Shimla: A day after getting the backing of the party, BJP chief Nitin Gadkari, who is facing allegations of dubious funding of his companies, on Saturday made a scathing attack on the Congress on the issues of corruption, bad governance and unemployment. Addressing election rallies at Reckong Peo in tribal Kinnaur district and Chopal in interior Shimla, Gadkari said, "Congress ruled the country for the longest time, except for brief...
07:24 PM, Oct 27, 2012
The combo of Manivannan and Sathyaraj took a comical dig at many political happenings in 'Amaidhi Padai'. Now that they are coming together for its sequel, they are all set to repeat the act. If sources are to be believed, the sequel of 'Amaidhi Padai', which has been titled 'Nagaraja Cholan MA MLA', will have Sathyaraj playing an elderly politician. "Since Amavasai who rechristened himself as Nagaraja Cholan has become...
01:42 PM, Oct 24, 2012
Simdega (Jharkhand): A boy was critically injured tonight after a vehicle of a JMM legislator ran over him in the district, a police officer said. Superintendent of Police Prabhat Kumar said the three-and-half-year-old boy suddenly came in front of the vehicle of JMM MLA from Torpa constituency, Paulus Surin, near Parenga village and was critically injured. The MLA's driver was driving the vehicle in which Surin was travelling. The boy...
12:12 AM, Oct 21, 2012
Mumbai: Actor Anupam Kher has begun shooting for 'Yamla Pagla Deewana 2' in London, and is excited about working with the three Deols - Dharmendra, Sunny and Bobby. "Landed in London. Traveling to Leicester now. It is cold. Shooting of 'Yamla Pagla Deewana 2' starts tomorrow morning. I think I've not slept for ages," Anupam tweeted Monday night. Earlier, he had tweeted: "On my way to London for 'Yamla Pagla...
03:19 PM, Oct 16, 2012
The franchise was told by the Bombay HC to furnish a bank guarantee of Rs 100 crore by 5 pm Friday but it has failed to do so. ...
05:18 PM, Oct 12, 2012
Southern director Manivannan is set to make a comeback after 11 years with 'Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA', a sequel to his 1994 political drama 'Amaidhi Padai'. "The sequel will have Sathyaraj and Seeman in lead roles. We are planning to shoot the film in Coimbatore and hope to release by mid 2013," the actor-director told IANS. His last film as director was 'Aandan Adimai' in 2001. The project will be...
03:26 PM, Oct 12, 2012
Shimla: The opposition Congress in Himachal Pradesh Tuesday demanded an inquiry into the allotment of land meant for tea plantation in the state to India Against Corruption (IAC) leader Prashant Bhushan. It sought a probe into possible violations of statutory provisions and administrative procedures for the land transferred to him in Palampur in Kangra district, some 250 km from the state capital, by the Bharatiya Janata Party government. "We want...
01:19 PM, Oct 09, 2012
New Delhi: BJP on Monday demanded an impartial and fair probe into whether Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had acquired a piece of land near Shimla in an improper manner. BJP Vice-President Shanta Kumar had written a letter to activist Arvind Kejriwal about a piece of land, located near Shimla, that was alloted to Priyanka Vadra and suggested that it should be probed if there were anomalies in the allocation. Asked if...
02:19 AM, Oct 09, 2012
Above all, it's Bhookanakere Siddalingappa Yeddyurappa's ability to cry that's got most politicians worried. He's done it before, and they all know he can ...
06:17 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Shimla: Miscreants on Tuesday desecrated a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Ridge in Shimla on his birth anniversary. A garland made of empty bottles was found around the neck of the statue, Shimla SP Chander Shekhar Pandit said. A case under Section 295A (insult to religious feelings) has been filed based on the complaint by Deputy Commissioner Arun Kumar, he said. "It is a serious matter and we have...
09:54 AM, Oct 03, 2012
India’s eight-wicket win over Pakistan has kept them in contention for two semi-final slots, but two defeats in a row mean South Africa are facing elimination from the tournament. ...
05:49 PM, Oct 01, 2012
Patna: A 20-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped in Patna at an MLA's house by five men. The woman filed an FIR with the Patna police and all five accused have been arrested. One of the five people arrested is the nephew of Congress MLA from Jharkhand Rajendra Prasad Singh. The victim who was picked up from station area, as she had reportedly lost her way, was taken to the MLA's...
09:11 AM, Sep 29, 2012
Shimla: The death of two girls of a British-era convent school in Shimla on Friday became murkier when their parents blamed school authorities. The parents said the girls did not die accidentally, but committed suicide after being "mentally harassed" by their teacher. Class VI students Shakshi Thakur and Nancy Thakur from the Convent of Jesus and Mary were found dead near the school on Monday. The police had earlier said...
07:50 AM, Sep 29, 2012
Patna: A former MLA of the Janata Dal (United) on Friday snatched the carbine of a policeman on duty and started firing in air when a few protesters tried to attack the cavalcade of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Khagaria, Bihar, during his Adhikar Yatra. Ranveer Yadav, husband of present JDU MLA Poonam Yadav, was seen brandishing a gun and chasing people away. Reports say that he even snatched...
02:25 PM, Sep 28, 2012
Hyderabad: Even though AICC emissary Vayalar Ravi made it clear that the Congress high command had not taken any decision on the Telangana issue so far, Congress legislators from the Andhra and Rayalaseema regions have sought an appointment with their party chief Sonia Gandhi to persuade her to make an immediate announcement that the state will not be bifurcated. A day after the Congress legislators from Seemandhra had resolved to...
12:56 PM, Sep 24, 2012
Shimla: Eight people have died due to scrub typhus at a hospital in Shimla, the disease caused by infected mites. Other than the 8 dead, 117 tested positive for the disease in Himachal Pradesh. The patients were referred to Indira Gandhi Medical College Hospital (IGMC)her from Solan and Shimla, doctors said. More cases of scrub typhus, a zonotic disease which can be transmitted from animals to humans, were pouring in...
05:21 PM, Sep 23, 2012
A number of awards in different categories were given at the recently held ceremony in Colombo. ...
09:33 AM, Sep 23, 2012
Hyderabad: Daggubati Venkateswara Rao, senior legislator and husband of Union minister of state for human resource development Daggubati Purandeswari, is the latest MLA to join the camp of the detractors of chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy. Panchayat raj minister K Jana Reddy and health minister DL Ravindra Reddy, who have been holding hectic parleys with like-minded ministers and senior leaders in the Congress for the past two days, continued...
11:36 AM, Sep 22, 2012
Both Sri Lanka and South Africa had easy outings in their openers against Zimbabwe. ...
01:48 PM, Sep 21, 2012
Hyderabad: Leaders of almost all the opposition parties reached the Assembly, on the first day of its monsoon session, here on Monday making symbolic protest against the central and sate governments policies and neglect of peoples welfare. Leader of the opposition and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu led a march from the Ambedkar statue near the Tank Bund holding lanterns to highlight the power crisis. He accused the Congress government...
01:00 PM, Sep 18, 2012
