India News and Analysis
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Cricketer Harbhajan Singh and TV actress Mona Singh’s power-packed Punjabi performance in the grand finale of the dance reality show ‘Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena’ helped them bag the award for the best dancers on the show.
Jammu, Oct 25 (IANS) Shri Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti leader Leela Karan Sharma Saturday said the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) has threatened to kill him.
Siliguri (West Bengal), Oct 25 (IANS) Hundreds of activists of the pro-Grokhaland Gorkha Janamukti Morcha Saturday laid a siege on Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League (ABGL) president Madan Tamang’s house and ordered him to leave West Bengal’s Darjeeling hills for making ‘false allegations’ against GJM supremo Bimal Gurung.
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The top brass of Delhi Police Saturday decided on a series of measures to ensure safety and security of the capital’s residents during this festive season.
Kolkata, Oct 25 (IANS) Mohun Bagan failed to get the better of a 10-man East Bengal as the archrivals finished 1-1 in an I-league encounter here Saturday.
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Some stars never age. Actor Mithun Chakraborty is one of them.
St. Petersburg, Oct 25 (IANS) India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Belarusian partner Max Mirnyi continued their brilliant run to enter the doubles final of the St Petersburg Open, sweeping past Mikhail Mertinak of Slovakia and Croatian Lovro Zovko in straight sets.
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The mortal remains of India’s last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar should be brought from Yangon to here, a committee on freedom movement has demanded as it celebrated the freedom fighter’s 233rd birth anniversary.
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The Congress leadership Saturday cleared the names of 53 candidates, including almost all cabinet ministers, for next month’s Delhi assembly elections but the official announcement would be made only after Diwali, party sources said.
Lucknow, Oct 25 (IANS) While the Uttar Pradesh government has denied its role in preventing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from addressing university students in Kanpur, informed sources say that the move could not have been possible without Chief Minister Mayawati’s backing.