Rahul Gandhi, Shinde decline to meet US delegation
New Delhi – Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Tuesday declined to meet a US Congressional delegation to highlight India’s strong disapproval of the arrest and handcuffing of an Indian diplomat in New York last week. The diplomatic snub comes... read more »
Chandy holds mass contact programme in Kannur
Kannur (Kerala) – Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Tuesday walked to a mass contact programme venue amid tight security in Kannur, a CPI-M bastion where he injured in October when stones were hurled at his convoy. The last time Oommen Chandy came here Oct 27, he had to be airlifted to the... read more »
Big B not in Ghai’s Sarabjit biopic
Mumbai – Filmmaker Subhash Ghai has clarified that megastar Amitabh Bachchan will not be a part of his upcoming biopic on Indian pri! soner Sarabjit Singh. Ghai added that he had approached Big B, but he was busy with prior commitments. The 71-year-old Bachchan was to play the role of a... read more »
Parrikar likes to read in loo, be it even on Mahabharata
Panaji – Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar likes reading in the loo, even if the book is based on an epic, like the Mahabharata. Speaking at a book release function in Panaji, Parrikar said that Maratha King Shivaji was his ideal and that he always tried following his tenets, even though he... read more »
Nadal wins charity poker tournament in Prague
Johannesburg – Rafael Nadal showed he was not tired of dethroning world number one players when he saw off Daniel Negreanu to win a charity poker tournament in Prague on Thursday,... read more »
AAP seeks 10 days, writes letter to Congress, BJP
New Delhi – The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Saturday sought 10 days from Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung to decide on government formation, while shooting off letters to the Congress and the... read more »
Julia Roberts denies pregnancy rumour
Los Angeles – Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts has denied speculations that said she is expecting her fourth child. Speculations of her pregnancy emerged after she was photographed... read more »
Chinese lunar probe landing set for Saturday night
Beijing – China’s lunar probe Chang’e-3 is scheduled to make an attempt to soft-land on the moon Saturday night, according to sources in charge of the mission. According... read more »
Congress to respond to AAP letter in two days
New Delhi – The Congress will respond to a letter sent by the Aam Aadmi Party in “a day or two”, a party official said Saturday. Congress general secretary Shakeel Ahmed told IANS:... read more »
