London: The main accused in the murder of Indian student Anuj Bidve in Salford in Britain on December 26, 2011 pleaded guilty on Friday in a Manchester court. Kiaran Stapleton admitted to shooting 23-year-old Bidve in an unprovoked attack on the Boxing Day. Stapleton, 21, admitted to manslaughter at the Manchester Crown Court. He is expected to go on trial for murder. Lancaster University student Bidve was walking with friends...
03:57 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed a writ petition by former Director General of Police Shankar Bidari to reconsider his appointment as the DGP. Bidari had filed the petition in the wake of the recent verdict by the Supreme Court directing the Karnataka High Court to review the case. On April 24, the apex court had stayed the Karnataka High Court order quashing Bidari's appointment as the...
05:42 PM, May 28, 2012
Tokyo: Like the characters of her book, Anouk Markovits grew up inside the strict Satmar Hasidic Jewish sect, where reading novels was frowned upon and she was expected to wed in an arranged marriage at a young age. Markovits, a native of France, broke away from the community, as does Atara Stern, one of the daughters of the family in "I Am Forbidden." But most of the book centers on...
11:23 AM, May 28, 2012
Cast: Raghuvir Yadav, Raj Tandon, Anya Anand, Yashpal Sharma and Manjusha Godse Director: Gitanjali Sinha It was that great poet-thinker Harindranath Chattopadhyay who said: "It's very simple to be difficult, but very difficult to be simple." By that logic, debutant director Gitanjali Sinha has pulled off a reasonably admirable feat in this simple staright-from-the-heart film about the relationship between a neglected boy Avinash (Raj Tandon) and his lonely grandfather. The...
04:57 PM, May 25, 2012
Cast: Anupam Kher, Emma Kearney, Bhairavi Goswami, Abid Ali, Shakti Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan Director: Karan Razdan There are good films, bad films, average films, one time watch films, but 'Mr Bhatti On Chutti' doesn't qualify in any of these categories. In fact, it shouldn't even qualify as a film. It's just a compilation of shots where some casual people think they can act. 'Mr Bhatti On Chutti' is a test...
08:33 PM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Bombay High Court cleared the path for 21-year-old Bidhan Barua to undergo a sex change surgery. Bidhan had approached the court after his family threatened him against the surgery. The 21-year old spoke to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai on how difficult his battle has been. Following is an excerpt from Rajdeep Sardesai's interview with Bidhan Barua: Rajdeep Sardesai: Bidhan, you virtually went against your family for this...
08:06 AM, May 08, 2012
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday cleared the path for 21-year-old Bidhan Barua to undergo a sex reassignment surgery. Guwahati based Barua had approached the Bombay High Court after his family threatened him when he was in Mumbai for his operation. This comes after the state and the centre government told the court they had no objection to such a procedure. Last month in the petition, Bhidan, who feels...
09:40 PM, May 07, 2012
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday cleared the path for 21-year-old Bidhan Barua from Assam to undergo a sex reassignment surgery. Barua, who hails from Guwahati, had approached the Bombay high court after his family threatened him when he was in Mumbai for his operation. This comes just days after the Bombay High Court on last Thursday warned the youth against using pressure tactics and threatening to commit suicide...
07:06 PM, May 07, 2012
Karnataka Home Minister R Ashok said that they will study SC order and then take a decision after consulting with AG. ...
06:14 PM, Apr 24, 2012
On March 30, the Karnataka High Court had ordered for Shankar Bidari's sacking while comparing him to Hitler and Gaddafi in reference to his handling of tribals in the campaign against Veerappan. ...
02:43 PM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the Karnataka High Court order which had quashed the appointment of Shankar Bidari as director general of state police, dubbing him as "worse than Saddam Hussein or Muammar Gaddafi." A bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice C K Prasad asked the state high court to examine afresh the matter and dispose it of before May 31. The apex court while staying...
01:52 PM, Apr 24, 2012
Ankara: Turkey has submitted a bid to UEFA to host the 2020 European Championships, the head of the country's football federation announced on Tuesday. Turkey is also bidding to stage the 2020 Olympics in Istanbul. UEFA president Michel Platini has previously said he would back the country to host Euro 2020 only if it loses the Olympic bid. The International Olympic Committee will vote on the 2020 Games in September...
11:18 PM, Apr 18, 2012
BANGALORE: The state government may give 500 acres of land in Bidar to the defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to set up its advanced utility helicopter (AUH) manufacturing unit.The state Cabinet, which will be meeting here on Thursday, is expected to give approval for sanctioning the land, which the HAL felt will be suitable to house its prestigious project. According to sources, the state government, following a request by...
08:56 AM, Apr 12, 2012
Bangalore: Muthulakshmi, widow of slain forest brigand Veerappan, on Friday alleged that while searching for her husband, Karnataka Police Housing Corporation Managing Director Shankar Mahadev Bidari, who was heading the Special Task Force (STF), and his team "raped women" and "administered electric shock on their private parts". Addressing a news conference in Bangalore, she termed Bidari an "inhuman person who doesn't care about women". Explaining the "atrocities" committed by Bidari...
12:34 PM, Apr 07, 2012
Bangalore: Bangalore Former Director General and Inspector General of Police of the state, Shankar Bidari, who was removed from the post on Saturday applied for a 15-day-long leave. He will take charge as the Chairman of Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation Ltd (KSPHC). Following the debacle in the legal battle for the top cop's job, Bidari was transferred to KSPHC. But Bidari, who is apparently upset over losing the police...
09:16 AM, Apr 02, 2012
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