Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday parried questions on whether he wanted to become the Prime Minister, saying he had never even dreamt of becoming the Chief Minister. "I have never dreamt of becoming someone in life. I have always tried to do something. Mostly people dream of becoming someone and die. I have never followed this. ...
07:55 AM, Mar 17, 2013
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today parried questions on whether he wanted to become the Prime Minister, saying he had never even dreamt of becoming the Chief Minister. "I have never dreamt of becoming someone in life. I have always tried to do something. Mostly people dream of becoming someone and die. I have never followed this. Till I had become Chief Minister, I had never dreamt of becoming so....
11:47 PM, Mar 16, 2013
The 10th annual sex survey highlights the state of India's sexual health in the country's far flung extremities. ...
04:29 PM, Dec 04, 2012
New Delhi: Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju on Monday urged former Chief Justice of India and National Broadcasting Standard Association (NBSA) chief Justice JS Verma to probe allegations against Law Minister Salman Khurshid as also against India Today group and come out with its report. In a letter to Verma, Katju said, "I would request you to hold an enquiry into the matter thoroughly and make your...
02:27 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Mumbai: Aditya Birla Group on Friday said it will buy 27.5 per cent stake in the holding firm of the India Today Group, Living Media India Ltd for an undisclosed amount. The investment will be made by Aditya Birla Group's private investment company, Aditya Birla Group said in a statement. Commenting on the development, Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said, the media sector was a sunrise sector from...
09:51 PM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has restrained a media house from publishing, telecasting and broadcasting the contents of a CD pertaining to Congress leader and a leading advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi. "Till the next hearing, the defendants (the media house), their agents and all others acting for and/or on their behalf are restrained from publishing, broadcasting and disseminating or distributing in any form or any manner the content of...
04:46 PM, Apr 17, 2012
New Delhi: Acclaimed writer Salman Rushdie, author of the controversial 'The Satanic Verses' as also bestsellers like 'Midnight's Children' and 'Shame', on Saturday denounced "disgraceful vote bank politics" being practised in the country and said "95 per cent of Muslims in India are not interested in violence being done in their name". Returning to India two months after he was stopped from attending the Jaipur Literary Festival, Rushdie spoke at...
02:29 PM, Mar 19, 2012
Hyderabad: A day after controversial author Salman Rushdie hit out at Congress and Rahul Gandhi, senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu said on Sunday that the Congress was adopting a "selective approach" in this regard. "That was unfortunate... Congress and pseudo-secular parties were selective in their approach," he told reporters in Hyderabad. Venkaiah was reacting to Rushdie's comment that his presence at the Jaipur Literary Festival held in January was...
06:29 PM, Mar 18, 2012
New Delhi: Controversial author Salman Rushdie on Saturday targetted the Congress party, particularly Rahul Gandhi at the India Today Conclave, saying his presence was blocked in the Jaipur Literature Festival due to "useless electoral calculations". He suggested that this "led to the debacle" of Congress in Uttar Pradesh. Rushdie said "Deobandi bigotry" and "kneeling to mullahs" had not worked for the Congress, alluding to their recent loss in the state...
07:36 AM, Mar 18, 2012
New Delhi: Acclaimed writer Salman Rushdie, author of the controversial "The Satanic Verses" as also bestsellers like "Midnight's Children" and "Shame", on Saturday denounced "disgraceful vote bank politics" being practised in the country and said "95 per cent of Muslims in India are not interested in violence being done in their name". Returning to India two months after he was stopped from attending the Jaipur Literary Festival, Rushdie spoke at...
02:30 AM, Mar 18, 2012
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday night defended his decision to skip the India Today Conclave saying ensuring there were no communal clashes in Rajouri town was more important than attending the meet in Delhi. "My job was to ensure we avoided the possibility of serious communal clashes in Rajouri. The rest is unimportant", Omar wrote on the micro-blogging site Twitter. The Chief Minister was responding...
12:38 AM, Mar 18, 2012
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tonight defended his decision to skip the India Today Conclave saying ensuring there were no communal clashes in Rajouri town was more important than attending the meet in Delhi. "My job was to ensure we avoided the possibility of serious communal clashes in Rajouri. The rest is unimportant", Omar wrote on the micro-blogging site Twitter. The Chief Minister was responding to a...
11:59 PM, Mar 17, 2012
New Delhi: Two months after he was forced to skip a literary fest in Jaipur, controversial writer Salman Rushdie on Saturday night attended a function in New Delhi amid tight security. The controversial author of 'The Satanic Verses', which was banned in India owing to protest from a section of Muslims, attended the 'India Today Conclave' at Taj Palace attended by a select group invitees. He spoke at a session...
09:07 PM, Mar 17, 2012
New Delhi: Author Salman Rushdie's literary session at the India Today Conclave has been postponed by a day to Saturday following a sudden change in schedule, the organisers said. The organisers refused to cite any specific reason for the change and said the session would be open for select invitees only. Tight security arrangements are in place here to prevent any trouble during the visit of Salman Rushdie, the controversial...
03:19 PM, Mar 16, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has reportedly cancelled a visit to India after it emerged that author Salman Rushdie would be speaking at the same conference. The Express Tribune reported that Imran Khan refused to attend the India Today conclave in New Delhi if Salman Rushdie was also going to be present. A leader from Imran's party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), Shireen Mazari, issued a statement that Khan cancelled his...
06:49 PM, Mar 14, 2012
Aroon Purie says that the group is confident about establishing a firm foothold in the market. ...
03:28 PM, Nov 27, 2006
According to a survey nearly two-thirds of young Indian men expect the woman they marry to be a virgin. ...
06:47 PM, Nov 06, 2006
Punjab is the best big state and Pondicherry tops the small states of the country, says the poll. ...
10:05 PM, Sep 01, 2006
