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Mar 15, 2010 5 min read

26 killed as bus falls off a bridge after collision.

Jaipur: At least 26 students were killed and 34 others injured when a bus carrying 62 people collided with a stationary vehicle and fell off a bridge in Rajasthans Sawai Madhopur. The accident happened on Monday morning when students of a teacher training college from Khanpur in

Mar 15, 2010 6 min read

Pak handler in ONGC terror plot identified

A day after the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested two men and claimed to have foiled the ONGC terror plot, the trail has led to a big breakthrough in investigations. The arrested men, Abdul Latif and Riyaz Ali, have revealed that the man they spoke to in Pakistan is

Mar 15, 2010 4 min read

Rao: No delay in implementation of the nuclear deal

Implementation of the civil nuclear deal is "proceeding smoothly and satisfactorily" and the civil nuclear liability bill is likely to be introduced in the Parliament after the recess, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said on Tuesday. "As far as introduction of the civil nuclear li

Mar 13, 2010 6 min read

More police forces rushed to Bareilly

The Uttar Pradesh government rushed more police reinforcements to Bareilly as it remains tense after fresh violence erupted on Friday following the release of a Sunni cleric, who was arrested on charges of inciting clashes. Leader of Ittehad-e-Millat Conference Maualna Khan, who

Mar 13, 2010 6 min read

Indian envoys in Afghanistan face kidnap threat

NEW DELHI: After unarmed Indian citizens, Indian diplomats in Afghanistan are now under threat from Pakistan-supported terrorists. According to government sources, India has received "credible" intelligence inputs on a terrorist plot to abduct Indian diplomats. Coming against the

Mar 11, 2010 7 min read

I just offered seva to Swami

Tamil actress Ranjitha justifies her acts in an interview with a Tamil website. Says her service was motivated by devotion to the godman Tamil actress Ranjitha, who went into hiding after being caught on camera while indulging in sexual acts with Swami Nityananda, finally come to

Mar 10, 2010 5 min read

Man declared dead starts moving

Poonch (J&K), Mar 10 (PTI) A middle-aged man, who was declared dead by doctors, started to move when he was being taken for burial in Mendhar tehsil here. Abdul Karim of Bhati Dhar village was pronounced dead by doctors yesterday at sub-district hospital in Mendhar. His body was

Mar 5, 2010 6 min read

CNN lists Gurudutt-Amitabh-Pran-Nargis-Meena among Asias 25 greatest actors of all time

Mar 5 (ANI): Guru Dutt, Amitabh Bachchan, Pran, Nargis, and Meena Kumari are among “Asia’’s 25 greatest actors of all time”, according to CNNGo, a division of Cable News Network (CNN). The listing, posted on March four, lists struggling poet of “Pyaasa” (1957) as the “best role”

Mar 5, 2010 5 min read

A.R. Rahman having Jai Ho concerts in 16 world cities

Oscar winner A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire) will be taking his “Jai Ho” concert worldwide, starting June 11 from New York (USA) and ending in London (United Kingdom) on July 26, according to reports. During this period, he will reportedly have live concerts in USA, Canada, Net

Mar 5, 2010 6 min read

First woman court martialled in India

Dimple Singla was among the first batch of women to be inducted in the Army in 1993. Now, she is the first woman from the Army to have been court-martialled and sent to jail. (Read: What is court martial?) Retired Major Singla was once a presiding court-martial judge herself. She

Mar 3, 2010 8 min read

Pilots dead in Hyderabad air show crash

Hyderabad: The pilot and co-pilot died and four persons were injured when a Navy plane crashed at an international aviation exhibition and hit a building in a residential area near Begumpet airport in Hyderabad. Officials tell CNN-IBN the aircraft belonged to the Indian Navy's ae

Mar 3, 2010 4 min read

Swamy Nithyananda’s Sex scandal video broadcasted on SUN News

March 02, 2010 (Chennai) – Swamy Nithyananda’s Sex scandal video has been broadcasted on populat Tamil channel SUN TV. In the video which SUN TV has broadcasted, Nithyananda was having sex with a top Tamil actress who’s name starts with “R”. The actress face was masked in the vid

Mar 2, 2010 6 min read

Kalki Bhagavan Amma Bhagavan frauds exposed by Tv9 Telugu

There’s a Live discussion show going on in Telugu news channel Tv9 in which Vijay Kumar Naidu alias Kalki Bhagavan and Amma Bhagawan are being targeted. He was born Vijay Kumar in Arcot district, Tamil Nadu, and at various times has also used names such as Mukteshwar, Sri Kalki B

Mar 2, 2010 5 min read

Taslima article in Kannada Prabha: Police firing kill two people in Karnataka

Shimoga (Karnataka) March 1 (ANI): At least two people died and four others injured when police opened fire to control a violent mob protesting against Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen in Karnataka’s Shimoga district on Monday evening. The incident took place when some organisa

Mar 2, 2010 7 min read

Karnataka Naxal leader Vasant Goudlu killed in police encounter

Karkala (Karnataka), March 1 (ANI): The Anti Naxal Force (ANF) gunned down a wanted Naxal leader Vasant Goudlu in an encounter near Muniyal in Karnataka’s Udupi district on Monday evening. The ANF also believes that another wanted Naxal leader Vikram Goudlu and Vasant’s sister Su

Mar 1, 2010 6 min read

India’s Freida Pinto in the race to be Bond girl

BAFTA nominated Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire) is again in the race to be the “James Bond” girl for the next Bond movie scheduled to be released next year. She reportedly unsuccessfully auditioned for Bond girl Camille Montes in last Bond movie “Quantum of Solace” (Marc Forst

Feb 23, 2010 5 min read

Padma Parvati Lakshmi gives birth to baby girl

London, Feb 23 (ANI): Indian-born TV chef Padma Parvati Lakshmi has become a proud mother of a baby girl, say sources. Author Salman Rushdie’s ex-wife announced in October last year that she was expecting her first child. The 39-year-old had branded the pregnancy a “medical mirac

Feb 22, 2010 7 min read

Nobody likes their kids to be gay

"We cannot allow the campus to be a cradle of wanton behaviour like homosexuality," declared P K Abdul Azis, vice-chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, defending the recent suspension of a professor for being gay. When told that homosexuality is no longer unlawful in India, he

Feb 5, 2010 6 min read

Hindi film nominated for Oscar Awards 2010

“Kavi“, directed-produced-written by Gregg Helvey (Overexposed), has been nominated in “Short Film” (Live Action) category of 82nd Academy Awards. It will compete with “The Door” (Juanita Wilson, James Flynn), “Instead of Abracadabra” (Patrik Eklund, Mathias Fjellstrom), “Miracle

Feb 2, 2010 4 min read

Tahir Hussain passes away

Tahir Hussain, Bollywood star Aamir Khan's father, and well-known filmmaker died of a massive heart attack here on Tuesday morning, He is survived by his wife and two sons, Aamir and Faisal, and two daughters, Farhat and Nikhat. Hussain is known for producing hits like "Hum Hain