In what may irk the Congress, its UPA ally Trinamul Congress on Sunday said it will contest over 100 seats in Uttar Pradesh on its own and establish its presence in Manipur, Goa and Uttarakhand in the upcoming Assembly polls.

She has worked with some of Bollywood’s biggest directors like Rakeysh Mehra, Sudhir Mishra and Imtiaz Ali and yet, many will find it difficult to recollect Aditi Rao Hydari. However, one hopes things will start looking up for the actress post her upcoming film London Paris New York.

UP chief minister Mayawati on Sunday put up a brave front and said that by covering statues of the elephant and herself, the BSP had got a major advantage because dalits were now filled with anger at the decision and her cadres were “doubly determined” to vote the BSP back to power.

Sanjay Gupta may still be grappling with the question of who to cast for his upcoming film Shootout At Wadala, but as it usually is, he’s decided what should be the inspiration behind his film. The buzz is that Sanjay has ordered for several DVDs of films by Ridley and Tony Scott, and has asked his technical crew to study their filmmaking details.

UP chief minister Mayawati hit out at the Election Commission Sunday for draping her statues and called the commission’s order “one-sided” and “anti-dalit”.
Addressing the media on her 56th birthday, she admitted that in 2007 her party had given tickets to “wrong people” who tarnished the image of the party and government.

Marriage has done Imran Khan a world of good. Imran’s career, which was floundering about a year ago, has taken off in a great way with back-to-back hits. If that wasn’t all, he’s got another big budget film, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu coming up. Is it marital bliss or is it better films coming his way? Or is it the adventurous streak he has shown in signing up “off-beat” topics?

In a dramatic twist in a case of baby theft from Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital (CNMCH), the police has recovered the stolen newborn from a childless couple’s house in Karaya area in a successful operation on Sunday evening.

The Kashmir Valley is reeling under harsh winter. Though temperatures have climbed following fresh heavy snowfall on Sunday, the communications have been disrupted almost all over the scenic region. The power situation is better than it was in the wake of snowfall received earlier this month when even summer capital Srinagar was deprived of electricity between 48 to 64 hours at a stretch following reported technical snag.

The CPI(M) seems to be in a dilemma over the contour line of its ideological resolution. The question to follow the China or the Cuba (Latin American socialism) line is pressing the party satraps to go for a new model of its own in sync with the changing times.

First of all I have to say that she was a great human being apart from being a good photographer. She came at a time when women weren’t seen in a profession like journalism. It was a tough profession and physically demanding.