Everything you need to know about Vikas Bhawan: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Vikas Bhawan: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Mumbai, May 19 (IANS) The producers of the Anurag Kashyap-directed "Ugly" left with the film for the ongoing Cannes International Film Festival, but Vikramaditya Motwane, who's also a producer, was left behind.
Chennai, May 13 (IANS) American automobile company General Motors' Indian subsidiary hopes that its newly-launched multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) will perk up its total sales volume this year as it offers value for money to the buyers, said a senior official.
Ranchi, May 13 (IANS) A Jharkhand legislator is accused of setting a criminal free from their custody, police said Monday.
Washington, May 12 (ANI): A Kansas State University chemical engineer and his team are using graphene quantum dots to improve sensing devices in a twofold project.
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), May 6 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Monday flagged off the 6,100-km long "Vikas Yatra" of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh.
Mumbai, May 3 (IANS) Mahie Gill, who will next be seen in Satish Kaushik's comedy "Gang of Ghosts", says films like "Chillar Party" should be made as audiences are ready to enjoy new kind of cinema.
Lucknow, May 3 (IANS) The driver of a school van was seriously injured and two school children slightly hurt after the vehicle caught fire Friday while dropping students home, police said.
Mumbai, May 2 (IANS) A host of popular television actors like Karan Wahi, Gaurav Chopra, Manish Paul, Manav Gohil, and Aamir Ali, are set to play Gold Charity Cricket Match here Friday.
New Delhi, May 1 (ANI): International Labour Day is being celebrated today across the world to honour the contribution and sacrifices made by the working class.
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Anvita Dutt, who wrote the popular song "Radha" for "Student Of The Year", will now pen a track for Kangna Ranuat for her upcoming drama "Queen".
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will visit Madhya Pradesh for two days starting Wednesday morning. He will be visiting state capital Bhopal and Dhar district.
Panaji, April 23 (IANS) The Goa assembly witnessed an unusual disruption during the budget session sitting Tuesday when a legislator almost fell off as his chair gave way under his weight.
Mumbai, April 22 (IANS) Southern actor Prithviraj, who plays a policeman in "Aurangzeb," says the movie is different from commercial cop films like "Dabangg" and "Rowdy Rathore".
Raipur, April 18 (IANS) HCL Infosystems has bagged a major contract from Chhattisgarh's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for supply of laptops to final year engineering and medical students in the state, official sources said on Thursday.
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) A day before an all-party meeting on the land acquisition bill, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Wednesday met leaders of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) who have opposed the bill in its present form.
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday reserved its judgment on appeals of three convicts against a trial court verdict awarding them life imprisonment for abducting and killing Nitish Katara in 2002.
Mumbai, April 11 (IANS) Iccha, one of the lead characters in "Uttaran", dies in the popular TV show. Vaishali Takkar, who plays her onscreen mom, says such things happen in a serial and feels viewers won't miss Iccha as Meethi will compensate for her absence.
Panaji, April 8 (IANS) It is OK to slap government officials who do not work efficiently, according to Goa Civil Supplies Minister Dayanand Mandrekar.
Panaji, April 8 (IANS) The six Goa legislators who rode on their motorcycles into the assembly complex without wearing helmets Friday have been fined for violating traffic rules, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said Monday.
Panaji, April 5 (IANS) Six legislators, including a cabinet minister, Friday rode on their heavy motorcyles into the state assembly complex, allegedly without wearing the mandatory helmets, triggering a controversy. The transport minister promised a probe and action.
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Anurag Kashyap has enhanced and tweaked a folk song by a young Shimla-based composer, whom he discovered, to use it in his upcoming co-production "Queen".
Lohardaga, Apr 4 (ANI): In a bid to instill fear among locals, Maoists blew up a village council building in Jharkhand's Lohardaga district yesterday.
Lohardaga, Apr 4 (ANI): In a bid to instill fear among locals, Maoists blew up a village council building in Jharkhand's Lohardaga district yesterday.
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Director Vikas Bahl's upcoming movie "Queen" will see real eunuchs as part of a wedding scene.
