2012 July | TalkAndhra

Not my job to propose any name for Vice-Prez post: Karuna

Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi, who “proposed” the candidature of Pranab Mukherjee as ruling UPA’s presidential nominee, today indicated that he may not take a similar initiative for the Vice-President’s post. Asked by reporters if he had proposed anybody’s name for the...

Thackeray cracks whip at Kalam, calls him shallow, hypocrite

Mumbai: Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray hit out at former President APJ Abdul Kalam Azad calling him “hypocrite” and “shallow” for making a statement after so many years that he was ready to swear in the Congress President Sonia Gandhi as the Prime Minister after the 2004 polls. “After...

Barclays chairman steps down after rates scandal

The chairman of Barclays Bank, Marcus Agius, announced his resignation on Monday after accepting responsibility for a price-fixing scandal that saw the bank slapped with trans-Atlantic fines of $453 million. Last week, the US and British agencies imposed the fines on Barclays for submitting false data...

Chandrababu and CPI Narayana arrested

There will be clarity on Telangana by 2014 elections

Direct Cash Transfer – A New Delivery Mechanism for Subsidies

Prez poll: Sangma camp finds ammunition against Pranab

New Delhi, Jul 2: Opposition’s Presidential nominee and former NCP leader PA Sangma in a political masterstroke has challenged the nomination of UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee. Pranab is the Chairman of the Indian Statistical Institute, which according to Sangma is an office of profit. Sangma...

Mumbai attacks 2008: ’40 Indians involved in terror plot’

Islamabad, Jul 2: Pakistani authorities have alleged the involvement of 40 Indian nationals in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, days after terror suspect Abu Jundal, who was arrested from the Delhi airport last week, revealed that the attacks were controlled and executed from a Karachi control-room. “Our...

Manmohan, Sonia survey flood-hit areas of Assam

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, accompanied by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, on Monday made an aerial survey of flood-affected areas in Assam. The three leaders made an aerial survey by helicopter of Majuli island, Jorhat, Sibsagar, Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts, which...

Pawan Kalyan to shake legs with Scarlett Wilson in CGTR

British actress Scarlett Wilson of Shanghai [Hindi film] fame is all set to shake her legs with Pawan Kalyan for an item song in Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu. Puri Jagannadh is helming CGTR and roped in Scarlett Wilson to dance with Power Star Pawan Kalyan. This special number composed by Mani Sharma...