BHEL to invest Rs 500 crore in Maharashtra New Delhi: State-run BHEL on Tuesday said it will invest Rs 500 crore for setting up a manufacturing facility at Bhandara in Maharashtra. "BHEL is setting up a new Power Equipment Fabrication Plant at Bhandara in Maharashtra. The greenfield unit is being set up by the company at an initial investment of Rs 500 Crore and will provide direct employment to about 700 persons," BHEL said in a statement. The...  
12:49 PM, May 14, 2013

WB govt-owned theatre refuses to screen 'Kagojer Nouka' Kolkata: A West Bengal government owned film centre in Kolkata has reportedly refused to screen a movie on the chit fund scam. State-owned Nandan film centre says it will not screen the movie 'Kagojer Nouka' (which means Paper boat). The movie's director has alleged that the cinema hall authorities have not previewed the film despite submitting documents well in advance. The film has also not found any takers among multi-plexes...  
12:12 PM, May 14, 2013

Chit fund scam: Another chit fund agent kills himself
by IANS
Kolkata: A deposit firm agent committed suicide, while police quizzed a CEO of a company under the Saradha group banner Monday as West Bengal continued to grapple with the fallout of the chit fund scam, purported to be the biggest financial scandal to hit the state. Ujjwal Samaddar, 27, who worked for Sanmarg, a chit fund company, was found hanging on Sunday in his home in north 24 Parganas district's...  
04:45 AM, May 14, 2013

Govt unveils ad campaign, highlights its achievements New Delhi: With an eye on 2014 Lok Sabha elections, government on Monday unveiled a series of audio-visual clips as a part of its multi media campaign to highlight its achievements and showcase impact of UPA's policies in the last nine years. Information and Broadcasting minister Manish Tewari, in whose presence the presentation was made, said the multimedia initiative was different from the 'India Shining' campaign of the NDA in...  
09:40 PM, May 13, 2013

All my successors in Rail ministry getting derailed: Lalu Patna: With UPA-II having six ministers in the Railways during the present tenure, RJD president Lalu Prasad on Monday took a jibe saying since he left Railways his successors were getting "derailed". "After I left Rail Ministry, none of my successors have been able to stay there...everybody is getting derailed in the ministry," Lalu, who served as a rail minister in UPA-I, told reporters. Lalu was commenting on resignation of...  
07:56 PM, May 13, 2013

US: 19 injured in New Orleans shooting
by IANS
Washington: Gunmen fired shots during an informal Mother's Day afternoon parade in New Orleans in Louisiana state injuring 19 people, two of them children, according to police. The wounded in Sunday afternoon's shooting in the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana, governed by Indian-American Bobby Jindal, included 10 men and seven women as well as a boy and a girl, both 10. Local Nola.com cited police...  
06:25 PM, May 13, 2013

CJ: DDA land sold for constructing a mall

CJ Suchita tells how land meant for community facilities have now been commercialsed for construction of a huge mall. ...
12:08 PM, May 13, 2013

Three close aides of Achuthanandan thrown out of CPI-M
by IANS
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram: The long-delayed sacking from the CPI-M of three staff members of Kerala's Leader of Opposition VS Achuthanandan was effected on Sunday at the two-day politburo and central committee meeting of the party in New Delhi. Those booted out were Achuthanandan's press secretary K Balakrishnan, additional private secretary VK Sasidharan and personal assistant A Suresh -- all were found to be leaking classified information about the deliberations of the...  
05:13 AM, May 13, 2013

Telugu review: 'Sukumarudu' is a melodramatic entertainer
by IANS
Cast: Aadi Pudipeddi, Nisha Aggarwal, Sharada, G Krishna, Chandra Mohan, Bhavna Ruparel, Srinivasa Avasarala, Brahmanandam, Maruthi Rao, Raghu Babu, Jayaprakash Reddy, Rao Ramesh and Tanikella Bharani Director: G Ashok Rating: 2.5 out 5 Some films take time to strike a chord with the audience, but 'Sukumarudu', about greedy NRI protagonist, makes an instant connect with viewers. It's another Telugu film high on emotion with good performances. However, what makes the...  
06:17 PM, May 12, 2013