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) An 18-year-old boy was shot at by the Personal Security Officer (PSO) of a Delhi businessman in a road rage incident here, police said Monday. The PSO has been arrested.
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Tihar Jail authorities Friday informed the Delhi High Court that Vishal and Vikas Yadav, convicted in Nitish Katara murder case, will not be shifted from it to a prison in their home state.
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The mother of the murdered youth Nitish Katara Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court against the state government's decision to transfer some convicts, including those sentenced for her son's killing, for the Tihar jail here to prisons in their home states.
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the city government on a PIL seeking direction for release of pensions for widows and divorced or destitute women, pending for last 11 months.
Highlights of the Delhi budget for 2013-14 presented Wednesday by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit:
New Delhi, Mar 19 (ANI): Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi was given a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here this morning.
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday recalled its 2009 order which said that a woman beating and kicking her daughter-in-law and threatening the latter that she would instigate her son to divorce her did not amount to cruelty.
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The capital will fete the spirit of the moment with a 10-day "Spring Fever" literature festival that will see top writers like Vikram Seth, Ramachandra Guha, Shobhaa De, Gulzar and Mira Nair brainstorm on politics, society, culture and entertainment.
Kolkata, March 10 (IANS) Ruling out any alliance between his party and the Trinamool Congress in the current political scenario, Congress general secretary Oscar Fernandes said here Sunday that contrary to Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee's assertion, the UPA government would complete its term.
Ghaziabad, March 7 (IANS) Ajay Katara, prime witness in the 2002 Nitish Katara abduction and murder here, was attacked here by nine people, police said Thursday.
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Four people were arrested here for attempting to rescue an undertrial in a murder case, police said Wednesday.
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) "MasterChef India" judge Kunal Kapoor is keen on donning a different hat! He wants to take part in the next season of dance reality show "Nach Baliye" with his wife, even though he has two left feet.
Shimla, Mar 1 (IANS) The "Queen of Hills", as this state capital was fondly called by the British, is in the grip of jaundice. More than 100 cases have been reported from the town in the last few days, officials said Friday.
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) A new book would help people facing medical exigencies to get emergency response.
Ghaziabad, Feb 23 (IANS) Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday said the government has introduced "world-class" technology that improved tax compliance, resulting in a boost to the exchequer.
New Delhi, Feb. 21 (ANI): Asserting that inflation is easing gradually but is still a problem that needs to be brought down on a priority basis, President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said the government is taking steps to deal with factors responsible for the slowdown.
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), Feb 18 (IANS) Three children of a family were burnt to death in a fire that broke out in their hut in Nandurkhi village of Ahmednagar district early Monday, police said.
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday came down heavily on Tihar jail authority for keeping Vikas and Vishal Yadav, convicted in murder of Nitish Katara, in the jail meant for undertrials instead of convicts.
New Delhi, Feb 14 (ANI): French President Francois Hollande, who is on a two-day state visit to India, was given a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here this morning.
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) US automobile major General Motors (GM) Wednesday said it is expecting a major rise in sales of petrol-driven Chevrolet Beat and Chevrolet Sail cars following the partial de-regulation of diesel prices.
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) US automobile major General Motors (GM) Wednesday said it is expecting a major rise in sales of petrol-driven Chevrolet Beat and Chevrolet Sail cars following the partial de-regulation of diesel prices.
New Delhi, Feb. 5 (ANI): Agriculture and Food Processing Industries Minister Sharad Pawar will inaugurate a conference of Ministers for Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries of all states and Union Territories here on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Jan.27 (ANI): Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde will undertake a two-day visit of Bangladesh from Monday on the invitation of his Bangladeshi counterpart Dr. Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir.
New Delhi, Jan 25 (ANI): Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, who has been invited as the chief guest for this year's Republic Day parade, was given a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here this morning.
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The CBI arrested a man 14 years after a complaint was lodged against him and others for cheating a Central Bank of India branch here causing a loss of Rs.1.40 crore, an official said Tuesday.
