To prevent rise in air pollution levels, oil marketing companies and thermal power units were planning to procure stubble from farmers to make bioethanol and promote the central government's 'Agricultural Mechanization' for crop residue management. But both have seen minimal success.
Celebrities make a splash at the launch of Splash Autumn/Winter collection launch.
Even as a teen, Syed Firdaus Ashraf was terrified about losing his hair. So here's what he did.
And it all looks like warm, well-written fun!
'You are not going to find success all the time and you will feel insecure when your film fails at the box office, but that's a part of the game.' 'You just deal with it and move on.; 'Maybe the problem was something else and not so much about his career.'
Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan is not so much a homosexual romance as it is an exuberant appeal imploring conservative Indian parents to accept and respect their children's choices, gay or straight, notes Sukanya Verma.
Take a look at the arrivals.
Kareena's smouldering appearance on Vogue or Yami's dare to bare act for Maxim India -- who gets your vote?
'Relationships have changed so dynamically that the 'woh' doesn't have to be a person.'
'Both Kangana and Rangoli really love me and that's because they give me so much of time and attention from their lives.'
Stars take time out to watch a movie!
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, along with her son Rahul Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Thursday paid tribute to her late husband and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 24th death anniversary.
Every year in Bollywood brings its share of good and bad. 2019 did too. Sukanya Verma lists what we learned.
'Modiji and the BJP have hoodwinked the nation by their machinations.' 'We have not been able to convince the electorate about Modiji's deceit.'
Fresh violence broke out on Monday in West Bengal's embattled Nandigram between supporters of the Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee, which is opposing land acquisition for industrialisation, and activists of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist. Sources said both sides exchanged fire and hurled bombs at each other at a new area in Nandigram, where two BUPC members were injured.
Miraya Gandhi, the daughter of the Priyanka Gandhi and Robert Vadra, was captured at the birth anniversary celebrations at Vir Bhumi, the samadhi of Rajiv Gandhi.
Ahead of panchayat elections, fresh violence broke out in Nandigram on Saturday with two women raped allegedly by Communist Party of India-Marxist cadres during a clash between supporters of Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee and Marxists at Adhikaripara in Nandigram in which eight BUPC men were injured.
The Central Reserve Police Force on Monday moved into the interior villages of Garchakraberia and Tekhalibazar in troubled Nandigram shortly after their arrival following reports of fresh violence.
Perfect occasion for Sukanya Verma to look into all the Woh woes in Hindi cinema.
The more women get educated, the more they will know what their rights are, says Mumbai Sheriff Indu Shahani.
3 women activists of the Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Commitee on Tuesday claimed they were beaten up and stripped by the CPM cadres in Nandigram for refusing to support them in the ensuing panchayat polls.
The CPI-M, however, charges Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee, which spearheaded the anti land-acquisition movement in Nandigram, of 'politicising' the issue and said the people had to first return home to get the compensation.
Gunfire, arson and looting allegedly by Communist Party of India-Marxist activists was reported from recaptured Bhumi Ucched Pratirod Committee strongholds of Garchakraberia, Sonachura and Gokulnagar in Nandigram, as the bandh called by the entire opposition paralysed normal life in West Bengal. Fresh violence broke out in Nandigram recently as the CPI-M and the Trinamool Congress cadre fight to gain control over the area.
Mamata said her party will 'paralyse' West Bengal from Monday.
The two sides exchanged several rounds of fire since early on Tuesday at Gokulnagar, Ranichak, Bhangaberia and Satengabari areas with the violence still continuing
Sukanya Verma takes us through the latest trend in Bollywood.
'With its fine zingers and feisty acknowledgement, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan does more for sex, both noun and verb, than any Hindi film can claim to in a long, long time,' notes Sukanya Verma.
If only making it official was as easy as falling in love, says Sukanya Verma.
Meanwhile, DIG, CRPF Alok Raj took charge of additional three companies for the polls as flag marches were staged in villages including Gokulnagar, Takapara, Sonachura and Aamgachia. At some places, the paramilitary force faced allegations of not being neutral, Raj said.
After the discovery of graves at Bidyapit village at Khejuri and Talpati canal, another grave was found on Monday near the former Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee stronghold of Maheshpur in Nandigram, the police said.
'I felt a constant gag in my throat, and emerged from the movie somewhat mugged,' confesses Sreehari Nair.
'Bobby Deol has a child-like quality which makes you love him instantly.'
Three persons were killed in a bomb blast in Nandigram on Sunday when a bandh was being observed in the area at the call of the an organisation opposing land acquisition.
The two groups resorted to firing and hurled bombs from Satenganbari village and Takapura in Nandigram and from the adjacent CPI-M stronghold of Khejuri since Friday night, Superintendent of Police G A Srinivas said.
