| Government counters BJP's Time magazine attack on PM |
New Delhi, July 9: Reeling under an image crisis, the government on Monday stepped up its offensive to counter Time magazine’s description of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as an “underachiever”, and attacked the BJP for making too much out of it.
Home Minister P Chidambaram described the Bharatiya Janata Party’s criticism of Manmohan Singh’s performance as ... |
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| Congress likely to re-nominate Hamid Ansari |
New Delhi, July 9: Hamid Ansari is likely to be re-nominated for the August 7 vice presidential election as the Congress candidate, party sources said on Monday, adding it will send a “right message” to the minority community. The BJP is yet to zero in on a nominee for the poll.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday discussed Ansari’s name with Janata Dal-Secular (... |
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| Joshi fears for his life, writes to Chidambaram |
New Delhi, July 9: Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sanjay Joshi, known as Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s bete noire, on Monday said he feared for his life and also wrote to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram asking for adequate security. Joshi, his aide said, had written that he had been receiving death threats from an unknown caller for the past few weeks and should be giv... |
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| Am ready to talk to Mamata if she is ready: Pranab |
Kolkata, July 9: United Progressive Alliance (UPA) presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said : “I am ready to talk to her as and when she is ready to talk to me. Since my candidature was announced I have expressed my desire to have the support of the partner of UPA Trinamool Congress.” “I understand that they have not yet taken a decision. They will take the decision a... |
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| BJP, allies will pitch vice presidential candidate |
New Delhi, July 9: After sharp divisions over the presidential polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies, including the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) appeared on the same page on the vice presidential poll as they agreed on Monday that the opposition should have its own candidate.
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) convenor Sharad Yadav said on Monday morning that the opposition parti... |
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| Have flip-flops spiked Akhilesh Yadav's political honeymoon? |
Lucknow, July 9: Is the political honeymoon of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav over sooner rather than later?
Beginning on Monday, as Yadav junior proceeds on a four-day family vacation at Melbourne, visiting the Healesville Sanctuary and smelling the roses at the Werribee Mansion, aides believe that he would also be doing some stock-taking of his three-month tenure in the S... |
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| Pranab gets nostalgic |
Kolkata, July 9: United Progressive Alliance (UPA) presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee on Monday turned nostalgic and recalled the time when he was first elected to the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal. “It was on July 4, 1969 that I was first elected to the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal. Along with me, five other people were also elected. This Council Hall from where I am addressing you now ... |
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| Deve Gowda to support secular candidate for VP's post |
Bengaluru, July 9: Former Prime Minister and leader of Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) party, HD Deve Gowda on Monday said he would support a secular candidate for the post of vice-president. “I am a secular leader and there is nothing to prove. I dismiss the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government. Nobody has to question my secular credentials. Whether it is President or Vice-President, I am goin... |
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| Haryana health minister among six injured in accident |
Chandigarh, July 9: Haryana’s Health Minister Narender Singh was among six people injured on Monday in an accident involving his car and a CRPF vehicle in Chandigarh’s high security area, police said. The incident took place near Sukna Lake. Eyewitnesses told the police that the accident happened when the Centre Reserve Police Force (CRPF) minitruck tried to avoid hitting a two wheeler... |
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| Congressmen indicted in report on illegal mining: Goa BJP |
Panaji, July 9: The Shah Commission report on illegal mining in Goa, which is yet to be made public, has named senior Congress functionaries for being involved in the scam, Goa BJP president Laxmikant Parsekar said on Monday. Parsekar was responding to allegations made on Saturday by All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary in charge of Goa, Sudhakar Reddy, when the latter had accused the Bha... |
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| Maharashtra opposition creates ruckus, assembly adjourned |
Mumbai, July 9: Opposition parties stalled proceedings in the Maharashtra assembly over a number of issues on the first day of the monsoon session here on Monday. Getting off to a stormy start, the opposition created noisy scenes inside and outside the legislature, finally forcing it to be adjourned for the day. Among other things, the opposition members vociferously demanded a discussion on the J... |
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| Global Indian school chain gets IFC funding for new schools |
NEW DELHI, July 9: A global chain of schools providing education with Indian values, especially meant for the diaspora, has received funding from the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) to set up more institutions in India and Southeast Asian countries.
The IFC will provide $19.4 million to the Global Indian International School (GIIS), run by the Global Schools F... |
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| Politicians, journalists are like fish and water: Pranab |
KOLKATA, July 9: Journalists and politicians are like fish and water, one cannot do without the other, UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday, describing the close relations between the professions.