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) She was the faceless woman who bound a nation in concern and shame and made India a talking point across the world. A month after a young physiotherapy intern was gang-raped in the Indian capital and 18 days after she died of her injuries, the spotlight stays resolutely on India's women and their status.
Ranchi, Ja.12 (ANI): Leaders of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) met Jharkhand Governor Syed Ahmad on Saturday and staked a claim to form the next government in the state.
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) It is bitterly cold in north India. But while you shield yourself against the chill with a heater or hot air blower, be careful about taking certain precautions. Excessive use of blowers can push you towards various allergies, doctors say.
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Wednesday marched to Rajghat at the head of "a peace rally" in memory of the woman who was brutally gang-raped and died Dec 29.
New Delhi, Jan.1 (ANI): The Justice (Retired) Usha Mehra Commission of Inquiry has invited complaints and suggestions in connection with the recent gang rape case in the national capital, besides other crimes related to women.
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The pile this week is varied and exciting - from food to different shades history.
Lucknow, Dec 24 (IANS) A depressed senior bank official shot dead his wife and daughter and critically injured his young son and himself here Monday, police said.
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The team members of upcoming film "Queen" Thursday dressed in black to express their outrage at the horrific gang-rape incident in the capital four days ago. While the film's lead actress Kangna Ranaut said they will support the victim "in every possible way", director Vikas Bahl demanded that girls should have the freedom to walk on the roads alone any time.
Gurgaon, Dec 18 (IANS) A professor working in a college in Chandigarh was booked here for derogatory remarks on social networking site Facebook against an Indian Administrative Service officer, police said Tuesday.
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) Four youth were arrested Thursday for gang-raping a Rwandan national here earlier this week, police said.
Pitampura Medical Forum and Bharat Vikas Parishad, Panchdeep branch jointly organized blood donation and health check up camp at J-U and K U Block Pitampura. A large number of people attended the blood donation camp and benefited the free health check camp.
Ahmedabad, Nov 30 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Friday filed his nomination papers from the Maninagar constituency for the state assembly elections on Dec 17.
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) Subordinate legislation should be easy to understand, have limited scope of discretion by the executive and framed without delay and with wider involvement of people, members of parliament (MPs) from different parties said here Wednesday.
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Left parties still adamant on a debate with voting on FDI in multi?brand retail, the ruling UPA Monday said it was sure of its numbers in the Lok Sabha.
Gurgaon, Nov 24 (IANS) An engineer with a private firm died Saturday after a pole from the elevated section of the Gurgaon's under?construction Rapid Metro line fell on him, police said.
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) With the threat of a no confidence motion looming over parliament's winter session starting Thursday, the ruling UPA's strength stands at 245, less than the majority mark.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is set to meet to Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Monday and explore the prospect of enhancing India's role in training Afghan security forces.....................
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Scoreboard on Day Two of the Ranji Trophy Group B tie between Delhi and Odisha at the Ferozshah Kotla here Friday.
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Does your teenage daughter often complain of backache and joint pain? Is your college-going cousin always lethargic? Vitamin D deficiency among youngsters, which causes such problems, is becoming common these days and is a growing health concern, doctors say.
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) There is a nip in the air, and as you welcome the change with light woollens, you also have unwelcome visitors such as flu, cough and fever.
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 29 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee is on his first visit to Kerala since after he assumed the highest office in the country. He arrived here Monday.
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) With Congress general secreatry Rahul Gandhi declining to join the government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Sunday that he has other pre-occupations and wants to strengthen the party.
Lucknow, Oct 27 (IANS) The district administration of Farukkhabad, the parliamentary constituency of Law Minister Salmam Khurshid, Saturday gave India Against Corruption (IAC) permission to hold a rally there.
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will be on a two-day visit to Kerala from Oct 29 to inaugurate the Viswa Malayalee Mahotsav, an official statement said Saturday.
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) A 17-year-old youth drowned in the Yamuna river when he along with his friends went for immersion of Goddess Durga idols, police said Wednesday.
Mirati (West Bengal), Oct 20 (IANS) With President Pranab Mukherjee arriving to don the priest's robe for the Durga puja at his ancestral home here, life is not the same for this otherwise sleepy West Bengal village.
