I'd love to act in a Hindi movie: Jessica Alba DNA India | Mumbai: As a preparatory measure before this interview, Hollywood actor Jessica Alba took some time off from work to watch a few Hindi movies — something she had never done before. And now, she has an interesting take on movies being churned out in Bollywood. | “Hindi films are very dr...
Kerala team begins work at new dam site Deccan Chronicle Kerala team begins work at new dam site | Feb. 8: A Kerala-sponsored team has commenced the preliminary works to test the solidity of the rocks at the site identified by its state government for the construction of an alternative dam to the existing ...
World Tamil meet starts in Chennai Newstrack India | Chennai, Feb. 6 (ANI): The two-day World Tamil protection conference commenced here on Saturday. | Earlier, the Madras High Court granted the permission World Tamil Forum to hold the conference. | Delegates from various Tamil organisati...
Bihar re-enacts 'Inspector General' of Danny Kaye, and the title is Head police station Newstrack India | Patna, Feb. 6 (ANI): In Naxal hit areas of Bihar the police are re-enacting the five decade old film 'Inspector General" starring Danny Kaye, except that in this instance, a villager becomes head of the police station for a day, and the opportunity...
Govt to make honour killing distinct offence The Times Of India NEW DELHI: Rattled by the spate of honour killings in northern states, the UPA government is preparing a legislative route to amend Indian Penal Code (IPC) and provide a deterrent punishment against khap panchayats, which order death penalty to young...
Andhra HC strikes down quota for Muslims The Times Of India HYDERABAD: A seven-judge bench of the Andhra Pradesh high court headed by chief justice A R Dave on Monday struck down as 'unsustainable' the state law providing 4% reservation in educational institutions and jobs for 15 Muslim groups deemed backward...
Poverty could mitigate crime, even murder: SC The Times Of India NEW DELHI: The law is supposed to be enforced uniformly, and without sorting the guilty on the basis of their economic and social background. On Monday, however, the Supreme Court said that economic status of a murder convict needs to be taken into a...
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It's Bollywood calling for Amar Singh Deccan Chronicle It's Bollywood calling for Amar Singh | His career as a politician may have taken an unexpected turn with his expulsion from the Samajwadi Party, but Amar Singh says he has a ...
Family Vaults Women to Leadership in Asia Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | BANGKOK -- "I am not a woman prime minister," Indira Gandhi liked to say during her many years as India's leader. "I am a prime minister." | But the question, here in Asia, is wh...
Boys face 55 cases in four states DNA India | New Delhi: Digvijay Singh, All India Congress Committee general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, said on Monday that in his interaction with families in Azamgarh, he had come across instances of some boys facing 55 cases in four states. | Sing...
SC issues notices to HC registrar generals on right to info dispute DNA India | New Delhi: For the first time since the inception of the right to information (RTI) act five years ago, the Supreme Court on Monday started hearing its registry’s appeal against the information watchdog’s direction to impart details abo...
Supreme court frowns at Chandigarh govt over missing petitioners DNA India | New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) directed the Chhattisgarh government on Monday to produce 12 persons who have been missing ever since they filed a petition seeking CBI probe into the killings of Dantewada villagers in an anti-Maoist operation. Th...
AI to focus on domestic routes The Times Of India NEW DELHI: This could well be the ultimate irony of the controversial Air India-Indian Airlines merger that saw the domestic arm's identity getting lost. Now, the IA model — with a focus firmly on domestic and nearby international routes — is being seen as the only way for keeping the debt-ridden airline afloat. | The merged entity — National...
