Patna: Supporters of private militia Ranvir Sena on Sunday indulged in violence and disrupted road and rail services as they observed a day-long bandh in several districts of Bihar to protest the killing of their leader Brahmeswar Singh alias Mukhiyaji. The bandh was observed in Jehanabad, Arwal, Lakhisarai districts and rural areas of Patna district since early morning and the supporters blocked NH-110 between Jehanabad and Arwal and Patna-Gaya NH...
06:36 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Another film legend, ace filmmaker Mani Ratnam blows another candle on June 2. Six time National Award winner, Mani, is currently working on 'Kadal'. Everything about 'Kadal' has been kept under the wraps, including the hero. Popular actor Karthik's son Gautham is being launched through this flick but the star kid's face is kept away from the media. Cast opposite him is Samantha. The film has music by AR Rahman....
01:17 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Patna: The funeral procession of slain Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeswar Singh alias Mukhiya from Arrah to Patna turned violent with the participants burning police outposts and private vehicles, damaging police and private vehicles and blocking busy Bailey Road for several hours. The procession shouting anti-government slogans covered a distance of 40 km from Ara to Patna and was participated by hundreds of followers and supporters. Sena supporters, who turned up...
06:54 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Coming down heavily on the rebels in the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday suspended Lok Sabha MP Pyari Mohan Mahapatra, two ministers and two MLAs from the party. The ministers who have been suspended from the party are Anjali Behera and Sanjeev Sahoo. On Tuesday, more than 25 BJD MLAs and four ministers had met Patnaik's rival Mahapatra at his residence in Bhubaneswar...
06:48 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Trang Bang: In the picture, the girl will always be nine years old and wailing "Too hot! Too hot!" as she runs down the road away from her burning Vietnamese village. She will always be naked after blobs of sticky napalm melted through her clothes and layers of skin like jellied lava. She will always be a victim without a name. It only took a second for Associated Press photographer...
12:56 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Though Pyari Mohan Mohapatra, the BJD MP and chief advisor to Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik, was at the helm of affairs in the BJD ...
11:25 AM, Jun 01, 2012
London: Odisha-based sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik beat stiff competition from nine participants to win an international sand sculpture championship in Denmark on Friday, making India proud at the first such event in Copenhagen. Pattnaik's 2.5 metres high sand sculpture of a mermaid pleading for human effort to save the oceans was declared the winner of the championship. The Puri-based sand artist, known for his sculptures that send out strong topical...
08:57 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik will be meeting party colleagues on Friday. Patnaik came back to Bhubaneswar on Thursday night to a grand welcome by partymen who came in huge numbers to show solidarity after a rebellion by Naveen's confidant and BJD MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra on Tuesday. The revolt led by Pyari took place while Patnaik was on a week-long official tour to the UK...
07:51 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Bhubaneswar: BJD MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra on Wednesday claimed that Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was encircled by a group of conspirators comprising ministers, parliamentarians and MLAs who were trying to topple his government. "The conspirators comprising, ministers, MPs and MLAs want to topple Patnaik in order to fulfil their vested interests," he claimed but declined to name them. "The group of conspirators are misleading the chief minister. They feel...
10:41 PM, May 30, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra on Wednesday dismissed reports of any split within the party and said that Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik continues to be the party leader. BJD MP Jay Panda also said that there was no rebellion within the BJD. "We have had a lot of discussions earlier. There is no dissidence in the party. Grievances have increased because the party organisation is...
10:20 AM, May 30, 2012
Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is heading towards a split with Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's confidante and BJD MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra has reportedly turned rebellious against him. CNN-IBN has now learnt that Patnaik is cutting short his first visit to London in ten years and rushing home. Reacting to the crisis he said, "I understand that in my absence an MP of my party is stirring trouble...
08:27 AM, May 30, 2012
Bhubaneswar: In a possible revolt against the Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha, more than 25 Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLAs and four ministers the Chief Minister's rival Pyari Mohan Mahapatra at his residence in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. Notably, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is currently in London and scheduled to return on June 1. According to BJD vice president Damodar Rout, some MLAs met Pyari Mohan Mahapatra and are planning to...
10:52 PM, May 29, 2012
Patna: After cracking the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE), Satyam Kumar, the twelve-and-half-year-old boy from Bihar has now passed Class 12 with 85 per cent marks. Satyam has become the youngest in the country to clear the Class 12 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examination, family sources on Tuesday claimed. Satyam, a resident of Bakhorapur village in Bhojpur district, cleared IIT-JEE from the Mumbai zone...
12:12 PM, May 29, 2012
Prithviraj Sukumaran has a sizeable fan club in the city, thanks to 'Mozhi', 'Vellithirai' and Mani Ratnams 'Ravanan'. And he is back after a brief absence with the Tamil verison of the big budget historical movie, 'Urumi', which he has jointly produced with Santosh Sivan and Shaji Natesan. He will also be seen in Bollywood with Anurag Kashyaps production, 'Aiyya', also starring Rani Mukherjee. Sharing his views on his new...
05:09 PM, May 28, 2012
Ace photographer Dabboo Ratnanai has shot MS Dhoni and other cricketers during the shooting of a TV commercial. ...
12:39 PM, May 28, 2012
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