Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Friday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to see that India does not budge under pressure from international agencies trying to get the two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen to escape without trial. Chandy’s letter comes at a time when media reports have surfaced that […]
Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) Peeved at the constant comparison of Gujarat with her state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday said chants of “Namo Namo” would have never been heard if the western state had to pay all its revenue for servicing debts. Hitting out at BJP prime ministerial nominee and Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi […]
Moscow, March 21 (IANS/ITAR -TASS) Russia will refrain from imposing retaliatory sanctions against the US and from introducing visa rules for Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said Friday. “As concerns the first case – the US sanctions – and the second case – Ukraine’s introduction of visa regulations, I think we should still refrain from retaliatory moves,” […]
Bangalore, March 21 (IANS) Multi-billionaire Infosys co-founder and Congress candidate Nandan Nilekani Friday filed his nomination to contest from the Bangalore South constituency in the Lok Sabha polls. Nilekani, who declared assets valued at a whopping Rs.7,770 crore (Rs.78 billion) along with wife Rohini, will be challenged by five-time Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winner Ananth Kumar […]
Lucknow, March 21 (IANS) Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will file her nomination papers from Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh April 2, Congress leaders said Friday. Seeking another term from the family stronghold, Sonia is scheduled to fly to Lucknow earlier in the day and then drive to her parliamentary constituency. She will stop […]
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) A five-member expert committee will be constituted next week to select capital of the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh, said union minister Jairam Ramesh. The Group of Ministers (GoM) on bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh met here Friday to review actions to be taken in the next few days. Ramesh told reporters […]
Lucknow, March 21 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party (SP) Friday named former union home minister Buta Singh, a long-time Congresman who wielded considerable power in prime minister Rajiv Gandhi’s government in the 1980s, as its candidate for the Jalore-Sirohi Lok Sabha seat in Rajasthan. SP general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav made the announcement here. Buta Singh served […]
Mumbai, March 21 (IANS) Varun Dhawn may not have any plans to date an actress, but his “Main Tera Hero” co-star Ileana D’Cruz is so impressed with him that she would like her life partner to have similar personality traits. Ileana got to know Varun while shooting for their first film together “Main Tera Hero”, which […]
Islamabad, March 21 (IANS) A written apology from Pervez Musharraf’s lawyer was Friday presented to the special three-judge court headed by Justice Faisal Arab as it resumed its hearing of the high treason case against the former Pakistan president. The written apology was submitted by Supreme Court Bar Association president Kamran Murtaza on behalf of Musharraf’s […]
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Actress Delnaz Irani, known for her bubbly characters on the screen, is thrilled to don the role of Rani Saheba for a new sitcom titled “Akhbar & Birbal”. She says her character made her feel like a queen. A Meenakshi Sagar production, the show is a historical comedy based on the […]