Major buyers of LNG in Asia should come together to demand a fair pricing mechanism for gas being imported from outside the continent, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday. He was speaking after dedicating the Rs.4,200 crore Petronet LNG’s Kochi terminal to the nation. “Asia has been the driver of the global LNG demand in […]
Senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh Saturday demanded that Darjeeling be accorded the status of a union territory. Jaswant Singh, the MP from Darjeeling, said the residents of the district are “in no way Bengalis” and the authorities in Delhi and Kolkata must take cognisance of the fact. “It is very important for the authorities in […]
A complaint was lodged with police here Saturday against a MP from Telangana for threatening to shoot Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy’s helicopter if he visited Karimnagar district. Mala Mahanadu president Karam Shivaji lodged a complaint against Ponnam Prabhakar at S. R. Nagar police station in Hyderabad. Shivaji is also leader of […]
World No.8 Stanislas Wawrinka and Eduard Roger-Vasselin survived close semi-final matches here Saturday to make it to the title round of the Aircel Chennai Open. The 28-year-old Swiss Wawrinka, winner here in 2011, looked relieved when Canadian World No.32 Vasek Pospisil conceded the match due to a sore lower back at 5-5 in the second […]
After working together in two movies; ‘Ramaiya Vastavaiya’ and ‘R…Rajkumar’, director Prabhu Dheva and actor Sonu Sood have become very good friends. Now a day’s the director is homeless, but Sonu has finalized a suitable place for him to move in. The actor knew about Prabhu’s condition and he called up a close friend of […]
Salman Khan has a lengthy list of people that he has extended his helping hand to and has groomed to set up them in the film industry. Ofcourse the first name which comes in our mind is Katrina Kaif. In the diva’s initial phases in the industry, she owes it all to the Khan for […]
While few months back, Ranbir and Katrina’s holiday pictures had gone viral everywhere, now it’s time for Uday Chopra and Nargis Fakhri’s picture. Both the actors were spotted holidaying in Maldives. Like Kat, Nargis was also seen in a bikini. This is the second time when a couple’s private photos have been revealed and a […]
Excise and taxation employees, including two senior officers, were booked, police said Saturday. Umed Singh, an assistant excise and taxation officer and Inspector Bir Singh, with other employees, were booked for negligence. “The accused were booked on the complaint filed by deputy excise and taxation officer Aruna Singh,” police officer Arvind Kumar told IANS. The […]
A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said it will be “disastrous for the country” to have Narendra Modi at the helm, veteran BJP leader Jaswant Singh Saturday criticised him for his “uncharacteristically sharp” remarks. “The language which he employed was uncharacteristically sharp. I am saddened by it,” Jaswant Singh said on the sidelines of […]
Around 70 polling centres were burnt across Bangladesh Saturday as the country braces itself to hold the 10th parliamentary polls Sunday. Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad said a few polling centres, which have been burnt, might be shifted at the last moment, but they would not be set up very far from their earlier […]