The Union information and broadcasting ministry has decided to restructure the National Film Awards by introducing a two-tier selection system for the awards.
The changes have been carried out following recommendations by an expert committee headed by eminent film maker Shyam Benegal for up-gradation of the National F

In a major development, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested two alleged aides of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, Manoj Punamiya and Arvind Vyas. The arrests have been made in connection with their alleged involvement in illegal investments and hawala transactions.

Minister of sports and youth affairs M.S. Gill came under sharp attack from the Opposition parties, including the BJP and Left, in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday for his recent remarks in the Lok Sabha stating that the MPs should file an RTI if they want information regarding the Commonwealth Games (cwg). Mr Gill’s jibe has not gone down well with the Opposition parties’ MPs who tried to corner him in the Rajya Sabha during Question Hour.

Even as normalcy returned to the Kashmir Valley on the first day of Ramzan on Thursday — exempted by the Hurriyat Conference from its week-long calendar of shutdowns and protests — an irate mob hurled stones at running vehicles on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Road to vent their anger over the alleged random arrests made by the police in the area overnight.

The Enforcement Directorate is soon likely to quiz more Commonwealth Games organising committee officials, seeking to establish the alleged role and involvement of any of the officials involvement in the money laundering scam.

Former IPS officer Amod Kanth is in trouble as a Delhi court on Thursday rejected the closure report of the CBI, which has given a clean chit to him in the Uphaar inferno case, after noting that there was sufficient evidence to prosecute him for allegedly allowing extra seats in the hall which allegedly led to closure of exit gates where 59 cinegoers died in the blaze 13 years ago.

The final selection of the vendor for acquisition of the Rs 42,000 crore 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) for the Indian Air Force (IAF) could be made on factors such as cost and political considerations in the national interest after examining the technical evaluation of the aircraft, top defence sources have indicated, even as the Indian Air Force (IAF) has submitted the flight trial report to the ministry of defence (MoD).

Two days after a 22-year-old pregnant woman, Neetu, was found dead in a park in west Delhi, the investigating officers have arrested her husband, Amit Chandra, in connection with the case. The accused, Amit, will be produced in a Delhi court on Friday and is likely to go in a judicial custody.

The IAF — which has traditionally focused its aerial might to guard India’s western and eastern borders —— will now start focusing on increasing its operational presence in southern India to beef up security for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and also to guard sea-lanes of maritime trade and communication in the Indian

A gang of kidnappers in Punjab’s Jalandhar district have demanded a ransom of Rs 55 lakhs to release a 17-year-old school boy who is a US citizen of Indian (Punjabi) origin.