New Delhi, Nov 22 India will continue to confront formidable security challenges in the neighbourhood, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday adding that there was need to exercise prudence in defence acquisition plans due to the slowdown in the economy and to “cut our coat according to our cloth”. Addressing the combined commanders’ conference here, the […]
Burdwan/Durgapur (West Bengal), Nov 22 President Pranab Mukherjee Friday expressed disappointment over the quality of higher education in the country and regretted that leading academic institutions lacked orientation towards research. Addressing educationists, researchers and students at two academic institutions in Burdwan district, the president also called for spreading the spirit of innovation across all sectors, […]
Panaji, Nov 23 A three-member police team Saturday left for New Delhi to collect evidence in connection with the rape case filed against Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal. The team will visit the Tehelka head office in south Delhi’s Greater Kailash area to obtain intra-office correspondence between Tejpal, managing editor of Tehelka Shoma Chaudhury, and the victim, […]
Washington, Nov 23 As Americans remembered the tragic assassination of charismatic John F. Kennedy fifty years ago, President Barack Obama, who was just two then, said “thankfully” his own safety does not weigh heavily on his mind. “It’s not something I think about,” Obama told ABC in an interview set to air in full next […]
Mumbai, Nov 22 Fire broke out at Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s residence Thursday night, but sources Friday said it was a minor accident and things were under control. “Nothing to worry it was just a minor thing and everything is under control,” a source close to the actor said. Fire occurred due to short […]
Los Angeles, Nov 22 Singer Lady Gaga says she will never understand the way music experts criticise her work. “I put so much love into my music, into my shows, I make it all for you. I’ll never understand the overflow of hate sent my way,” Gaga tweeted Thursday, reports mirror.co.uk. “Or maybe that’s what […]
Film: “Singh Saab The Great”; Actors: Sunny Deol, Urvashi Rautela, Amrita Rao and Prakash Raj; Director: Anil Sharma; Rating: ***1/2 There is something to be said about that ‘dhaai kilo ka haath’ which Sunny Deol patented in well-made action films like “Ghatak”, “Ghayal” and “Gadar – Ek Prem Katha”. Lately, his career was eclipsed by […]
New Delhi, Nov 22 A Delhi court Friday discharged Rajya Sabha member and former Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh and three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders involved in the cash-for-vote scam of 2008. Special Judge Narottam Kaushal also discharged Sudheendra Kulkarni, close aide of BJP senior leader L.K. Advani, and BJP activist Sohail Hindustani. […]
Panaji, Nov 22 Goa Police Friday filed a First Information Report against Tarun Tejpal for sexually assaulting a junior colleague at a five star resort in the state last week. The FIR has been filed suo motu by the Crime Branch of the Goa Police for sexual assault and intimidation, a police source said. The […]
Washington, Nov 22 As Nisha Desai Biswal became Washington’s first point person for South Asia, she vowed to “do everything possible to bridge from the Asia we see today to the Asia that we know is possible tomorrow”. “My parents and my in-laws lived the classic immigrant experience as they left India in search of […]