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) No Indian will be figuring in the 2012-13 season of the World Series of Boxing (WSB) with India Fighters, formerly Mumbai Fighters, pulling out.
New Delhi, Oct. 16 (ANI): A three day bi-annual Air Force Commanders' Conference with a focus on - 'Electronic Warfare and Support Systems', commenced at the Air Headquarters, Vayu Bhawan, New Delhi, today.
New Delhi, Oct.14 (ANI): The Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVC), a regional party from Jharkhand, has formally withdrawn support to the Congress party-led- government at the center, as a mark of protest against certain recent policies that it termed as anti-people.
Washington, Oct. 12 (ANI): An innovative scheme by an NGO to provide rural Indian communities with toilets and running water in every house has been given the first 'Global+5 award' in Geneva, USA.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has called for scientific survey of malnutrition in the country and said his government was working towards improving nutritional standards in the state.
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Hockey India Tuesday announced a list of 48 probables, who are to start training from Oct 15, for the upcoming international tournaments.
Kolkata, Oct 6 (IANS) Days after withdrawing support from the UPA government, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) chief Babulal Marandi Saturday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and vowed to support the Trinamool Congress.
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Bringing its differences right to the government's doorstep, a combative Trinamool Congress said Monday that it might bring a no-confidence motion against the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in the next parliament session.
Ranchi, Oct 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government suffered a minor setback Monday with the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P), which has two Lok Sabha MPs, announcing that it was withdrawing support over the decision to permit FDI in multi-brand retail.
Bangalore, Sep 25 (IANS) Air India hammered Nagaland 16-0 to become the first team to enter the quarterfinals of Hockey India's second senior National Men's Hockey Championship here Tuesday.
New Delhi, Sept 25 (ANI): The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) will observe its eighth Formation Day on September 28 at Vigyan Bhawan here to reaffirm its commitment to make India disaster resilient.
Bangalore, Sep 24 (IANS) Minnows took a beating as defending champions Haryana and Punjab notched up their second victories with big wins in the preliminary league of the senior men's National Hockey Championship here Monday.
Panaji, Sep 22 (IANS) A legislator heading an assembly probe into Goa's drug mafia and involvement of a politician's son in it has accused a state police officer of being a Portuguese national. The police officer has denied the charge.
Kolkata, Sep 22 (IANS) Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's decision to withdraw support to the UPA regime seems to have been guided by political calculations intended to bolster her popular pro-poor pro-people image besides helping her steal a march over arch-rival Communists.
Monday, Sep 17 (ANI): President of the Republic of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza, will arrive here on Monday evening on a three-day state visit to India during which he will hold delegation-level talks with Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Thursday issued notice to the Jharkhand government on police action on a protest against acquisition of agricultural land in which one person was killed and several others injured.
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) After producing and directing critically acclaimed and commercially successful movies, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has turned script doctor for Vikas Bahl's "Queen".
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has challenged Congress to battle it on the issues of development and not by using CBI to target it. Modi was addressing a rally during BJP poll campaign, which was kicked of by Modi from Bahucharajiin north Gujarat's Mehsana district.
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) A 21-year-old labourer, hailing from Uttar Pradesh committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree's branch here, police said Sunday.
New York, Sept 6 (ANI): Brooklyn-based DJ Vikas Sapra is set to perform for President Obama at Thursday night's closing party of the Democratic National Convention.
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Seventeen Delhi government schools would get solar-powered water treatment plants to provide potable water to over 750 students daily in each institution, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said Saturday.
Ranchi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Jharkhand government Friday presented a Rs.411 crore first supplementary budget in the state assembly.
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Seeking death penalty for the convicts, police Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that Nitish Katara and Bharti Yadav were in an "intense relationship" and her family's opposition to their friendship led to Katara's murder in 2002.
London, Aug 22 (ANI): Health campaigners in India have warned that granting Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis an Indian patent for the cancer drug Glivec would mean handing down a 'death sentence' for the poor and ill in the developing world.
25 sportsperson will be awarded Arjuna Awards this year, while Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna will be jointly given to Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt.
