At least two toll posts were burned down and five others vandalised as the ongoing week-long anti-toll agitation took a violent turn here Sunday, officials said. Huge crowds from Kolhapur and surrounding areas trooped down to the nine toll posts, on the outskirts of the city, protesting the resumption of toll collection despite official assurance […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s state unit Sunday approached the National Human Rights Commission seeking a probe into the alleged gang rape and murder of a minor in West Bengal’s Madhyamgram town in North 24-Parganas district. In a letter to the commission, the BJP accused the Mamata Banerjee-led state government of “living in denial”, and urged […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday mourned the death of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon and said his contribution to the promotion of India-Israel ties was lasting and would long be remembered. In a message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister said Sharon was the first Israeli prime minister to visit India […]
Railway and bus stations in Hyderabad are packed with passengers while the road leading towards Vijayawada is choking with vehicles as lakhs are heading home to celebrate Sankranti, leaving the city roads almost deserted. Trains and buses to various destinations in Andhra Pradesh are overcrowded with people, who are in a hurry to be with […]
Coming down heavily on a trial court for not framing murder charges against the husband and in-laws of a woman killed for dowry — despite evidence to this effect, the Delhi High Court has remanded the case back to the lower court. A division bench of Justice Kailash Gambhir and Justice Indermeet Kaur rapped the […]
The new domestic natural gas pricing, to be applicable from April 2014, is likely to be in the range of $7-8 per million metric British thermal unit (mmbtu), Petroleum Secretary Vivek Rae said Sunday. “It would be a weighted average of international prices between January to December 2013. We would come out with the exact […]
Recently, there were reports that Shah Rukh Khan has been approached for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s dream project ‘Bajirao Mastani’, but the sources close to the actor denies the reports. A source close to the actor said, “He (Shah Rukh) is not approached for this film. We don’t know where these reports are coming from. He […]
Deepika Padukone has worked with actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan and Ranbir Kapoor and few days back there were reports that she has also been signed for Rakesh Roshan’s next opposite Hrithik Roshan. And now there is a buzz around that Deepika might star opposite none other than Mr. Perfectionist, […]
In 2013, Katrina was only seen in one film, ’Dhoom 3’. But, in 2014 the actress will be seen in four films including ‘Bang Bang’, ‘Jagga Jasoos’, ‘Phantom’ and ‘Fitoor’ and from this, two of her films will be clashing at the box-office. Kabir Khan’s ‘Phantom’, which stars Saif Ali Khan opposite Kat was all […]
Actress-producer Malaika Arora Khan says actors don’t have privacy as it is the price they have to pay for the fame they enjoy and if they can’t handle it, she suggests them to leave the field. “That goes with the territory and you are robbed of your privacy but that’s the price you pay. It’s […]