New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation has confirmed the questioning of former UPA ministers Dasari Narayan Rao and Santosh Bagrodia in connection with the coal scam. They were questioned a month back, confirmed the CBI. The CBI questioned the former ministers regarding the coal blocks allocated during their tenure in the Coal Ministry. This brings more trouble for the UPA, which is already under attack from the Opposition over...
12:00 PM, May 13, 2013
Bangalore: Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Monday took oath as the 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka. The 64-year-old backward class leader from Mysore was sworn in at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore. About 50,000 people gathered at the stadium to witness the event. With a comfortable majority of 121 seats in the 225-member assembly, including one nominated member, the Congress returned to power on its own after a gap of nine...
11:53 AM, May 13, 2013
Tony Stark's superpowers lifted blockbuster 'Iron Man 3' back to the top of movie charts in the United States and Canada, beating out a strong debut over the weekend for lavish Jazz Age drama 'The Great Gatsby.' Coming off a gigantic opening a week earlier, 'Iron Man 3' commanded $72.5 million in ticket sales from Friday through Sunday in its second weekend. 'Gatsby,' starring Leonardo DiCaprio as millionaire Jay Gatsby...
11:10 AM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: YSR Congress President Jagan Reddy's judicial remand will end on Monday in the disproportionate assets case. Jagan will be produced before the CBI court through video conferencing. The Supreme Court had earlier rejected Jagan's bail plea. "Jagan's release will hamper the probe in the case which is of high magnitude," said the court in its ruling. The apex court also said that "likelihood of tampering with evidence and...
09:51 AM, May 13, 2013
Bangalore: K Siddaramaiah, who joined Congress just seven years back, will take oath as the chief minister of Karnataka on Monday - the first "outsider" to do. It is a dream come true for this shepherd from the backward Kuruba caste who spent his childhood grazing his father's cattle at a remote village near Mysore. "In a democracy, not every politician can dream about the chief minister's post. But I...
08:47 AM, May 13, 2013
Madrid: Not even an injury to Lionel Messi in the 2-1 victory over Atletico Madrid on Sunday could dampen Barcelona's celebrations at winning their 22nd Spanish league title. Messi started his first match in six rounds because of a recurring right hamstring injury, but he left the field in the 68th minute with Barcelona trailing 1-0 to Radamel Falcao's 52-minute goal and having made all three substitutions. However, Alexis Sanchez...
08:04 AM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said nursing has evolved into a modern medical profession and nurses have become an indispensable part of the country's health care system. "Nurses form a large part of the health workforce and are the backbone of the health care system. They are pivotal in the hospital-doctor-patient paradigm," the president said while presenting the National Florence Nightingale awards to nursing personnel here on the...
05:59 AM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday said that decision to drop Pawan Kumar Bansal and Ashwani Kumar from the cabinet was "joint decision" of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party chief Sonia Gandhi even as BJP sought his resignation over reports that he was nudged into taking the decision. Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said that it had appeared in a section of the media that it was at the...
04:52 AM, May 13, 2013
Islamabad: There has been a delay in the announcement of results of the general elections in Pakistan due to the "transparent process" and "legal procedures" adopted by the election commission, a top official said on Sunday. Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Secretary Ishtiak Ahmad Khan, however, said that there should be no doubt about the poll results, state-run Radio Pakistan reported. Addressing a news conference Khan said the delay in...
04:22 AM, May 13, 2013
Chandigarh: Disgraced former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Sunday had a brush with the media in Chandigarh, barely hours after returning from New Delhi where he quit from the union cabinet. The city press club has sought an apology from him. Bansal got furious when a media person asked him about the companies owned by his family. "I am not here to give you the definition of my family....
04:17 AM, May 13, 2013
Jaipur: Continuing his scathing attack on BJP, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday dubbed it as a party with backward and arrogant thoughts. Addressing a rally in Pushkar town in Ajmer, Gehlot said, BJP only worked for inciting violence and riots. "In Rajasthan, during the previous BJP rule, 90 people including 70 Gujjars lost their lives in 21 firing incidents," he said. "Vasundhara Raje creates rumours and speculations, but...
03:04 AM, May 13, 2013
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress has decided to field new faces and play the sympathy card in the upcoming bye-elections for two Lok Sabha and four Assembly seats in the state. Krishna Gadhvi, who has been given ticket for Banaskantha Lok Sabha seat is the widow of Mukesh Gadhvi who died in March 2013, while for Porbandar Lok Sabha seat the party has chosen former city Youth Congress President Vinu Amipura. Porbandar...
12:43 AM, May 13, 2013
Mumbai: Perturbed by strident opposition to imposition of Local Body Tax (LBT) in Mumbai and some municipal corporations from October 1, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Sunday asked Congress leaders to "clear misconceptions" pertaining to the levy. "The chief minister asked state Congress leaders, including MPCC chief Manikrao Thakre and Mumbai Congress president Janardhan Chandurkar, to clear misconceptions of traders, merchants and opposition parties about LBT," Chavan was quoted...
11:36 PM, May 12, 2013
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Congress has "adopted" the 10-year-old newspaper hawker who gave a newspaper for free to Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, because he had no change. On Saturday, State Congress Chief Kantilal Bhuria met Kaushal Shakya and his father Dulichand Shakya at the party office in Bhopal and announced, after felicitating the boy, that Congress was "adopting" him. Bhuria said the party would give Rs 1,000 per month to...
09:12 PM, May 12, 2013
Bryne (Norway): Fresh from a brilliant victory against Bulgarian Veselin Topalov, world champion Viswanathan will next take on Hikaru Nakamura of United States in the fourth round of Norway chess 2013 Super Tournament here. The three rounds for Anand have been contrasting so far. It was s sedate start with an easy draw as white against Levon Aronian of Armenia and then a kind of moral victory when Anand gave...
08:30 PM, May 12, 2013
New Delhi: Demanding Manmohan Singh's resignation for allegedly shielding former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and former Railways Minister PK Bansal, the BJP on Sunday said that the Prime Minister has become 'a great burden on the country'. BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu said, "His (Prime Minister) approach is see nothing, hear nothing, do nothing. We want this government to go." On Karnataka Assembly polls defeat, the BJP leader said, "Central...
07:16 PM, May 12, 2013
Bangalore: The BJP on Sunday dared the Congress to hold Lok Sabha elections along with Assembly polls due in five states later in 2013 if it was confident after its triumph in Karnataka. Capitalising on anti-incumbency, Congress unseated the BJP in the May 8 elections to the Karnataka Assembly winning 121 seats in the 224-member House. "If the Congress is confident after winning assembly elections in Karnataka, it should conduct...
06:03 PM, May 12, 2013
New Delhi: Days after two Union Ministers were sacked, there were reports of a feud between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. But the Congress on Sunday downplayed that and said that there is no rift. The party has rubbished all reports that the Prime Minister has been isolated. Senior Congress leader Janardhan Dwivedi on Sunday reiterated that the resignations of Pawan Kumar Bansal and Ashwani Kumar...
02:31 PM, May 12, 2013
New Delhi: BJP's youth wing workers on Sunday clashed with the police outside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence and demanded his resignation over coalgate and Railway bribery scam. Section 144 has been imposed around 7, Racecourse Road and the road leading to the Prime Minister's residence has been blocked. Heavy police deployment around the area after the youth members of the BJP led by Anurag Thakur staged protests. Police used...
01:20 PM, May 12, 2013
In this episode of The Week That Wasn't, Cyrus Broacha talks about Parliament stalemate, Karnataka polls result and much more. ...
12:45 PM, May 12, 2013
