Two members of an inter-state gun smuggling racket have been arrested here and 16 sophisticated pistols recovered from them, Delhi Police said Monday. Dinesh Dabur, 25, and Sunil, 27, both residents of Khargone in Madhya Pradesh, were arrested Sunday from Sarai Kale Khan area in south Delhi and Agra in Uttar Pradesh, respectively. “Police recovered […]
Union minister Sachin Pilot was Monday appointed chief of the Congress’s Rajasthan unit, a party statement said. “Congress president Sonia Gandhi has appointed Sachin Pilot as president of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) with immediate effect,” the statement said. The 36-year-old Pilot is corporate affairs minister and a close associate of party vice president […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said one of the biggest achievements of the UPA government was increasing the country’s power generation capacity to meet growing power needs. The prime minister said this after laying the foundation stone of a nuclear power plant in this village in Haryana’s Fatehabad district. The first phase (1,400 MW) of […]
The Indian Army needs to stay in Jammu and Kashmir “under the present circumstances”, a top military commander said Monday. “Armed forces need to stay on in Kashmir under the present circumstances. We should wait for conditions to improve before making changes to the national strategy regarding the army deployment in Jammu and Kashmir,” Indian […]
Indian security forces killed three foreign guerrillas Monday in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The gunfight took place in Dooru (Dangerpora) village near Sopore town, 60 km from here, Inspector General of Police Abdul Ghani Mir told IANS. The dead reportedly belonged to the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) outfit. A defence ministry spokesman […]
The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party Monday clashed over a remark by BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi that under Jayanthi Natarajan, the environment ministry charged a “tax” to clear files. The first to lead the attack on Modi was Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh. “Modi’s comment on Jayanthi Natarajan is in a very […]
Customs officials in Goa have been unable to carry out anti-narcotics raids in the last two years because no one is coming forward with information on drug deals, state Customs Commissioner V.P.C. Rao said Monday. Goa is one of the top narco-tourism destinations in the country. Narcotics activity reaches its peak among tourists and locals […]
Awards season kicks off in Hollywood with the Golden Globes. Here are the winners: Best Motion Picture – Drama: 12 Years A Slave Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical: American Hustle Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron for Gravity Best Actor – Drama: Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Clubs Best Actress – Drama: Cate Blanchett, Blue […]
Filmmaker Ashim Ahluwalia’s internationally acclaimed “Miss Lovely” is all set to release in India with an ‘A’ certificate, but without any major changes in the content as the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has passed the film with only four cuts. The Censor Board originally proposed 157 cuts which was revised over the course […]
Producer Ravi Chopra is all set to revive his banner and it is learnt that Salman Khan and SRK might do a cameo in his film. The filmmaker is trying to get Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan for cameos in ‘Bhootnath Returns’. The movie is a sequel of 2008 release ‘Bhootnath’ and it stars […]