The widow of a late former Indian Army man has approached the Delhi High Court seeking direction to stay the release of film "Zilla Ghaziabad", starring Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi, alleging that its story wrongly portrayed her husband as a criminal. Krishna Devi, in her petition Friday, alleged that the ...

Clearing decks for the release of the much-publicised 'The Dirty Picture', the Andhra Pradesh High Court Thursday dismissed a writ petition by the kin of late southern actress Silk Smitha seeking a ban on the movie. Justice Vilas V. Afzalpurkar dismissed the petition of Silk Smitha's brother V. Naga Varaprasad Rao, ...

Actor Ronit Roy was arrested here Thursday after his car rammed into another car injuring three of its four occupants, including a woman who is in critical condition. A court later granted him bail. The incident occurred on the Link Road near Amboliin the Andheri West suburb around 6.30 a.m. The ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today described the 9 per cent growth target for the 12th Plan asambitious though achievable, given economic volatility around the globe. Addressing the 56th meeting of the National Development Council (NDC) here, the Prime Minister, however, said the long term prospects for the economy remain good. The growth ...

Institution of a "strong and effective" Lokpal, reducing discretionary powers of public authorities and ensuring transparency in government contracts were on top of his government's agenda, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday. He also stressed that the nation must "seize this moment" to bring in far-reaching changes in fighting corruption.   "We ...

The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government and the Jaypee Sports International Ltd. on a plea challenging the grant of exemption for entertainment tax on the three-day Formula One (F1) sports event starting in Greater Nodia Oct 28. The Supreme court bench of Justice D.K. Jain, Justice ...

The Chief Judicial Magistrate Kuljeet Pal Singh has adjourned the hearing to transfer the case against pop singer Daler Mehndi on October 28. Daler Mehndi, through his counsel BS Sodhi, yesterday opposed the application of complainant in his case seeking shifting of case to other court. Bakshish Singh, in his complaint in ...

The Supreme Court, Tuesday, rejected Gujarat government’s plea asking the Supreme  court to stop monitoring the trial in the 2002 riot cases.  Gujarat government’s counsel Mukul Rohtagi had told the court that according to the rules, monitoring should come to an end after the chargesheet.  However, theSupreme court bench headed by Justice DK ...

A young man was pushed out of a public meeting on Saturday night addressed by activist Arvind Kejriwal after he asked him why Team Anna was opposed to Congress. TV footage of the incident in Uchana Kalan area showed a man in a blue shirt trying to get close to ...

Writer and activist Mahasweta Devi Saturday urged West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee-led government to ensure that the rights of fishermen are preserved and that they are provided at least nominal healthcare facilities. "Preservation of environment is the biggest struggle right now in front of the whole world. The struggles of the fishermen ...