Polling, which commenced at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm, is underway in 223 assembly constituencies of Karnataka. ...
03:03 PM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: A Supreme Court appointed committee probing six cases of alleged extra-judicial killings in Manipur informed the court on Thursday that these were not genuine encounters and the victims, including a 12-year-old boy, did not have any criminal records. A bench comprising Justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai perused the committee's report which said none of the six cases qualify as encounters and they are fake. The committee,...
01:30 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju on Thursday said that he would seek pardon for both actor Sanjay Dutt and 1993 Mumbai blasts case convict Zaibunisa. But senior Supreme Court Advocate Sanjay Hegde is of the opinion that Zaibunisa is a more appropriate person to ask for clemency than Sanjay Dutt because of her old age and recent surgery. ...
07:21 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju on Thursday said that he would seek pardon for both actor Sanjay Dutt and 1993 Mumbai blasts case convict Zaibunisa. But senior Supreme Court Advocate Sanjay Hegde is of the opinion that Zaibunisa is a more appropriate person to ask for clemency than Sanjay Dutt because of her old age and recent surgery. ...
07:10 PM, Mar 28, 2013
One of the country's biggest medical camps for people with facial deformities is being held at the KS Hegde Medical Academy in Mangalore, after the hospital received over 1,400 responses to its free surgery initiative. After CNN-IBN telecast a report in December 2011 on the free face-changing and life-changing surgeries that Dr Vikram Shetty and his team does, over 1,400 patients have thronged the hospital. ...
10:31 AM, Mar 26, 2013
Taking exception to certain clauses enshrined in Goa Lokayukta Bill 2013, former Karnataka Lokayukta Justice (retd) Santosh Hegde on Sunday said these amendments were 'unfair' and should not have found mention in the Act. ...
08:34 PM, Mar 24, 2013
Unruly scenes and protests erupted in the Karnataka Assembly on Thursday afternoon when some RTI activists raised slogans from the Assembly's visitor gallery. Five persons were detained. ...
03:22 PM, Feb 14, 2013
After Union Minister Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday favoured naming the revised anti-rape legislation after the 23-year-old Delhi braveheart, his party's MLA from Mumbai has demanded that the Milan subway flyover in the Maharashtra capital be named after her. ...
08:33 PM, Jan 01, 2013
As many as 21 of the 118 BJP MLAs in the 225-member Karnataka Assembly came out in support of former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and attended a breakfast meeting at his residence recently. ...
12:37 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Bangalore: In the backdrop of transfer of Haryana IAS officer for probing land deals, former Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde on Thursday asked state and Central governments to leave issue of transfers to bureaucracy. "Issues of transfers should be left to bureaucracy itself without there being any interference whatsoever by central or state governments to curb corruption," Hegde said. Hegde said there was lot of "discontentment" amongst state and central officers...
02:22 PM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: Former Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde condemned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley's comments on the judiciary. "It's unfortunate that a senior leader and lawyer like Arun Jaitley has made such a statement," Hegde said. Arun Jaitley had alleged that judgements at times are influenced by post-retirement jobs. His comments did not go well with Law Minister Salman Khurshid who also hit back at him. "As a...
01:23 PM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Wednesday parted ways with former team member Arvind Kejriwal saying he would not be a part of the political party being formed by the latter. Addressing mediapersons after a meeting with Kejriwal on the issue, the veteran anti-corruption crusader reiterated that he would not enter politics and would neither allow the political party to use his name or his image. "I will not...
07:53 PM, Sep 19, 2012
New Delhi: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare and erstwhile Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal seems to be following different paths at the former's brainstorming session with IAC members on Wednesday. The meeting revealed growing cracks between the two with Justice Santosh Hegde, too, admitting to the differences on floating a political party after Anna had said that he won't contest elections. Sources said that Anna and Kejriwal are trying to sort...
05:49 PM, Sep 19, 2012
Former Miss Universe India second runner-up Pooja Hegde feels as an actress, she should be open to all kinds of roles and not restrict herself to any genre. "It's too early in my career to dedicate myself to certain type of roles. I want to play different kinds of roles with longer screen time," Pooja told IANS. A model-turned-actress, she strongly believes modelling gave her the confidence to turn to...
03:06 PM, Sep 15, 2012
Audiences have given the thumbs up to Jiiva's superhero image in Mysskin directed Tamil movie 'Mugamoodi'. Made on a budget of Rs.20 crore, it has reportedly earned in about Rs.10 crore at the box office over the weekend. "The film has been made on a budget of Rs.20 crore inclusive of all miscellaneous expenses and it is estimated to earn Rs.10 crore by weekend at the box-office," said a source....
03:50 PM, Sep 03, 2012
Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is working free of cost in Bhojpuri film 'Ganga Devi', says regional films need support and that is why he never charges for such movies. Big B's make-up man Deepak Sawant has produced 'Ganga Devi'. The 69-year-old, who previously acted in Sawant's 'Ganga' and 'Gangotri', plays a key role in 'Ganga Devi', which is about reservation for women in elected bodies. "(Sawant) has been with...
02:47 PM, Sep 02, 2012
We grew up listening to childhood stories, involving superheroes. No different is this 'Mugamoodi'. Director Mysskin has attempted to narrate the tale of a bravado in a different style. In a nutshell, 'Mugamoodi' is like a 'Batman' or a 'Superman' of the West, meeting the action films of the East. The premise is local, but the flavor is different. The movie begins on a slow note setting up the story....
01:24 PM, Sep 01, 2012
Its said that Jiiva's mask was made in a specially designed vacuum chamber to get the perfect leathery fit and a smooth outer finish and the suit originally weighed 8 kilos but was brought down to 4 kilos by repeated experimentation. However it was still a nightmare for Jiiva to act with the suit on because of the non-breathable silicone that heats up the body within minutes. Also, the limited...
12:17 PM, Aug 31, 2012
