Pune | 34 minutes ago
Eight killed, 33 hurt in Pune terror attack
Pune/New Delhi, Feb 13 - At least eight people were killed and another 33 injured in a terror attack at the German Bakery in the posh Koregaon Park area of the city Saturday evening, police said.'As of now, it appears it was a terror attack,' Home Secretary G.K. Pillai was quoted as saying in New Delhi. If this is confirmed, this would be the first major terror strike after the 26/11 Mumbai carnag ... read more

New Delhi | 41 minutes ago
Pune blast: Kalmadi urges people not to panic
New Delhi, Feb 13 - Congress MP from Pune Suresh Kalmadi has urged people not to panic in the wake of the blast at the German Bakery that claimed the lives of eight people.'Nobody should panic,' Kalmadi told CNN-IBN news channel. He said authorities in Maharashtra had told him that it could be a bomb blast. He said people should be alert but they should stay calm. 'I am in Delhi and will fly to P ... read more

Pune | 1 hour ago
Eight killed, 20 injured in Pune bakery blast
Pune, Feb 13 - At least eight people were killed and 20 injured when a 'suspected bomb blast' ripped through the German Bakery in the upscale Koregaon Park area of the city Saturday evening, police said.The blast, initially suspected to have been caused by the bursting of a gas cylinder, engulfed the entire bakery in flames, trapping many of the victims. 'We suspect it is a bomb blast,' Pune's Jo ... read more

Mumbai | 3 hours ago
Jai Maharashtra, says Gauri Khan
Mumbai, Feb 3 - Gauri Khan is doing what she does best -- managing the home turf for husband and Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan.While Khan is attending the Berlin Film Festival, where his movie 'My Name is Khan' received a red carpet premiere Friday, Gauri was out Saturday thanking Mumbaikars for the overwhelming response to the film. 'I think the best way would be to say 'Jai Maharashtra'. We ... read more

Mumbai | 9 hours ago
'MNIK' releases in all theatres in Maharashtra
Mumbai, Feb 13 - Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'My name is Khan' has opened in all theatres in Mumbai, Pune and across Maharashtra, a spokesperson of director Karan Johar said Saturday.'All centres in Mumbai, Pune and Maharashra have opened 'My Name is Khan',' the spokesperson told IANS. Meanwhile, Karan Johar, who is attending the Berlin Film Festival where his film had a red-carpet premiere Friday, sai ... read more

Mumbai | 10 hours ago
Ignoring Shiv Sena, many more Mumbai theatres screen 'MNIK'
Mumbai, Feb 13 - Enthused by the huge public response, Mumbai theatre owners pushed aside their fears of belligerent Shiv Sainiks to screen Shah Rukh Khan's 'My Name is Khan' Saturday, a day after only a handful of halls released the film.On Friday, only 13 theatres had released the film, including six multiplexes and four single-screen halls. The movie was originally set to be released in 63 thea ... read more

Mumbai | 10 hours ago
Shiv Sena chief spews venom at Ashok Chavan 'Khan' again
Mumbai, Feb 13 - Lashing out at Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan 'Khan' over the security provided for 'My Name Is Khan', Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Saturday wondered whether he was the bodyguard of Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan.'If he is a bodyguard, then he should don a security personnel's uniform, and stand outside Khan's 'Mannat' bungalow and salute passersby,' Thackeray said in ... read more

14 hours ago
Rahul Gandhi articulates Nehruvian vision of modern India
The first major intervention which Rahul Gandhi made in government policy was on the nuclear deal. But for his support, Manmohan Singh would not have been able to secure the party's backing for it.In fact, the prime minister had virtually given up any hope when he said that life would not come to an end without the deal. That was after Sonia Gandhi had conceded that the communists had a point in t ... read more

Mumbai | 23 hours ago
Shiv Sena pats itself for anti-Shah Rukh Khan agitation
Mumbai, Feb 12 - The Shiv Sena Friday night claimed 'victory' in its agitation against Shah Rukh Khan and his movie and the party 'congratulated' all its activists for the success.In a signed statement issued here late Friday night, Sena chief Bal Thackeray also lashed out at the Maharashtra government for trying to make 'My Name Is Khan' a success by cracking down on thousands of Shiv Sena worker ... read more

New Delhi | 1 day ago
Amid Shiv Sena shadow, 'MNIK' gets rousing opening
New Delhi, Feb 12 - Hundreds of thousands thronged cinema halls across India Friday to see Shah Rukh Khan's 'My Name is Khan', with Mumbai too giving the thumbs down to the Shiv Sena that called for its boycott to protest the Bollywood megastar's advocacy of Pakistani cricketers.Although all 63 theatres in Mumbai played it safe and cancelled the first show of the day, they started showing the movi ... read more