New Delhi: Seeking to blunt BJP critcism of "inaction" by UPA government in Sarabit Singh case, the Congress on Friday released a paper documenting actions taken by the government in the matter and accused NDA of "never raising the issue" when the Opposition alliance was in power. The three-page document released by AICC said "it started in 1990. Sarabjit was in jail all through NDA rule but never did the...
10:26 PM, May 03, 2013
Live updates from the first ODI between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh in Bulawayo. Zimbabwe innings: End of 32.1 overs: 148 all out Shingi Masakadza becomes the last man to fall to Robiul Islam for 33 lbw. Ziaur Rahman ends with a five-wicket haul. End of 30 overs: 139 for 7 Shingi Masakadza tonked two sixes and a four as he, along with Malcolm Waller took the Zimbabwe innings forward. But the...
12:19 PM, May 03, 2013
The bustling form of several Indian pace bowlers in the ongoing IPL looks to be the only major discussion point on Saturday in the corridors of the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai, when India's squad for the ICC Champions Trophy is announced. This summer's tournament will be held in England where seam and swing bowling will find favour and that India's selectors have several names to ponder over can only be...
11:59 AM, May 03, 2013
Keonjhar: Tulasi Munda, a woman who never got to go to school herself, is leading the education revolution amongst tribals in Odisha. She set up a night school for the children of other tribals. Being a little girl born at the cusp of freedom in the tribal belt of Odisha, her life was never going to be easy. Like thousands of other adivasi children in the mining town of Koenjhar,...
11:29 AM, May 03, 2013
New Delhi: Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Friday announced it will sell 5 per cent stake to Doha-based Qatar Foundation Endowment (QFE) for around Rs 6,800 crore ($1.26 billion) by issuing over 199.87 million new shares. The company said in a statement that "it has entered into a binding agreement with Qatar Foundation Endowment (QFE), under which Bharti will issue 199,870,006 of its new shares to QFE representing a shareholding...
11:10 AM, May 03, 2013
Mangalore: Senior BJP leader and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Thursday cautioned Karnataka's electorate against voting for the Congress in the state legislative assembly poll May 5, 2013, as it had failed on all fronts at the national level. "You have seen how the Congress-led UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government in Delhi has been faring during the last nine years, how it failed to control price rise, inflation and in...
05:33 AM, May 03, 2013
Kolkata: Angry protestors in Kolkata on Thursday burnt effigies of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, while torch rallies were held as a mark of respect to Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh who died after a brutal assault in a Pakistan jail. In central Kolkata, Congress workers held a rally outside the Tea Board office, demanding the perpetrators of the barbaric attack on Sarabjit be brought to justice. "Why did Sarabjit Singh...
04:38 AM, May 03, 2013
Mumbai: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday accused the UPA government of "degrading" constitutional institutions and endangering the federal structure of the country. "All our constitutional institutions are being degraded. If we don't give strength to our constitutional institutions, all systems will be finished," Modi said. "A democracy functions according to systems. It cannot be based on individuals. People may come and go, but the system of democracy is...
03:57 AM, May 03, 2013
Bulawayo: Having contested a hard-fought tied Test series, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh turn their focus to the 50-over format with the first of three ODIs starting here on Friday. Bangladesh bossed the hosts in the second Test at Harare to level the series, and will take that spirited performance in the first match of a low-key series while the much rest of the cricketing world engages in the razzmatazz IPL or...
08:24 PM, May 02, 2013
Telugu actor Junior NTR and Samantha pair up for 'Rabhasa'. The film is direction of Santhosh Srinivas, who had earlier directed Ram's 'Kandireega'. Bellamkonda Suresh will produce this movie under the banner of Sri Sai Ganesh Productions. The movie is said to be an out and out entertainer and it will go on the floors soon. Junior NTR and Samantha pair up for third time after Brundhavanam and Harish Shankar's...
04:39 PM, May 02, 2013
Mumbai: "Petty-minded" politics took away the life of Sarabjit Singh, Bollywood filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar and veteran writer Javed Akhtar said, as Hindi film celebrities reacted strongly to the death of the Indian death row prisoner in Pakistan. Here's what the celebrities posted on Twitter on his death: Salman Khan: Freedom at last. Hope they give him to his family. We all tried, guess not hard enough. May god give his...
04:08 PM, May 02, 2013
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11:39 PM, May 01, 2013
Mumbai: Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said that BJP-led NDA should declare its Prime Ministerial candidate only after consulting all the allies. "We will not tolerate a candidate thrust upon us without discussions. We have not supported or opposed anybody," Uddhav said, speaking at a party meeting here this evening. Uddhav also said that no leader, at the Centre or in the state, had "vision for the country"....
10:54 PM, May 01, 2013
Telugu film 'Dhokaradu' starring Sivajji and Gayatri as the lead is inching its completion. The film is directed by Vara Prasad and Sriram Ajay is producing the film under the banner of Chandrakala Arts Creations. The director said in an interview, "This is an action entertainer and it will become one of the landmark films of Sivaji's career. The audio of the film will be released in the second week...
12:39 PM, May 01, 2013
It's the hits, the heaves and the "Yes maximums" that makes any T20 match an exciting and entertaining one. So if IPL 6 is high ...
12:18 PM, May 01, 2013
The music launch of Nagarjuna-Nayantara starrer film 'Greeku Veerudu' was held recently in Hyderabad. The Hex-Platinum function was attended by the director Dasarth, D Siva Prasad Reddy, Chandann Reddy, Kona Venkat, Praveen Varma, Vijay. An elated Nagarjuna said, "I am very happy at my film releasing on the day Indian cinema completes 100 years. I have not done a complete family entertainer film after Santosham. 'Greeku Veerudu' is a complete...
05:16 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Mumbai: Filmmaker Kiran Rao feels her actor-husband Aamir Khan's passion and commitment for cinema has kept him alive in Bollywood for 25 years. "More than perfection, the defining quality is his passion towards cinema and art. He does all out of love. And that is why his commitment and performance has remained the same over the years and that's why he has been here," Kiran told reporters at the special...
12:47 PM, Apr 30, 2013
As soon as the match ended, I stepped out to have a cup of tea at a stall near my house. I noticed two middle-aged ...
09:13 AM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: In a bid to build consensus over immediate roll-back of wealth tax on agriculture land, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal met leaders of Janata Dal (United), Trinamool Congress (TMC) and AIADMK in Delhi on Monday seeking their support for the cause. Badal, accompanied by his deputy and SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal and MPs Harsimrat Badal and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, met JD-U President and NDA convener Sharad...
12:46 AM, Apr 30, 2013
