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New Delhi, Apr 12: Veteran film lyricist and director Gulzar has been chosen for the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2013 for his lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. Gulzar's daughter Megna tweeted soon after the news: Dadasaheb Phalke award for my father. So proud! Gulzar started his career as a lyricist with the hit song Mera gora ang lai le in Bandini and went on to pen

Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh), Apr 12: Uttar Pradesh's Minority Affairs Minister Mohd Azam Khan said a gathering at Bijnor town that the untimely deaths of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and his brother Sanjay Gandhi were "wrath of Allah". The Election Commission banned all public meetings, speeches and campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls hours after the comment. The senior minister in the Samajwadi

Panaji, Apr 12: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar predicted victory for the BJP candidates by huge margins in the two Lok Sabha constituencies in Goa, which witnessed 19 per cent voting in the first two hours on Saturday. Talking to The Hindu after casting his vote at a Panaji polling booth on Saturday, Mr. Parrikar said that the BJP candidates would win because of cumulative effect of Narendra Modi

New Delhi, Apr 12: After the Congress's electoral victory in 2009, PM Manmohan Singh made "the cardinal mistake of imagining the victory was his. Bit by bit, in the space of a few weeks he was defanged. He thought he could induct the ministers he wanted. Sonia nipped that hope in the bud by offering the finance portfolio to Pranab (Mukherjee), without even consulting him," reveals a new book

New Delhi, Apr 11: After Rahul Gandhi attacked Narendra Modi over acknowledgement of his marital status, the BJP on Friday asked why an issue was being made out of it when the Gujarat Chief Minister has “never lied” on the matter and there was “no aggrieved party”. “I want to tell Rahul Gandhi that he should read the affidavit carefully. Whatever information he (Modi) is giving are all correct

Doda, Apr 11: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi made his first frontal attack on the BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for suppressing his marital status in the affidavits submitted to the Election Commission over the last many years. Addressing an election campaign, Mr. Gandhi pooh-poohed BJP's “rhetoric of dignity and empowerment of women”. He asserted that there were huge gaps

New Delhi, Apr 14: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea questioning the clean chit given to Narendra Modi by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in its probe in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots. A bench comprising justices H.L. Dattu and S.A. Bobde also declined the plea for reconstituting the SIT involving retired judges of the apex court, including a person from the

Washington, Apr 11: A controversial Congressional resolution, which among other things asks the American administration to maintain its policy of not issuing visa to BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, now has more than 50 co-sponsors. Rush Holt from New Jersey and Barbara Lee from California are the two lawmakers to have signed onto the resolution (H Res 417), thus taking the number of

Aizawl, Apr 11: Voting for the lone Lok Sabha constituency and an Assembly bypoll in Mizoram began on Friday, for which additional eight companies of central paramilitary forces have been deployed. The bypoll is being held to the Hrangturzo Assembly constituency. The Mizoram Lok Sabha seat is witnessing a three-cornered contest between the ruling Congress, Aam Aadmi Party and the United Democratic

Siliguri, Apr 10: Taking West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee head on, BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Thursday accused her of playing vote bank politics and said no real 'poribartan' (change) has taken place in the state during TMC rule. "When the government changed in Bengal, I thought there would be development. But nothing has happened. They are only indulging in vote