Everything you need to know about Bano: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Bano: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Lucknow, 21 April (IANS) Five goals by Jasjeet Kaur helped Railways to enter the quarterfinals of the third Hockey India Women's National Championship with a 16-0 win against Tamil Nadu in Pool A at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium here Sunday.
Islamabad, Apr. 4 (ANI): Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf, in an attempt to break Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif's vote bank, has fielded a woman candidate to run elections against him from Lahore.
Islamabad, Apr. 4 (ANI): Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf, in an attempt to break Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif's vote bank, has fielded a woman candidate to run elections against him from Lahore.
Ghazaiabad, March 23 (IANS) Armed robbers, aware of the presence of a large sum of money, looted cash and jewellery worth over Rs.40 lakh from a building contractor's house here at gunpoint Saturday, police said.
Peshawar, Dec. 12 (ANI): Legendary Indian actor Dilip Kumar's ancestral home in Peshawar would be acquired and preserved by the provincial government as national heritage, Minister for Culture, Mian Iftikhar Hussain announced on the actor's 90th birthday on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) India has recovered from the shock of the cataclysmic events that followed the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992, but that dark episode should be taken as a warning against mixing politics with religion and inciting inter-community hatred, says the celebrated former BBC journalist and author Mark Tully who was witness to it.
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) Septuagenarian couple Jayant and Sudha Verma are looking forward to moving into to a new?age retirement home that promises better lifestyle, healthcare, safety and social bonding.
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) A 28-year-old man stabbed his younger brother to death here for abusing their mother over a property dispute, police said Thursday. The accused has been arrested
Leh , Oct 25 (ANI): Over a thousand kilometers away from mainstream India as we know it, defying all claims that brought shame to our country by being labeled the world's most dangerous place for a girl child, is an age old tradition in a little-known land of desert and snow that treats its girls in a manner worthy of emulation.
Lucknow, Sep 12 (IANS) Two women were killed here Wednesday when a fire-cracker stockpile in their house exploded. Over a dozen people in the house suffered serious burn injuries, Senior Superintendent of Police R.K. Chaturvedi told IANS.
Patna, April 22 (IANS) In a suspected honour killing, a woman strangled to death her daughter for having married against her wishes in Patna. The mother was arrested Sunday.
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Muslim women from middle class homes continue to battle discrimination despite efforts by the government and non-profit organisations to empower them, says veteran filmmaker-activist Rama Pandey, who is serialising her encounters with 26 women from the community in three volumes of stories.
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) The book shelf this weekend is a pile of serious narratives - both fiction and non-fiction. Browse with IANS...
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday declared the list of the candidates for different wards for the Municipal Corporation Elections-2012. The Municipal Corporation of Elections for this year is to be held on April 15 for different wards.
London, Feb 6 (ANI): Gerard Depardieu will star as Dominique Strauss-Kahn in a film by US director Abel Ferrara about the New York sex scandal that caused the former IMF chief to resign.
London, Feb 6 (ANI): Gerard Depardieu will star as Dominique Strauss-Kahn in a film by US director Abel Ferrara about the New York sex scandal that caused the former IMF chief to resign.
Srinagar, Jan 17 (ANI): Watching the marriage preparations of her elder sister in a surreal daze, Mansoora Bano couldn't believe the sight of her beautifully decorated house which, till two days ago, was a mute spectator to the family's battle of existence in a small village of Hugli, West Bengal.
Srinagar, Jan 17 (ANI): Watching the marriage preparations of her elder sister in a surreal daze, Mansoora Bano couldn't believe the sight of her beautifully decorated house which, till two days ago, was a mute spectator to the family's battle of existence in a small village of Hugli, West Bengal.
Paris, Dec 20 (ANI): The wife of shamed former International Monetary fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Anne Sinclair, who stood by her during his sex scandals, has been named as Woman of the Year in a poll for a French magazine.
Paris, Dec.2 (ANI): Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) president Dominique Strauss Kahn has finally admitted that his 'uninhibited' sex life cost him his chance to become president of France.
Paris, Nov 6 (ANI): French writer Tristane Banon who claimed that former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted her in 2003, would prefer not to speak the name of the man who she says stole her twenties, her health, and has revealed why she now feels vindicated after the French politician was arrested over rape charges.
Islamabad, Oct 27(ANI): Pakistan cricketer Sohail Tanveer's first wife, Nosheen Agha, has filed an application against him at the Shalimar police station in Islamabad, seeking the registration of an FIR against the left-arm pacer for threatening her.
