'Rockstar' wins top honours at FICCI Frames
Ranbir Kapoor-starrer Rockstar won top honours including the best actor and best director titles at the FICCI Frames Excellence Awards here.
Border rail network vital to match China: Minister
Railway minister Dinesh Trivedi made an impassioned plea for augmenting rail infrastructure in the border areas, in an implicit reference to China building a network of rails and roads in areas bordering India’s north-eastern states.
PM to go ahead with Iran visit
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s much-anticipated visit to Iran this year can be expected to serve the dual purpose of maintaining India’s ties with Iran on an even keel and kick-starting peace talks with Pakistan.
Tehran will host the 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in September.
Chilli-coated rope fencing to deter elephants
Soon, chilli-coated rope fences will be installed extensively to deter crop-raiding elephants from entering villages lying close to the forests, especially in divisions under the Aanamudi elephant ran
BSY ready to be K’taka chief
In a climb-down from his belligerent stand of reclaiming the chief minister’s post, BJP strongman B.S.
16 TN fishermen injured in mid-sea 'attack by Lankan navy'
Sixteen fishermen from this island were injured in a mid-sea attack allegedly by Sri Lankan Naval personnel while fishing near the international maritime boundary line (IMBL) in the Palk Strait, pol
‘Tiger chief son blindfolded, shot’
Slain Tiger chief Velupillai Prabhakaran’s 12-year-old son Balachandran is shown stripped to the waist and dead with five bullet holes in his chest in yet another UK’s Channel 4 bombshell.
BSY unlikely to be reinstated
Jolted by the Karnataka high court verdict giving former CM B.S. Yeddyurappa a clean chit in the illegal mining scam, the BJP top brass has begun efforts to placate him but is in no mood to give in to the demand that he should be made chief minister as soon as possible.
Manohar Parrikar sworn in for 2nd term as Goa CM
Mr Manohar Parrikar, who spearheaded the BJP’s emphatic win in the Assembly polls with a majority of its own for the first time, on Friday took oath as chief minister of Goa at the head of a six-member coalition government.
Dravid exits, with grace and style
All through his 16-year cricketing career, Rahul Dravid has been associated with solidity and has been the go-to man for the team in the face of adversity.