Chennai, Jan 25 (IANS) Veteran Telugu actor Kota Srinivasa Rao was Sunday named for the Padma Shri award on the eve of 66th Republic Day. Born in 1947, Kota, who started his acting career in theatre, made his cinematic debut in 1978 Telugu film “Pranam Khareedu”. Having started his career in brief character and comic […]
Kolkata, Jan 23 (IANS) West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi called the youth to draw inspiration from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to bring out the leader in them as the state paid glowing tributes to the nationalist leader on his 118th birth anniversary Friday. “The youth today needs to draw inspiration from Netaji and follow his […]
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah Wednesday said the party will get two-thirds majority in the upcoming Feb 7 Delhi assembly polls. Addressing a conference of party workers in east Delhi along with BJP’s chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi, Shah attacked the opposition for indulging in “politics of falsehood”. […]
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Vincent George, a close aide of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, was Wednesday discharged by a court here in a 13-year-old disproportionate assets case. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge J.P.S. Malik discharged George in the case after taking note of the Delhi High Court’s Dec 23, 2014 order which […]
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday launched a pulse polio immunization programme by administering polio drops to children at Rashtrapati Bhavan here. Children of less than five years will be given polio drops on National Immunization Day Jan 18, as part of the government’s drive to sustain polio eradication, an official release […]
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Congress leader Kiran Walia will take on former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi constituency, the party announced Friday. She was among four candidates named by the Congress for Feb 7 Delhi polls in its fourth and final list Friday. The Aam Aadmi Party chief had defeated three-time chief […]
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday congratulated open water swimming champion Bhakti Sharma for setting a world record by swimming 1.4 miles in the one degree temperature in the Antarctic Ocean in 52 minutes. “We are all very very proud of Bhakti Sharma for her accomplishments! My best wishes to her”, […]
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Italian super sports car manufacturer Ferrari Wednesday announced two new dealerships in India. “Ferrari has announced the appointment of two new dealers to extend its official presence in India, a strategic market for the company,” the company said in a statement. The company said that it enjoys a passionate and […]
Lucknow/New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) In a strong message to Pakistan, both Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Indian Army chief General Dalbir Singh Tuesday accused the country of waging a proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir, and said India was taking action and the results will be visible soon. The army chief, in a press […]
By Chirag Bhatia “Sir can you please make it quick and leave” demanded the CCD boy as he handed over a 345 rupees cheque to Sunil. Yes the reason I say demanded and not requested was because we had occupied that table for close to 2.5 hours and our order was 3 cappuccino’s only. There […]