President Pratibha Patil's son is fighting on a Congress ticket against the powerful two-term sitting Member of Legislative Assembly and Maharashtra Finance Minister Sunil Deshmukh, who has quit the party to contest as an independent. A R Rahman made it a part of his Oscar awards acceptance speech. But not many imagined that the politics of Amravati would revolve around Salim-Javed's immortal dialogue in the Hindi blockbuster Deewar: "Mere paas maa hai!"
The need of the hour is for India to connect with Kashmiris, emotionally connect with them. To listen to their woes, to their horror stories, to the repeated humiliations.
A list of monarchs who abdicated after 2000.
The meeting was attended by Sebi executive director Usha Narayanan, Sebi wholetime member Prashant Saran and Reserve Bank chief general manager foreign exchange department Salim Gangadaran among others.
Chief Election Commissioner Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi still takes out time to jam with the who's who of Indian administration -- National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon and Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao.
World timeline of sport in the first decade of the 21st century.
A look at the party pictures.
Sources said six people were injured in the explosion in Model Town locality of Lahore. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. But the finger of suspicion is being pointed at suspected Taliban militants, who have attacked the FIA building in Lahore in the past.
Shooting of Sajid Nadiadwala's Kick is currently in progress in Glasgow.
Amid government moves for a re-look at criminalising homosexuality, several Muslim leaders have said any attempt to legally permit unnatural sex is an attack on religious and moral values.
The veteran Malayalam actor-director and director was suffering from a liver ailment.
The true class and calibre of a player can by judged in Tests only, not in one-day or Twenty20 cricket, says former India great Salim Durrani.
Condemning BJP president Amit Shah's statement on 'exodus' of Hindus in Kairana, the opposition parties alleged that the statement has created anxiety and tension in Western Uttar Pradesh.
India enjoys close relations with Afghanistan and both accuse common neighbour Pakistan of not doing enough to stop Islamist militants operating on their territory.
In his petition Salim, a student, had sought a review of the judgment and submitted that the observations on 'Talibanisation' had caused incalculable damage to the country's image and the judiciary, besides, hurting the sentiments of the Muslim community. Article 25 provides every citizen the right to practice his/her religion.
Members and officials of the Pakistan cricket team that toured India in 2005 and attended a dinner hosted by the Siddiqui family in Hyderabad have said they had never been introduced to any Ayesha Siddiqui.
A sessions court in Mumbai on Wednesday granted bail to 35-year-old corporate lawyer Janhavi Gadkar, who was arrested for allegedly crashing her car into a taxi under the influence of alcohol and killing two persons in June.
The people of West Bengal have lost faith in the state police and therefore their demand for deployment of central forces, Nayak said.
This was her second bail application that was rejected by the Kurla metropolitan magistrate's court.
The latest updates from Malayalam film industry.
You may like London Dreams for its beautiful frames, some paisa-vasool moments between Salman and Devgn, a good background score and catchy songs. For the rest, you need willing suspension of disbelief.
First our knight had to fight the girl's pimps and manager to rescue her. When he did, the cops sent the girl to an NGO saying she was a minor and could not marry of her own will. Then the girl's relatives surfaced from somewhere claiming she cannot marry him because he is a Hindu and she a Muslim
Here's a look at some of the most memorable Hindi film warriors.
The director, who cast Azaharuddin, 10, and Rubina Ali, 9, as young Latika and Salim, is saddened by the reports that the young children have lost their shanty homes in a demolition drive in Mumbai.
The Supreme Court today issued a fresh notice to a convent school in Madhya Pradesh on a Muslim student's right to sport a beard.
Two eye witnesses in the 26/11 terror attacks case testified before the court on Monday, saying they saw a powerful car bomb exploding at Mazgaon in central Mumbai, killing three persons. The taxi driver and two occupants, Zarina and Rima, died in the blast while 19 others including one of the witnesses Abdul Salim Shaikh were injured, they told the court.
A suspected Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist was arrested in New Delhi on Tuesday and explosives were recovered from him, police said.
Fifteen tracks, but nothing to really make this CD worth buying.
'We knew exactly the impact it would have.' 'You see, the line doesn't make its impact in isolation.' 'Its resounding impact depends on Amitabh's lengthy diatribe that precedes Shashi's line.'
Sukanya Verma looks back at Bollywood royalty, and asks *you* to pick your favourite!
The Pakistan Cricket Board has informed the game's governing body that they suspect bookmakers are staying on the same floor as the Pakistan players in the team hotel in Colombo. Salim Altaf, the PCB's chief operating officer, said the Anti-Corruption and Security Unit of the ICC has a representative in Sri Lanka who is looking into it.
'You could be out of sight, out of mind but it may take just one song to bring you back and to let you know that your audience is still rooting for you.'
Bollywood just needs a reason to party!
Raja Sen gives us a hint: It was all because he used a coin wisely.
Azharuddin Ismail has finally moved into his new home.
Shruti Haasan's Aazma manages to push the album half a notch higher.
The cardinal rule for Mughal princes was 'Ya Takht, Ya Takhta' (the throne or the funeral pyre). They often went to battle against their brothers, even their father, to become emperor, points out Syed Firdaus Ashraf. Nothing bloodless about it.
Shashi Tharoor said that just by giving a good speech, good days do not come as for that there is a need to do some work.
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