Hyderabad | 5 days ago
Action sought against Jagan over Tirupati row, YSR party hits back
Hyderabad, May 3 - A day after YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's visit to Tirumala temple kicked up a row, leaders of Andhra Pradesh's ruling Congress and opposition Telugu Desam Party - Thursday demanded action against him for flouting temple rules.The leaders of both the parties accused Jaganmohan Reddy, a Christian, of showing disrespect to other religions and disturbing the san ... read more

Hyderabad | 6 days ago
Act sought against Jagan for flouting temple rules
Hyderabad, May 3 - A day after YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's visit to Tirumala temple kicked up a row, leaders of the ruling Congress and the main opposition Telugu Desam Party - Thursday demanded action against him for flouting temple rules.The leaders of both the parties accused Jaganmohan Reddy, a Christian, of showing disrespect to other religions and disturbing the sanctit ... read more

Kolkata | 8 days ago
14-year-old girl foils marriage attempt in Bengal
Kolkata, May 1 - She is 14 years old and a school dropout, but West Bengal resident Seema still mustered up the courage to stand up to her family and foiled an attempt to get her married by calling a helpline.The Class 7 dropout, who was to tie the nuptial knot Wednesday, called up the helpline number urging them to intervene and stop her marriage, police said Tuesday. The incident took place in P ... read more

Bhubaneswar | 18 days ago
Patnaik shocked at Odisha student's killing in US
Bhubaneswar, April 21 - Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday expressed shock over the murder i n the US of a 24-year-old student from Odisha.I am deeply shocked by the brutal and savage killing of the young man studying in Boston. This is absolutely barbaric and horrible, Patnaik said. K. Seshadri Rao, who hailed from Odisha, was a student at the Graduate School of Management of the Boston Unive ... read more

Kolkata | 1 month ago
Pulses may become dearer in India
Kolkata, April 5 - Prices of pulses may increase due to a marginal decline in production this fiscal if the prevailing dry weather conditions in both north and south India continues, International Pulses Trade and Industry Confederation said Thursday.If these weather conditions continue, then we will see less production of pulses and there could be a marginal increase in the prices of pulses in th ... read more

1 month ago
Hackneyed and trite 'Bumboo' bores
Film: Cast: Kavin Dave, Sharat Saxena, Sanjay Mishra, Sudhir Pandey, Sumit Kaul and Mandy Takhar; Director: Jagdish Rajpurohit; Rating: *'Bumboo', a self-proclaimed action-black comedy is one of the smallest of summer films of 2012. It is a summery light-hearted, frothy entertainer, so they say, but it is far from that. Better uncategorised perhaps. Directed by Jagdish Rajpurohit, 'Bumboo' has the ... read more

New Delhi | 1 month ago
'Blood Money' tells tale of diamond mafia
New Delhi, March 28 - After dealing with the evils of pornographic films in 2005 release Kalyug, the Bhatt camp's next, Blood Money, deals with the diamond mafia. It releases Friday.Directed by Vishal Mahadkar, the film sees Kunal Kemmu and Amrita Puri of Aisha fame in the lead roles. It also features Mia Uyeda and Karan Mehra. Bhatt had previously thought of naming it Kalyug 2 but after objection ... read more

Hyderabad | 1 month ago
Andhra seeks legal opinion on court notices to ministers
Hyderabad, March 13 - The Andhra Pradesh government Tuesday began seeking legal opinion on how to defend the six ministers who were served notices by the Supreme Court in a case involving alleged illegal assets of MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.The Congress government is in dilemma on whether to defend the ministers and bureaucrats or leave it to them to fight their case individually.The ministers are P ... read more

New Delhi | 1 month ago
Supreme Court notices to six Andhra ministers
New Delhi/Hyderabad, March 12 - The Supreme Court Monday issued notices to six Andhra Pradesh ministers and nine bureaucrats for their alleged role in issuing orders during the tenure of late chief minister Y.S. Rajashekara Reddy to favour the business interests of his son Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.The notices were issued on a petition seeking a probe against the ministers and the Indian Administrativ ... read more

New Delhi | 1 month ago
Supreme Court notices to six Andhra ministers
New Delhi/Hyderabad, March 12 - The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to six Andhra Pradesh ministers and 11 bureaucrats for their alleged role in issuing orders during the tenure of late chief minister Y.S. Rajashekara Reddy to favour the business interests of his son, Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.The notice was issued on a petition seeking a probe against the ministers and the Indian Administrative S ... read more