Sonia, son should take 2-year sabbatical: Brar

- August 1, 2014

Post worst electoral debacle, the Congress is reeling through a painful spasm with voices of dissension against the central leadership of the party growing shriller. On Friday a former Congress Working Committee member Jagmit Singh Brar ruffled party’s top leadership feathers with his remarks that there was "no harm" if Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi

Director molests Marathi actress

- August 1, 2014

A 26-year-old Marathi actress has filed a case with the police, alleging that a casting director took her to Shirdi to sign a contract for a forthcoming show and physically abused her in her hotel room. He had also allegedly promised her a role in telly soap. The Borivli police has registered a case against

Natural for Rahul to be concerned about mother: Amarinder

- August 1, 2014

Congress leader Amarinder Singh Friday said it was natural for Rahul Gandhi to be concerned about his mother's security if she became the prime minister, and slammed Natwar Singh for sharing private information in public.    "Natwar Singh was wrong in going public with private information that was shared with him in confidence," Amarinder Singh,

Dead lizard in midday meal, 50 fell ill

- August 1, 2014

Once again Bihar is in the news all for the wrong reasons. At least fifty students of a government-run primary school fell ill on Friday after having their midday meal in which a dead lizard was found, a district official reported. When the pitch of protests got shriller, the district administration ordered the suspension of

58 Indian nurses returning home from Libya

- August 1, 2014

Days after India rescued 49 nurses from Iraq, 58 Indian nurses from violence-hit Libya are on their way back to India, the government said Friday.    The 58 nurses, mostly from Kerala, reached the border post of Ras Jedir on way to  Tunisia, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said here.We hope that by late

Andhra plans 14 ports, three international airports

- August 1, 2014

 The Andhra Pradesh government plans to develop 14 ports and three international airports.    While the construction of Kakinada, Krishnapatnam, Gangavaram and Kakinada SEZ ports is underway, the government has sought a report within six weeks on development of 10 other ports, said an official statement. The decision followed a high-level meeting chaired by Chief