New Delhi: Ironic it may sound, elite anti-naxal commando squad CoBRA, which was named after one of the most venomous reptiles, is now facing incidence of snake bites among its personnel posted in deep jungles. Ten battalions of the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) are deployed in the dense jungles of Odisha, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar to undertake intelligence based anti-Maoist operations and provide quality assistance to...
05:57 PM, Feb 24, 2012
New Delhi: It wasn't just heart-shaped chocolates and bright red roses that saw a spurt in sales this Valentine's Day. A deadly drug prepared from cobra venom gave a new high at parties in the national capital and surrounding areas, anti-narcotics officials say. "The sale of drugs (like K-72 and K-76) which have cobra venom is increasing at rave parties and in discos. These drugs enhance sensation and boost energy...
03:55 PM, Feb 16, 2012
New Delhi: All the 8 corrupt councillors shown demanding bribes in an IBN Cobrapost investigation have been suspended. This includes 6 BJP councillors and 2 from the Congress. The investigation showed them seeking bribes from builders for illegal construction. After taking action against the councillors, Delhi BJP president Vijender Gupta said, "We have suspended all six councillors. We want to send out a message that we will not tolerate corruption....
09:51 AM, Dec 07, 2011
Gaya: A suspected Naxalite was injured after a group of heavily-armed Naxalites attacked a CRPF's CoBRA battalion camp in Bihar's Gaya district, police said on Monday. After a three hour encounter, the suspected ultra was arrested last night while he was found lying injured outside the camp under Dumaria police station area, Magadh range Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) N Hasnain Khan said. The injured has been admitted to...
04:00 PM, Dec 05, 2011
New Delhi: Former urban development minister KV Singhdeo on Thursday said he was ready to face probe in the land allotment controversy. "There was no ill intention in allotting land to the judges and I am ready for any enquiry," he said. An investigation by Cobrapost and IBN Network has revealed how former and sitting judges of Orissa, police officers and bureaucrats have received flats from the discretionary quota of...
03:45 PM, Nov 03, 2011
Rio de Janerio: A helicopter belonging to Brazil's oil and gas company Petrobras has disappeared with four people onboard in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, the company said. Petrobras said the helicopter was returning from a drilling platform on the Atlantic shelf when contact with the pilot was lost some 100 km from the coast. Poor weather conditions may be to blame as there were...
08:26 AM, Aug 21, 2011
New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare's anti-corruption protests at New Delhi's Ramlila Maidan, that has galvanized civil society, may have taken the shine off an otherwise packed weekend with multiple big-budget international releases hitting the cinema theatres on Friday. While filming for his 'Not A Love Story', director Ram Gopal Varma blogged about his fascination with a 2008 incident that shook up an entire nation. The controversial thriller 'Not A...
07:16 PM, Aug 19, 2011
New Delhi: Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, who had earlier refused to show his film "Not A Love Story" to Maria Susairaj, says he is now keen to screen it for the controversial Kannada actress. "I refused 2 shw Not a love story 2 Maria cos she ws threatening legal action bt nw it hs bn kpt aside so I wnt 2 voluntarily shw hr the film. I am really keen...
05:18 PM, Aug 16, 2011
Mumbai: Filmmaker Ram Gopal Verma courted controversy when he expressed his desire to cast Maria Susairaj in his film and the director clarifies his point saying that he won't hesitate just because of what happened to the actress and that he finds trial by people outside the judiciary, juvenile. "If I've a role for her I won't hesitate just because of what happened to her. Am I being insensitive to...
01:40 AM, Aug 13, 2011
Mumbai: With films trying to be more realistic, the depiction of affection is also getting bolder, says actress Mahie Gill, who has done intimate scenes in her debut movie "Dev D" and also in her forthcoming "Not A Love Story" but finds them difficult and awkward. "I feel awkward doing these scenes and it's not very easy because the entire crew is there. But I feel that it's like any...
09:55 AM, Aug 02, 2011
Mumbai: Actress Mahie Gill, who is playing the lead in Not A Love Story based on the gruesome murder of TV executive Neeraj Grover, revealed that it was very difficult for her to work on the film. "Not a Love Story", directed by Ram Gopal Varma is a crime thriller based on the murder of Neeraj Grover in 2008 that led to the arrest of Emile Jerome and Maria Susairaj....
03:23 PM, Jul 21, 2011
Mumbai: Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma's movie 'Not A Love Story' has a few intimate scenes. The director has now apologised to actress Mahie Gill for making her give those shots many times. "The film required some intimate scenes and I wanted Mahie to do them a couple of times to get the right lighting, sometimes for camera angles and I know it's not very easy to give such shots in...
03:00 PM, Jul 21, 2011
Mumbai: Actor Deepak Dobriyal, who has acted for the first time with filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma in forthcoming film Not A Love Story, says the director is a genius when it comes to filmmaking. "He is an institute in himself when it comes to cinema. In fact, I feel every newcomer should work with him at least once," Dobriyal said. "He is so clear about his work. One can have...
09:41 AM, Jul 15, 2011
Mumbai: "It was just a long vacation." This is how composer Sandeep Chowta describes the long gap in working with filmmaker Ram Gopal Verma (RGV), for whom he has scored the background music in Not A Love Story after Company in 2002. "Our last film was Company. I have always been a great admirer of his films. We just took a vacation and it became a long vacation that's all,"...
11:54 AM, Jul 01, 2011
London: Belgrade-born author Tea Obreht was the surprise winner on Wednesday of Britain's Orange Prize for Fiction with her debut novel 'The Tiger's Wife', a mystical, magical examination of the recent conflicts in the Balkans. At 25, Obreht is the youngest author to scoop the award, which honours female writers from around the world and is now in its 16th year. Despite her high profile in the United States, where...
10:40 AM, Jun 09, 2011
Mumbai: In the slick, fantasy world of Indian cinema, a man with a pock-marked face and a shaggy beard started out with the odds stacked against him, with little chance of breaking into an exclusive club of star kids and established actors dominating the industry for years. Actor Deepak Dobriyal started his acting career in Bollywood with a role that did not require him to utter a single word. It...
06:29 PM, May 18, 2011
New York: Fans may get a chill watching the CW's 'Vampire Diaries,' but star Nina Dobrev says the cast and crew were the ones spooked while filming at the Gaither Plantation in Covington, Ga. Dobrev says several creepy, unexplained events took place during the 2010 shoot, including a piano seemingly playing on its own. "The ADs (assistant directors) started screaming, 'Stop! Whoever that is stop the music. We're rolling. Cameras...
10:15 PM, Apr 27, 2011
Rajeev Masand says, 'Teen Thay Bhai' is shockingly dull. What do you feel? Write your review and win prizes.
10:46 PM, Apr 15, 2011
Cast: Om Puri, Deepak Dobriyal, Shreyas Talpade Director: Mrighdeep Singh The stoner comedy is a genre of films that revolve around the use of marijuana in a lightweight, usually harmless fashion. The Big Lebowski from the Coen Brothers is a stoner comedy that's achieved cult status; even the Ashton Kutcher-Sean William Scott starrer 'Dude, Where's My Car?' has its share of fans. 'Teen Thay Bhai', starring Om Puri, Deepak Dobriyal ...
10:35 PM, Apr 15, 2011
