The State Crime Branch Criminal Investigation Department (CBCID) has revealed that a family dispute over MGR's property had led to Vijayan's murder a few months ago. Also, the police has arrested late MG Ramachandran's adopted daughter for her alleged role in murder. Other than her, police has ...

Jaya Bachchan has apologized for her anti-Marathi remarks; she did not intend to hurt anybody from Maharashtra. However, she said that she was misunderstood and that her comments were actually hinted at those Bollywood actors who despite working in Hindi films prefer to talk in English during ...

Despite the fact that the both the parties deny that there is nothing much to speculate from recent meeting of Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh and Chiranjeevi; the meeting has led to speculations about the future collaboration in Andhra Pradesh politics. Political analysts opine that the ...

The India-born and UK based steel tycoon Lakshmi Niwas Mittal has been chosen for the third Forbes Lifetime Achievement Award, declared the prestigious American business magazine on Monday, September 8, 2008. The said award seeks to honor heroes of entrepreneurial capitalism and free ...

After an agreement with West Bengal (WB) CM Bhattacharjee, Mamata Banerjee called up agitation at Singur. Under the compromise formula 400 acres of land where 300 are in the Tata Nano project area and 100 acres in adjacent area will be given to farmers who have not agreed to surrender their land. ...

Jyoti Basu, former West Bengal chief minister and a veteran Marxist leader, fell in the bathroom of his Salt Lake residence on Friday, September 5, 2008, due to which he suffered 'internal haemorrhage in the head'. This information was provided by the spokesperson of the nursing home where he was ...

The farmers of Haryana, in honor of chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, have branded a rice variety in his name. A thanks-giving meeting was held at the residence of the Haryana CM recently, where the farmers launched the 'Hooda brand' of rice. The new carry bags containing the rice carried the ...

Court of Special CBI Judge A K Verma framedthe charges of murder and rape against Baba Ram Rahim. The charges have been framed under IPC Section 376 (rape), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 509 (uttering any word or making any gesture intended to insult the modesty of a woman) against the Dera ...

Nupur Sharma of Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has become president of DUSU for the session 2008-09 (Delhi University Students Union). She defeated Sonia Sapra of NSUI (National Students Union of India) with a margin of 1,639 votes. Nupur Sharma got 10,345 votes. Nupur Sharma, a Law ...

Madras University has bestowed a PhD degree to Congress chief Edvige Antonia Albina Maino alias Sonia Gandhi. Interestingly, universities in Tamil Nadu are known to vest PhD degrees not only to political leaders but to film stars too. The honorary degree to Sonia has been given to felicitate her ...

Delhi's Patiala House Court has sentenced Sanjeev Nanda to five years in jail in the BMW hit-and-run-case. Earlier, the court had found him guilty and had reserved the sentencing part for today. Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar found Sanjeev Nanda guilty under Section 304 (2) of the Indian ...

Blaming center government for double standard on anti-terror law, UP CM Mayawati has thrown away UPCOCA (Uttar Pradesh Control of Organized Crime Act). She showed her annoyance at Congress government, over the non-clearance of the bill which was passed by the state legislature on February 13, this ...

The list containing the names of the super duper rich in India is increasing real fast. A proof of this is the recently released Forbes' list of 15 youngest Asian billionaires, which includes the names of six Indians. They are Ranbaxy’s Malvinder and Shivinder Singh, real estate firm Oberoi ...

Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen has been included in the reform panel of IMF. The reform panel is established to advice the International Monetary Fund (IMF) modifications so that the global agency could bring out its programs more effectively. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, MD of IMF said that the ...

What more the Ambani brothers- Mukesh and Anil Ambani could have asked for after being named together among the world’s most powerful persons by Vanity Fair, UK based fashion magazine. The duo also holds their position in the list of world’s richest persons.  Mukesh and Anil hold ...

