No one manages a party quite like West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. She proved that again on Tuesday at the Eden Gardens. The city ...
03:15 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: This Friday, Hindi film 'Arjun: The Warrior Prince' will stand tall to face the big Hollywood release 'Men In Black 3' at the box office. Though the audiences have seen films such as 'Rancho' and 'Roadside Romeo' in the past, still the Indian film market is not very open about animation films yet. Bollywood actor Jaaved Jafferi expresses his opinion about the future of animation films in India,"This...
04:04 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: As the UPA government on Tuesday completes its third year in office in second term, the road transport ministry on Tuesday exuded confidence that it will achieve the target of constructing 20 km roads per day before elections in 2014. "Before we will go for elections, we will achieve the target (of constructing 20 km roads per day). I am very much confident about it," Road Transport Minister...
04:27 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: Indian audiences are soon going to watch director Arnab Chaudhuri's animated mythological action film 'Arjun: The warrior Prince'. The film is expected to have used new techniques to create the grandeur of the Mahabharata era. The Indian film industry has come up with films such as 'Rancho' and 'Roadside Romeo' in the past, but the market for animation films is still in a nascent state. Arnab Chaudhuri speaks...
04:11 PM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre's policy of charging toll tax from vehicles has come under scrutiny of the Supreme Court which on Wednesday questioned the justification of imposing such charges on people when the government cannot provide smooth roads. A bench of justices DK Jain and Anil R Dave directed the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to explain its policy for toll tax. "What is your policy. Public must know...
07:33 PM, May 09, 2012
CHENNAI: For the first time, 100 mini buses will be operated in the areas where transport facilities are not available so far. Transport Minister V Senthil Balaji announced this in the State Assembly while replying to the discussion on the demands for grants for his department in the State Assembly. He said mini buses would provide connectivity to the people living in the areas where transport facilities were insufficient to...
08:07 AM, May 09, 2012
New York: The US tax authorities are in for a major windfall from Facebook Chief Mark Zuckerberg, as the upcoming IPO of the social networking giant could make him pay in taxes as much as $903 million (about Rs 5,000 crore). Interestingly, his total estimated tax payout amounts to more than 85 per cent of the total proceeds of about $1.045 billion Zuckerberg is expected to rake in from part...
10:49 AM, May 07, 2012
San Francisco: The roadshow for Facebook Inc's initial public offering is scheduled to start on Monday, meaning the company's shares should begin trading on May 18, a source familiar with the process said on Tuesday. Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who has mostly operated in the background during Facebook's closely watched journey to public markets, will be involved in the roadshow, another source said. Facebook declined to comment. Many on...
10:23 AM, May 02, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani authorities have proposed the imposition of a levy of USD 1,000 on each truck and container transporting supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan through the country's territory, a senior official has said. The Communication Ministry had proposed the levy, National Highway Authority Chairman Mohammad Ali Gardezi said. His remarks came against the backdrop of discussions within the government on reopening the supply routes that were closed after a...
02:35 PM, May 01, 2012
Mumbai: If you can't fix it, drop it: this could well be the template for the BMC's budget planning strategy for today, if one goes by what the civic body has done in the current fiscal. The corporation coolly decided to eliminate 30 per cent of roads originally marked for repairs when it remembered the city had slums and a lot of construction going on -- facts plainly engraved in...
12:52 PM, Mar 20, 2012
New Delhi: Three students were killed and two others were seriously injured when their speeding car rammed into a stationary bus. The accident took place in south Delhi on Tuesday morning when the driver of the car lost control of the vehicle while overtaking a van. The deceased have been identified as Mayank, Akash and Vikas, all of them students, police said. Their two friends Vikas Berewa and Vipul Garg,...
09:45 AM, Mar 14, 2012
Chennai: There is not a soul in the city who does not curse his or her fate when using the city roads. If the bumpy rides on the pothole-filled city roads are not enough, the huge pile up of vehicles due to poor regulation at the junctions and poor planning of roads and pavements add to their woes. But now, there is some light at the end of the tunnel....
07:51 AM, Mar 08, 2012
New Delhi: Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday defended Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi over the controversy surrounding his roadshow in Kanpur as part of the campaign for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. The Congress leader said that the party was earlier given the permission to hold the roadshow, which was withdrawn in the last minute. He said, "The permission was given to us on February 17. It was withdrawn...
01:26 PM, Feb 21, 2012
New Delhi: Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday defended Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi over the controversy surrounding his roadshow in Kanpur as part of the campaign for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. The Congress leader said that the party was earlier given the permission to hold the roadshow, which was withdrawn in the last minute. He said, "The permission was given to us on February 17. It was withdrawn...
01:26 PM, Feb 21, 2012
Kanpur: An FIR has been filed against Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi for alleged model code of conduct violation by not taking up the route it had prescribed to the leader for his road campaign in Kanpur. The case has been filed in Kanpur for violating Section 144. Kanpur District Magistrate Hari Om on Monday said that Rahul stuck to his route, despite having been assigned an alternative route by...
08:59 PM, Feb 20, 2012
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