Everything you need to know about Vikas Nagar Po: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Vikas Nagar Po: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Mumbai, May 21 (IANS) It was what Nawazuddin Siddiqui calls the most memorable birthday of his life. He celebrated his 39th birthday with friends like Anurag Kashyap, Madhu Mantena, Vikas Behl and Tannishta Chatterjee at Cannes. But he had nothing special to wear.
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) You wear gold bangles, necklaces and earrings, but how about drinking some gold? 51 Buckingham Gate, part of The Taj Group of Hotels, and Luxor Champagne, has introduced a 24 karat gold afternoon tea, which includes edible gold.
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Fox Star Studios has come on board with Anurag Kashyap's Phantom Films to co-produce filmmaker's upcoming directorial "Bombay Velvet".
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.
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Sudha Dhir, a 65-year-old homemaker from Gurgaon, Friday won the Dabur Hommade HomeStar contest.
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.
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) Protests continued Tuesday in the national capital over the rape and brutal assault of a five-year-old girl in Delhi, as activists demanded the resignation of Delhi's Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar and sought better safety for women.
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 18 (IANS) A 26-year-old woman was found strangled to death at her house in the city, police said Thursday, and indicated her husband was a prime suspect since his statements in the matter were inconsistent.
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) Five people, including two Myanmarese nationals and a former Assam Rifles officer, have been arrested for smuggling pseudoephedrine tablets of worth Rs.15 crore to northeastern states of India and Myanmar, police said Thursday.
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, 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.
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.
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.
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, Feb 5 (IANS) The capital received the heaviest rainfall of the winter season since Monday breaking a six-year-old record. The showers due to western disturbance are likely to bring down the temperature, the weatherman said Tuesday.
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Commuters in the national capital and its suburbs had a harrowing time Tuesday with several key roads waterlogged following heavy rains that saw the minimum temperature settling five notches above average at 13.5 degrees Celsius.
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Delhi Waveriders drew 2-2 with second placed Ranchi Rhinos to maintain their unbeaten record in the Hero Hockey India League at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here Wednesday.
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, 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 7 (IANS) A 24-year-old Rwandan girl was raped several times inside and outside a car by four men who were arrested here Thursday night, police said Friday.
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.
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.
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) To counter the ruling Congress's mega rally here, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Delhi unit Sunday observed a 'Black Day' with a series of protest rallies in the national capital to oppose the government's economic policies, especially the move to allow FDI in multi-brand retail.
Ghaziabad, Nov 1 (IANS) It will be a battle of the stars as a star-studded Delhi team, comprising heavy weights Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli and Ishant Sharma, will take on Uttar Pradesh in their Ranji Trophy opener here Friday.
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.
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 26 (IANS) A 20-year-old aspiring model was killed after his speeding car turned turtle here, police said Friday.
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.
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.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 11 (IANS) A 19-year-old boy killed his 60-year-old father here after a heated argument over money and tried to burn his body after leaving it in the house for two days, police said Thursday. The accused, a Class 12 pass-out, has been arrested.
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.
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.
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".
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.
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) After a muggy afternoon and sporadic drizzle in the national capital Monday, a torrential downpour caused heavy traffic snarls and flooding on roads.
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Heavy rains lashed Delhi Saturday, causing chaos on city roads. The hour-long downpour in some parts of the city brought traffic to a halt and flooded roads.
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) A steady drizzle interspersed with heavy showers in some areas Friday saw the capital's traffic getting caught in long snarls as some road stretches were flooded and traffic signals went on the blink.
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.
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Four years ago, when Vijender Singh won India's first Olympic boxing medal, the sport received a shot in the fist. No less than eight boxers, including a woman, qualified for the London Games and naturally the expectations soared.
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Olympic bronze medallist M.C. Mary Kom Tuesday slammed the level of refereeing in the boxing competitions of the London Games.
New Delhi, Aug 13 (ANI): The Lok Sabha was on Monday adjourned till tomorrow, after opposition members created a ruckus over black money and Mumbai violence.hiv Sena member Anant Geete raised the issue of Saturday's violence that took place near Mumbai's Azad Maidan in which two youths were killed and at least 55 others got injured.
London, Aug 9 (IANS) Nazir Khan's lone strike enabled Das Football Academy snatch a 1-0 win against Mukhund FC in a Third Division match of the Mumbai District Football Association League played at the St Xavier's ground at Parel Thursday.
