Vilas Deshmukh on an alliance with the NCP

Part I: 'Every day you have to think of survival'In the second and concluding part of an exclusive interview, former Maharashtra chief minister Vilas Deshmukh tells Deputy Managing Editor Rajeev D......

Exclusive: Vilas Deshmukh interview

Vilas Dadoji Deshmukh may no longer be chief minister of Maharashtra, a post he had aspired to for the better part of two decades, but you can't simply walk into his office at Worli in central......

Maharashtra polls: Short, but not sweet

This time, the elections to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly could have been short and sweet because the names on the ballots were frozen on September 29 and they are to be cast on October 13 just......

Deshmukh's condition stable, says hospital executive

The condition of Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, undergoing treatment at a hospital in Chennai for serious liver ailment, is "stable", a top hospital executive said on Wednesday. "Yes, he is......

Sukhoi civilian aircraft unit at Nagpur

The Russian military aircraft major, Sukhoi, will soon be setting up a civilian aeroplane manufacturing plant in Nagpur. "The Sukhoi will invest Euro 2 billion (Rs 13,600 crore) for manufacturing......

40 more cities to be on air map

The Ministry of Civil Aviation is planning to start flights connecting about 120 cities in the country from the current 81 cities, said Praful Patel, Union Minister for Civil Aviation.......

Ambani house row: Waqf Board got Rs 1.6 mn for dea

In a new twist to the controversy over the acquisition of land in Mumbai for a residential complex by Mukesh Ambani-owned Antilia, the Maharashtra Waqf Board had issued a no-objection certificate......

Subhash Ghai to set up film institute in Mumbai

The Film and Television Institute of Indiaat Pune has produced the likesof directors Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Subhash Ghai,Kundan Shah andVidhu Vinod Chopra, stars Shatrughan Sinha and Jaya Bhaduri,......

PIX: Sonakshi, Rajinikanth, Rekha at Kush Sinha's reception

Check out the star arrivals. Sonakshi Sinha's elder brother Kush tied the knot with Taruna Agarwal  in a lavish wedding on Janaury 18.The new couple's wedding reception, held at a......

Spotted: Lewis Hamilton in Bahrain

Reader Vilas Deshmukh sent us this photograph. 'I had a great pleasure of meeting Lewis Hamilton, at the F1 Grand Prix in Bahrain on 14th March 2010' writes Vilas. Thank-you, Vilas, for sharing......

Spotted: Kapil Dev at the Doha Moto GP night race

Reader Vilas Deshmukh sent us this picture from Doha, Qatar. 'On 9th March 2008, during the recently held Motorcycle Grand Prix, in Doha, Qatar, we spotted the legendary cricketer Kapil Dev!,'......

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