Politics

Tibetans stage protest against Chinese President Xi Jinping outside Hotel Taj Palace in Delhi

New Delhi, Sep 19 (ANI): Scores of Tibetans staged a protest Friday morning outside Hotel Taj Palace where Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife are staying. Protesters carrying placards that read "Freedom is my birth right", "Freedom of Tibet, Security of India" raised anti-China slogans. They shouted slogans like "We want freedom" as police tried to cordon them off from the area. Some Tibetans also tried to enter the premises of the hotel, but police managed to prevent them from doing so. Security has been tightened around the hotel.

Sep 19, 2014

Daawat-E-Ishq with Aditya & Parineeti

New Delhi, Sept 19 (ANI): Dawaate-E-Ishq’ is a romantic comedy drama directed by Habib Faisal and features Aditya Roy Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra in the lead roles. Aditya’s character ‘Tariq’ is a cook from Lucknow who can charm anyone with the flavors and aroma of his biryani and Kebabs. ‘Ishaqzyade’ fame also talked about her character ‘Gulrez’ being different from her previous movie characters. ‘Daawat-E-Ishq’ is a love story from Yash Raj Films' kitchen, where Love is sweet and spicy.

Sep 19, 2014

Najma Heptullah praises PM Modi for Indian Muslims remark

New Delhi, Sep 19 (ANI): Union Minister for Minority Affairs Najma Heptullah on Friday said that she not only supports Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remark on Indian Muslims but also congratulates him. Heptullah said that Prime Minister has rightly called Muslims as an integral part of India and added that no Muslim will participate in anti-nationalist activities with al-Qaeda. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said tin a statement that Indian Muslims will live and die for India.

Sep 19, 2014

Miley Cyrus strips naked for V Magazines cover

New Delhi, Sept 19 (ANI): Miley Cyrus has posed naked for a Karl Lagerfeld shot for V Magazine’s ‘The Rebel Issue.’ The 21-year-old singer, who posed on the cover in a furry blue cut out bathing suit surrounded by stuffed animals, added that it’s kind of funny to mess with people and rile them up, because she is actually the “chillest person”, a leading daily reported. Miley, who knows that she is not “pop pop dumb dumb” said that she is a lot more than someone who just goes and shakes her ass onstage and that it’s just funny to watch the world get out of their minds over things that are so irrelevant and don’t matter.

Sep 19, 2014

China's Alibaba to Make a Foray into India through Snapdeal

With China's heightened interest in Indian e-commerce, will Modi's vision of making India a manufacturing base take a hit?

Sep 19, 2014

Rockets rain down on rebel-held Ukraine villages

Rebel-held villages on the frontline of the war between pro-Russian separatists and government forces in eastern Ukraine face a barrage of shelling despite the ceasefire, as desperate locals say they have nowhere else to go. Duration: 02:22

Sep 19, 2014

Casino resort Atlantic City falls on hard times

Four major casinos have closed already this year in Atlantic City. The resort used to have a monopoly on gambling on the US East Coast, but in recent years it’s faced competition from neighboring states. Duration: 02:31

Sep 19, 2014

Mr Jinping, As You Leave, Will Your Troops Leave with You?

PLA troops, who were receiving food supplies by Chinese helicopters inside Indian territory, have begun withdrawal, but Chinese nomads are still to leave

Sep 19, 2014

Ajit Singh meets injured protesters in hospital, asks govt to push up CC Singh memorial issue

New Delhi/ Ghaziabad, Sep 19 (ANI): RLD Chief Ajit Singh on Friday reached the hospital in Ghaziabad where his supporters who got injured during a protest yesterday are admitted. Singh visited to meet the injured supporters of the party. Earlier on Thursday, about 200 Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and Bharatiya Kishan Union workers blocked traffic on National Highway-58 and tried to disrupt the water supply from Muradnagar to Sonia Vihar in Delhi. Singh said that it should be seen that the issue is pushed forward by the government. Meanwhile, Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said that any government building cannot be turned into memorial as per the Supreme Court's order. He also said that Congress should have addressed the issue during their tenure. Reacting on the same, Singh said that Naidu should look at other such instances.

Sep 19, 2014

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Sep 19, 2014

BJP flags off batch of doctors for Jammu and Kashmir

New Delhi, Sep 19 (ANI): BJP on Friday flagged off a batch of doctors for rescue work in flood hit Jammu and Kashmir. BJP's Delhi unit President Satish Upadhyay said that the party is sending a batch of doctors along with vehicles full of medicines donated by various organizations in order to help speed up rescue work in flood hit areas of Jammu and Kashmir. Upadhyay also said that the batch of doctors will be replaced by another batch after 10 days and the practice will continue.

Sep 19, 2014

We want our CM to sit in the Maharashtra Assembly: Shiv Sena

Mumbai, Sep 19 (ANI): Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said on Friday that BJP and Shiv Sena has been in alliance since 25 years and it's not easy to separate. Commenting on the seat sharing dispute he said that Shiv Sena wants to make Maharashtra Congress free in the upcoming assembly elections and hence want Shiv Sena Chief Minister to sit in the assembly after the polls. He further said that Uddhav Thackeray has been given the authority to take the final decision on the alliance

Sep 19, 2014

Mixed reactions flowed over Ajit Singh's demand for CCS memorial

New Delhi/ Mumbai/ Lucknow, Sep 19 (ANI): Mixed reactions flowed on Friday over Ajit Singh's demand for his house to be transformed into a memorial of Chaudhary Charan Singh. NCP leader Nawab Malik said that demanding for a memorial of a great leader as Chaudhary Charan Singh is not wrong as he did a lot for farmers in the country and future generations should be aware of it. SP leader Naresh Agarwal said that Ajit Singh has used wrong and violent means for getting his demand fulfilled. Meanwhile, CPI leader Atul Anjan slammed Ajit Singh for doing politics over the memorial issue and creating disturbance in the lives of innocent people. He added that Singh should settle the issue with BJP.

Sep 19, 2014

Tibetans stage protest against Chinese President Xi Jinping outside Hotel Taj Palace in Delhi

Sep 19, 2014

Politicos react as seat sharing dispute between BJP-Shiv Sena continues

Lucknow/Mumbai/Nagpur/New Delhi, Sep 19 (ANI): Politicos reacted on Friday as BJP and Shiv Sena continue their dispute over seat sharing in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections. Congress leader Anees Ahmed and NCP leader Nawab Malik said that both the parties wish to make their candidate the Chief Minister of Maharashtra and hence they are fighting over seat-distribution. SP leader Naresh Agarwal said that both the parties are definitely going to fight the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections in the alliance, as they are not capable of contesting alone. Meanwhile, BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that talks are going on between the two parties and definitely it will have some positive outcome.

Sep 19, 2014