Paris, Oct.20 (ANI): French writer Tristane Banon has dropped all legal action against 'sex attacker' and former International Monetary Fund (IMF) president Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
Paris, Oct 15 (ANI): Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has admitted that he tried to grab the young French journalist, who has accused him of attempting to rape her, but released her when she resisted.
London, Oct 14 (ANI): Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been cleared of all attempted rape charges against him - but Paris prosecutors said he had "sexually assaulted" his alleged victim.
Khunti (Jharkhand), Oct 1 (ANI): The delay in the construction of bridges over rivers connecting some villages in the Maoist-hit region of Jharkhand has increased the villagers' distress, particularly during floods in monsoon.
Paris, Sept 30 (ANI): The French writer who had accused former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempting to rape her in 2003, has said that she had repeated her allegation during a police-arranged encounter with him on Thursday.
London, Sept 29 (ANI): Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the French journalist, who accused him of trying to rape her in 2003, have reportedly arrived at a police station to be brought face to face.
Paris, Sept 26 (ANI): French journalist Tristane Banon, who has accused former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of trying to rape her, broke down in front of crowds of protestors, admitting she is afraid of coming face-to-face with her alleged attacker.
Paris, Sept 23 (ANI): Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is willing to meet face-to-face with the French writer who accused him of attempted rape.
Paris, Sept 20 (ANI): The French journalist who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her, has said that she was lucky enough that the sexual encounter with the former International Monetary Fund chief didn't ended in a rape.
Paris, Sept 17 (ANI): Former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn admitted that he tried to kiss the French author Tristane Banon, but denied attempting to rape her in a Paris flat in 2003.
Paris, Sept 13 (ANI): Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was reportedly questioned by French police over allegations that he attempted to rape a French writer in 2003.
Paris, Sept 5 (ANI): Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was reportedly questioned by police over allegations of sexually abusing a French writer, when he arrived in Paris.
Paris, Sept 5 (ANI): Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who has been in the US since May, has returned to Paris less than two weeks after charges of him sexually assaulting a New York hotel maid were dropped.
Paris, Aug 31 (ANI): Former French prime minister Michel Rocard has described former International Monetary Fund chief and a frontrunner for the socialist presidential nomination, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, as 'mentally ill'.
New York, July 24 (ANI): The lawyer of French writer Tristane Banon, who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her, has revealed that he has met the New York hotel maid who charged the former IMF head with rape.
Srinagar, July 23 (ANI): Separatist hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani has called for shutdown here on Saturday to protest the alleged abduction and gang rape of a woman in Kulgam district.
Srinagar, July 22 (ANI): A senior army commander on Friday promised a 'dispassionate' probe into a recent rape case allegedly involving two army personnel.
Kulgam (Kashmir Valley), July 22 (ANI): Residents of Kulgam staged a protest on Friday against the alleged gang rape of a woman, Rukaya Bano, by two army personnel.
New York, July 21 (ANI): Lawyers representing the New York hotel maid and French writer, who have accused Strauss Kahn of attempting to rape them, have raised the prospect that they will join forces to strengthen their cases against the former IMF boss.
Paris, July 19 (ANI): The mother of the French writer who claimed Dominique Strauss-Kahn attacked her, has revealed that she had a 'consensual but brutal' sexual encounter of her own with the former IMF chief.
New York, July 13 (ANI): Dominique Strauss-Kahn reportedly sent a text message to a French writer who has filed a criminal complaint against him for attempted rape, asking, 'Do I scare you?'
Paris, July 12 (ANI): Former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn has filed a lawsuit for defamation against a young French writer who accused him of trying to rape her in 2003'.
New York, July 5 (ANI): Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has threatened to countersue the French writer who had earlier alleged that he had tried to rape her during an interview for her book in 2002.
New York, May 24 (ANI): The mother of a woman who had claimed that Dominique Strauss-Kahn had tried to rape her in 2002, has said that she believes the former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief never wanted to run for French President because of a lack of 'permanent self control.'
London, May 19 (ANI): A French blog has revealed an account of an actress who called Dominique Strauss-Kahn a 'gorilla' in 2008.
Kupwara, May 18 (ANI): "I have to walk one and half kilometer everyday to bring water from the spring. I keep the loaded pot on my head because of which I am losing my hair and my head and eyes continuously pain. What should I care the most, my headache or quenching thirst of my family members, their survival?"
Islamabad, Jan 28(ANI): One of Pakistan's best selling and most salacious pulp fiction serial novels, Challawa, was considered 'too hot to be read aloud' in India's annual Jaipur Literary Festival.
