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Three people have been arrested in connection with the incident so far. Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Surjya Kanta Mishra has written to Governor MK Narayanan seeking his intervention in the matter. The journalists had...

06:15 PM, Jun 07, 2013

London: Dutch international goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg moved to Fulham from Italian Serie A club Roma on a four-year contract, the English Premier League club said. Stekelenburg, who signed Wednesday, was the fourth signing of the Premier League team following earlier moves for German full-back Sascha Riether, who spent last season on loan at Craven Cottage, Ghanaian midfielder Derek Boateng, and Venezuelan defender Fernando Amorebieta, reports Xinhua. Stekelenburg, 30, has won...

11:37 AM, Jun 06, 2013

London: 'The King's Speech' star Helena Bonham Carter feels upset when she reads negative comments about her personal style because she loves dressing-up so much. The 47-year-old British actress regularly pulls off the most eccentric of red carpet looks with an air of confidence, but says she takes it personally when she reads hurtful comments about her gothic-inspired style, reported Contactmusic. "I'm not indelibly confident. I love clothes and I...

04:51 PM, Jun 05, 2013

New Delhi: Accounting regulator ICAI on Tuesday said it has begun an inquiry against 'key management persons' of global sportswear major Reebok with regard to a fraud unearthed in 2012, but is yet to initiate the inquiry against the company's auditor at that time. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has asked the auditing firm, Narsimhan & Co, to give their version and clarification on allegations about their...

11:18 PM, Jun 04, 2013

Mumbai: The preliminary post-mortem report of Bollywood actress Jiah Khan on Tuesday said that she died due to hanging. The Mumbai Police has questioned the 25-year-old actor's friends and will record the statements of her two sisters. The actress was found dead by her mother in her apartment in Juhu, Mumbai on late Monday night. The police suspected it to be a case of suicide but no suicide note was...

07:10 PM, Jun 04, 2013

Paris: Indian challengers continued to exit from the French Open as Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands were forced to retire from their pre-quarterfinals following a groin problem to the latter, here Tuesday. Sania and Bethanie, seeded seventh, had annexed the first set but the American encountered a groin issue in the second set and eventually they pulled out with score reading 7-6(0) 3-5 against 11th seeds Anastasia...

06:59 PM, Jun 04, 2013

New Delhi: Telecommunications carrier Bharti Airtel Ltd has submitted its final bid for a telecoms licence in Myanmar, a company spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday. Myanmar, one of the world's last major untapped mobile markets, has called bids for two mobile licences and short-listed 12 international consortia. Vodafone and China Mobile, which were among the 12 to reach the short-list, last week pulled out of the race saying the conditions...

11:45 AM, Jun 04, 2013

Actress Jiah Khan reportedly committed suicide at her Juhu, Mumbai residence. Her body was taken in an ambulance to Dr RN Cooper Municipal General Hospital in Juhu for post-mortem. (Photo: Yogen Shah) ...

07:21 AM, Jun 04, 2013

Meerut: A head constable of Uttar Pradesh Police on Sunday allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself. According to the police, head constable Sanjay Sharma (38) was posted at Nauchandhi police station in Meerut district since December 2012. He was residing in police line with his wife and two children. On Sunday, Sharma accompanied his wife to Jaydevi Nagar where her parents were residing and shot himself after locking himself up...

02:23 AM, Jun 03, 2013

Islamabad: Fourteen years after his last stint as a parliamentarian, Prime Minister-designate Nawaz Sharif on Saturday returned to Pakistan's National Assembly, taking oath with other lawmakers in the first democratic transition of power in the country's 66-year history. Sahrif along with the parliamentarians was administered the oath by outgoing National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza shortly after noon as the new National Assembly gathered for its first session amidst tight security....

03:00 PM, Jun 01, 2013

Islamabad: Nawaz Sharif, who is set to become prime minister of Pakistan, on Friday expressed strong reservations over US drone attacks inside Pakistani territory. The drone strikes were not only violation of Pakistan's sovereignty but also against international laws and UN charter, reported Xinhua citing Sharif, the chief of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), in a statement. The concern was conveyed to the US Charge d'affaires in Islamabad, said a spokesperson...

05:50 AM, Jun 01, 2013

CNN-IBN has transcripts of talks between Vindoo Dara Singh and Gurunath Meiyappan, which reveal the ICC had warned BCCI about the latter's links with bookies. ...

08:13 PM, May 31, 2013

Mumbai: Kingfisher Airlines, grounded since October 1, 2012, on Friday reported net loss at Rs 2,141.80 crore for the quarter ended March, 2013. The company had reported a loss of Rs 1,151.83 crore in the same period a year ago. The carrier reported nil sales for the period under review as against sales of Rs 782.83 crore in the fourth quarter of FY 2012. For the entire 2012-13, the net...

05:50 PM, May 31, 2013

New Delhi: The Department of Telecom is likely to slap a demand notice of Rs 650 crore on Bharti Airtel for allegedly violating licence norms on subscriber local dialing (SLD) services. "DoT this week has approved imposition of demand notices of financial penalty of Rs 500 crore and Rs 100 crore respectively on Bharti Airtel for violating licence conditions by provisioning of SLD services," sources said. Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal...

09:35 PM, May 29, 2013

London:'Departed' star Leonardo DiCaprio believes a life behind the camera is not for him as he fears getting more obsessive. The 38-year-old actor said that he gets too much involved into any character he plays and so is careful of following fellow actors turned directors such as Ben Affleck and James Franco. "I've been talking about directing a lot. But I'm still not sure I'm going to do it. When...

04:59 PM, May 28, 2013