Lucknow, March 22 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday lashed out at BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, saying the development in Gujarat was due to the toil and hard work of its people, not because of the chief minister. Addressing a public rally at Pratapgarh, around 160 km from Lucknow, Gandhi said that while […]
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) Claiming that “scams in defence deals” have maligned India’s image, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Saturday called procurement of defence equipment through a “transparent e-processing”. “The scams that have taken place in defence procurements have maligned India’s image, so we want e-tendering into all defence procurements,” Banerjee […]
Thane (Maharashtra), March 22 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and eight injured when a petro-chemical tanker overturned and exploded on the busy Ahmedabad-Mumbai national highway here Saturday, officials said. The tanker, carrying an unknown petro-chemical, reportedly skidded, turned turtle, exploded and caught fire on the highway near Charoti around 2.30 p.m. Police officer Preeti […]
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Bollywood actress Hema Malini, who is making her maiden foray in the Lok Sabha elections as a BJP candidate from Mathura, Saturday said her association with the holy land of Lord Krishna is almost two decades old. “I have been associated with Mathura for almost 20 years. Whenever I come to […]
Panaji, March 22 (IANS) The AAP in Goa stepped up its attack on Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Saturday demanding his resignation over his comments that the Goa Police was scared to take on the illegal mining mafia. “Parrikar has no right to continue in office even for a single day after saying that the police has […]
Sanaa, March 22 (IANS) At least three Yemeni soldiers and two Shia Houthi rebels were killed Saturday in clashes in the northern province of Amran in Yemen, officials said. The clashes broke out at a government military checkpoint in the northern entrance of Amran, about 50 km north of the capital Sanaa, when the rebels tried […]
New Delhi/Jodhpur, March 22 (IANS) Annoyed at not being considered from Rajasthan’s Barmer constituency, senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh Saturday said the party was being encroached by outsiders. Sources close to Jaswant Singh said he may resign from the Bharatiya Janata Party soon, even as party members continued efforts to pacify him. Without naming any one, […]
Ramallah, March 22 (IANS) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Saturday condemned the latest Israeli killing of three Palestinian activists in the West Bank. Abbas’s spokesman said that the Israeli escalation against the Palestinians and the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem “is only meant to undermine everything”, Xinhua reported. He also held Israel responsible for this escalation, urging the […]
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Union minister Shashi Tharoor has backed Rahul Gandhi for prime minister, saying people with lesser credentials than the Congress vice president have in the past turned out to be good leaders and Gandhi was the “right alternative” to a “divisive force like Modi”. Appearing on the “Right To Be Heard Town […]
Sunny Leone’s song ‘Baby Doll’ from ‘Ragini MMS 2’ is surely a chartbusters. The song which got millions of like on Youtube is not going out of filmmaker Karan Johar’s head. Recently, Karan Johar tweeted, “I can’t get #babydoll from #RaginiMMS out of my head!!! And I find only men singing “main Baby doll hun […]