Washington, Dec 7 (ANI): Ever since the TSA implemented new pat-down security measures, passengers have been trying out different stunts in protest or support of the controversial regulations.
London, Dec 3 (ANI): A wheelchair-bound woman in the US, who protested against the airport security pat down by stripping to her bra and panties, missed her flight because it took over an hour to hand search her.
Washington, Dec 2 (ANI): An elderly woman in America tried to clear security at the Will Rogers World Airport by wearing only her bra and panties.ccording to the Oklahoman, Tammy Banovac, 52, a retired surgeon who uses a wheelchair, wore a trench coat when she arrived, but disrobed when it came time to go through security.
Sydney, Nov 7 (ANI): Cricket Australia has decided to cut pool payments to the nation's top cricketers after a 16million dollars shortfall in projected revenue this summer.
Agra (Uttar Pradesh), Oct. 27 (ANI): India's fabled monument of love, the Taj Mahal, is once again getting beautified.
London, Sep 24 (ANI): A father in the Philippines has been sentenced to 14,400 years in jail for raping his daughter.
Amethi, Sep 3 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi who is on a three-day visit to his Amethi constituency, expressed his anger with the local police for not investigating a murder case properly.
Srinagar, March 16 (ANI): Many women in Jammu and Kashmir, who have been victims of violence or harassment in marriage or other relations, want the State Commission for Women be enabled to act efficiently to assist distressed women of the valley.
Varanasi, Mar 14 (ANI): Nurturing a cerebral palsy affected youth is proving to be too much for a weaver family here.
Washington, Feb 19 (ANI): A new study conducted by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), has determined that the evolutionary game of rock-paper-scissors in some animals might lead to the emergence of new species.
Haldwani, Nov 11 (ANI): A group of women in the Haldwani region of Uttarakhand have launched a drive to root out the use of polythene bags by making eco-friendly paper bags.
Karachi, Sep.18 (ANI): Family members of the Hindu nurse, Bano, who disappeared from Karachi last month under mysterious circumstances, have urged the government to step into the issue and direct the concerned authorities to pursue the matter seriously to find out her whereabouts.
Karachi, Sep.9 (ANI): Dozens of Hindus protested outside the Karachi Press Club demanding the safe return of a Hindu nurse, Bano, who went missing nearly three weeks ago.
Los Banos (Philippines), July 24 (ANI): By looking at what different types of rice have in common, a team of international scientists are unlocking rice's genetic diversity to help conserve it and find valuable rice genes to help improve rice production.
Lahore, May 16 (ANI): With almost 1,900 registered madrassas for girls in the country, Pakistan is experiencing a boom in female madrassas due to the failures of the public education system.
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh), May 13 (IANS) In the eye of an increasingly ugly political storm, Samajwadi Party's (SP) actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada said Wednesday that she would not quit politics even if she lost the election.
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Following are the key contests for the fifth and final phase of Lok Sabha elections:
Lucknow, May 12 (IANS) Most of the 14 Lok Sabha seats up for grabs in the fifth and last phase of the polls in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday have large Muslim populations, a factor is likely to determine the fate of the 203 candidates in the fray.
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh's politically volatile Rampur constituency is abuzz with speculation over whether or not disgruntled Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan will joining the Congress.
New Delhi, May 11 (ANI): Samajwadi party candidate from the Rampur Lok Sabha seat Jayaprada has accused her fellow SP leader Azam Khan of being involved in cheap campaigning against her, and added that she would take the matter to the Election Commission.
Rampur, May 9 (IANS) After maintaining studied silence on the Amar Singh-Azam Khan spat that brought the bitter infighting within the Samajwadi Party (SP) to the fore, party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Saturday said 'Khan was weakening the roots of our party'.
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh), May 5 (IANS) He is a Muslim man who also visits Hindu temples. He offers the namaz but also sports a tilak on his forehead. Meet Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice president and candidate in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur Lok Sabha constituency.
Mumbai, April 22 (IANS) Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal is ready with his next venture 'Well Done Abba', a satirical comedy that stars Boman Irani in a double role.
Lahore, April 21 (IANS) Eminent ghazal singer Iqbal Bano died here Tuesday. She was 74.
Jammu, April 18 (IANS) Two guerrillas of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit and a woman associate were killed Saturday in a gunbattle between the militants and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir.
Vote bank politics is the arch villain in Indian poll history whereby Muslims have astutely been used as vote bank by political parties like Congress, Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)
Leh (Jammu and Kashmir), Apr 11 (ANI): Many self-help groups in Choshut village of Leh are working on various social issues to help women become self-sufficient.
