Oslo | 5 days ago
Go to hell: Man tells Norway killer at trial
Oslo, May 11 - An unidentified man Friday screamed Go to hell! You killed my brother and interrupted the trial of mass killer Anders Behring Breivik, who massacred 77 people in Norway last year.The trial was interrupted after the man threw a shoe at the confessed mass killer, in the first such outburst since the proceedings began last month, RIA Novosti reported citing Norwegian newspaper VG.The s ... read more

1 month ago
'Housefull 2' - too many characters crowd this comic caper
Film: 'Housefull 2'; Starring: Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Ritesh Deshmukh, Shreyas Talpade, Randhir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Asin, Jacquelin Fernandez, Zarine Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Boman Irani, Johhny Lever; Directed by: Sajid Khan; Rating: ***Gags galore. Laughs? Well, not as many as you'd expect in a 180-minute marathon mirth machine. Somehow, the jokes get choked in the comic ritual of repeti ... read more

4 months ago
Hissar to Kashmir: A journalist's autobiography
Book: 'Jailed Without Crime'; Author: M.L. Kak; Publisher: Utpal Publications, Delhi; Pages: 335; Price: Rs.300M.L. Kak calls this personal account of his 40-plus years in journalism, much of it spent in Jammu and Kashmir by a quirk of fate, an 'untold story of Emergency'. The subtitle is somewhat misleading. But the book is readable and informative and at times even racy.Although coming from a fa ... read more

Melbourne | 4 months ago
Zaheer, Ishant fit and raring to go: Laxman
Melbourne, Dec 23 - Ending all speculations, veteran India batsman V.V.S. Laxman Friday said pacers Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma are 'fully fit and raring to go' in the Boxing Day Test starting Monday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground -.'Ishant was not available for the first warm up, but he bowled in Canberra and the way he bowled today at the nets was proof that they are both fit and raring to go ... read more

Mumbai | 5 months ago
Man seeks to surrender phones bought from Dey murder accused
Mumbai, Dec 2 - A man Friday approached a Mumbai special court hearing journalist J. Dey's murder case, saying that he wants to surrender four SIM cards and four mobile phones given to him by Jigna Vora, a prime accused and the victim's colleague.Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act - Special Judge S.M. Modak would Saturday take up for further proceedings the application filed by Murtuza. A ... read more

5 months ago
'Shakal Pe Mat Ja' lacks novelty, disappoints
Film: 'Shakal Pe Mat Ja'; Cast: Shubh, Pratik Katare, Chitrak Bandhopadhyay, Harish Parekh, Umang Jain, Rajkumar Kanojia, Saurabh Shukla, Raghuveer Yadav, Aamna Shariff, Zakir Hussain, Mushtaq Khan, Joy Sengupta, Aditya Lakhia and Pradeep Kabra; Director: Shubh Mukherjee; Rating: *'Shakal Pe Mat Ja' is a Gaasmandu film!!!! If you don't understand what it means, well this is the lingo of today's g ... read more

New Delhi | 7 months ago
Businessman commits suicide in Delhi
New Delhi, Oct 7 - A 27-year-old businessman Friday morning committed suicide after his female friend refused to accompany him to his home, police said.Aman Singh of Narela shot himself after his friend, who is a widow, refused to go along with him. They were friends for a long time. Both belonged to Amritsar.Singh went to the 40-year-old's room and asked her to accompany him to his house. 'She re ... read more

New Delhi | 7 months ago
CNG price hike fuels anger among people
New Delhi, Sep 30 - From auto drivers, taxi unions, housewives to the office-goer, the common man Friday expressed anger over the Rs.2 per kg CNG price hike in the capital.Life has turned from difficult to worst, said Rupam Tuli, general secretary for the All Delhi Auto Taxi Federation.'It looks like the government is indifferent to the problems of common man. With the increasing inflation, the ri ... read more

Kolkata | 10 months ago
Cabinet rank eludes defiant Mukul Roy
Kolkata/New Delhi, July 12 - Trinamool Congress MP Mukul Roy, party chief Mamata Banerjee's Man Friday who had defied Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, was not only denied a cabinet rank Tuesday but also shunted out as minister of state for railways.Roy now only retains the shipping portfolio as a junior minister. He proved controversial after failing to visit the sites of Sunday's two big train disa ... read more

Tehran | 1 year ago
Iran executed 25 people in one week
Tehran, May 17 - Twenty-five prisoners were executed in Iran in a single week and at least six were hanged in public, an Iranian dissident group said.Among the hangings, three prisoners were executed in Qazvin and Tonokabon Saturday and four prisoners were put to death in Kerman Friday, the National Council of Resistance of Iran said in a statement Monday.'In another brutal, middle-ages-style act ... read more