New Delhi: Expenses on foreign and domestic tours of central ministers and VVIPs rose by more than ten times to Rs 678.52 crore in 2011-12, up from Rs 56.16 crore in the previous year. The tour expenses increased from Rs 46.95 crore in the budget estimates of 2011-12 to Rs 499.89 crore in the revised estimates, due to payment dues to Air India for VVIP travels and maintenance of aircraft,...
04:18 PM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: After basking in the glory of the National Award for 'I AM', actor-producer Sanjay Suri returns to the big screen in the role of a school teacher for a new film 'Papa Please', which deals with the undue academic pressure on children. In 2008, actor-filmmaker Aamir Khan dealt with a similar issue in his blockbuster film 'Taare Zameen Par'. "The template is the same, but the story is...
01:11 PM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: Former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore has paid a whopping Rs 9.05 lakh to buy a VIP registration number plate that reads 0001. Rathore bought the unique number plate as a gift for his wife Abha who owns a Mercedes. Rathore was convicted in the 1990 Ruchika Girhotra molestation case and it was his wife who fought his case. The 14-year-old budding tennis player committed suicide in 1993. Rathore's...
09:50 AM, Apr 25, 2012
TIRUMALA: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Trust Board has decided to withdraw the intervention of government department official machinery to conduct Kalyanamasthu programme in the state. They have decided to conduct Nitya Kalyanamasthu at only 11 important temples including Srisailam, Yadagirigutta, Basara, Vemulavada, Dwaraka Tirumala, Mangalagiri, Arasavelli, Annavaram, Kanaka Durga temple and in Tirumala in association with the endowments ministry.Briefing newsmen about the deliberations of the board meeting which met...
09:38 AM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: Two days after police officials were caught touching convicted minister Bibi Jagir Kaur in jail, Punjab Jail Minister SS Phillaur denied any such treatment being meted out to Kaur. "I haven't seen the video of policemen touching Jagir Kaur's feet. How can I comment on it," said Phillaur. Uniformed officers were seen bowing down to touch Kaur's feet and transporting her in an air-conditioned car to Kapurthala Jail...
11:59 AM, Apr 03, 2012
New Delhi: At a time when police-population ratio is abnormally low, 16,800 VIPs across the country had more than 50,000 security personnel to guard them, nearly double the actually allotted strength. According to a Home Ministry report, 50,059 policemen were deployed in 25 states and Union Territories in 2010 to provide security to 16,788 VIPs, which included ministers, MPs, MLAs, judges and bureaucrats, for more than six months. Interestingly, only...
09:33 AM, Apr 01, 2012
Mumbai: Producer Gaurang Doshi is all set to churn out a sequel to his hit heist film Aankhen, with only megastar Amitabh Bachchan being retained from the original cast. The 2002 film directed by Vipul Shah, starred Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Arjun Rampal, Paresh Rawal and Sushmita Sen in lead roles. It was about a bank robbery by three blind men. "We have been working on this idea of a sequel...
12:29 PM, Mar 10, 2012
Chennai: The Centre on Thursday assured Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa that it will take into account her opinion on unannounced visits by Sri Lankan VIPs to the state, saying it will take the matter "seriously". "We are a federal state, we have the greatest respect for states. Whatever is the assessment of the state governments, we will take it seriously but we will see how we can reconcile...
02:05 PM, Mar 08, 2012
New Delhi: A national level athlete Paan Singh Tomar went on to become one of the most dreaded dacoits of Chambal Valley and director Tigmanshu Dhulia tracks this interesting journey through his film 'Paan Singh Tomar'. While Irrfan Khan plays the protagonist, the film sees Mahie Gill as his wife. Vipin Sharma of 'Taare Zameen Par' fame also plays a pivotal role in the movie, which is being distributed by...
10:52 AM, Mar 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for failing to comply with its earlier order to provide artificial limbs within one month to victims of the September 7, 2011, blast outside the court. A bench of Acting Chief Justice AK Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw slotted the next hearing for Thursday. The court had earlier, while hearing a...
11:20 PM, Feb 29, 2012
New Delhi: A national level athlete Paan Singh Tomar went on to become one of the most dreaded dacoits of Chambal Valley and director Tigmanshu Dhulia tracks this interesting journey through his film 'Paan Singh Tomar', which releases Friday. While Irrfan Khan plays the protagonist, the film sees Mahie Gill as his wife. Vipin Sharma of 'Taare Zameen Par' fame also plays a pivotal role in the movie, which is...
01:24 PM, Feb 29, 2012
Hyderabad: Film: 'Gavipuram'; Cast: Sooraj, Soujanya, Shivaram, Sumithra, Sharath Lohitashva and Sangeetha; Director: Kumar; Producer: Jagannath Hegde; Music: Rajesh Ramanath; Camera: J.G. Krishna; Rating:* 'Gavipuram' is the debut production venture of Jagannath Hegde, who introduces two new faces with the film - Suraj and Soujanya - in the lead roles. Director Kumar, who had earlier worked with the likes of Upendra, helms the film but it seems he did not...
05:11 PM, Feb 19, 2012
The attack on the Israel embassy car has raised fresh questions on VIP security in India. ...
11:31 PM, Feb 14, 2012
The first of its kind stick-on bomb attack raises questions about VIP security in the national capital. ...
08:26 PM, Feb 14, 2012
Ramallah: Israel has stripped Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of VIP status and given him a watered-down travel permit that is valid for just two months, Palestinian officials charged on Sunday. The officials said that Abbas complained about the permit at an internal meeting of his Fatah Party last week. In a speech, Abbas said the new permit, similar to those required for Palestinian labourers entering Israel, was a reflection of...
10:24 AM, Jan 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Navy on Tuesday removed the Captain of the frontline warship INS Talwar from his command responsibilities after a young officer under him died during an exercise at sea off the coast of Gujarat. "There was an accident on INS Talwar on December 29 during sea swimming drill during which an under-training officer Sub Lieutenant Vipin Kumar died. After this the Commanding Officer of the warship Captain...
09:02 PM, Jan 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Hindi film industry is an ever growing business where each Friday brings some new faces to the forefront. 'Ye Stupid Pyar' has also brought two fresh actors to the public's court. It's less than 24 hour for Jatin Khurana and Noopur Patwardhan to go public for the first time. 'Ye Stupid Pyar' revolves around Abhishek Khurana (Jatin) who marries Neha (Noopur) on a trip to India. Neha...
05:04 PM, Dec 08, 2011
About an hours drive from South Delhi lies Ballabgarh, the industrial belt just inside Haryana. Among the scores of manufacturing units there, is the worlds largest plant to make backhoe loaders (a tractor-like vehicle with an arm and bucket mounted on the back and a loader mounted on the front). The plant, which can produce up to 100 of these two-tonne machines a day, is a prized possession of the...
01:19 PM, Dec 01, 2011
With so many VIP inmates the authorities are having trouble deciding on the brand ambassador. ...
09:33 AM, Oct 19, 2011
As VIP's started to visit the injured of Wednesday's Delhi High Court blast, hospitals cordoned off the area not allowing relatives to meet their patients. ...
08:05 AM, Sep 08, 2011