Leh, Apr 3(ANI): A few German volunteers along with residents in Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir are running a non-governmental organisation to provide required medical facilities to the physically challenged children of the state.
Lucknow, Mar 15 (ANI): The Samajwadi party (SP) on Sunday said that if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L. K. Advani becomes the Prime Minister after the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati would become his deputy.
Agra, Mar 5 (ANI): The Congress released its first list of 24 candidates from Uttar Pradesh for general elections, which include film actor and the former SP leader Raj Babbar from Fatehpur Sikri.
New Delhi, Mar 5 (ANI): Congress party has declared its first list of 24 candidates in Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming general elections.
New Delhi, Feb 18 (ANI): A discussion on former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi dominated Mani Shankar Aiyar's book launch function in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Jammu, Feb 4 (ANI): A 31-year-old pregnant Gujjar woman has told police at the Baderwah Police Station in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda District that she was repeatedly gang raped by Lashkar-e-Toiba militants for two months. High drama was witnessed at the police station in Baderwah when the woman, Shah Bano Begum, identified one of the militants Imitiyaz during an identification parade. She thrashed him in front of the policemen and broke down.
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Fifty-year-old Shah Bano, a regular patient at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), was Saturday surprised to be asked for an identity proof for the first time at the hospital.
Hyderabad, Jan 20 (IANS) Thespian Dilip Kumar will be conferred with honorary doctorate by Maulana Azad National Urdu University here next month.
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Change, they say, is the only constant in life. The saying may not have been true for India's Rs.226 billion/ Rs. 22,600 Crores television industry for the past seven years but it certainly seemed apt for 2008.
Patna, Dec 22 (IANS) The fear of their children catching deadly polio is still haunting millions of parents across Bihar, and they who are striving to ensure their children are administered the polio vaccine as quickly as possible.
Jaipur, Dec 4 (IANS) Enthusiasm to cast their votes Thursday saw the elderly and the young alike heading for polling stations in droves in Rajasthan. An 85-year-old incapacitated woman was a case in point.
Islamabad, Nov 27 (IANS) Pakistanis watched with despair and sorrow as images of the Mumbai terror attacks were played out by local television channels Thursday, even as they strongly condemned terrorism in the neighbouring country.
Palakkad (Kerala), Nov 24 (ANI): When we talk about a rock garden, the first picture that comes to mind is Chandigarh's famous rock garden. Now, Kerala too has come up with its own rock garden, though less famous.
Lucknow, Nov 20 (IANS) The make-believe parliamentarians at the children's parliament held in the state legislative assembly here Thursday raised a host of issues ranging from lack of school teachers in Rae Bareli to harassment of street urchins in Varanasi.
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to the home ministry and Delhi Police for not abiding by the Supreme Court's guidelines on the rights of terror suspects involved in the Sep 13 serial blasts here that killed 24 people and left 124 injured.
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Zahra Banoo looked demure in her white salwar kurta, her head covered and a soft smile never leaving her face. However, behind this facade is the first woman in the history of Ladakh and Kargil region of Jammu and Kashmir to contest elections for a local administrative body.
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to the home ministry and Delhi Police for not abiding by the Supreme Court's guidelines on the rights of terror suspects involved in the Sep 13 serial blasts here that killed 24 people and left 124 injured.
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Zahra Banoo looked demure in her white salwar kurta, her head covered and a soft smile never leaving her face. However, behind this facade is the first woman in the history of Ladakh and Kargil region of Jammu and Kashmir to contest elections for a local administrative body.
Director Aziz Mirza has finally flipped his cards after a long interval with the release of Kismat Konnection. The film experience a fairly good
Los Banos(Philippines), July 7 (ANI): A unique course designed to inspire young scientists will develop the research leaders who can help prevent food crises such as that seen around the world in 2008, and which is a key topic being discussed by world leaders at the G -8 summit in Japan this week.
New Delhi, July 1 (ANI): In an attempt to make revocation of Amaranth land a big national and ultimately an election issue, the Bhartiya Janata Party today announced a nationwide strike on 3rd July.
In a historic judgement a special CBI court in Mumbai pronounced 11 of the 12 accused life imprisonment, who were earlier found guilty in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case.
A man pleading with folded hand and helpless eyes was the picture of Godhra carnage which shook many while burqua clad woman with eyes pinned at the hollowness of her life, Bilkis Bano become the reminder of woman who survived the barbaric crime
With the constant changing and evolving cinematic medium the younger generation of 21st century may not find the classic Hindi films interesting but the actors of earlier age who set the path of Bollywood to the world of cinema certainly are the
