No one can stop Rahul from becoming PM after 2019 polls: Siddaramaiah
March 17, 2018 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said the state assembly elections will see a “secularism versus communalism” contest and the Congress will emerge victorious. He also said the poll results will work as a “stepping stone” for the 2019 general elections. The chief minister was speaking at the Congress’ plenary session in New […]
‘Padmaavat’ crosses Rs 300 cr, Ranveer calls it ‘historic film’
Mumbai, March 17 :Ranveer Singh is overwhelmed that with “Padmaavat”, he has entered the club of actors whose movies have minted over Rs 300 crore at the box office. He says it’s a “historic” project that will “glow” in his career. The actor essayed Alauddin Khilji in the Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial, which also stars […]
Congress wants to get rid of EVMs
March 17, 2018 The Congress on Saturday, March 18, resolved to adopt a ‘pragmatic approach’ for cooperation with all like-minded parties and evolve a common workable programme to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party-Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in the 2019 general election. This indication of a pre-poll tie-up comes in the wake of efforts by the Congress […]
BJP uses anger, we use love: Rahul slams Modi govt at Cong plenary
March 17, 2018 Congress president Rahul Gandhi targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party in his first address to the party plenary today, saying the saffron party “uses anger” to divide the country. Pitching the Congress as the only alternative to the Narendra Modi government, Rahul said “The nation is tired and looking for a way out, […]
Won’t mind crossing border to protect Kashmir: Rajnath
New Delhi, March 17: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said no power in the world can take Kashmir away from India and if need be forces can cross border to protect the country’s territorial integrity. “Kashmir is, was and will be ours always. No one can take it from us,” Rajnath Singh said, […]
I have been diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumour: Irrfan Khan
March 16, 2018 Actor Irrfan Khan tweets he that he is suffering from a Neuroendocrine tumour. Khan began his tweet with a quote from Gone with the Wind author, Margaret Mitchell, “Life is under no obligation to give us what we expect.”. He then writes, “The unexpected makes us grow, which is what the past […]
Rs 2000 notes will NOT be discontinued: Govt
March 16, 2018 The government today (yet again) categorically said there was no proposal to discontinue Rs 2,000 currency note, which was introduced post demonetisation in November 2016. The government also informed the Lok Sabha that it had decided to conduct field trials of plastic currency notes of Rs 10 in five cites. “There is […]
Went to Delhi 29 times: Naidu
March 16, 2018 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Nadiu addresses the state assembly after his party, the TDP, quit the NDA. “We’ve quit NDA. I took the decision, not for selfish reasons, but for interests of Andhra Pradesh. “For four years I made all efforts, went to Delhi 29 times, asked many times (for special […]
SHOCKING! 1-year-old raped by neighbour in east Delhi
March 16: In yet another shocking incident, a one-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in the national capital’s Preet Vihar area on Thursday. The incident that took place on Wednesday came to light on the victim’s mother complaint to police. The accused, identified as Aslam, reportedly took the victim to his room and committed the crime, […]
Daler Mehndi sent to jail for 2 years for human trafficking
March 16, 2018 Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi has been sentenced to two years in prison after he was convicted in a 2003 human trafficking case by a court in Delhi today, reports ANI. Mehndi and his brother, Shamsher Singh, had been accused of illegally sending people abroad disguised as members of his troupe by […]