New Delhi, Jul 16: Bollywood icon Aamir Khan met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here today and apprised him of the plight of manual scavengers.
The society looks down upon those who remove human waste with their hands, the actor rued. He urged the PM to take immediate steps to stop the degrading practice.
Aamir...
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh was today chosen by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) as its unanimous candidate for the August 7 Vice-Presidential election against UPA nominee Hamid Ansari.
The opposition alliance said it had reservations over the re-nomination of Mr. Ansari,...
Bangalore, Jul 15: Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Sunday allocated portfolios to his ministers and retained key departments like finance and mines and geology with him. Shettar has allowed the ministers who served in the previous DV Sadananda Gowda ministry to retain portfolios held...
Launching a scathing attack on the Centre for its “callous and adamant attitude” in training Sri Lankan defence personnel in India, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday demanded that New Delhi desist from such acts and that they be sent back to their county immediately.
“The people...
Andhra Pradesh minister for minor irrigation T.G. Venkatesh has virtually put his foot in his mouth by calling upon the people to gun down the bureaucrats who have no commitment to their work.
The minister made the comment while participating in an official function at Kurnool on Friday. “The...
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will meet on Monday to finalise its Vice-Presidential candidate even though the UPA’s nominee Hamid Ansari is a sure winner, given the arithmetic in the electoral college.
The Bharatiya Janata Party Core Committee, at its meeting on Saturday, decided that even...
Sekhar Kammula’s much awaited film Life is Beautiful is all set to hit the screens on August 15. The audio release of the movie will take place on July 27th. Recently, the first look of the film was revealed. The entire story is set in a colony and has the feel of Shekar Kammula’s super hit movie...
