Thiruvananthapuram: Noted theatre personality and Malayalam film actor P K Venukuttan Nair died here on Monday following a brief illness, family sources said. Nair (81) was a revered figure in theatre circles in Kerala and a recipient of state government award for best drama director for four times. He is survived by wife. Nair was honoured by Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy for his outstanding contribution to the filed of drama....
12:14 PM, Nov 26, 2012
New Delhi: On the foundation day of the Aam Aadmi Party, it's National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal says his party will redeem the pledge in the Constitution of India and re-connect politics to patriotism. In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, Kejriwal says Delhi Assembly elections would be the party's first battleground. Here is a transcript of the interview: CNN IBN: What would be your message for and commitment towards the survivors...
11:41 AM, Nov 26, 2012
New Delhi: The latest entrant in Indian politics, bureaucrat-turned-anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party will be officially launched at Jantar Mantar at 12 noon on Monday, which is also observed as the Constitution Day as the the Constitution of India was adopted on this day 63 years ago, in 1949. Kejriwal will first pay tribute to the father of the Constitution, BR Ambedkar at Ambedkar Smriti and then head...
10:03 AM, Nov 26, 2012
Indore: Three students of Indian Institute of Management in Indore were expelled on Friday for allegedly taking drugs in their hostel room. The action against the MBA students came after they were caught taking drugs by the staff of the premier business institute. "The incident took place on November 21, when the second year MBA students were caught consuming narcotic substance by the staff," said IIM-Indore spokesman Parvez Akhtar on...
05:26 PM, Nov 23, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Veteran CPM leader P Govinda Pillai passed away in a hospital here after age-related health problems, his family said on Friday. He was 86. Pillai, popularly known as PG, had been admitted to hospital about a week ago. The soft spoken ideologue of the Communist Party of India-Marxist, died in a private hospital late on Thursday. A voracious reader, a popular orator and a very strong writer, PG had...
10:21 AM, Nov 23, 2012
Kolkata: Arvind Kejriwal's new party, to be launched on Monday, is likely to heavily borrow from the Constitution for framing its preamble, a key member of his team said. "Last night, we were writing the objectives of the new party and I said it will be great if we can base it on the preamble of the Indian Constitution. If we can live up to the Constitution there is nothing...
10:51 PM, Nov 22, 2012
New Delhi: The 18-member Indian women's team will tour New Zealand from December 6 to 16 to play six Tests as part of its preparations for FIH World League round two tournament. FIH World League round two tournament will be held in Delhi from February 18 to 24. The 18-member squad will be captained by midfielder Ritu Rani, while forward Soundarya Yendala has been named the vice-captain. Hockey India selectors...
04:55 PM, Nov 20, 2012
Ghaziabad: Former BJP president Rajnath Singh has described Mahatma Gandhi as a bridge between politics and spiritualism. Rajnath Singh was speaking at a symposium on 'Increasing Intolerance In Society: Its Reasons and Remedies', organised by the Ghaziabad Bar Association. Focussing on the characteristics of Indian society, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister on Saturday said India had been the world leader in spiritualism and tolerance, but had got caught in...
03:38 AM, Nov 19, 2012
After 2 Rounds of Ranji Trophy, Mumbai have racked up 6 points and defending champions have only managed 2 points. ...
05:41 PM, Nov 12, 2012
Chandigarh: The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh has withheld for an indefinite period the result of the 7,300 candidates who appeared for its MD entrance examination on Saturday after the CBI took 14 people, including seven girls, on remand till November 15 to probe a racket in solving the exam paper. "The examination results have been withheld for an indefinite period. This is the...
02:38 PM, Nov 12, 2012
I am a guest of Allah - one of three million people who have gathered in the Baitullah, or the Home of Allah in Mecca. ...
01:49 PM, Nov 12, 2012
Cast: Akshay Kapoor, Aryeman Ramsay, Sneha Ullal, Bappi Lahiri, Sharat Saxena, Rituparna Sengupta Director: Ashok Tyagi Sometimes you wonder, what could have inspired the makers to come up with a rudderless film like Its Rocking: Dard-E-Disco. The film lacks theme, lucidity and punch. The basic storyline revolves around two brothers Rambo (Aryeman Ramsay) and Rocky (Akshay Kapoor) who are a pain in the neck for their over-disciplined father (Sharat Saxena)....
11:29 AM, Nov 10, 2012
Jaipur: A wedding in Rajasthan's Barmer town, over 550 km from Jaipur, witnessed high drama Friday when the maulavi (priest) refused to perform the marriage rituals after he saw women from the groom's side dancing in public. The maulavi objected to the dancing as he claimed that women were not allowed to dance in marriage processions in the area. The maulavi left without performing the wedding rituals. Later in the...
09:01 AM, Nov 10, 2012
New York: Indian-origin CEO of Datawind, the maker of India's low-cost tablet Aakash, Suneet Singh Tuli and Massachusettes Institute of Technology professor Anant Agarwal have been named by Forbes magazine among the 15 "classroom revolutionaries" who are using innovative technologies to reinvent education for students and teachers globally. The Forbes list names 15 education innovators who are "harnessing a slew of disruptive technologies to change everything from the way we...
07:49 AM, Nov 10, 2012
New Delhi: Art, performance and regional integration merge in the folk music of Parvathy Baul, one of the country's top Baul musicians from Bengal, who balances her training as an artist from Santiniketan's Kala Bhavan with the devotional music of the wandering minstrels that she has carried down south to Kerala. Parvathy has found the true meaning of her music and life as a Baul bard under her guru, Muslim...
01:38 PM, Nov 09, 2012
Gurgaon: CAG Vinod Rai, whose reports on irregularities in coal block allocations and 2G telecom spectrum had created a major political storm, on Wednesday deprecated the "brazenness" with which the decisions were being taken, calling it "appalling". "The brazenness (with which) decisions were being taken is actually appalling...", he said speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meet in Gurgaon. The Comptroller and Auditor General, however, noted that with the...
08:45 PM, Nov 07, 2012
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her government has not interfered in the issue of the screening of the film 'Teen Kanya', which is said to be based on the Park Street rape case, and called it campaign by a certain section of the media to malign the administration with misinformation. "I will give you an example of how such concocted stories in which the...
07:29 PM, Nov 05, 2012
New Delhi: Bappi Lahiri, the 'Oh la la' composer is all set to make his acting debut with Dhumketu Punatar's 'It's Rocking...Dard-E-Disco'. The film will hit the screens on November 9, 2012. Bappi Lahiri will be seen as Disco King in the movie. Apart from Bappi Da, Rituparna Sengupta, Sneha Ullal, Sharad Saxena, Asrani, Shakti Kapoor, Upasana Singh, Arun Bakshi, Aryaman Ramsey and Akshay Kapoor are also a part of...
06:56 PM, Nov 05, 2012
