Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said one of the biggest achievements of the UPA government was increasing the country’s power generation capacity to meet growing power needs. The prime minister said this after laying the foundation stone of a nuclear power plant in this village in Haryana’s Fatehabad district. The first phase (1,400 MW) of […]
The Indian Army needs to stay in Jammu and Kashmir “under the present circumstances”, a top military commander said Monday. “Armed forces need to stay on in Kashmir under the present circumstances. We should wait for conditions to improve before making changes to the national strategy regarding the army deployment in Jammu and Kashmir,” Indian […]
Indian security forces killed three foreign guerrillas Monday in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The gunfight took place in Dooru (Dangerpora) village near Sopore town, 60 km from here, Inspector General of Police Abdul Ghani Mir told IANS. The dead reportedly belonged to the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) outfit. A defence ministry spokesman […]
The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party Monday clashed over a remark by BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi that under Jayanthi Natarajan, the environment ministry charged a “tax” to clear files. The first to lead the attack on Modi was Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh. “Modi’s comment on Jayanthi Natarajan is in a very […]
Customs officials in Goa have been unable to carry out anti-narcotics raids in the last two years because no one is coming forward with information on drug deals, state Customs Commissioner V.P.C. Rao said Monday. Goa is one of the top narco-tourism destinations in the country. Narcotics activity reaches its peak among tourists and locals […]
Awards season kicks off in Hollywood with the Golden Globes. Here are the winners: Best Motion Picture – Drama: 12 Years A Slave Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical: American Hustle Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron for Gravity Best Actor – Drama: Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Clubs Best Actress – Drama: Cate Blanchett, Blue […]
Filmmaker Ashim Ahluwalia’s internationally acclaimed “Miss Lovely” is all set to release in India with an ‘A’ certificate, but without any major changes in the content as the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has passed the film with only four cuts. The Censor Board originally proposed 157 cuts which was revised over the course […]
Producer Ravi Chopra is all set to revive his banner and it is learnt that Salman Khan and SRK might do a cameo in his film. The filmmaker is trying to get Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan for cameos in ‘Bhootnath Returns’. The movie is a sequel of 2008 release ‘Bhootnath’ and it stars […]
Salman Khan was promoting ‘Dhoom 3’ in the reality show Bigg Boss 7 and it’s Aamir who is doing the same thing. Well, he is not promoting Salman Khan’s film ‘Jai Ho’ on a show, but the actor is creating a buzz about the film on a social networking site. Salman used to wear ‘Dhoom […]
The star-studded premiere of Madhuri Dixit-Naseeruddin Shah starrer Dedh Ishqiya which was scheduled to happen in Lucknow on Friday was cancelled. Officials of a multiplex in Lucknow, where the premiere was scheduled to happen, said Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and members of his family were supposed to attend the premiere at the multiplex, but the […]