New Delhi: The government plans to provide subsidy to 14 crore LPG subscribers directly in their bank accounts from October 1, using the Aadhaar payment platform. The government, official sources said, has decided to launch "Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) for LPG throughout the country tentatively from October 1". "This (transfer of LPG subsidy) would require a much larger number of beneficiaries to be covered for opening of bank accounts and...
12:41 PM, Apr 28, 2013
Patna: Making a strong pitch for special category status for Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said it would be better if the privilege was given sooner or else people would themselves take a decision in this regard in the 2014 general elections. "Amendment in criteria for according special status itself symbolises half victory for Bihar," Kumar said addressing a rally at Purnea. The CM reiterated demand for special...
02:59 AM, Apr 28, 2013
Patna: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi has urged the Centre to reconsider amendment in Income Tax Act to disallow levies imposed by state governments on PSUs for imposition and computation of income tax. "The working of the proposed amendment is such that it would give wide discretionary powers in this regard," Modi, who is also state's Finance minister, said in his letter to Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram....
12:40 AM, Apr 28, 2013
Hyderabad: Veteran Telugu filmmaker and politician Dasari Narayana Rao Saturday announced he will wield the megaphone for five Telugu films, including one titled 'Vaddi Kaasula Vaadu', in which he will also act. "My 151st film titled 'Vaddi Kaasula Vaadu' will go on floors May 4 coinciding with my birthday. I will also direct four other Telugu films over the course of next few months. Three out of the five films...
07:32 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Kolkata: Happy with her contrasting retro-modern looks in 'Damadol' and yet-to-be-released 'A Political Murder', Tollywood actor Priyanka Sarkar says after 'Hemlock Society' the Agnidev Chatterjee-thriller turned out one of most intense performances where she had to exert herself. I could not come out of the shell after the shoots of 'A Political Murder' GOT over. The role demanded I remained in that mode as the shoots went on day after...
05:56 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Kolkata: Under pressure he might be after repeated failures with the bat, but Kings XI Punjab captain and Australian veteran Adam Gilchrist has learned not to feel "shattered" by poor form as it is not a matter of "life and death" for him. "It goes without saying I've under performed to this point. Obviously, I'm not hitting the balls the way I used to hit. I understand that," Gilchrist said...
12:38 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Kolkata: Observing that 150 was a decent target to set, Kings XI Punjab skipper Adam Gilchrist on Friday singled out Kolkata Knight Riders' batsman Eoin Morgan's blistering 26 ball 42 for taking away the game from the visitors. "Morgan was the difference. He took the game away from us. I think 150 was a decent total. But even if we had posted 10 runs more it wouldn't have mattered because...
08:27 AM, Apr 27, 2013
New Delhi: A delegation of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee on Friday met Finance Minister P Chidambaram and demanded a financial package for the state on the lines of special allocation for Bihar and conferment of special category status. It also demanded setting up of a high-level fast track inquiry against the BJD government in the state to "expose massive mis-utilisation of public funds". The delegation led by PCC President Niranjan...
12:45 AM, Apr 27, 2013
Washington: Acclaimed Indian director Mira Nair is hopeful that her new thriller 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' would spur a dialogue between two worlds depicted in it particularly in the context of the Boston Marathon bombings. Based on the novel of the same name by Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid, the film tells the story of two conflicting ideologies - the 'fundamentalism' of the capitalists and that of the terrorists - through a...
04:30 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Directed by film maker Selvaraghavan, starring actors like Arya and Anushka Shetty, 'Irandam Ulagam' is fast approaching its completion, with only a song's shooting pending. And that song, we hear, is a peppy party song, set in a backdrop of a pub, composed by Harris Jeyaraj and sung by none other than Dhanush, for Arya. It is also observed that Dhanush has voiced a song in every Selvaraghavan movie, starting...
03:11 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Chennai Super Kings Skipper MS Dhoni's wife Sakshi was spotted during the IPL-6 match at MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday. Actor Kamal Haasan's daughter and actress Shruti Haasan and Sunrisers Hyderabad owner Kalanidhi Maran's wife Kavery Kalanidhi and daughter were also seen cheering for their teams. PTI Photo. ...
11:05 AM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: As Saradha group promoter Sudipta Sen and the Trinamool Congress drag Finance Minister P Chidambaram's lawyer wife Nalini in the chit fund scam, her client Manoranjana Sinh has stepped in to defend her. In a video message on YouTube, she said Nalini advised her and her husband against accepting Saradha funds for her channel. "Mr Sudipta Sen according to me is a white collar criminal who is trying...
10:15 AM, Apr 26, 2013
It isn't just the TMC, but the Congress too that has to answer questions in the West Bengal chit fund controversy. ...
10:31 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram's wife Nalini Chidambaram was engaged as a senior advocate to appear on behalf of Manoranjana Sinh and her husband and a Narasimha Rao government minister Matang Sinh in a company petition filed by her before the company law board against M/4 Positive TV Ltd, sources close to the Union Minister's wife have said. The case is still pending before the Company Law Board. Sources...
01:35 PM, Apr 25, 2013
Chennai: As many as 10 Indian films, including those in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Bengali, will be screened at the 14th Jeonju International Film Festival, starting in South Korea on Thursday. Nine films, including Tamil movies 'Neerparavai' and 'Azhagar Samiyin Kuthirai', three Hindi movies, Hansal Mehta's 'Shahid', Ajay Bahl's 'B A Pass' and Ashim Ahluwalia's 'Miss Lovely', one Malayalam film 'Color of Sky', directed by Bijukuma Damodaran and one Bengali...
12:33 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) meeting, which will be held in the national capital on Thursday to adopt the draft report on 2G spectrum allocation scam, is expected to be a stormy affair with the Opposition planning to corner the panel's chairperson PC Chacko over clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram. Sources said the Opposition might also force a vote on the...
08:39 AM, Apr 25, 2013
Hyderabad: The unseasonal rains that lashed Andhra Pradesh over the last four days have claimed 25 lives and damaged crops over 70,000 hectares, officials said on Wednesday. The deaths, almost all due to thunderbolts, were reported from 11 districts. Guntur accounted for seven deaths; four people died in Nellore, three in Prakasam, two each in Warangal, Krishna and East Godavari and one each in West Godavari, Khammam, Adilabad, Visakhapatnam and...
04:58 AM, Apr 25, 2013
Mumbai: Bengali actress Paoli Dam, who plays a lawyer in Vikram Bhatt's production 'Ankur Arora Murder Case', says her character in the film is close to life and she enjoyed playing it. Written by Bhatt and directed by Suhail Tatari, 'Ankur Arora Murder Case', a medical thriller, is said to be based on a real-life incident where a boy dies on the operation table due to medical negligence. "It's (character...
07:04 PM, Apr 24, 2013
