Day 1: Basic breakfast for Kani
The 2G scam accused, DMK MP Kanimozhi, on Saturday woke up to reality in a 15 ft by 10 ft cell of Tihar Jail. Jail officials said she woke up at 5.30 am, had morning tea and breakfast after a roll call with fellow inmates and then went out for a walk with a constable provided for her security on the prison premises.
3 held for murder in Rajasthan
The Delhi police on Thursday arrested three men for allegedly killing a man whose wife was in an illicit relationship with one of the accused.
The main accused, Parmanand, 28, allegedly killed Ashok from his village in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan with his two friends.
Inflation pressure will stay: Pranab
The Pension Regulatory Bill and the Insurance Bill are expected to be cleared in the Monsoon Session of Parliament. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the AGM of the Indian Banks’ Association on Saturday, Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said that with the cooperation of all the political parties, he expects that the two bills will be cleared in the Monsoon Session.
Cops arrest main accused in Bihar
A special team of the Delhi police’s south district, which had been dispatched to Bihar to nab the accused in the MMS scandal that rocked Jawaharlal Nehru University early this year, arrested a 23-year-old expelled student for allegedly filming a female friend in a compromising position with him and later circulating the CD.
The accused, Janardan Kumar is a native of Gaya district in Bihar. He was enrolled as a student of Korean studies at JNU.
Land bill core: Food security
Amid suggestions pouring in from all sides on the proposed Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, the Union rural development ministry officials are deliberating to invoke food security concerns as central theme for the proposed land legislation. The officials are seeking to incorporate success stories of the Forest Conservation Act to ensure that the size of the irrigated agricultural land does not shrink to jeopardise food security.
Another Indian, 12, to star in Lee’s Life of Pi
He has taken a big leap, straight into Hollywood. Ayush Tandon, 12, stars as the child version of protagonist “Pi” Patel in director Ang Lee’s new film even as another Indian boy plays his teenaged avatar. The Mumbai boy has wrapped up his part for the 3D Hollywood movie, Life of Pi. He shot in places like Taiwan and Pondicherry (now renamed Puducherry).
Dissolve NCW, BSP urges PM
The ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has asked the Prime Minister to dissolve the National Commission for Women, which, they alleged, was working like a frontal organisation of the Congress.
Confused? Who, Prateik?
Gone are the days when young men knew their minds! After much hesitation over whether he would or would not be playing the lead in Milan Talkies, Prateik Babbar has finally assented to the project, being produced by Balaji Motion Pictures.
NCW demands CBI probe into police firing
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has demanded an immediate CBI inquiry into the Bhatta Parsaul firing incident in Greater Noida on May 7. Acting NCW chairperson Yasmin Abrar alleged that grave atrocities like rape and murders were committed in the two villages by the Uttar Pradesh police.
Graphic proof is what SRK needs
Shah Rukh Khan certainly seems to have learned all the right lessons from the failure of his earlier productions: Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, Asoka and Paheli. After having scalded his hands with projects that were based on great ideas, but couldn’t hold the audience’s interest, SRK now requests a “prototype” of what the final film will look like before he takes it under the wing of his production house Red Chillies Entertainment.