'Peepli Live' co-director Mahmood Farooqui arrested on rape charges

‘Peepli Live’ co-director Mahmood Farooqui has been arrested and sent to jail on charges of raping a US-based Indian origin research scholar in New Delhi. The 30-year-old research......

HC frees 'Peepli Live' co-director Farooqui in rape case

‘Peepli Live’ co-director Mahmood Farooqui will walk free from Tihar Jail, with the Delhi high court on Monday acquitting him in a rape case involving a United States researcher, saying......

'Peepli Live' co-director Mahmood Farooqui gets 7 years in jail for rape of US woman

Bollywood film Peepli Live co-director Mahmood Farooqui, held guilty for raping a US researcher, was on Thursday sent to seven years in jail by a Delhi court which said that he took advantage......

Irom Sharmila, has been fasting for 9 years against a controversial law

Irom Sharmila has been on an indefinite fast since November 2000 to protest the killing of innocent people by security forces in Manipur. She has been arrested innumerable times and nasal fed......

Protest over Arcelor Mittal plant in Jharkhand

Angry villagers of the Khuti and Gumla districts in Jharkhand are protesting against the transfer of land to steel giant Arcelor Mittal for a proposed steel project. Arcelor......

Reid and Taylor to buy handloom from Kashmir

Kashmir's state run Jammu and Kashmir Handloom Development bagged an order worth Rs 15 million from international textile major Reid & Taylor, senior officials said on Monday. They......

Now, pay toll to use Bandra-Worli Sea Link

The Bandra-Worli Sea Link, which was opened to the public on July 1, had been kept free of toll for the first few days. But, from Monday onwards, the toll charges will be Rs 50 one......

Get ready for low-cost airline war

Six years after running down the low-cost model, Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines are betting on it to keep running. On August 25, 2003, Gorur Ramaswamy Gopinath, an ex-Army officer who ran......

When Aamir almost turned down Peepli Live

There is a story about the making of director Anusha Rizvi's Peepli Live and it sounds hard to believe. According to the story, Rizvi was looking for funding for the film. She somehow......

Peepli [Live] actor Sitaram Panchal passes away

Actor Sitaram Panchal passed away in the early hours of Thursday, August 10, after battling kidney and lung cancer. He was 54. The actor, who made his Bollywood debut in 1994 with Bandit......

Was Peepli Live not good enough for the Oscars?

Guess Aamir Khan and company will not be heading to the Oscars this year, as their movie Peepli Live is out of the Academy Award race.The satirical take on the Indian media and farmer's suicide......

Bachchans impressed by Peepli Live

Here's what your favourite celebrities have been up to. Aamir Khan went all out to promote his home production, Peepli Live, by having a series of special screenings for Salman Khan,......

Champions Trophy Images: South Africa vs Sri Lanka

Tillakeratne Dilshan and Ajantha Mendis led Sri Lanka to a 55-run win over hosts South Africa as the opening match of the Champions Trophy was decided by the Duckworth-Lewis scoring method on......

Images: India vs Sri Lanka, Tri-series Final

India sent in their two most experienced batsmen to open the innings -- Rahul Dravid (336 ODIs) and Sachin Tendulkar (428 ODIs) -- with the obvious intent of giving them more overs to settle in and......

When rain played spoilsport...

Weather forecast: Rain threatens to disrupt match. A sure shot dampener even before the fixture, which you were waiting for in eager anticipation, is actually played. Curse the heavens, blame......

Reigning in the rain

Mumbai's dirt track champion Rustom Patel, riding a Honda Activa, overcame unyielding conditions and a strong field to emerge triumphant in the 20th Gulf Monsoon Scooter Rally, organised by......

Sachin Tendulkar takes up educational charity

Following the footsteps of his late father who was committed to certain social responsibilities, India's batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has decided to sponsor the education of 200......