Rae Bareli: Taking on Sonia Gandhi in her constituency, BJP leader Uma Bharti on Sunday blamed the Congress for backwardness and poverty in Rae Bareli. She also asked the Congress chief to give a clarification on the Batla House encounter issue following "contradictory statements" from her party leaders. Bharti also demanded that Election Commission should take stern action against Salman Khurshid for his recent statements on the minorities' sub quota....
07:31 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Aston Martin has lifted the wraps off the images of its V12 Zagato production model, ahead of the Geneva Motor Show. Like the Aston Martin One-77 supercar, the V12 Zagato will also be handcrafted and will be a limited edition with only 150 examples being made. Aston says that it takes around 2,000 man-hours to make this car with the paint alone taking up an additional 100 hours. Extensive use...
04:37 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Lucknow: The second phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections began on a slow note on Saturday, covering nearly two crore voters who will decide the fate of 1099 candidates, including 31 sitting MLAs and 24 former ministers. Once a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bastion, it is the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) that has the highest number of MLAs in this region. However, Chief Minister Mayawati does face a stiff...
07:37 AM, Feb 11, 2012
Uma Bharti is the star campaigner of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh as she leads the election campaign in the state. ...
12:12 AM, Feb 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain "at this stage" the plea of Sasikala Natarajan, estranged close aide of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to provide her translated copies in Tamil of the proceedings before the special Bangalore trial court in a disproportionate assets case. A bench of justices P Sathasivam and BS Chauhan felt since the trial court had adequate language interpreters there was no need...
01:24 AM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel Ltd disappointed investors with its eighth straight quarter of falling profit as the world's No 5 mobile carrier by users was buffeted by fierce competition from rivals in its home market. Bharti, controlled by billionaire Sunil Mittal, on Wednesday reported net profit for the three months to December fell 22 per cent from a year earlier to 10.11 billion rupees despite a 17 per cent rise...
10:53 AM, Feb 09, 2012
Uma Bharti is the star campaigner of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh as she leads the election campaign in the state. ...
08:18 AM, Feb 09, 2012
Jaipur: On February 2, even as Sonia Gandhi was speaking out against corruption in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, a 65-year-old RTI applicant from Bikaner in Rajasthan was brutally attacked after he tried to expose corruption in the MNREGA work. The ex-Sarpanch was allegedly beaten up by supporters of the current Sarpanch. Dudhram had complained to the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) about the allocation of Rs 4 crore...
06:59 AM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: In what comes as another shock for the telecom industry, the government is set to recommend that older players like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea be charged for excess spectrum that they hold. CNN-IBN has accessed a draft Cabinet note that is set to recommend the same. Sources say that the draft is expected to be finalised within a week and a decision on this is likely in...
06:24 PM, Feb 08, 2012
New Delhi: Naveen Jindal, the Chairman and Managing Director of Jindal Steel, is the top paid CEO in the country, with an income of more than Rs 67 crore per annum, according to data from Capitaline Database. Following Jindal is Kalanithi Maran, the Chairman & Managing Director of Sun TV Network. Maran's annual income amounts to more than Rs 64 crore. List of 15 top paid CEOs in India: 1)...
05:27 PM, Feb 08, 2012
New Delhi: Polling for the first phase of the high voltage Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 55 seats in 10 districts begins on Wednesday to decide the fate of two ministers, 31 MLAs and 15 former ministers. Amongst the candidates contesting, 109 have criminal cases pending against them. Also 144 out of the total 929 candidates are crorepatis. The stakes are highest for the Congress, which outperformed expectations in the...
05:01 AM, Feb 08, 2012
New Delhi: The countdown has begun for the first phase of polling in the battle for Uttar Pradesh. On Wednesday, 10 districts with 55 constituencies in central UP also known as Awadh Pradesh will go to polls. Amongst the candidates contesting, 109 candidates have criminal cases pending against them. Also 144 candidates out of the total 929 candidates are crorepatis. The stakes are highest for the Congress, which outperformed expectations...
09:00 PM, Feb 07, 2012
Los Angeles: Two of The Weinstein Company's contenders for Academy Awards - 'The Artist' and 'The Iron Lady' - surpassed the $20 million mark at the box office this weekend. The company's 'W.E.', directed by Madonna, meanwhile, opened to a run-of-the-mill $45,000 at four locations. IFC's horror-thriller 'Kill List' opened to $12,400 at two locations, according to Rentrak's numbers. 'W.E.' is drawing critical praise for star Andrea Riseborough - The...
02:15 PM, Feb 07, 2012
New York: Ricky Martin, who is in New York these days getting ready for his return to the Broadway stage, will play a Spanish teacher in a popular television series 'Glee'. Martin will play David Martinez, a Spanish teacher at the fictional McKinley High School in Ohio, and will perform the bilingual version of 'Sexy And I Know It' by the LMFAO electro pop duo, along with the Madonna hit...
01:10 PM, Feb 07, 2012
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