Eminent painter Manjit Bawa passed away in New Delhi early Monday after a prolonged illness. He was 67 years old. Bawa, well-known for the vibrant use of colours in his paintings, was in coma following a brain haemorrhage three years ago. He was survived by his daughter & son.
Born in Dhuri in Punjab in [...]
Hyundai Motors have on Monday launched its new hatchback ‘i20′ in the premium compact segment. The car is Hyundai’s second venture in the premium compact segment, which the company managing director Heung Soo Lheem has described as the “high growth segment” for the coming years.
i20 is the successor of i10 in the compact segment, and [...]
Delaney Bramlett, the singer-songwriter-producer who penned classic rock songs such as “Let it Rain” & worked with musicians George Harrison and Eric Clapton, passed away on Saturday. He was 69 years old.
Bramlett died shortly before 5 a.m. at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles as a result of complications from gall-bladder surgery.
Aamir Khan’s Ghajini will release in theaters on schedule on December 25, as the Bombay High Court refused to stay its release. The hearing has been adjourned until December 26.
Trouble for the film started when the Madras High Court stayed its worldwide release on December 23, after the producers of the original Tamil film objected [...]
The all-India release of the Aamir Khan’s film “Ghajini” has been stayed by the Madras High Court over alleged copyright violation. KBC Pictures had filed a suit in the High Court against the makers of the film, saying that KBC Pictures have got the rights for the remake from the original producer.
The producers of Aamir [...]
The World bank has banned leading software vendor Satyam Computers from all business at the bank for a period of eight years - and that the ban started in September, IANS reported.
The World Bank move came after bank investigators discovered that spy software was covertly installed on workstations inside the bank’s Washington headquarters - [...]
There are reports that Satyam Computers founder and chairman Ramalinga Raju had resigned from the board. Mr Raju had put in his papers & that he was awaiting the company board’s decision on the issue.
Incidentally, a Satyam board meeting is scheduled for December 29. According to analysts, Mr Raju’s resignation wouldn’t make much of a [...]
The African nation’s Lansana Conte passed away following a long illness. Conte has ruled Guinea with an iron fist since grabbing power in a 1984 coup. He was believed to be in his 70s. National Assembly leader Aboubacar Sompare said on national television around 2 a.m. Tuesday that Conte died Monday evening. He said that [...]
Bhargavi, a Telugu actress, was found dead at her residence in Banjara Hills. She was married 4 year ago. Also found with Bhargavi was the body of Praveen who was allegedly a friend. Police suspect Praveen could have killed Bhargavi & committed suicide.
A senior police officer said, “It may be a suicide or perhaps murder [...]
Kunal Deshprabhu, 26 years old, son of former Pernem MLA Jitendra Deshprabhu, died in a car crash at Sangolda on Sunday. Calangute police said that the mishap occurred at about 4.15 am when Kunal, who was driving towards Calangute in a Maruti Swift, lost control of the steering wheel on the Sangolda slope & rammed [...]
Van Johnson, popular Hollywood star of 1940s musicals & comedies, passed away on Friday. He was 92 years old. Mr. Johnson died Dec. 12 at Tappan Zee Manor, a senior citizens home in Nyack, N.Y. No cause of death was immediately reported.
Johnson was a tall, athletic man with freckles and red hair who was [...]
Pakistani authorities have placed restrictions on the movement of Maulana Masood Azhar, chief of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), “by confining him to his multi-storeyed concrete compound in the Model Town area of Bahawalpur”. Masood Azhar’s activities have been restricted in the wake of the Indian government’s demand to hand him over to New Delhi. The confinement comes [...]
Former England all-rounder Chris Lewis has been charged with attempting to smuggle cocaine with a street value of more than 200,000 pounds into Britain. The 40 years old was arrested along with an alleged accomplice on Monday after border control officers at London’s Gatwick airport found four kilograms of the illegal drug in liquid form [...]
A day after Narayan Rane slammed the Congress Party, senior leaders & Congress President Sonia Gandhi after being denied the Chief Minister’s post in Maharashtra, Narayan Rane has been suspended from the party with immediate effect. While announcing the suspension of Rane from the party, AICC general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said, “Narayan Rane is making [...]
Two policemen were injured when a former SIMI activist Waqar Ahmed, an accused in the Mecca Masjid blast case, opened fire on them at Santosh Nagar of Hyderabad on Wednesday. Constables Jafar & Rama Raju were hurt when Ahmed opened fire after they came across the policemen. The injured policemen were admitted to Apollo DRDO [...]
India has on Monday summoned Pakistan’s envoy in New Delhi & demanded “strong action” against those involved in Mumbai attacks. MEA summons Pakistan high commissioner Shahid Malik over Mumbai terror attacks. Shahid Malik was summoned by Joint Secretary (Pakistan) in the MEA, T C A Raghavan, who issued a demarche (protest note) over Islamabad’s failure [...]
Pune: The Pune Police has received a fax threatening 40 explosions around the city, Saakaltimes reported. The fax received by the Police at 12.30 pm was, “This is to inform you that we are going to do 40 blasts at about 2.30 pm. The blast would be near or in banks, station & colleges. Save [...]