India

Budget 2012: Budget Session Begins Today, Tough Time Awaits Congress Govt

With the Parliament Budget session starting today (Monday), the Congress-led UPA government is likely to have a hard time. Pressure will be more following the poor shoe of the party at recent assembly elections.

Mar 12, 2012

Akhilesh Yadav Says He Will Fulfill SP's Election Promises

Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav, who was selected as Uttar Pradesh's next Chief Minister by the party's legislative board Saturday, has assured the people of the state that all the promises made in the election manifesto will be fulfilled.

Mar 11, 2012

Is Shah Rukh Khan Related to New ISI Chief?

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan reportedly shares a tenuous relation with Lt General Zahir-ul-Islam, who has been named as the next chief of Pakistan's Inter-Service Intelligence.

Mar 11, 2012

Jet Airways: Tax Dept Issues Notice on Unpaid Dues, Threatens to Freeze Bank Accounts

Jet Airways could get into trouble like the debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines, as the service tax department has served a notice to the Airlines to pay the dues or face similar consequences like that of the Kingfisher.

Mar 11, 2012

Uttar Pradesh: SP-BSP Clash Leaves 1 Dead, 5 Injured

Post-poll clashes between Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party workers in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh, have cost the life of a person and injured five people on Saturday

Mar 10, 2012

Sri Sri to Visit Pakistan to Promote Peace

Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will embark on a three-day peace mission to Pakistan from March 12.

Mar 10, 2012

West Bengal Bus Accident Claims Seven Lives

Seven people, including two children, were killed and 70 others were injured in a bus accident in Burdwan district of West Bengal Saturday morning.

Mar 10, 2012

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Akhilesh Yadav to be UP Chief Minister

Samajwadi Party's legislative board Saturday selected Akhilesh Yadav to be the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.

Mar 10, 2012

Akhilesh Yadav to be the Youngest UP Chief Minister?

In a bid to give a new look to the Samajwadi Party (SP), today's legislative meeting of the party is most likely named its state President Akhilesh Yadav as the new chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

Mar 10, 2012

Bollywood Wrap-up: 'Kahaani' Releases; John Abraham Sent to Jail

Today's big news from the Bollywood are....Vidya Balan's latest film "Kahaani" releases, actor John Abraham sent to jail for 15 days and actress Madhuri Dixit Nene unveils her wax statue at Madame Tussauds' wax museum.

Mar 10, 2012

John Abraham's Plea in Rash Driving Case Rejected

A session court in Mumbai has rejected actor John Abraham's plea challenging his imprisonment for 15 days given to him by a lower court in a 2006 rash driving case and sent the 39-year-old actor to judicial custody for 15 days.

Mar 9, 2012

Sonia Gandhi Under the Weather, Unable to Attend Function

Sonia Gandhi could not be present at the function held Friday in New Delhi to release a commemorative stamp in the memory of late party veteran Shyamacharan Shukla as she was unwell. According to reports, Gandhi had returned from aboard on March 5 after a "routine check-up" for an undisclosed ailment.

Mar 9, 2012