Lalu Prasad taken to jail after conviction in fodder scam case

RANCHI: RJD president Lalu Prasad was taken to jail on Monday after being convicted by a special CBI court here in the fodder scam case.65-year-old Lalu Prasad was taken to the Birsa Munda Central Jail here after the court verdict.The court has fixed...

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Shah Rukh, Lata Mangeshkar offer help to Kapil Sharma

Popular comedian Kapil Sharma has been overwhelmed at being offered help from legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar and superstar Shah Rukh Khan after his show set was damaged in a fire. A massive fire had broken out recently on the sets of hit show 'Comedy...

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Gods forbid: India's temples guard their gold from government

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Temples are resisting divulging their gold holdings - perhaps nearly half the amount held in Fort Knox - amid mistrust of the motives of authorities who are trying to cut a hefty import bill that is hurting the economy.The central...

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Montek’s brother slams PM for ‘timidity’, says quit now

NEW DELHI: A blog asking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to quit is no surprise. After all, the cyberspace is hardly a friendly arena for the PM or the Congress, dominated as it is by right wing opinion.But this blog, burning up Delhi's bureaucratic grapevine,...

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Narendra Modi attacks Nawaz Sharif for 'insulting' PM

NEW DELHI: BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Sunday hit out at Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for his reported 'dehati aurat' barb at Manmohan Singh.Nawaz Sharif had reportedly made the comment during a breakfast meeting with...

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When Madhuri, Chitrangada got divorced

While marriages are made in heaven, divorces happen by gossip mongers or so it seems. Be it the suave Michael Douglas or our own Hrithik Roshan, celebs have often faced all kind of rumours about their marital life. Be it linkups, extramarital affairs...

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Obama extends 'rarest of rare gesture' to PM

WASHINGTON: In a rarest of the rare gesture, US President Barack Obama personally walked down to the White House portico to see off Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after a meeting with him at the Oval Office.Those familiar with the strict White House protocol...

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Stung by Rahul's remark on ordinance protecting convicted lawmakers, Manmohan asserts primacy of Cabinet

WASHINGTON: A deeply embarrassed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reeled back on the controversial ordinance aimed at protecting convicted lawmakers that was passed by his Cabinet after it was rubbished by Congress party vice-president Rahul Gandhi. Evidently...

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Rahul's ordinance remark: Public humiliation weakens Manmohan Singh further

NEW DELHI: Even in extremely tense moments, Prime Minister Mamohan Singh displays minimum emotion. But on Friday he would've steeled himself ahead of meeting Barack Obama, knowing his every nuance is under scrutiny.The test is all the more severe on...

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Rahul Gandhi: Ordinance on convicted politicians is complete nonsense

NEW DELHI: In a major embarrassment to the UPA government, Rahul Gandhi on Friday denounced the controversial ordinance to negate the Supreme Court verdict on convicted lawmakers as "complete nonsense" and said what "our government has done is wrong".Making...

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Google's 'Hummingbird' hatches new search formula

MENLO PARK: Google has quietly retooled the closely guarded formula running its internet search engine to give better answers to the increasingly complex questions posed by web surfers.The overhaul came as part of an update called "Hummingbird" that...

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Attarintiki Daredi Telugu movie review highlights

Pawan Kalyan's forthcoming film Attarintiki Daredi is finally seeing the light. The Trivikram's directorial is set to be a family drama and let's quickly cut across to the highlights of the movie reviewAttarintiki Daredi Telugu movie review highlightsPawan...

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Mumbai world’s second most honest city: Survey

LONDON: India often finds itself embarrassingly high on the corruption index, rating among the most corrupt countries in the world. However, in a recent experiment, the country's commercial capital Mumbai presented a different picture. The ruse was a...

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Raped minor forced to strip at police station

TNN Sep 25, 2013, 04.51AM IST (A 14-year-old girl was allegedly…) LUCKNOW: A 14-year-old girl was allegedly asked to strip in front of cops at a police station in Kushinagar district of eastern Uttar Pradesh to convince them that her...

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Anita Advani annoyed with Arman Kohli’s attitude

TNN Sep 25, 2013, 02.15PM IST (Arman and Anita More Pics ) Arman's attitude seems to be taking a toll on everybody inside the Bigg Boss house. After an intense fight with Kushal and Gauahar last week, Arman got into an argument with...

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Indian strikes offer terror templates to jihadis

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama reached out the country of his paternal ancestors as Kenya battled a savage terrorist attack for which strikes on long-suffering India appears to have provided the template.The theory that India is used as a staging...

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7.8-magnitude quake strikes Pakistan, tremors felt in Delhi

QUETTA, Pakistan: A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, with tremors felt as far away as New Delhi.The quake struck at 4:29pm local time (1129 GMT) around 100 kilometres (60 miles) southwest...

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Lady luck hasn't smiled on my son: Mithun Chakraborty

Mithun Chakraborty's son Mahaakshay is yet to find a footing in the Bollywood. The luck has not been on his side so far, feels his dad.Mahaakshay made his debut in 2008 with action flick 'Jimmy'. It was a dud, both in the critics' books as well as at...

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Indian shot in Nairobi mall for failing to answer query on Islam

ABUJA: An Indian man was shot when he failed to answer a question on Islam asked by Somalian terrorists who were holding hostages after killing 68 people at an upmarket mall in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. The heavily armed gunmen belonging to al...

