Young Telugu actor Uday Kiran committed suicide by hanging himself here late Sunday night, police said Monday. The 33-year-old actor ended his life in his flat at Srinagar colony around midnight. He was alone in the flat. Kiran’s wife Vishita, who had gone out for some work, rushed to the flat after he did not […]
The Awami League (AL) has secured majority in the 10th parliamentary election of Bangladesh, winning 105 seats out of the 147 seats up for election Sunday, media reported. The Election Commission has received final results of 139 seats out of the 147 in 159 districts where vote was held, as 153 others had returned uncontested […]
The Indian space agency will confidently look for heavy satellite carriage contracts from foreign parties after it successfully launches one more Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) rocket, its chief said Sunday. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K. Radhakrishnan also said the space agency is working with its American counterpart for development of a satellite. […]
Calling himself a thorough optimist, Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday said the word “disappointment” is not in his dictionary. He was speaking as the chief guest at the foundation day celebrations of yoga guru Ramdev’s Bharat Swabhiman Trust in New Delhi’s Talkatora Stadium. “The word disappointment is not there in my […]
The Uttar Pradesh Police Sunday said three of their men had received the promise of a Rs.50 lakh reward each for the murder of Ajay Katara, key witness in the Nitish Katara murder case. Police said three security personnel who provided security to Ajay Katara Saturday filed a complaint with Superintendent of Police (Ghaziabad Rural) […]
The national capital experienced the season’s worst fog Sunday evening with the maximum temperature settling one notch below average at 19.3 degrees Celsius. Similar weather is expected Monday, the Met office said. A met department official said: “Delhi experienced season’s worst fog Sunday evening after 8.30 p.m. The maximum visibility at Safdarjung was 600 metres […]
Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley Sunday slammed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s comments on a “breakthrough” with Pakistan, saying that such a development would go against India’s dignity. “The prime minister said there was almost an agreement on Kashmir. When Pervez Musharraf said this, we did not believe him… but now the […]
Kashmiri Pandits who left their homes and migrated to other parts of the country after militancy hit the state in the 1990s would themselves have to take a call on their return, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Sunday. Abdullah was addressing a convention of Kashmiri Pandits at Patta-Bohri near Jammu. The chief […]
In a relief for the Congress, its ally and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar Sunday expressed hope that despite recent political developments in the country, the party (Congress) will again rise from the ashes. “Indira Gandhi brought the party back to power from ashes in two years after being wiped out in 1977. […]
The BJP Sunday stressed the need for rationalisation of taxation in India and promised reforms in this sector when it comes to power. “People here live and die under the burden of taxes,” Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley said at a programme organised by yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s Bharat Swabhiman Trust. “When we […]