“The relation between politicians and journalists is like that between fish and water. Just as fish can’t live without water, our professional careers are als... |
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| SC to examine high court's powers under Article 226 |
NEW DELHI, July 9: The Supreme Court said on Monday it will examine whether a high court, in exercising its powers under Article 226 of the constitution, can direct a state government to compensate for damages caused to religious places during riots or natural calamities.
An apex court bench headed by Justice KS Radhakrishnan said that it will also look into Article 27 and whether under... |
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| Millions set to join job market |
MUMBAI, July 9: The growth slowdown is here with us. Usually, slow growth curtails opportunities for employment. Studies have concluded that employment intensity of economic growth is 0.5 - if the economy expands 10 per cent, the number of jobs grows 5 per cent.
Between the years 2000 and 2005, the Indian economy grew 34 per cent while the corpus of jobs increased by 25 per cent - emplo... |
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| Missing starlet's stepfather remanded to police custody |
MUMBAI, July 9: A Mumbai court on Monday remanded Parvez Tak, a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist and stepfather of missing Bollywood starlet Laila Khan, to police custody till July 19. According to the prosecution, the Mumbai police Crime Branch will now question Tak as to where did he keep Laila Khan and her other family members after kidnapping them and whether he killed them.
A t... |
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| Reema thanks Vidya for her success, making curves trendy |
MUMBAI, July 9: Southern actress Reema Sen is “amazed” at viewers response to her role of sensuous Durga, Manoj Bajpayee’s second wife in Gangs of Wasseypur, and thanks Vidya Balan for making curves trendy. “I never thought that people will be so ga ga over the character. People have found a cotton sari and a quarter second back shot so sexy - I am amazed,” said Reema... |
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| 'Rockers are treated like orphans' |
NEW DELHI, July 9: Singer Suraj Jagan, one of the pioneers of the Indian rock scene, says the genre is not readily accepted by masses and rockers all over world have been treated like orphans. “Rockers in general have always been treated like orphans world over. They have had to struggle a lot more when as compared to any other genre,” said Suraj. “Rockers don’t think it fo... |
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| Why is State Government against heritage tag for Western Ghats, question Greens |
BANGALORE, July 9: The Karnataka government’s opposition to Unesco’s heritage tag for the Western Ghats is being strongly criticized by Greens and environmental scientists as illogical and another example of the BJP administration’s ignorance about global issues.
The Greens have also trashed state Forest Minister CP Yogeshwar’s claims that the heritage tag will p... |
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| Bol Bachchan opens better than Golmaal 3 and Singham |
MUMBAI, July 9: As predicted last week, Bol Bachchan took 60-70 per cent opening and there were no records broken. The reason for a good, not excellent opening (as was widely expected after the first theatrical promo) was also highlighted here - ‘The newer set of promos were average due to which curiosity build up wasn’t as strong towards the days leading to the film’s release&rs... |
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| Rating films tough: Big B |
MUMBAI, July 9: Rating a movie or predicting its fate at the box office is not easy for trade pundits, says Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who admires the work put in by trade magazines. Talking about the importance of such magazines in the industry, the superstar said: “Today, this is yet another example of how important news about trade is for us, producers and people in general. I k... |
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| When Manoj Bajpayee was harassed for being different |
MUMBAI, July 9: Actor Manoj Bajpayee may be basking in the success of his latest film Gangs of Wasseypur, but he rues that the journey was not easy, saying there was a time when he was slammed for being different. He appreciates the presence of filmmakers like Anurag Kashyap and Dibakar Banerjee for spearheading the change in moviedom. “Gangs of Wasseypur is very, very special for me f... |
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| Aditi to sing for Hindi version of Ice Age: Continental Drift |
MUMBAI, July 9: Actress Aditi Rao Hydari, who was last seen opposite Pakistani singer-actor Ali Zafar in London, Paris, New York, has reportedly decided to lend her voice for the Hindi version of the Ice Age: Continental Drift theme song We are family. The original English version was sung by Latin singer Jennifer Lopez and Aditi, who is quite excited about being signed up for this project, said, ... |
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| Priyanka to turn director next |
MUMBAI, July 9:After trying her hand at acting and singing, it seems former beauty queen Priyanka Chopra is keen to take on another challenge-direction. The leggy lass, who will be next seen playing an autistic girl in Anurag Basu’s Barfi!, said that she doesn’t set any limits for herself and though there are no immediate plans to wield the megaphone, she might try her hand at it in th... |
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