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Shebab threatens to kill hostages held in Nairobi mall

NAIROBI: Somali Shebab militants on Monday threatened to kill hostages they are holding in a Nairobi shopping mall as Kenyan troops move to end their siege."We authorize the mujahideen inside the building to take actions against the prisoners as much...

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Kalki's ‘It’s your fault’ rape satire video raises eyebrows

Chances are you've already seen, liked and shared this video, which has gone viral on various social networking platforms in the past few days. 'It's your fault' was uploaded on Wednesday night by All India Bak***d (AIB), a group of four stand-up comics...

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Police file chargesheet in photojournalist's gang-rape case

MUMBAI: The mother of the 22-year-old photojournalist who was gang-raped at Shakti Mills on August 22 had called her twice that evening because the family planned to eat dinner out. It was the mother's birthday the next day.This was revealed in the 580-page...

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‘Cheaper’ iPhone hits stores, price upsets buyers

TOKYO: Apple acolytes in Asia kicked off the global rollout of two new iPhones on Friday, but complaints about its high price and no new alliance in the vast Chinese market threatened to dampen the mood.The once-unbeatable king of the smartphones was...

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IM operative Afzal Usmani flees from Mumbai court

NEW DELHI: Indian Mujahideen operative Afzal Usmani, an accused in 2008 Ahmedabad and Surat blast cases, escaped from a court in Mumbai on Friday.The incident, which has embarrassed police, took place when seven accused in the case were being brought...

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BJP to win 3 of 4 states in upcoming polls, close call in Delhi: Survey

NEW DELHI: The BJP is set to retain power in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and unseat the Congress in Rajasthan. But in Delhi the party is locked in a neck-and-neck race with the Congress, which could end up in a hung assembly, according to a Times...

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Google USA offers Delhi Technological University student Rs 93 lakh per annum package

NEW DELHI: It was the best campus placement in the history of Delhi Technological University and comes at a time when the economy is in gloom. A computer engineering student, Himanshu Jindal, received an offer of an annual package of Rs 93 lakh (US$...

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I wouldn't want to live in India if Modi becomes PM, author Ananthamurthy says

BANGALORE: Jnanpith awardee and acclaimed Kannada writer Dr UR Ananthamurthy has said he will not live in a country with Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister, triggering angry reactions from BJP which said he was free to leave India.As a controversy broke...

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Karnataka minister, staff jump into lake, save 6 in sinking car

BANGALORE: At a time when politicians are a vilified lot, a 61-year-old Karnataka minister became a hero on Tuesday morning by jumping into a cold lake along with his guards and saving a family of six trapped in a sinking car. Primary and secondary education...

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Muzaffarnagar riots: Arrest warrants against several UP politicians

MUZAFFARNAGAR/LUCKNOW: A local court on Wednesday issued arrest warrants against a BSP MP, BJP and BSP MLAs, besides several politicians and senior community leaders for allegedly inciting violence through inflammatory speeches here even as some of the...

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Rooms inside Delhi metro stations rented out to couples

NEW DELHI: A day after a labourer died and two others were injured at a construction site in Rohini, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation ( DMRC) was in the news again for providing rooms to couples looking for privacy. The incident came to light when Zee...

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Madhuri gets her no-nonsense stance from her parents

For those of us who watched Madhuri Dixit rule the roost in the late 1980s and 90s, her parents — Shankar and Snehlata Dixit — were a constant on the sets with her. Easily one of the most soft-spoken and affable set of parents, one can tell where Madhuri...

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Sridevi's daughter flooded with film offers

Sridevi's little girl, Jhanvi Kapoor seems to have a lot more on her plate than shopping and selfies. The 16-year-old has been stepping out with her mother for many on-trend red carpet outings but it is not just the fashionistas who have been watching...

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Don't attack Hindus in Muslim lands, al-Qaida chief Zawahiri says

LONDON: Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri has issued his first specific guidelines for jihad, urging restraint in attacking other Muslim sects and non-Muslims and in starting conflicts in countries where jihadis might find a safe base to promote their...

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Salman praises Chennai Express' success

Whether it was Aamir Khan's 3 Idiots' collections or Salman Khan's EK Tha Tiger's collections, Shah Rukh Khan's EID release Chennai Express has broken all the previous records at the box-office.The entire industry is overwhelmed with the response that...

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LK Advani praises Narendra Modi for Gujarat's development

KORBA, Chhattisgarh: For the first time after being upstaged by his protege, veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani on Monday praised party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, describing him as "my colleague", who had put Gujarat on the fast...

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Nina Davuluri is first Miss America of Indian descent

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey: Moments after winning the 2014 Miss America crown, Nina Davuluri described how delighted she is that the nearly century-old pageant sees beauty and talent of all kinds.The 24-year-old Miss New York is the first contestant of...

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How Advani camp’s last hope of stalling Modi’s anointment fizzled out

NEW DELHI: As his meeting with L K Advani ended on Friday afternoon, BJP president Rajnath Singh quietly told the veteran leader that the decision to name Narendra Modi as the party's prime ministerial candidate could not be put off."Ab baat jahan pahunch...

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