K'taka polls: Modi should've been projected as a Hindutva leader, says Sena Mumbai: Criticising BJP for projecting Narendra Modi as a secular leader while campaigning for Karnataka Assembly elections, NDA ally Shiv Sena on Sunday said the part would have won, if it had projected the Gujarat Chief Minister as an outright Hindutva leader. Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said, "If we would have projected Narendra Modi as an outright Hindutva leader, we would have perhaps won in Karnataka." Raut further said,...  
05:10 PM, May 12, 2013

K'taka polls: Modi should have been projected as a Hindutva leader, says Sena

NDA ally Shiv Sena has done its own post-mortem of the Karnataka debacle - it says the BJP should have projected Narendra Modi as an outright Hindutva leader instead of trying to project a secular image. ...
03:55 PM, May 12, 2013

Mira Nair to receive German Film Award for Peace
by IANS
Mumbai: Director Mira Nair will receive German Film Award for Peace, The Bridge 2013, for her movie 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist'. The 55-year-old will be honoured with the award on July 4 at Cuvillies Theatre, Munich for her outstanding film and direction, said a statement. The Prime Minister of Bavaria, the Bernhard Wicki Memorial Fund and the Umbrella Organization of the German Film Industry will also be the part of the...  
01:40 PM, May 12, 2013

Aurangzeb: Arjun Kapoor to promote the film in double role
by IANS
Mumbai: Actor Arjun Kapoor, who plays double role in Yash Raj's upcoming crime thriller 'Aurangzeb', wil also promote the film in double role. The makers of the film have decided to opt for a unique way of promotion, and urged Arjun to promote the film in double role for a strong impact. The 27-year-old will now give interviews to news channels in double role. He himself worked on the script...  
12:53 PM, May 12, 2013

1st T20: Zimbabwe register narrow win over Bangladesh Bangladesh innings: End of over No. 20: 162 for 8 Zimbabwe held their nerve to register a six-run victory over Bangladesh in the first Twenty20. Needing ten runs in the last over, Bangladesh could only make three, losing the wicket of Mushfiqur Rahim, who went after playing a cameo (28 off 14), very early in the over. While Tinashe Panyangara picked up three wickets, Prosper Utseya contributed with two. End...  
05:08 PM, May 11, 2013

Longest held Cleveland captive now out of hospital Cleveland: Michelle Knight, freed earlier this week as the longest held of four captives in a dungeon-like Cleveland house, was discharged from the hospital on Friday and went into seclusion. Two other women held with Knight - Amanda Berry, 27, and Gina DeJesus, 23, along with a 6-year-old girl - left the hospital earlier this week and have been reunited with their families. Knight, 32, who is estranged from some...  
06:41 AM, May 11, 2013

1st T20I: Upbeat Zimbabwe look to upset rattled Bangladesh With cricket world busy watching Indian Premier League, Bangladesh landed in Zimbabwe for a full fledged bilateral series hoping to dispatch the hosts' challenge but they were greeted by a resilient Zimbabwe who did well to draw the Tests series 1-1 and went on to win the ODI series 2-1. Two T20 International fixtures are left, and the Bengal tigers would be looking to end their disappointing tour on a...  
08:21 PM, May 10, 2013

Geetika suicide: Kanda charged with rape, unnatural sex New Delhi: A chargesheet has been filed against former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda and his aide Aruna Chadha in the Geetika Sharma suicide case. The court says prima facie charges of rape, unnatural sex, abetment of suicide, conspiracy, forgery under the IPC and IT act have been made out against Kanda. Kanda and Chadha have been chargesheeted under section 306 (abetment to suicide), 120 B (criminal conspiracy), 506 (criminal intimidation),...  
03:48 PM, May 10, 2013

Geetika Sharma suicide: Court to frame charges New Delhi: A trial court is expected to frame charges against former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda and his aide Aruna Chadha on Friday in the Geetika Sharma suicide case. Kanda and his employee were named by 23-year-old airhostess Geetika in her suicide letter in 2012. In judicial custody since August 2012, both Kanda and Chadha have been charge sheeted under section 306 (abetment of suicide), 120 B (criminal conspiracy), 506...  
07:46 AM, May 10, 2013