Srinagar: The chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Yasin Malik and his seven aides were on Thursday detained by police at Banihal while they were going to tension gripped Rajouri town. "Malik and seven other JKLF leaders were detained by police at Banihal as they were heading towards Rajouri," JKLF spokesman said. He said Malik was going to the border town in Jammu region as part of his efforts...
06:47 PM, Mar 15, 2012
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir's opposition People's Democratic Party on Monday demanded a CBI probe into the multi-crore rupee scam in Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) headed by Union Minsiter Farooq Abdullah and registeration of a case against him. "We do not have trust in the probe here. The way CBI conducted inquiry against Suresh Kalmadi, a similar inquiry should be conducted by CBI against Farooq Abdullah (as head of...
03:08 AM, Mar 13, 2012
Farooq Abdullah is on the backfoot in the JKCA scam after CNN-IBN accessed a bank letter that exposed his claim that he had no knowledge of what was happening. ...
10:45 PM, Mar 12, 2012
Srinagar: National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah is on the backfoot in the Jammu and Kashmir cricket scam after CNN-IBN accessed a bank letter that exposed his claim that he had no knowledge of what was happening. The opposition in Jammu and Kashmir is on the offensive too, alleging Farooq Abdullah was the main benefactor of the multi-crore scam. An indignant Abdullah has rubbished allegations that he is involved in the...
09:29 PM, Mar 12, 2012
New Delhi: National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah on Monday denied charges in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) scam. "The damage of my image was unfortunate. I have not taken a single peny from JKCA. When accounts sealed, association had to take loan of 1.91 crore interest free for work. This money has been paid back. Subject is clear. Resolution cleared, loan taken and paid back," he told CNN-IBN....
06:20 PM, Mar 12, 2012
Srinagar: A multi-crore rupee financial scam in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association has left its President Farooq Abdullah on the backfoot. CNN-IBN has accessed documents that reveal how bogus accounts were opened to siphon off funds from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). According to rough estimates, the Indian cricket board had sent over Rs 30 crore in two years for promotions to the state association....
10:20 AM, Mar 10, 2012
Jammu: A multi-crore financial scam in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association has left its president Farooq Abdullah red faced. CNN-IBN has accessed documents that reveal how bogus accounts were opened to siphon off funds from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Rough estimates suggest that the Indian cricket board had sent over Rs 30 crore in two years for promotions to the state association. Two JKCA...
07:36 AM, Mar 09, 2012
New Delhi: If you wish to win cash prizes by answering a few interesting questions on topics ranging from cinema to general knowledge, here is an opportunity for you. 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' will be brought to Kannada viewers as 'Kannadada Kotyadhipathi' which will be hosted by Sandalwood's Power Star Puneeth Rajkumar. The most sought after show will be aired on Suvarna channel from March 12 onwards from 8 to 9...
05:35 PM, Mar 06, 2012
Bangalore: With no response from the Centre on the memorandum submitted by South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce (SIFCC) and Film Federation of India (FFI), to withdraw the service tax on the film industry, the two bodies jointly observed a one-day bandh on Thursday. As a mark of protest, more than 850 theatres across the state remained closed. Film producer and board member of the Karnataka Film Chambers of Commerce...
01:37 PM, Mar 06, 2012
After going back and forth, deciding who his Mehrunnisa will be, buzz is that Sudhir Mishra has finally zeroed upon Vidya Balan to play the titular character. Katrina Kaif is now formally out of the race. And Vidya will be joining the team towards the end of the year. "That's when Vidya will be free of her next assignment namely Rajkumar Gupta's Ghanchakkar," says a source. Interestingly Mehrunissa passed on...
05:39 PM, Feb 28, 2012
New York: Adult fans of JK Rowling can rejoice: She has a new novel coming, for grownups. The kids will have to wait and see. The author of the mega-selling "Harry Potter" series said on Thursday she has an agreement with Little, Brown in the United States and Britain to publish her first adult novel. The title, release date and details about the novel, long rumored, were not announced. Her...
10:23 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: Baby Falak's five-year-old brother was found in Uttam Nagar in Delhi on Wednesday. He will be handed over to Munni, who has claimed to be the two-year-old's mother. The boy had been missing for months and a search was launched in Delhi and Bihar after Munni's story came to light. Munni has undergone a DNA test and the results are awaited. Earlier, in a major breakthrough in the...
10:10 AM, Feb 15, 2012
New Delhi: In a major breakthrough in the baby Falak case, the Delhi Police on Friday arrested the key accused, Rajkumar. The police managed to arrest the man while he was trying to flee the capital. Meanwhile, a woman named Pratima was also arrested. She was a part of the human trafficking racket that allegedly exploited the 14-year-old teenager who brought baby Falak to AIIMS in a battered and badly...
07:41 AM, Feb 11, 2012
New Delhi: Two-year-old Falak was taken off the ventilator on Friday and the doctors at AIIMS say the baby girl has shown marginal improvement in last 24 hours. But the survival chances are dimming for Falak. The two year old's chest infection has been cured. Dr Deepak Agarwal said "If the situation worsens again, we will put her back on it." It has been three weeks since she was abandoned...
04:57 PM, Feb 10, 2012
You know, there is no easy way to say this, says Gaurav Jain, the 39-year-old managing director of Swastik Roadlines and explains. His father had started Swastik in partnership with two friends. Jain joined the company in 1999 when it was doing very well. It had 23 trucks. None of the founders realised what was around the corner. Ever since its inception in 1997, the company had grown on the...
05:50 PM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: While the nation prays for 2-year-old Falak, who is receiving treatment for severe injuries at AIIMS, it is the story of the 14-year-old teenage girl who brought the baby to the hospital that exposes the dismal state of a girl child in India. It is not just the baby, but the teenager too, who is a victim of abuse. Police have arrested 4 people, including her father Vijender,...
08:01 AM, Feb 08, 2012
New Delhi: Taking serious note of plight of two-year-old baby Falak, the Union Home Ministry on Tuesday sought a report from the Delhi Police and termed it as a case of human trafficking. "It is a case of human trafficking. We are seeking report from the Delhi Police," Additional Secretary in the Home Ministry B Bhamathi said. Bhamathi said the Delhi Police was probing the case to find out the...
06:38 PM, Feb 07, 2012
New Delhi: A 22-year-old woman who may be the mother of Falak, the battered baby who is fighting for survival at AIIMS, has claimed that her husband was forcing her into prostitution and she had run away from her home, police say. Delhi Police claim to have traced the woman, Munni, who could be the biological mother of Falak. A police officer said she was found about a week ago...
05:21 PM, Feb 06, 2012
New Delhi: Doctors at AIIMS are expecting a new culture report on Thursday to see how 2-year-old baby Falak has been responding to new antibiotics. Doctors said on Wednesday that her survival chances are less than 50 per cent and the next 3 days will be critical. Meanwhile, the father of a teenaged girl, who got a battered Falak admitted in AIIMS, and two others were arrested on charges of...
10:31 AM, Feb 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Child Welfare Commission (CWC) on Tuesday ordered that a case would be registered against the father of the teenaged girl, for cruelty and child abuse, who had brought a battered two-year-old Falak to AIIMS on January 18. The teenager will continue to stay in the institution as she refused to go with her father. The CWC has also demanded that past records be verified and legal action...
05:53 PM, Jan 31, 2012
