New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Scrips of auto major Tata Motors settled around 6 percent higher Tuesday a day after the company clocked a three-fold jump in its consolidated net profit for the first quarter (April-June) of 2014-15. According to Tata Motors, the growth in business was due to strong demand for new products and richer […]
Madrid, Aug 12 (IANS) Spanish Primera Liga Champions Atletico Madrid are likely to sign Mexican international striker Raul Jimenez. Although the club was yet to issue a communique confirming the signing, Spanish sports paper, Marca, reported the deal has been closed to take the 23-year-old from Club America de Mexico, his first club, to the Vicente […]
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) BSP parliamentarian Satish Chandra Mishra Tuesday urged the government to take steps to ban daily TV soaps, saying they depict women in poor light. He also objected to the poster of Aamir Khan’s new film “PK”, saying it was “obscene”. “TV serials show women to be scheming all the time. It […]
Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) Now that “Mahabharat” is going to go off air Saturday, actor Anoop Singh Thakur, who plays King Dhritarashtra in the show is looking out for greener pastures in filmdom. “The show (‘Mahabharat’) is going off air soon and now if there is an end, there is always a beginning. So I am […]
Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) All of 15, Faisal Khan, the protagonist of historical show “Maharana Pratap – Bharat Ka Veer Putra”, is on a high ever since megastar Amitabh Bachchan praised his performance. Recently, the Big B was in Surat for the launch of “Kaun Banega Crorepati 8″. Faisal was among the talented performers and he […]
The following are the salient points of the constitutional amendment bill which will scrap the collegium system of judges’ appointments: * Chief Justice of India to head six-member National Judicial Appointments Commission. * Law minister, two senior Supreme Court judges and two eminent people to be the other members. * Collegium comprising prime minister, Chief […]
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The government Tuesday said it favoured an independent judiciary, but also wanted parliament’s sanctity to be maintained. “We all want an independent judiciary, but the sanctity of parliament is equally important, which we all appreciate,” Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said while moving for the consideration of the Lok […]
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The southwest monsoon this year will be deficit, with 87 percent of average rainfall, but there is no threat of drought as the rains will pick up in August and September, Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh said Tuesday. The deficit rainfall in June and July has affected overall average rainfall for […]
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) To ensure unbiased dissemination of news and views, the broadcast regulator has restricted entry of political parties and corporates in television and newspaper business. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Tuesday released the “Recommendations on the Issues relating to Media Ownership”, which propose a single independent media regulatory authority for […]
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) To ensure unbiased dissemination of news and views, the broadcast regulator has restricted entry of political parties and corporates in television and newspaper business. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Tuesday released the “Recommendations on the Issues relating to Media Ownership”, which propose a single independent media regulatory authority for […]