Splitsvilla 5: Hunt for love is back!

Splitsvilla 5: Hunt for love is back! New Delhi: One of the most popular shows of MTV, Splitsvilla is back with season five. In the show, some good looking boys and girls from various cities are selected through auditions and are kept together in a house. The reality show is not only about finding your perfect mate, but saving yourself from the dirty politics and evictions as well. From dating, cheating to dumping, everything happens on Splitsvilla....
08:01 PM, Mar 27, 2012

Seal and Heidi Klum announce separation

Seal and Heidi Klum announce separation New York: Seal and Heidi Klum have announced that their storybook marriage is coming to the end of the runway. In a statement Sunday night, the power couple announced their separation after rumors swirled over the weekend that a divorce was imminent. "While we have enjoyed seven very loving, loyal and happy years of marriage, after much soul searching we have decided to separate," the joint statement read. "We have...
12:12 PM, Jan 23, 2012

Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis to part ways?

Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis to part ways? Los Angeles: Johnny Depp's 14-year romance with French actress and singer Vanessa Paradis has hit the rocks, People magazine claimed on Wednesday, and the couple are living largely separate lives. In a cover story for this week's issue of People called 'Love Gone Wrong', the celebrity magazine quoted several unnamed sources as saying the pair's relationhip is nearing an end. The 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star, 48, and Paradis, 39,...
11:40 AM, Jan 19, 2012

TMC-Cong rift widens in Bengal: alliance in peril?

TMC-Cong rift widens in Bengal: alliance in peril? Kolkata: The rift between the Congress in West Bengal and the Trinamool Congress has widened even further, raising questions about the future of the alliance at the Centre. In Kolkata, it has boiled down to a bare knuckle fight. The seven-month old Mamata Banerjee government in Bengal is now facing its sharpest criticism, not from the Opposition Left, but from its ally, the Congress. It began with the Congress taking...
07:05 AM, Jan 06, 2012
Centre delaying UP split: Mayawati

Centre delaying UP split: Mayawati

Mayawati's statement came after the Union Home Ministry sought clarifications on splitting the state into four. ...
03:01 PM, Dec 20, 2011

Maya's four-pronged attack

Chanakya's Chant |  Ashwin Sanghi

Mayawati has taken the wind out of the sails of everyone else. Panditji examines the possible fallout... ...
12:47 PM, Dec 07, 2011
Is dividing UP into 4 states in the national interest?

Is dividing UP into 4 states in the national interest?

The Opposition called Mayawati's decision to divide Uttar Pradesh unconstitutional. ...
11:52 PM, Nov 21, 2011

Amar Singh backs Mayawati on splitting UP

Amar Singh backs Mayawati on splitting UP New Delhi: Expelled Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh on Monday came out in support of the BSP government on the resolution passed in Uttar Pradesh Assembly for division of the state into four parts and said the Centre should now do the needful by creating the new states. In an apparent dig at Samajwadi Party, he said even socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia was a supporter of smaller states....
10:19 PM, Nov 21, 2011

Cong, BJP, SP attack Mayawati for split UP resolution

Cong, BJP, SP attack Mayawati for split UP resolution New Delhi/Lucknow: The controversial 'split Uttar Pradesh' resolution brought by Chief Minister Mayawati on Monday stirred a hornet's nest with the Congress, the BJP and the Samajwadi Party accusing her of political opportunism. Close on the heels of the passage of the resolution in Uttar Pradesh Assembly to divide the state into four parts, Mayawati's opponents dubbed the move as "murder of democracy," "a political stunt" and a "diversionary tactic"....
10:07 PM, Nov 21, 2011

UP resolution: TSR raises pitch for Telangana

UP resolution: TSR raises pitch for Telangana Hyderabad: Hailing Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for pushing through a resolution in the Assembly on splitting the state, the TRS on Monday demanded that the Centre give its assent to it and also carve out a separate Telangana state. "TRS welcomes the decision of the UP Chief Minister. It is a bold step. It is very good for democracy. She has also reiterated her support to the formation of...
09:31 PM, Nov 21, 2011

Mayawati plays poll card with split-UP motion

Mayawati plays poll card with split-UP motion Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Monday virtually muzzled through the Opposition to get the resolution - to split the state into four parts - passed in the Assembly by a voice vote. The Samajwadi Party and the rest of the Opposition called it unconstitutional and a political gimmick ahead of the election, while Mayawati took just ten minutes to bulldoze her resolution on splitting the state. "For a...
08:33 PM, Nov 21, 2011
'Paes-Bhupathi split was inevitable'

'Paes-Bhupathi split was inevitable'

Reports suggest that Rohan Bopanna will be Mahesh Bhupathi's new partner, while Leander Paes will team up with Radek Stepanek. ...
09:14 PM, Nov 15, 2011

JLo-Anthony split over Scientology row

JLo-Anthony split over Scientology row London: The reason for their split is still unknown, but Jennifer Lopez's commitment to Scientology was reportedly a bone of contention between the Hollywood actress and her husband, Marc Anthony. Lopez, 42 - who called off her seven-year marriage to Anthony last month - was hoping to send the couple's three-year-old twins Max and Emme to a specialist Scientology school. But Anthony, also 42, wasn't so keen on the idea,...
11:59 AM, Aug 15, 2011

India Inc worried over political crisis

India Inc worried over political crisis New Delhi: Economic policy decisions and reformist legislations could be the main casualty of the sudden decision by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam to withdraw support to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. Corporate houses were not willing to give their immediate reactions on record, but some chiefs said privately they foresaw a crisis unless immediately resolved and that the same could translate into slower decision-making process, especially on reforms. "We...
09:06 AM, Mar 06, 2011
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