New Delhi: The Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010, which seeks to protect owners of literary or musical works, has been passed by the Rajya Sabha and will be presented to the Lok Sabha before it becomes law, much to the delight of singers, writers and composers. The bill, which is to provide exclusive and moral rights to performers in conformity with the World Intellectual Property Organisation's (WIPO) Copyright Treaty and performances...
03:27 PM, May 22, 2012
Neenasam Satish, who has played supporting roles so far, will now play the lead role in Lucia. Satish who has successfully appeared in several Kannada films as a comedy actor, will now turn hero with Lucia which will be directed by Pawan Kumar. For the first time, I will play a double role in the film, he says. Coming from theatre background, Satish has donned the role of several interesting...
10:32 AM, May 20, 2012
MUMBAI: Filmmaker Satish Kaushik's 'Mayanagri', which deals with male prostitution, is finally ready to go on floors. The director says he will start shooting the film starting September. "Writing 'Mayanagri' was not an easy task. It's a very dramatic story of the 1980s and 1990s," Kaushik told IANS. 'Mayanagri' is a film adaptation of a book titled "Do Murdo Ke Liye Guldasta", written by Surendra Varma. Kaushik had taken its...
04:32 PM, May 19, 2012
Mumbai: Actor-director Satish Kaushik has bought the rights of Tamil film 'Pithamagan' and plans to rope in Salman Khan, who worked in his 2003 hit movie 'Tere Naam', for the project. "Sometimes destiny has its own way. I have a nice script for Salman Khan which is much bigger than 'Tere Naam'. I have bought the rights of Tamil film 'Pithamagan', which featured national award winning actor Vikram who had...
01:16 PM, May 16, 2012
Mumbai: Actor-director Satish Kaushik has bought the rights of Tamil film 'Pithamagan' and plans to rope in Salman Khan, who worked in his 2003 hit movie 'Tere Naam', for the project. "Sometimes destiny has its own way. I have a nice script for Salman Khan which is much bigger than 'Tere Naam'. I have bought the rights of Tamil film 'Pithamagan', which featured national award winning actor Vikram who had...
11:33 AM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: Victims of rape and acid attacks in the capital will be given a compensation of Rs 3-5 lakh, the Delhi government announced on Monday. The relief will come under the central government's Victim Compensation Scheme, which was given a go-ahead at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday. "The cabinet has decided to implement the union government's Victim Compensation Scheme and has also decided...
02:40 AM, May 15, 2012
Gadchiroli: The country has no future if the real power that should ideally rest with the people in true democracy is continued to be enjoyed by a select few, Anna Hazare said on Sunday. "Though India became a republic state on January 26, 1950, only a few have enjoyed the fruits of the real power, while majority of people are deprived of it. Today, crores of rupees are spent (by...
01:10 AM, May 14, 2012
Washington: The US has approached the World Trade Organisation (WTO), seeking a dispute settlement panel to decide American claims that Indian restrictions on imports of various US agricultural products, including poultry meat and chicken eggs, were discriminatory. The US has approached WTO after its talks with India failed to resolve the dispute between the two countries. "It is essential that US farmers obtain the reliable market access that India agreed...
11:47 PM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: The government announced an inquiry on Friday into the functioning of the main drug regulator, just days after a parliamentary report exposed dysfunction within the agency and serious irregularities in the drug approval process. The government said in a statement that it had appointed three experts to look at the scientific basis of approving new drugs without clinical trials and recommend ways of improving the procedures of the...
02:13 PM, May 11, 2012
Lucknow: Saharanpur range DIG Satish Kumar Mathur, who had on Wednesday sparked a controversy by advocating honour killing, was transferred by the authorities on Thursday. This came hours after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said he would take action against Mathur if the police officer had supported honour killing. "If that is the statement then that statement is wrong. If an official holds such high post and if that...
08:02 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: A day after Saharanpur range DIG Satish Kumar Mathur sparked a controversy by advocating honour killing, the Uttar Pradesh government has promised action. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said he would take action against Mathur if the police officer had supported honour killing. "If that is the statement then that statement is wrong. If an official holds such high post and if that person makes such statements, actions will...
12:59 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order, Crime) Jagmohan Yadav said on Wednesday that he would look into the statements made by Saharanpur Range DIG Satish Kumar Mathur justifying honour killing. Yadav said that he had already spoken to Mathur once and will speak to him again to find out the truth. "I have spoken to the DIG once and will speak to him again...
12:59 PM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: A top-ranking police official in Uttar Pradesh has sparked a controversy by openly advocating honour killings. The official in question is Satish Kumar Mathur, the DIG of Saharanpur Range. Mathur was caught on camera saying that if his own sister ever eloped he would kill her or commit suicide. Mathur made this shocking statement when he was routinely inspecting police stations and met a man whose daughter had...
08:11 AM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: Internet revolution has bypassed rural India with less than half a per cent of families having the facility at home as against 6 per cent in cities, reveals a government survey. "At all India level only about 0.4 per cent of rural households had access to Internet at home as compared to about 6 per cent of urban households," said the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) report on...
11:28 AM, May 06, 2012
TRAI Chairman JS Sarma has said that moderating carriage fees will be part of the rules being framed as part of the ongoing process of mandatory digitisation. ...
08:52 AM, May 05, 2012
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