Mumbai, May 22 (IANS) Actress Shruti Haasan, daughter of veteran actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan, says her father has been very inspiring for her. She marvels at her father’s dedication and says he has the same enthusiasm that a newcomer has for his work. “He has been an inspiration for me, personally. [...]

Patna, May 22 (IANS) A day after a 22-year-old woman was gang-raped and her friend was beaten up by three men in Bihar, two of the accused were arrested Wednesday, police said. The two attackers were arrested in the Banka district, police said. “We will arrest the third accused soon [...]

New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Wednesday blamed Sahara Adventure Sports Limited for the failure of the arbitration and said the body “cannot be held responsible” for the breakdown of the process. Sahara, who own the Pune Warriors India franchise, pulled out [...]

New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) India needs to take sector-specific action and develop a mechanism to track the achievements in each area to achieve the goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, says a study conducted by WWF-India. The Indian government aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in relation to [...]

Mumbai, May 22 (IANS) Actress Preity Zinta, who is gearing up for the release of her debut production venture “Ishkq in Paris”, finds production work difficult. She says it’s more like crisis-management and is a thankless job. “The toughest part was crisis-management. Production, of course, is a thankless job,” she [...]

Patna, May 22 (IANS) Taking cognizance of prolonged harassment faced by a journalist and his family by their landlord for not paying an exorbitant rent here, Bihar’s rights panel Wednesday sought a report from the city police chief on the issue. The Bihar Human Rights Commission has directed Patna Senior [...]

Sukma (Chhattisgarh), May 22 (IANS) The Maoists early Wednesday attacked two police camps in Chhattisgarh but there were no reports of casualty in the firing, police said. The rebels attacked Chhattisgarh Armed Forces (CAF) personnel in camps at Minpa and Burkapal in Sukma district and the intermittent firing lasted for [...]

New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) As the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) got down to celebrating its fourth anniversary, the BJP Wednesday trained its guns on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and said he was leader neither of his party nor the country. Congress retorted to the comment, saying the Bharatiya Janata [...]

Chennai, May 22 (IANS) Tamil Nadu’s Crime Branch-Crime Investigation Department (CBCID) Wednesday said a lookout notice has been issued to all airports for Kitty alias Uttam alleged to be a bookie with links in spot fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL). In a statement issued here, CBCID said: “Sustained [...]

New Delhi: Ajit Chandila of Rajasthan Royals was about to spot-fix in another Indian Premiere League (IPL) match too for which he had taken Rs.15 lakh from a Punjab-based bookie, police claimed here today. During interrogation Chandila has revealed the name of another bookie, Deepak Kumar, 35, a resident of [...]