58 year old Vaithilingam has become new CM of Puducherry; it is his second tenure as Union Territory's CM. Lt Governor Govind Singh Gurjar administered the oath of office and secrecy to Vaithilingam and others. Along with chief minister, five other members of the cabinet took oath in the function ...

The Supreme Court in the case involving Javed Gulam Mohammed encounter on June 15, 2004, has issued notice to Gujarat CM Narendra Modi. The two judge bench comprising of Justices Tarun Chatterjee and Aftab Alam want response from Gujarat CM Modi in the so called fake encounter of Pranesh Kumar ...

Noted Indian economist and environmental scientist Rajendra Kumar Pachauri has been appointed to serve as the chairman of the UN body, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for a second term. A member of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) said that RK Pachauri was unanimously ...

Rizwanur's mother Kishwar Jahan has filed an appeal in Calcutta HC, seeking criminal proceedings against ex-Police Commissioner Prasun Mukherjee and ex-Deputy Commissioner Gyanwant Singh. Evidently, Justice Dipankar Datta on August 14 had with a reprimand set free Mukherjee and Singh. The court, ...

H Y Sharada Prasad passed away at the age of 84; he served three Indian PMs as media advisor. Holenarsipur Yoganarasimha Sharada Prasad was his full name, but he was known for his short name H.Y. Sharada Prasad. He has left his wife and two sons behind him. Known as Shourie among relatives and ...

Delhi High Court has held Sanjeev Nanda guilty under IPC section 304 (Part II); sentence would be given tomorrow. Pronouncing his judgment Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar said that he has found Sanjeev Nanda guilty under Section 304 (Part II) (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the ...

Finance secretary Duvvuri Subbarao will substitute YV Reddy as RBI governor. The announcement in this regard came on Monday , 1 September. Now, Subbarao will be the presiding officer of country's monetary policies for  the next five years. This IIT Kanpur BTech, studied economics from ...

CPI (M) is mulling a plan to forge an alliance with Telugu film superstar Chiranjeevi in the state of Andhra Pradesh. According to reports, CPI (M) is looking for right partners to fight next Lok Sabha elections; and it is mulling a plan to forge an alliance with Jayalalitha in Tamil Nadu too. ...

Isha Ambani, definitely, was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. But Forbes latest survey has also acclaimed her as the youngest billionaire heiress. Isha, daughter of Mukesh Ambani Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), is the youngest of the top ten billionaire ...

The spearhead of Singur protest Mamata Banerjee has said that big private players spell disaster for small retailers. She said that she has been opposing the entry of big retail players in India. According to reports, small retailers in Singur are holding a protest rally today, and Mamata is ...

Prosecutor David Meredith has said that Jayant Patel (Doctor Death) will face committal hearing beginning Feb 9 to 27, 2009. The India born Jayant Patel was allegedly involved in deaths of his patients, and forgery and other similar charges. Doctor Death is in custody of Australian authorities ...

Commenting on Indian economy's dismal performance in first quarter, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia speculates that India will have better growth rate next fiscal. He admitted that the slowdown was not unexpected, and a growth of almost eight percent is a healthy and ...

Tamil Nadu CM M Karunanidhi has ruled out of any invitation to Tata to open Nano Project in state. His statement put an end to the speculations that Tata might opt for Tamil Nadu, in case, he moves out of Singur in West Bengal and wants another location for Nano Project. Tamil Nadu CM said that ...

Supreme Court of India has issued notice to UP CIC (Chief Information Commissioner) Justice (Retd) Mohammad Asgar Khan for making irregular appointments, and has asked him to respond within 6 weeks. The judgment has come against the Mayawati government's reference under the RTI Act seeking his ...

Illustrious Indian businessman Ratan Tata, who is the chairman of the Tata Group, on Friday, August 29, 2008, was conferred with the honorary citizenship of Singapore. This was done in recognition of his steadfast business relationship with the island nation and his contribution to the growth of ...