Noted Gandhian writer and Padmashree awardee Giriraj Kishore, who was distressed over the auction of memorabilia associated with Mahatma Gandhi, on Wednesday wrote to President Pratibha Patil......
Yet another election has gone up and Uttar Pradesh continues to elect candidates with criminal records. With 189 tainted MLAs, almost 50 per cent of the state assembly comprises criminals, reports......
A Bengaluru court has restrained the media from addressing advocates as hooligans or goondas. The order passed by the Principal District Judge R Budhihal states that no unparliamentary language......
A Bangalore court has restrained the media from addressing advocates as hooligans or goondas. The order passed by D G Shinde, 44, additional sessions judge, states that no unparliamentary language......
A controversy broke out on Monday over the transfer of a poll observer, an IAS officer, who allegedly ordered the stopping of a motorcycle rally of Congress campaigner and Priyanka Gandhi's husband......
Kannada film superstar Upendra's latest film Aarakshaka has hit the screens more than six months after Shrimathi had an average run at the box-office. For the first time, Upendra has teamed up with......
Srikanth Srinivasa feels Aarakshaka will make its audience think.Director P Vasu's last two movies Aapta Mitra and Aaptarakshaka ran on clear and definite lines. With the latter being a kind of......
Renowned filmmaker P Vasu's latest directorial venture in Kannada, Aarakshaka, is hitting the screens this week. Flush with the success of his last two Kannada outings -- Aaptarakshaka and Aapta......
Superstar Upendra has a dream... of becoming a cop. Fulfilling that for him is director P Vasu. We are talking about the Kannada film Aarakshaka where Uppi plays a man who wants to become a police......
Spiritual guru Sathya Sai Baba passed away at a hospital in Puttaparthi on Sunday morning. Quite a few Bollywood stars, who were his followers, paid tribute to him on twitter. Amitabh Bachchan......
The Enforcement Directorate has issued notice to the BCCI to explain transfer and routing of funds to the tune of Rs 1,600 crore in the conduct of the second season of Indian Premier League cricket......
For the first time three top sportspersons -- boxers M C Mary Kom and Vijender Singh, and wrestler Sushil Kumar -- were selected for the country's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel......
Sachin Tendulkar and Viswanathan Anand added another feather to their caps after being selected for the prestigious Padma Vibhushan, the country's second-highest civilian award.The 34-year-old......
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