Saturday, December 3, 2011

Legendary Bollywood actor Dev Anand dies of heart attack in London

Legendary Bollywood actor Dev Anand dies of heart attack in London


Legendary Bollywood actor Dev Anand dies of heart attack in London

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 11:59 PM PST

Dev Anand, the 'Evergreen Romantic Superstar' of Indian cinema, has passed away here last night following cardiac arrest. He was 88. Dev Anand, who had come here for medical check up, was not keeping ...


Pranab told me Centre has decided to put FDI on hold: Mamata

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 06:11 PM PST

With the government embroiled in a war with the opposition and some of its main allies over Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in retail, West Bengal Chief Minister and key ally to the UPA government, M...


7 killed in Maoist attack in Jharkhand

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 06:06 PM PST

Seven persons, including a five-year-old boy, were killed when Maoists attacked the convoy of former Jharkhand Speaker and MP Inder Singh Namdhari on Saturday. Mr Namdhari escaped unhurt....


J Dey murder: Chhota Rajan named in chargesheet

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 05:31 PM PST

Six months after the shocking murder of senior journalist J Dey, Mumbai police filed the first chargesheet in the case on Saturday. The 3000-page chargesheet names 10 people including fugitive gangste...


France to bring home staff from embassy in Iran

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 05:30 PM PST

France is temporarily downsizing its embassy in Iran and will bring some employees and their families home, a French official said on Saturday. The move is the latest fallout from protesters' storming...

Delhi flash mob turns into a flop show

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 05:19 PM PST

They tried to replicate the Mumbai magic in the national capital, but the Delhi flash mob turned out to be a damp squib. The cops didn't allow the organisers to perform at Janpath because they did not...


Herman Cain suspends his presidential campaign

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 05:10 PM PST

The Cain train has come to a stop. Republican candidate Herman Cain is suspending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination to avoid continued news coverage of allegations of sexual misconduc...

Tom lands in India on Mission Impossible 4

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 02:28 PM PST

Hollywood star Tom Cruise, who is on a worldwide promotional tour of his much-awaited film Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, landed early Saturday....


Sandeep Singh guides India to Champions Challenge finals

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 02:06 PM PST

Drag-flicker Sandeep Singh converted two penalty corners as India beat hosts South Africa 4-2 to set up title date with Belgium in the Champions Challenge Hockey tournament here on Saturday....


Kanimozhi arrives in Chennai, Karunanidhi welcomes her at airport

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 01:33 PM PST

It's a homecoming that DMK chief M Karunanidhi had been eagerly waiting for. After being released from jail earlier this week, his daughter Kanimozhi finally reached Chennai today and was accorded a g...


Pakistani model causes fury for nude photoshoot with ISI tattoo

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 10:39 AM PST

A Pakistani actress who posed in the nude for an Indian magazine with the initials of the ISI on her arm, has triggered fury across Pakistan....


Venus, Serena aim to defend Olympic doubles title

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 10:22 AM PST

Serena Williams said on Friday that she and sister Venus are eager to go for their third Olympic gold together after victories at the 2000 Sydney and 2008 Beijing Games....

No winners in Manipur blockades, says PM

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 09:56 AM PST

Prime Minister Manmohon Singh today said that there were no winners in the crippling economic blockades that Manipur had faced, while stating there was no plan for a 'supra state' for Nagas in the Nor...


Building collapses in west Delhi, four killed

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 09:26 AM PST

Four people, including two women, were killed when a four-storey building collapsed in west Delhi this morning....


Narrow escape for Pawar as ceiling fan falls on dais

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 08:58 AM PST

Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar had a narrow escape in Jabalpur after the ceiling fan on the dais from where he was addressing a seminar, fell, police said....


NATO troops ordered not to approach Afghan-Pakistan buffer zone

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 08:54 AM PST

US-led NATO troops in Afghanistan have been ordered not to approach the buffer zone on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in order to avoid a recurrence of last week's air strike that killed 24 Pakistani...


J Dey murder case: Mumbai Police files chargesheet

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 08:43 AM PST

Nearly six months after senior journalist J Dey was shot dead, Mumbai Police have filed a chargesheet in a special court today. Underworld don Chhota Rajan is among the ten people who have been accuse...


Violence in Bhopal on gas disaster anniversary

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 08:34 AM PST

Observance of the 27th anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster took a violent turn today with a number of people, including two senior district officials, injured in stone pelting, while protesters ind...

FDI row: Government wooing Mamata Banerjee?

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 08:32 AM PST

UPA government's troubleshooter and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is in Kolkata today for a possible meeting with key ally Mamata Banerjee to try and ensure the Trinamool Congress does not go agai...


Bhanwari Devi case: Rajasthan ex-minister Maderna sent to CBI custody till Dec 9

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 08:02 AM PST

Former Water Resources minister in the Rajasthan government, Mahipal Maderna, arrested in connection with the Bhanwari Devi case, has been sent to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody till De...


Sukna land scam: Lt Gen Avadesh Prakash found guilty, dismissed from service

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 07:25 AM PST

An army court has found former Military Secretary Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash guilty on three counts in the Sukna land scam case....

Corruption in India pains me, says Dalai Lama

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 07:21 AM PST

Describing himself as a "messenger of India", the Dalai Lama today said it caused him "great pain" to witness corruption in the country and expressed hope that graft cases would be dealt with deftly....

PM, Sonia inaugurate new buildings in Imphal

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 06:57 AM PST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi today inaugurated new buildings in the Manipur capital, including the new assembly complex and City Convention Centre, during a day's day...


Kanimozhi on her way to Chennai; Karunanidhi to receive her at airport

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 05:34 AM PST

Kanimozhi leaves Delhi for Chennai: It's a homecoming that DMK chief M Karunanidhi has been eagerly waiting for. After being released from jail, his daughter Kanimozhi will reach Chennai today....


'Happy Birthday, Achrekar Sir': Tribute from Sachin to coach

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 05:28 AM PST

Sachin Tendulkar, Ramakant Achrekar's most famous student pens a birthday tribute to his coach.

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