Kiranjit Ahluwalia, the abused housewife, whose story was made into Aishwarya Rai's Provoked, talks about her experience.
At Friday's photocall promoting the film during Cannes Film Festival, Aishwarya was present with the director Jagmohan Mundhra and Kiran Ahluwalia.
India, which aspires to grow like China in various spheres, is interestingly against replicating the Beijing model of population control as it feels that a sudden reduction could impact supply of labour.
Pitted against Bharatiya Janata Party's S S Ahluwalia who has the backing of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, Trinamool Congress nominee Baichung Bhutia said the real issue in Darjeeling hills was not a separate state, but lack of development.
The Planning Commission on Thursday said the surge in global oil prices should be passed on to customers, but favoured having some provisions to safeguard the interests of vulnerable sections of the society.
The Varanasi mayor has issued orders making it mandatory for every municipal corporation member to sing 'Vande Mataram' and 'Jana Gana Mana' after a Bharatiya Janata Party corporator's proposal for singing the songs triggered protests by Congress and Samajwadi Party members.
'If Modi wants to help the poor and get the credit for it as well, he must do what China does. He must openly adopt pro-capital policies.'
Strongly favouring a hike in power and water user charges, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Thursday
This is more than double the money that the state got during the Xth plan.
Varun Dhawan's winning streak at the box office continues.
The Planning Commission and the finance ministry have discordant views on the size of the 2007-08 Plan.
Patil said the activities of SIMI were under constant watch of law enforcement agencies.
Planning Commission on Thursday said a desicion was expected shortlyon using foreign exchange reserves for infrastructure projects.
BJP won 18 of the seats while the TMC won 22 of the seats.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi who inducted 19 new ministers into his Cabinet on Tuesday has carried out major changes in the portfolios of his top ministers.
In an apparent attack on the previous united front and NDA governments for neglecting agriculture, the planning commission on Monday asked the centre to "correct" farm policies in view of the deceleration in the sector witnessed since 1996.
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The rise of domestic leisure travel, helped by rising income levels, is helping the industry offset the sluggishness in business from foreign visitors
All members of the Planning Commission have submitted their resignations to the Prime Minister's Office paying the way for reconstitution of the institution.
Stock markets might be tumbling like ninepins but India's policy planners feel the crash on the bourses is just in line with global trends and the economy is not overheated, as all macro indicators remain strong.
India and US have launched a new bilateral dialogue on energy, which envisages setting up working groups focussing on, among other things, clean coal technology.
A strong partnership with US would deter China from making any aggressive posture against India, said Puneet Ahluwalia, a member of the Trump's Advisory Committee on Asian Americans.
Manmohan Singh, who also heads the government's Plan think-tank, complimented the internal Planning Commission for starting the process of mid-term appraisal in 'right earnest.'
Kamal Nath will need to watch his back because given the slender majority, there is no doubt that the BJP will try to topple his government.
India, whose economy has been coasting along at 8 per cent for the last three years, can achieve 9.5 per cent GDP growth even in the absence of hard labour reforms or foreign direct investment in the retail sector.
With only three days to go before Finance Minister P Chidambaram delivers the Budget in Parliament, market expectations with respect to reforms are running high.
Bankers see stable interest rates in near future but are worried about the spiralling global oil prices that is exerting pressure on domestic prices and exchange rate.
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