The Andhra Pradesh high court today dismissed the regular bail petition of YSR Congress chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy in connection with an alleged disproportionate assets case involving him.

Actor-director Kamal Hassan today said he will take legal recourse on Tamil Nadu government’s ban on screening of his film Vishwaroopam following protests by Muslim outfits, saying “such cultural terrorism” should stop.

Union minister V. Narayanasamy today said terrorism in any form was ‘condemnable’ and slammed demands for resignation of home minister Sushilkumar Shinde over his ‘Hindu terrorism’ remarks.

The Centre’s decision to allow oil companies to deregulate diesel prices for bulk purchasers has dealt a blow to the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation forcing the loss-making public utility to drastically cut its services across the state.

Manoj Bajpai, who garnered critical acclaim for his potrayal of a ganglord in Gangs of Wasseypur, has received several acting offers from abroad, courtesy filmmaker Anurag Kashyap.

Income Tax department today launched on-field inquiries at around nine locations in Mumbai belonging to alleged shell companies related to Nitin Gadkari’s Purti group, a day before he seeks a second straight term as the BJP president.

MIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, against whom a non-bailable warrant was pending in a 2005 case, today appeared before a court in Sangareddy town of Medak district which remanded him in judicial custody till February 2.

The BJP and the Shiv Sena today slammed Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde’s for his remarks on the involvement of the former in spreading ‘saffron terrorism’ in the country.

Announcing a slew of measures in the health sector, Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa today sanctioned over Rs 25 crore for various works including upgradation of the government Dental College and Hospital here.

Former chief minister and KJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa today ruled out the possibility of his party forming a government with the BJP after the assembly polls.