Tapping into the middle class' increasing frustration over rapid inflation, 'Saare Jahaan Se Mehnga', directed by debutant Anshul Sharma, is a well-intentioned satire constructed around a promising premise. But the film's writers fail to build on their clever central idea, and ultimately deliver an undercooked script that lacks the consistent wit of 2010's 'Phas Gaye Re Obama', that tongue-in-cheek take on recession, set in the world of UP gangsters. ...
10:51 PM, Mar 08, 2013
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03:36 PM, Dec 12, 2012
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Tuesday posted January 16 as the next date of hearing into alleged irregularities into matter of Dr Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust run by Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid. The date was fixed by a bench of Justice Uma Nath Singh and Justice Satish Chandra on a PIL filed by social activist Nutan Thakur. On October 18, the high court had issued...
10:37 PM, Oct 30, 2012
New Delhi: Law Minister Salman Khurshid, who is embroiled in a controversy over allegations of misappropriation of funds by his trust, has put off his Haj pilgrimage, according to sources close to him. His decision to put off the week-long visit for Haj also comes amid speculation of an impending reshuffle in the Union Cabinet. Khurshid was scheduled to leave for Haj on Sunday. He has been under attack from...
06:54 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Rampur: Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan on Sunday questioned why the Centre had not taken action against Law Minister Salman Khurshid's NGO, which is in controversy over allegedly forging names of beneficiaries of a scheme for the handicapped. "Why is the Union Government not coming forward to take action against Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid's NGO," Khan, whose party extends outside support to the UPA,...
05:43 PM, Oct 21, 2012
New Delhi: An under pressure Salman Khurshid has cancelled his Haj trip but the Law Minister insists that his recent comments on activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal were not a threat and he has not embarrassed his party. Speaking to CNN-IBN, the Union Law Minister denied threatening Kejriwal saying his entire clip was not shown by the media. "You didn't have the full clip. The full flip starts with 'Bismil sarfaroshi ki...
07:48 AM, Oct 21, 2012
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid's wife Louise Khurshid's defamation suit against TV Today group will come up for hearing in Delhi High Court on Friday. Louise had accused the television network of maligning her family and sought damages worth Rs 1 crore. The TV Today group aired a sting operation about how Khurshid's trust for the disabled had forged signatures to acquire funds. Advocate Abhimanyu Bhandari had filed...
07:44 AM, Oct 19, 2012
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Thursday issued notice to a television news channel directing it to produce entire documents relating to the matter of Dr Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust run by Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid on the basis of which a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed. The order was issued by the division bench comprising Justice Uma Nath Singh and Justice Satish Chandra during...
03:43 PM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid, accused of financial wrongdoing by Arvind Kejriwal, was on Wednesday embroiled in a new controversy over his alleged threats against the India Against Corruption (IAC) leader. The IAC said he was behaving "like a mafia don". Khurshid, who has been accused of financial impropriety in the running of his trust, had reportedly said that if Kejriwal decides to go ahead with his November...
09:11 PM, Oct 17, 2012
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid's Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust now faces more allegations over the allotment of support equipment to the differently-abled. CNN-IBN travelled to Bulandshahr where camps were held to distribute equipment to the differently-abled and found both, jarring stories of discrepancies and genuine beneficiaries of the Khurshid trust. While some of the beneficiaries claimed that they got aids, others said they did not and there were...
01:21 PM, Oct 16, 2012
Arvind Kejriwal announced a fresh campaign against Salman Khurshid in his constituency Farrukhabad from November 1. ...
11:42 PM, Oct 15, 2012
The government on Monday rallied behind the Union Law Minister, terming him "an important minister of UPA II" and ruling out his resignation. ...
09:40 PM, Oct 15, 2012
New Delhi: Multiple defamation suits are being planned to be filed against India Today Group by Law Minister Salman Khurshid and his friends in the country and abroad over allegations of financial bungling by an NGO run byhis family. Close on the heels of a suit filed by Khurshid's wife Louise in the Delhi High Court on October 12, the Law Minister is planning to file a defamation case against...
08:41 PM, Oct 15, 2012
At a press conference he held with his wife Louise, Salman Khurshid asserted that the camps for the disabled, organised by his Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust, were held at different places in Uttar Pradesh. ...
08:30 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Kejriwal presents more evidence, allege many bogus recipients, many of them dead. Kejriwal said they will protest in Khurshid's constituency Farrukhabad now. ...
07:57 PM, Oct 15, 2012
New Delhi: Even as Arvind Kejriwal-led Indian Against Corruption levelled fresh allegations of financial irregularities on an NGO run by Salman Khurshid and his wife, the government on Monday rallied behind the Union Law Minister, terming him "an important minister of UPA II" and ruling out his resignation. In another development surrounding the controversy, Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma created a flutter on Monday, saying Khurshid will not do...
07:45 PM, Oct 15, 2012
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal and a group of disabled people on Monday called off their four-day-old protest in Delhi against Salman Khurshid and announced a fresh campaign against him in his UP constituency Farrukhabad from November one. Kejriwal also alleged that there was a quid pro quo between the Congress, which is supporting Khurshid, and SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav who is facing a disproportionate assets case in the Supreme...
05:50 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Vivek Yadav, a social activist from Mainpuri in UP, has claimed that the Zakir Hussain trust has not held any camps. ...
05:18 PM, Oct 15, 2012
