Punjab before elections; Nobel rhetoric sans substance
byChandigarh : Imagine Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in the august company of the likes of Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Barack Obama, Aung…
December, 2011
Mobile number portability not much of a hit
byNew Delhi : About a year into operation, mobile number portability (MNP) that allowed telephone subscribers to change their operators without forgoing their existing…
Evergreen Dev Anand dies, cremation next week in London
byMumbai : Evergreen romantic star Dev Anand, who has given classic films like “Guide” and “Hare Rama Hare Krishna” and epitomised the suave, urban…
Hundreds join car rally for Lokpal
byNew Delhi : Hundreds of Anna Hazare supporters participated in a car and bike rally in the capital Sunday to drum up support for…
Longest novel in China focuses on 4.5 mn people
byBeijing : A Chinese man has written the country’s longest novel that encompasses an astounding 4.5 million people, runs into 10 volumes and took…
Dev Anand: Obituary
byMumbai : From “Baazi” in 1951 to “Chargesheet” in 2011, it was an untrammeled joyride through six decades of Bollywood. It’s curtains for the…
Dev saab was very fond of classical music: Lata
byMumbai : Bollywood’s Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar remembers Dev Anand as a man who was very fond of classical music, had a zest for life…
Restrictions in parts of capital Srinagar
bySrinagar : Strict security restrictions were imposed in parts of capital Srinagar Sunday to thwart a traditional Muharram procession by the Shia community here….
Dev Anand lived and died on his own terms: Shekhar Kapur
byMumbai : Acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapur says his uncle, late Bollywood legend Dev Anand, lived life on his own terms. “Dev Anand lived n…
BJP wins Renuka, Cong wins Nalagarh seat
byShimla : Arch rivals BJP and the Congress have won a seat each in Himachal Pradesh’s bypolls for two assembly seats Sunday . Election…