Archive for: February 4, 2010

Actress Vidya Malvade says she enjoyed working with Siddharth Narayan on the sets of their forthcoming film Striker as they shared a very friendly relationship and often played pranks on each other.

“I have shot 98 per cent of the time with Siddharth and I must say he is a fine actor. He is very supportive and a fun guy to work with. He is not at all selfish and helped me during shoots.

“We share a very friendly relationship. I kept slapping him now and then. We are very …

The Supreme Court granted bail to PriceWaterhouseCoopers auditor Srinivas Talluri who was arrested in Satyam fraud case for allegedly conniving with its founder B Ramalinga Raju and other aides.

A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan directed Talluri to furnish a personal bond of Rs 20 lakh and two sureties of like amount.

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The Union Government, already under fire over rising prices, is unlikely to accept the recommendations of Prime Minister-appointed expert group of increasing LPG and kerosene prices.

The panel’s recommendation of freeing petrol and diesel prices is also not likely to be implemented, said highly placed sources.

The sources said that the panel headed by former Planning Commission member Kirit Parikh has made just a recommendation and its report is yet to be submitted to the Union Government.

Union Cabinet is likely to discuss issue of fuel price hike on …

Australian High Comissioner Peter Varghese has told CNN-IBN’s foreign affairs Editor Surya Gangadharan that fewer Indians will be given Australian visas now on…he also blamed the media in both countries for sensationalising the attacks

“All the attacks were presented as racist, when actually all attacks were not racist. Several attacks were cases of urban crime. Clearly both Indian media and Australian media sensationalised the incidents. but also, several Indian media played a very responsible and balanced role. These incidents have had a negative affect on Australia’s image …

Before the high-powered awards committee approved his Padma Bhushan, controversial NRI hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal had powerful supporters. Sources in the Home Ministry — where four meetings were held to finalize the Padma awards — confirm that Chatwal’s nomination was backed by not one but four written recommendations.

Two of these were from UPA Cabinet Ministers, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel and Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi. The other two came from Americans associated with the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

When contacted, Patel said …

Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has said he prevailed on BJP leader LK Advani not to remove Narendra Modi from the chief ministerial chair in Gujarat after the Godhra riots.

“Modi gaya to Gujarat gaya (If Modi is gone, Gujarat will also slip out of BJP hands),” Thackeray claimed as telling Advani at the Mayor’s bungalow in Mumbai.

“There were hectic moves to remove Modi from the post after the Godhra riots. We clearly told Advani that Gujarat will be lost if Modi is removed,” Thackeray in an editorial in …