Mumbai: Condemning the firing incident in which a farmer was killed in Sangli district, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday flayed NCP president Sharad Pawar over his remarks about a prominent farmers' leader in Maharashtra. Senior Sena leader Diwakar Raote said, "Farmers anywhere do not have caste." Pawar's remarks are "a ploy to split the farmers' agitation," he alleged. Raote's comments came in the wake of Pawar's remarks in Baramati on...
06:44 PM, Nov 13, 2012
Mumbai: Sangli in Maharashtra remains tense a day after two sugarcane farmer died. One died in police firing while the other was run over by a truck. Farmers are protesting against refusal of cooperative sugar factories in Sangli, Satara and Kolhapur districts of western Maharashtra to give Rs 3,000 per ton as first advance on sugarcane purchase this season. Factories have agreed to pay Rs 2,300 per ton. The victim...
09:12 AM, Nov 13, 2012
Kolkata: In support of art films, public service broadcaster- Doordarshan has decided to screen one parallel cinema every week. "As the state broadcaster, we have the responsibility of supporting the best of Indian cinema and so we have taken this decision," Jawahar Sircar, CEO Prasar Bharati, said today. He said that a time slot would soon be allocated for parallel cinema on Doordarshan. Channel officials would select such films from...
12:33 PM, Nov 12, 2012
The Argentine superstar netted a double, the second of which killed off a potential comeback from the hosts, to break Brazilian icon Pele's record of 75 goals in a calendar year. Despite taking a three-goal lead into half time, Barcelona survived a second-half scare from Mallorca to win 4-2 at Iberostar Stadium. Xavi put the Blaugrana on the path to recovering from their shock midweek Champions League defeat to Celtic...
12:28 AM, Nov 12, 2012
Barcelona: Striker Aritz Aduriz scored twice to give Athletic Bilbao a 2-1 victory at Granada on Sunday, the struggling Basque side's first away win of the Spanish league season. Bilbao finally showed flashes of the attacking verve that led it to the finals of the Europa League and Copa del Rey last season and made it one of the surprises of European football with memorable wins over Manchester United. Aduriz...
08:42 AM, Nov 05, 2012
New Delhi: Former Army Chief Gen VK Singh on Friday took his protest against the central government a step further when he indicated he may join a canegrowers' planned gherao of Parliament on December four. Appearing on a new platform to back Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan's (RKMS) demand for rejection of Rangarajan Committee report on freeing the sugar sector, he said the committee's recommendation on doing away with State Advisory...
05:20 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Barcelona: Barcelona forward Lionel Messi was presented with his second Golden Boot award on Monday in recognition for scoring the most goals in Europe's domestic leagues last season. The 25-year-old Messi scored a Spanish-league record 50 goals for Barcelona, edging out fellow Spanish league star Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid by four goals. Messi dedicated the award to his team-mates, with Xavi Hernandez and Carles Puyol present for the ceremony...
07:49 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Madrid: Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho insisted his side had been forced to work hard despite the apparent ease of their 5-0 away win against Mallorca. Braces of goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Gonzalo Higuain as well as a late strike from Javier Callejon Sunday gave Madrid three points against a Mallorca side missing key players through injury and who gave away the first two goals as a result of...
06:38 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Madrid: Real Madrid have bounced back from its Champions League loss at Borussia Dortmund by strolling to a 5-0 win at Mallorca, with Cristiano Ronaldo and Gonzalo Higuain each collecting two goals to help their team stay within eight points of the co-leaders in fourth place. Madrid coach Jose Mourinho was missing midfielder Sami Khedira and defenders Alvaro Arbeloa, Marcelo and Fabio Coentrao to injury. But any worries for Madrid's...
03:12 AM, Oct 29, 2012
Madrid: The latest injury to Real Madrid's German midfielder Sami Khedira comes at a tricky time for the La Liga champions with a potential banana skin awaiting at Real Mallorca on Sunday. Khedira was forced off in the 20th minute of Wednesday's 2-1 Champions League defeat at Borussia Dortmund when he aggravated a leg muscle problem and his replacement, Luka Modric, is not as accomplished in the central holding role...
02:40 PM, Oct 25, 2012
Madrid: Barcelona confirmed on Monday that central defender Andreu Fontas will join La Liga side Mallorca on loan for the rest of the season. Fontas underwent a medical in Mallorca on Monday prior to signing the deal. The 22-year-old will provide cover for a number of long-term injuries to players in Mallorca, reported Xinhua. Mallorca sold one of their key defenders, Ivan Ramis, to English Premier League side Wigan Athletic...
09:58 PM, Oct 15, 2012
New Delhi: It is a well known fact that despite all the strenuous efforts of the tunnel-viewed self righteous moral police, love rocks and lovers rule. Same with heart-break stuff; titanic struggles of the common man against all odds; David versus Goliath tales, with the little man registering a heroic victory, moving, inspirational, empowering feats in the theatre of life, continue to be game-changers for us, the enthralled listeners. Books...
03:55 PM, Oct 07, 2012
New Delhi: The characters they chose to portray were imbibed with the quirks that are peculiar to Bengalis. Their trenchant reproduction of difficult roles with a certain matter-of-fact panache made them the toast of the town this year. Yes, this has been a lucky year for the Bengali artistes in Hindi cinema. Actors Parambrata Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee, Prasenjit Chatterjee, Paoli Dam, Bipasha Basu, Nandana Sen and Reema Sen, and directors...
12:57 PM, Oct 05, 2012
New Delhi: Five members of a family were on Friday awarded death penalty for in connection with the 2010 honour killing of a teenaged couple who were beaten up mercilessly, tortured and then electrocuted by the convicts who objected to the marriage as the boy belonged to a different caste. "It can be safely concluded that the prosecution has been able to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the accused persons...
12:56 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Madrid: Getafe beat 10-man Mallorca 1-0 in the Spanish league on Monday, with Diego Castro dedicating his second-half winner to former coach Manuel Preciado. Mallorca started strong at Alfonso Perez stadium, but the game swung in Getafe's favour in the 10th minute when Ximo Navarro was shown a direct red card for an ugly tackle on Castro. Castro capitalised on the hosts' numerical advantage four minutes after half-time, firing in...
09:03 AM, Oct 02, 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
Barcelona: Mallorca's 2-0 win over Valencia to extend their excellent start and move up to second place in the Spanish league was overshadowed on Sunday by the postponement of Real Madrid's game at Rayo Vallecano due to a presumed act of sabotage that left Vallecas stadium insufficiently well lit. The Spanish capital derby had been billed as a must-win match for Madrid, who are 11 points behind leader Barcelona. Instead,...
08:38 AM, Sep 24, 2012
Mumbai: Shoojit Sircar is happy that 'Barfi!' has been selected as India's official entry for the Oscars this year, but at the same time he is upset with the producers of 'Vicky Donor' for not sending it for the jury's consideration. The Film Federation of India (FFI) announced Saturday that Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Ileana D'Cruz starrer will be India's official entry for the Oscars in the Best Foreign...
06:13 PM, Sep 23, 2012
Written by Sandeep Das 'Yours Sarcastically' is a 'not-so-diplomatic' take on the life of a 20-something person in contemporary India. It is his saucy journey from post graduate education to his experiences in selling mustard hair oil, his marketing stints and his rich experience during his international management consulting experience along the Indo-Nepal border. Some of his professional experiences include: interviewing 60 size zero south Bombay women, negotiating with the...
01:35 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Either Indore or Nagpur are expected to host the curtain-raiser to India's domestic season. ...
04:13 PM, Sep 08, 2012
