Hyderabad, March 18 (IANS) Former Andhra minister Konda Surekha and her husband Konda Murali Tuesday joined the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS). Surekha and Murali, a former legislator, had quit the YSR Congress party last year after it opposed formation of separate Telangana state and rejoined the Congress party, which they had left in 2009. However, as […]
Dhaka, March 18 (IANS/CMC) West Indies’ off-spinner Sunil Narine knows he is a marked man but he has no plans to back down from any challenge thrown at him in the ongoing World Twenty20. For the last three years, he has tormented batsmen across the globe and he arrives here ranked as the number one bowler […]
Amritsar, March 18 (IANS) BJP leader Arun Jaitley’s arrival here Tuesday started literally with a ‘bang’ when gas-filled balloons put up for his welcome caught fire from exploding firecrackers. Jaitley and other party leaders suffered minor burn injuries as the balloons went off at the Novelty Chowk when his procession reached there. Jaitley, the Bharatiya Janata […]
Bhubaneswar, March 18 (IANS) A strong anti-incumbency mood prevails across Odisha against the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former union minister Jual Oram said. “People are frustrated for many reasons…They are upset with the deteriorating law and order, increasing atrocities against women, chit fund […]
Barcelona, March 18 (IANS) Barcelona coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino is likely to leave the Catalan football giants at the end of the season. Catalan TV station ‘Esport 3’ said he would not be in charge at the Camp Nou Stadium next season, reports Xinhua. Although this is yet to be confirmed by the club or the […]
United Nations, March 18 (IANS/WAM) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was deeply concerned and disappointed with Crimea’s secession referendum Sunday and said it would only exacerbate an already complex and tense situation. “The secretary-general continues to closely follow the situation in Ukraine,” Ban’s spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, told reporters in New York Monday, adding that since the beginning […]
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was trending on Twitter Tuesday — thanks to certain uncomplimentary observations by a US consulate official describing him as an “insular and distrustful person” and which have been published on Wikileaks. While some of the twitterati gleefully played up certain uncomplimentary observations about Modi, a […]
New York, March 18 (IANS) The 14th Annual New York Indian Film Festival will put the spotlight on British filmmaker Gurinder Chadha to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of her acclaimed film “Bhaji On The Beach”. The six-day festivities at the oldest and most prestigious film festival for Indian cinema in North America from May 5-10 […]
Salman Khan will not be a part of the eighth season of the reality show ‘Bigg Boss’. The makers are looking for a popular face to replace the actor. Few weeks back, it was reported that Shah Rukh Khan might host the show. However, recently the makers of the show approached the Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir […]
‘Satyamev Jayate’ is surely one of the most popular reality shows on TV. And now actress Shilpa Shetty along with her husband Raj Kundra is all set to come up with a new show on the lines of Aamir’s ‘Satyamev Jayate’. Reportedly, Shilpa’s show is titled ‘Soney Ka Dil’ and will feature unsung heroes, the […]