NEW DELHI: Yoga guru Ramdev was today arrested along with his supporters when they tried to march towards Parliament on an anti-Congress plank demanding immediate steps to bring back black money and to protest against corruption.Ramdev was arrested near the Ranjit Singh flyover, about three kms away from Parliament, under Delhi Police Act provisions for preventive custody when he...
PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said he fully supports the movement of yoga guru Ramdev for bringing back to the country black money stashed away in banks abroad."Ramdevji is raising his voice for a right cause ... It is a subject of public interest and that is the reason why JD(U) national President Sharad Yadav went to...
NEW DELHI: Sharing the dais with Ramdev, BJP President Nitin Gadkari today pledged his party's "full support" to the yoga guru's agitation against black money and launched a blistering attack on the Congress-led UPA Government on issues like corruption and black money.Appearing along with NDA convenor Sharad Yadav at the Ramlila Maidan protest venue, Gadkari told Ramdev that the...
MUMBAI: Techno Trade Impex Director Bimal Agarwal, who is facing cheating and forgery charges for allegedly supplying inferior quality bomb suits to Maharashtra Police, has been arrested after his anticipatory bail was rejected by a court."Agarwal was arrested in the bomb suits case soon after his anticipatory bail was rejected by a Sessions court," Additional Police Commissioner (EOW) Rajvardhan...
KOKRAJHAR, Assam: UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi said here that refugees hit by the recent violence in lower Assam will have to wait for some time for the situation to become calmer before returning home."Naturally all refugees want to go back home, but this will take some more time till the situation is a little calmer," Gandhi, who was accompanied...
LONDON: Some of Britain's greatest singers and celebrities provided a touch of glamour and vibrance as London bid a grand farewell to bring down the curtains on the 30th Olympic Games with a heady mix of music, culture and dazzling fireworks here.The skyline lit up with breath-taking fireworks and the swanky Olympic stadium was virtually transformed into a jukebox...
LONDON: Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Monday hailed the 'path breaking' performance of its contingent in London and said it will give tremendous boost to sports in the country."Our sportspersons did us proud. We won six medals – two silvers and four bronze – which is the biggest ever medal haul by India in the Olympics," said IOA acting...
DUBAI: In-form India batsman Virat Kohli, the leading run-scorer in ODIs this year along with Sachin Tendulkar has been nominated for the top ICC Awards 2012.While Kohli has been nominated for the Cricketer of the Year and ODI Cricketer of the Year awards, Tendulkar has once again been nominated for the ICC People's Choice award.Those nominated for the People's...
Flushed with the success of Cocktail, Saif Ali Khan, the producer-actor of the film announced in an interview that he had signed Hollywood beauty and Oscar Award winning actress Natalie Portman for his upcoming project. He even went on to mention the film’s details saying it would be a rom com.When the news traveled to California at Natalie Portman’s...
Akshay Kumar starts shooting for his next home production, Boss, on Amitabh Bachchan's birthday to pay tribute to the veteran.Just as Amitabh Bachchan turns 70 on October 11, Akshay Kumar will start the shooting for Boss. It's Akshay's way of honoring the Big B. He plays a kind-hearted gangster, much like Amitabh's role in Agneepath.Says the source, `This is...