Rajini pays property tax, says rushing to court was a 'mistake'

Top actor Rajinikanth on Thursday paid Rs 6.56 lakh property tax, including penalty, for his marriage hall and said an appeal should have been made to the city corporation and the......

CBI court acquits Yeddyurappa, sons in mining scam

IMAGE: Karnataka BJP president B S Yeddyurappa outside a CBI court in Bengaluru on Wednesday. Photograph: PTI Photo A special Central Bureau of Investigation court on Tuesday acquitted former......

Cauvery rage brings Bengaluru to a halt

Life came to a virtual standstill in Bengaluru and in Cauvery basin districts as protests spearheaded by Kannada outfits over release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu swept through the region during......

Congress, CPC pledge to enhance ties

Cementing the party-to-party ties, the Congress and the Communist Party of China on Thursday agreed to promote regular exchanges between the two ruling parties of the neighbouring countries.......

Pune malls see 70% drop in business

Shopping malls, multiplexes and top retailers in Pune are seeing as much as a 70 per cent drop in business owing to the swine flu outbreak in the city. The 10 multiplexes and 20 movie halls in......

Home buyers still wary

Paresh Shah, an executive with Forbes & Co, has been scouting to buy a home in Mumbai for two years, without success. Despite developers' claims of price cuts, sharp fall in interest rates and the......

Home buyers wary, bankers uncertain

Paresh Shah, an executive with Forbes & Co, has been scouting to buy a home in Mumbai for two years, without success. Despite developers' claims of price cuts, sharp fall in interest rates and the......

RIL Retail to tap small towns

After speciality formats in mega cities, the Mukesh Ambani-promoted Reliance Retail plans to tap opportunities in towns with a population of less than 50,000. The company will set up 200 town......

PIX: Sridevi, Chiranjeevi attend Jaya Prada's son's reception

Jaya Prada hosted a grand wedding for her adopted son Siddharth at the KBR Convention hall in LB Nagar, Hyderabad, on November 27. Siddharth is the son of Jaya Prada's sister. Siddharth got......

Jogayya fails to impress at box office

It's been a little over a week since Kannada film Jogayya has released. So, has the hype around actor Shivarajkumar's 100th film helped it sail through the first week? Hardcore Shivarajkumar fans......

Dinesh Raheja profiles Jeetendra

Dinesh RahejaThe acting, fighting, singing, dancing Hindi film hero is the sum of many parts. Jeetendra may not have wonthe critics, but he managed to be a producers' pet for 25 years thanks to his......