Hyderabad: Five Telugu television artistes here were arrested on Saturday, following an attack on the office of a Telugu TV channel and studios. The attack was launched to protest the airing of serials dubbed from other languages. The protesting artistes were arrested at Saradhi Studio, where they had gathered to prevent the shooting of a dubbing serial by Maa TV, a popular entertainment channel, whose office was attacked by the...
04:33 PM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: A compromise between the Janata Dal United and the Bharatiya Janata Party seems to be in the offing, according to sources. The JD(U) may not insist on the BJP immediately announcing its Prime Ministerial candidate, sources say. The JD(U) may give the BJP six to eight months to decide on a PM candidate. The JD(U) resolution on the NDA's PM candidate that was to come up in the...
11:54 AM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Janata Dal United national executive meet is set to be held in the national capital on Saturday. JD(U) office bearers met party chief Sharad Yadav on Saturday morning ahead of the meeting. The JD(U) has already raised pitch on the Bharatiya Janata Party's Prime Ministerial candidate. It has clearly said that it wants the name to be announced at the earliest. JD(U) leader Shivanand Tiwari though said...
10:31 AM, Apr 13, 2013
Lucknow: Pushed on the backfoot after "strong political reactions" from New Delhi, the Uttar Pradesh government on Friday restored 24x7 power supply to Rae Bareli and Amethi - parliamentary constituencies of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. While the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) had confirmed on Thursday that power cuts had been effected in the two VIP districts owing to acute power shortage, it now says that power rostering...
09:20 AM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) ally Janata Dal United JD(U) is set to raise the pitch over the Prime Ministerial candidate issue at its national executive meet that starts on Saturday. It is likely to demand that the BJP names its Prime Ministerial candidate within a specific time frame, insisting that the nominee should have secular credentials. With Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's rising graph and some BJP...
07:50 AM, Apr 13, 2013
Rewari: A man along with another person was arrested near Rewari on Friday for allegedly molesting his own wife in a moving mini-truck, police said. The accused have been identified as Yashpal Yadav, the husband, and Satish Yadav - both of whom are drivers in a local branch of the Transport Corporation of India. According to a police complaint filed by the woman, the three were travelling in a car,...
04:15 AM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: Sources in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday indicated that top party leaders had spoken to Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav of ally Janata Dal (United) amidst reports that it will make a strong demand for the early projection of the next Prime Ministerial candidate of the National Democratic Alliance. The JD(U)'s antipathy to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is well-known and reports of him being projected...
09:07 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Ahmedabad: The Indian Women cricket team registered a 58-run victory over Bangladesh Women in the third and final one-day international and inflicted a 3-0 whitewash on the visitors here on Friday. Electing to bat, India were all out for a modest 154 in 48.3 overs, but they managed to defend it by bundling out the Bangladesh for just 96 in 41.1 overs. Poonam Yadav was the pick of the bowlers...
05:34 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Lucknow: In a move suggesting growing differences between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has withdrawn the 'VIP' status of Raebareli and Amethi with regard to 24/7 power supply. The two districts are parliamentary constituencies of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. The nine-month-old decision to provide round-the-clock electricity to these two districts was revoked late on Thursday,...
10:19 AM, Apr 12, 2013
Barabanki: At a time when his party chief is projecting a major national role for himself, SP leader Azam Khan on Thursday said Manmohan Singh may become the Prime Minister for the third time if the UPA retains power. "Manmohan Singh may hit the jackpot again as a consensus is emerging in UPA over his name if the alliance is voted back to power," the senior SP leader said in...
02:07 AM, Apr 12, 2013
Deoria: Parveen Azad, wife of slain DSP Zia-ul-Haq on Thursday said she felt the need for Supreme Court supervision of the CBI inquiry into her husband's death and was taking legal opinion in this regard. Azad told reporters that she was feeling the need for supervision by the apex court so that Haq's case "may not take 30 years like the murder case of former DSP KP Singh", who was...
09:44 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has once again taken a decision which has raised question marks on the administration of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. The government has started the process to withdraw the cases against those accused in the communal violence in Faizabad. One the persons against whom the case is being withdrawn has been accused of a murder during the violence. On October 24, 2012 there was stone pelting...
03:54 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday announced financial assistance of Rs 20 lakh each to the family members of two peacekeepers from the state killed during a UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. "The CM has announced financial assistance to families of Hawaldar Heeralal from Bulandshahr and Nayab Subedar Shiv Kumar Pal hailing from Pratapgarh district," an official spokesman said here. Condemning the incident, Akhilesh expressed his...
12:10 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Pratapgarh: The CBI team, probing murder of Kunda DSP Zia-ul Haq, on Tuesday recovered the motorcycle which was allegedly used in the murder of Balipur village head Nanhe Yadav. The recovery was made after intense grilling of two brothers--Ajay Pal and Vijay Pal, both sons of Kamta Pal who is also a suspect in Yadav's killing, CBI sources said. The trio had allegedly shot dead Balipur village head over a...
02:15 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Rampur: The war of words between the Samajwadi Party and Congress continued as UP minister Mohammad Azam Khan on Tuesday fired a fresh salvo on the UPA, accusing it creating a "fear psychosis" among allies to ensure their continued support. "The UPA works with a policy of 'Darao Aur Raaj Karo' (create fear to rule) to enjoy continuous support of their allies," Azam said in Rampur. The senior Samajwadi Party...
05:47 PM, Apr 09, 2013
New Delhi: Sharad Yadav is all set to score a hat-trick as JD(U) President as the party prepares for the Lok Sabha polls scheduled for 2014. Yadav is the only candidate to have filed nomination for the party chief's election scheduled on April 14 and his continuation at the helm is now a foregone conclusion. Tuesday was the last day for filing the nomination. Yadav accompanied by a number of...
03:16 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Slated for an 11th April release 'Bachchan' of Kichcha Sudeep came out with a promotional song and actor lend his voice for this song and also acted in it. An already popular song in 'Bachchan' sung by Vijayaprakash is also in the voice of Sudeep and that is the promotional song of the film too. However, this is the style of the present day in Hindi cinema. The top song...
05:11 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Varanasi: SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday heaped praise on BJP leader LK Advani for the third time in as many weeks, but ruled out any alliance with BJP "People get angry when I say Advaniji is an honest person, he has suffered a lot during the country's partition and has spent a life in hardship. "But, if a person is truthful and honest, irrespective of the party he...
04:05 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Kunda: Two more people were arrested on Sunday in the infamous Kunda killings case. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said the duo - Ajay Pal and Vijay Pal - who allegedly fired at gram pradhan Nanhe Yadav were the key accused in his murder case. Ajay and Vijay are sons of Kanta Pal who is already in CBI's custody. CBI sources also confirmed that Ajay and Vijay have confessed...
05:29 PM, Apr 07, 2013
