New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday ordered that a perjury case be registered against Bollywood actor Shayan Munshi and ballistic expert Prem Sagar Minocha for turning hostile during their deposition in the murder trial of model Jessica Lall. A division bench of Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice G.P.
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to ban Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket matches, saying the apex court had already dealt with the matter. A division bench of Chief Justice D. Murugesan and Justice Jayant Nath also refused to hear the issue related to monitoring the probe into the IPL spot fixing case
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday hit out at the BJP for its comments on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and said it was "not concerned" with what the opposition party was saying.
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) A panel of intellectuals including actors, filmmakers and journalists have appealed to the people to join activist Irom Chanu Sharmila in her demand for annulling the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in Manipur. "People know Irom Sharmila only as a lady with a tube in her nose
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Thanks to actress Karishma Tanna's towering look, she was banned from wearing high heels while shooting for upcoming movie "Grand Masti" as she looked taller than her co-star Vivek Oberoi.
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) A benchmark index of the Indian equities markets was trading 0.29 percent up in the pre-afternoon trade Wednesday. Good buying spree was seen in IT, technology, media and entertainment (TECK), and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) scrips, whereas oil and realty sectors' stocks plunged. The recent fall in rupee has made the technology firms more attractive
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The UPA-II government needs course correction in the remaining year of its term, says union minister and NCP leader Praful Patel, noting that the Congress has to build alliances to improve its prospects of leading a coalition regime after the next elections. The United Progressive Alliance government has to make things happen fast, said the heavy industries and public enterprises minister and senior leader of key ally Nationalist Congress Party
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the centre, the Safdarjung Hospital here and its doctors over a plea seeking a code of conduct and grievance redressal platform for the hospital staff to prevent inconvenience to patients.
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Salman Khan was cute when he did it in "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" and Omi Vaidya's "Silencer" got all the laughs when he let it off in "3 Idiots". But flatulence, as the many millions who suffer from it will tell you, is not funny, just embarrassing. It's abdominal bloating, also known as "breaking wind", "passing wind" or err, "farting"
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Mumbai Indians' wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik was fined five percent of his match fees for showing dissent during the first qualifier of the Indian Premier League (IPL) against Chennai Super Kings at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Tuesday night. "Dinesh Karthik from Mumbai Indians was fined 5% of his match fee for breaching the Pepsi Indian Premier League (IPL) Code of Conduct during the match at Ferozeshah Kotla Ground last evening," an IPL statement said Wednesday. "Karthik admitted to the Level 1 offence (Article 2.1.3) of showing dissent at an umpire's decision during the match.
