The Delhi high court rejected the plea of the Yadav brothers saying the accused could not be released until the testimony of their sister Bharti was recorded.
Thank you, Mr Prime Minister, for bringing colour to our colourless, drab, despair-ridden lives.
Prasar Bharati CEO K S Sarma told reporters that the proposed DD news channel will be principally news driven and\n\nwill focus on in-house production.
State-owned Doordarshan is in the process of fine-tuning a Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) direct-to-home television satellite project and has got the Prasar Bharati board's approval for this.
Karnataka Janatha Paksha chief B S Yeddyurappa found unexpected support from senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Uma Bharati on Friday.
Mohun Bagan have requested the state government to put up a three-tier security arrangement for their return leg of the Kolkata derby against East Bengal on February 9, to avoid a December 9 like incident.
The Calcutta high court on Thursday stayed the Centre's notice asking a Polish student to leave India for allegedly participating in a protest rally against the Citizenship Amendment Act in the city. Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya restrained the government from giving effect to the notice till March 18, when the court will pass an order on the student's petition.
'I don't understand politics.' 'I don't want to understand politics.' 'I am an actor.'
Park authorities said the tigress was believed to be staying with a companion in the mangrove forests at Korlai within the park, about 10 km from suburban Borivli.
Mohun Bagan President Swapan Sadhan Bose has backed under-fire General Secretary Anjan Mitra and Finance Secretary Debashish Dutta even as a group of club supporters demanded the ouster of the duo in the wake of the AIFF suspension till 2014-15.
Beleagured Mohun Bagan on Monday appealed to the All India Football Federation (AIFF) for a review of its decision to suspend the club till 2015-16 season for abandoning the December 9 I-League derby against arch-rivals East Bengal.
Three children died of suspected encephalitis and as many others taken ill in Bihar's Aurangabad district in the past one week, a government doctor said on Thursday.
In what was another shameful episode in a city as passionate about sports as Kolkata, the much hyped I-League local derby between East Bengal and Mohun Bagan at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake stadium) was abandoned on Sunday.
India needed just three runs from the final over but had only themselves to blame for the loss. With veteran Mithali Raj well set at the crease on 30 off 32 balls, the ODI skipper was left stranded at the other end and didn't get an opportunity to face a single delivery in the final over that was bowled by Kate Cross (2/18).
The Indian women's cricket team suffered a five-wicket defeat to England in the second T20 International, surrendering the series with a sixth straight loss in the shortest format.
Mohun Bagan and East Bengal played out a drab goalless draw in the return leg I-League derby which was watched by just one fourth capacity crowd at Yuba Bharati Krirngan (YBK) in Kolkata on Saturday.
Most great ideas fail due to lack of vision and execution, writes Bharati Jacob, founder-partner, Seedfund, one of India's leading early stage investors.
Over eight lakh devotees from all over the country have so far taken the holy dip in the Ganges on the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranti on Sunday, officials said.
Joacquim Abranches scored one goal in each half as defending champions Dempo SC reclaimed the top position with a facile 2-1 win over Pailan Arrows at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Saturday.
The warden of Patha Bhavan hostel of Visva Bharati University in Shanti Niketan, West Bengal, has been arrested for allegedly forcing a girl student to drink her own urine. The warden of Karabi Girls' Hostel, Uma Poddar, has been arrested for compelling the student, who wet her bed, to drink her urine on Saturday night, Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Bolpur Prasanta Chowdhury said on Monday.
In a rude shock to top Bharatiya Janata Party leaders L K Advani, Arun Jaitley and Uma Bharati, the party leadership chose not to include their names in the list of leaders to address protest rallies.
'Tagore repeatedly denounced the "My country, right or wrong" attitude.' 'We often use the phrase "unity in diversity" like a cliche and often make diversity secondary, giving precedence to unity.' 'You do not have to shout from the rooftops that we are very tolerant.'
The All India Football Federation on Tuesday said it was not consulted for the proposed marquee match between the world's most popular club Manchester United and Serie A champions Juventus.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a meeting to discuss the preparations for launching Doordarshan's 'Kisan TV' on May 26, to coincide with the first anniversary celebrations of the National Democratic Alliance government.
The court further held that the state's legislative competence is not affected by the amendment to Article 342(a) of the Constitution of India.
Despite repeated requests from the Visva-Bharati University Shantinekatan to resume classes, the parents of the traumatised girl who was made to drink her own urine on Wednesday got her admitted to another school.
Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Saturday targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party over its attempt to reach out to the minorities, questioning whether it will take action against Narendra Modi for the Gujarat riots or L K Advani will accept his "crime" in the Babari Mosque demolition.
'Parsis are brought up with a great sense of the importance of truth and speaking your mind.'
After a clip featuring portions of a "clueless" live presentation by a Doordarshan anchor on the inauguration day of International Film Festival of India went viral on social media, Prasar Bharati has deputed a senior officer to look into the matter.
Having created a buzz with their 1.5 kilometre long floor art during Durga Puja, the fine arts students of West Bengal are all set to create a gorgeous 'Rangoli' keeping Under-17 World Cup theme in mind, during the final, in Kolkata, on October 28.
Fragmented polity will make it impossible for India to realise its will because weak governments are unable to take hard decisions, the NSA said.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf applauds The Kapil Sharma Show's reincarnation.
Pichai said a whole new generation of technologies are happening in India first, and that people in the country no longer have to wait for technology to come to them. Investments, he said, will focus on four areas key to India's digitisation, including enabling affordable access and information for every Indian in their own language, be it Hindi, Tamil, Punjabi or any other.
Promising sops for every section of society in its manifesto for Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday opposed 4.5 per cent reservation to minorities from the 27 per cent quota of backward classes even as it said it was committed to the construction of a Ram Temple at Ayodhya.
Activist Zoru Bathena has filed a petition challenging the civic tree authority's approval on August 29 for felling trees for the car shed.
Having developed a taste for what humans eat, the monkeys are wreaking havoc in Shimla, reports Ashwani Sharma.
United SC halted East Bengal unbeaten run in the I-League with Ranty Martin's second-half header earning the side an upset 1-0 win in a 12th round I-League fixture at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Sunday.
Speaking at the Sardar Patel memorial lecture organised by Prasar Bharati, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh said India's left-wing extremism can be solved only if India's polity can rise above partisan political considerations and set aside old Centre versus state arguments to work concertedly to restore people's faith in the administration.
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has come out with a comprehensive document 'Compendium of important action points' detailing its action plan for 2012-17 period.
