Chennai, Dec 23 (IANS) Legendary Tamil movie and drama director, screen writer and producer K. Balachander – who was instrumental in bringing talents like Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth and Prakash Raj to the film industry – passed away here Tuesday, his manager said. He was 84. Balachander was ailing for some time and was admitted to […]
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday quashed summons issued by a trial court against Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s former aide Vincent George in acorruption case. Justice V.P. Vaish allowed the plea of George who had moved the high court seeking quashing the summons issued against him July 18, 2013. In an […]
Panaji, Dec 23 (IANS) Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar Tuesday promised free passes as well as authority to journalists to snoop around music festival venues for drug use, and said police were not able to tackle the drug mafia in the state. Addressing a press conference, Parulekar said he had no way of knowing the […]
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday said it is disappointed with its showing in Jharkhand but the results in Jammu and Kashmir are better than predicted by opinion polls. Party spokesperson Ajoy Kumar also said they were “open” to supporting the Peoples Democratic Party in Jammu and Kashmir. “The results in Jammu and […]
Chandigarh, Dec 22 (IANS) Cold weather and thick fog affected normal life in most parts of Punjab and Haryana Monday. Officials said the fog hit air, rail and road traffic in the region. But there was some relief during the day as parts of Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana saw mild sunshine for a couple of […]
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The government Monday said the non-aeronautical revenue of state-run Airports Authority of India has increased 52 percent in three years from Rs.819.10 crore in 2010-11 to Rs.1,241 crore in 2013-14. Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma informed the Lok Sabha that the non-aeronautical revenue of AAI increased by […]
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) It was the coldest Dec 22 in five years in the national capital, with the minimum temperature dipping four notches below average to 4.2 degrees Celsius. Dense fog affected the movement of nearly 100 flights and over 150 trains. The Met department has forecast a clear Tuesday. A cold wave […]
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi is “feeling better” and her “condition is improving”, the hospital treating her for an infection in her lower respiratory tract said Monday. “The health condition and test reports of (Sonia) Gandhi were reviewed today (Monday) morning by treating doctors. Her test results are showing progressive improvement […]
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The central government will ask of all five states – Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu – where Japanese encephalitis cases are reported to utilize funds meant for the disease’s prevention, union Health Minister J.P. Nadda told parliament Monday. Replying to a calling attention motion in the […]
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Thousands of people from different parts of the country thronged the national capital Monday protesting against the central government over various issues, prominent being religious conversion and the “government not acting on its promises”. The protesters, mostly from the neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh, gathered at Jantar Mantar and Parliament […]