New Delhi:  Former BJP president Bangaru Laxman, who was found guilty of accepting a bribe by a Delhi court on Friday, has been sentenced to four years in jail and fined Rs. one lakh. Mr Laxman has been convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act for misusing his office and for attempting to influence another  [ Read More ]

Mumbai:  The Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi visited the drought-affected areas in Satara district in western Maharashtra today, and interacted with villagers there. Mr Gandhi, who addressed a series of meetings with party workers on Friday, flew to Satara this morning, along with the Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President  [ Read More ]

New Delhi:  Former BJP president Bangaru Laxman has been found guilty of accepting a bribe by a Delhi court. He has been convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act for misusing his office and for attempting to influence another public official. He has been arrested and will be sentenced tomorrow.  Sources say he faces a  [ Read More ]

NEW DELHI: President Pratibha Patil has decided to give up the proposed accommodation which was meant for her post-retirement stay in Pune. The bungalow was build on defence land. An organisation of ex-servicemen in Pune has claimed that over fives acres of land had been allotted for her residence after she leaves office at the  [ Read More ]

Mumbai, April 26 (IANS) Actress-producer Lara Dutta, who gave birth to a baby girl in January this year, says although she is reading scripts, she won’t be back to work for another couple of months. “I don’t think I have been far from my work, I will slowly take it into my stride. I am  [ Read More ]

Maruti Suzuki WagonR announces the launch of WagonR Think Big Challenge 3 after the immensely successful two seasons as an initiative to bring out the most innovative and unique business ideas by acting as a platform for all those who are looking for a support to start with. The challenge is based on WagonR’s core  [ Read More ]

Hyderabad, April 26 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will not stop banks from collecting charges for various services or insist on a minimum balance, as it is the choice of the customer where to open account, Deputy Governor K.C. Chakrabarty said here Thursday. “This is business. We can’t interfere. We are not here  [ Read More ]

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday found Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani guilty of contempt of court for refusing to reopen corruption cases against the president, but gave him only a symbolic sentence of a few minutes’ detention in the courtroom. It was unclear if the token sentence would ease political tension in  [ Read More ]

New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar met Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday amid speculation in party circles that he would be nominated to the Rajya Sabha. Congress leaders said Tendulkar and his wife Anjali paid “a courtesy visit” to Gandhi at her 10 Janpath residence. They said Gandhi was keen to greet  [ Read More ]

Patna, April 25 (IANS) Bollywood star Aamir Khan, on his way to Varanasi to attend the wedding Wednesday of Rajeev, son of Ram Lakhan aka Nathuni, the auto-driver who drove him around the lanes of the temple city back in December 2009 when he was promoting “3 idiots”, stopped here for two hours and enjoyed  [ Read More ]