Mumbai: Top Maharashtra leaders Vilasrao Deshmukh, Narayan Rane and Chhagan Bhujbal were left red-faced as the CAG report that was tabled in the Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday slammed them for allotting subsidised land without following due procedure. As reported by CNN-IBN a week ago, the CAG report implicates Deshmukh for arbitrarily allotting cheap land in Borivali to the Manjra charitable trust; Narayan Rane for allocating land in Sindhudurg to build...
09:27 PM, Apr 17, 2012
New Delhi: Union Minister and former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Thursday refused to comment on the CAG report which indicted him for alleged irregularities in land allotments during his tenure. "I will react after the CAG report is tabled. I am certain my name will be cleared," he told CNN-IBN. The CAG in a recent report is learnt to have indicted Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh for preferential allotment...
05:17 PM, Apr 05, 2012
Kolkata: The climax of 'Kahaani' unfolded on a Doshomi (Durga idol immersion) day ending in the death of Milind Dhamji played by Indraneil Sengupta, but the actor's tryst with Doshomi has not ended with that. Sengupta, 37, is reinventing himself in Bengali film 'Doshomi' which revolves around five days of Durga Puja festivity and the equation between a boy, who owns a cyber cafe, and a girl, who is his...
12:43 PM, Mar 26, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Ranendra Pratap Swain of Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday won the Athagarh Assembly bypoll, defeating Congress candidate Suresh Mohapatra by over 47,000 votes. Former sports minister Swain got 87,604 votes while Mohapatra trailed with 40,214. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stood a poor third with 2,452 votes. Swain had represented the same constituency for four consecutive terms, from 1990 to 2009. He was a minister from...
02:39 PM, Mar 21, 2012
Panaji: More than one-third of the 40 seats in the Goa Assembly up for grabs have been cornered by half a dozen families. The Assembly Elections of 2012 could well see the creation of a feudal political elite in the state as the Congress battles charges of growing nepotism. It has been called dinner table politics as the elite families club together. The question that Goa will answer in elections...
09:41 AM, Feb 29, 2012
New Delhi: Two Iranian warships crossed the Suez Canal on Sunday and entered the Mediterranean Sea, in a possible display of military might, sparking Israel's fury. The destination of the vessels remains unclear. US forces currently patrolling waters near Iran say they are well prepared and armed with lethal weapons "that are very effective" to deal with any potential threats in the area. There have been no incidents with Iranian...
06:48 PM, Feb 19, 2012
Mumbai: Billions of dollars were spent by countries across the world in stockpiling Tamiflu during the 2009 Swine Flu pandemic. India was one of 80 countries to stockpile the medication - buying 30 million doses. But now, a two year review done by the renowned Cochrane Collaboration has raised serious questions on the efficacy and safety of the drug. A team of international researchers went through more than 16,000 pages...
07:40 AM, Jan 23, 2012
New Delhi: Bengali cinema has come of age but a few more steps towards something new would not hurt. While on one hand they regularly dish out the commercial fare, they also pull out an occasional gem from the everyday and the common place. However, when it comes to relationships " as experimental and bold Bengali movies have tried to be " they are still a tad bit stereotypical and...
01:33 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Cast: Vijay, Praneetha, Rangayana Raghu, Roopa Devi, Sampath, Swayamvara Chandru Director: Shashank Director Shashank has made some award winning and critically acclaimed films in the past and has shown immense potential and maturity through his work. Hence, when he zeroed on an action flick and that too with the well-known action hero Vijay, the expectations were different. The songs and the promos had raised a lot of curiosity around the...
06:07 PM, Nov 26, 2011
Mumbai: In a novel way to pay tributes to the victims of the Mumbai terror attacks, NGO Swabhimaan Sanghathana, led by Maharashtra Industries Minister Narayan Rane's son Nitesh, conducted a job fair on Saturday for the families of the 26/11 victims and also ordinary Mumbaikars. The fair was held at Agripada, Mumbai Central and showcased almost 4000 employment opportunities in different sectors, a spokesperson for the organisation said. The event...
01:18 PM, Nov 26, 2011
'Twelve persons, twelve sms-es and twelve months' reads the poster of new Bengali film Uro Chithi (director: Kamaleshwar Mukherjee). The film starts and ends with a year in between for protagonist Aniket, a corporate 'slogger'. No one actually counts if there are 12 sms-es in all but you can rely on the director for this. But definitely the 11 persons who come close to Aniket shape him and control him...
01:16 PM, Aug 24, 2011
London: A 'Mediterranean diet' can increase a woman's lifespan by as much as 15 years, and increase a man's life by eight years, says a study. What is a Mediterranean diet? It is one rich in vegetables, olive oil, fruit, nuts, fish and whole grains, with occasional meat and alcohol. Those who can combine such a diet with exercise, avoiding smoking and maintaining desirable weight, could expect to live up...
12:15 PM, Aug 04, 2011
New Delhi: The Black Necked Crane found only in the high altitude wetlands of China, Tibet, Bhutan and India, is fighting for its survival today in India. A latest survey shows that there is viable population of a mere 73 out of which there are 15 breeding pairs left in the country and that too is restricted to Ladakh. Pankaj Chandan, manger, High altitude wetland programme, WWF said, "It's of...
05:20 PM, May 01, 2011
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's visit to Jaitapur didn't cut any ice with locals protesting the 9900 MW nuclear power project planned there. Soon after, several people were arrested in a case of rioting filed in December, the arrest of Dr Milind Desai, a local protester who was stopped by industries minister Narayana Rane while slamming the government on stage has further incensed the situation. Activists now allege that...
09:52 AM, Mar 04, 2011
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