New Delhi/Lucknow, July 6: In a major breather for Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a nine-year-old corruption case in which she was charged with embezzling public funds meant for the development of the Taj heritage corridor.

The Supreme Court, which stopped the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe against her, also pulled up the age...

New Delhi/Patiala, July 6: India on Friday assured Burundi’s ambassador of all possible assistance for a 23-year-old student from the east African country lying in coma after being beaten up in Jalandhar in Punjab in April.

The ambassador met Secretary (West) in India’s External Affairs Ministry M Ganapathi and took up the case of Yannick Nihangaza. Ganapathi assured the env...

New Delhi, July 6: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Friday urged the Supreme Court to dismiss a plea against an Allahabad High Court order absolving him of allegations that he detained and raped a girl in Uttar Pradesh.

“I emphatically deny the allegation of the writ petitioner of rape and detention by me and say both these allegations are false, malicious and baseless a...

New Delhi, July 6: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the Central government to conduct an inquiry against presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee for canvassing even before resigning as the union finance minister.

An apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice HL Gokhale dismissed the PIL by advocate Manohar Lal Sharma ...

New Delhi, July 6: Abu Jundal Hamza, one of the handlers of the 26/11 attackers, was planning a similar strike with an Indian Mujahideen (IM) module that he was setting up when he was nabbed in Saudi Arabia, it has now been revealed.

During Jundal’s 15-day questioning, he reportedly told Indian investigators that the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) to which he belonged had close links with ...

Mumbai, July 6: Abhishek Bachchan has wowed film fraternity with his rib-tickling performance in Bol Bachchan - Kunal Kohli said he is “phenomenal” in the movie, while Ashutosh Gowariker found him “outstanding”. Rohit Shetty’s Bol Bachchan was screened for Bollywood on Thursday. The guests liked the slapstick comedy as well as Ajay Devgn and others performances, but A...

Mumbai, July 6: Director Homi Adajania says Imran Khan was his first choice for romantic comedy Cocktail, which has Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone and model Diana Penty. “Saif was not the first choice. Imran was supposed to do it but he was not sure if he wanted to do it at that point of a time,” Adajania said. Being produced by Saif’s Illuminati Films, the film will come out on...

Mumbai, July 6: Actress Deepika Padukone would be seen flaunting a bikini in her forthcoming film Cocktail, but the actress feels that Indian body type is not naturally suited for the costume. Talking about her regime for the bikini shot, she said, “I changed my workout slightly. Basically, I just had to sacrifice going out for dinners every time Dino (producer Dinesh Vijan) took the cast ou...

Mumbai, July 6: Sridevi’s comeback film English Vinglish will clash with Kareena Kapoor’s much talked about Heroine at the box office as both the films are coming out on September 21. The former’s producer R Balki is unperturbed. Both are women-centric films - but after much deliberation, English Vinglish co-producers Balki and Eros Entertainment have decided to stick to the orig...

Mumbai, July 6: Isha Sharvani has been mesmerising viewers and judges alike with her perfect performances on dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5, and filmmaker Karan Johar feels her talent has been grossly underused in Bollywood. “Main aapse maafi maangna chahta hoon kyunki mujhe lagta hai ki kahin na kahin hum mein koi kami hai ki humne yeh talent aap mein dekha nahi (I want to apologiz...