Swami Swaroopanand`s answer to `Narendra Modi as PM` – one slap!

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 13:38

Shankaracharya slapped a reporter on Thursday just because he asked him as to what did he think about Modi as the next PM of India.

Commission of murder not proved as some witnesses turned hostile: Judge

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 19:50

The Principal District and Sessions Judge C S Murugan, who acquitted 23 persons including the two Kanchi seers in the sensational Sankararaman murder case today, concluded that the commission of murder was not proved as some witnesses turned hostile and some failed to support the prosecution case.

Kanchi Shankaracharya, 22 others acquitted in Sankararaman murder case

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 08:09

A Puducherry court delivered its verdict in the high-profile 2004 Sankararaman murder case.

Maoist held guilty of Hindu leader`s killing

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 15:04

A court in Odisha on Tuesday convicted a Maoist for the murder of a Hindu leader and four of his aides in 2008, a lawyer said. Seven other accused were convicted in the case the day before.

Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati murder case: 7 accused found guilty

Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2013, 13:31

The seven accused in the murder of VHP leader Swami Lakshmananda Saraswati were found guilty on Monday.

Odisha BJP leader ends fast after five days

Last Updated: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 11:19

Senior BJP leader Ashok Sahu, who went on a hunger strike demanding action in the murder of a Hindu leader in Odisha five years ago, Thursday broke his five-day fast.

Arrest Hindu leader`s killers: BJP

Last Updated: Saturday, August 17, 2013, 13:51

The opposition BJP has renewed demands that those involved in the murder of a Hindu leader and four of his aides in the state five years ago be arrested and brought to justice.

Puri seer says education system has turned man into machine

Last Updated: Sunday, July 14, 2013, 15:40

India`s education system has led to fragmentation of families and is gradually turning man into a machine, the Shankaracharya of Puri, Swami Nischalananda Saraswati has said.

Muslim-majority Indonesia gifts Saraswati statue to US

Last Updated: Sunday, June 9, 2013, 10:31

The statue of goddess Saraswati on top of a lotus flower, stand tall a block away from the Indian Embassy in front of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi which was installed several years ago.

Big B is demanding, says Anurag Kashyap

Last Updated: Thursday, June 6, 2013, 14:37

Anurag Kashyap, who will soon be directing Amitabh Bachchan in a fiction TV show, says the 70-year-old stalwart is `very demanding` but in a `good way`.

We want to do something different on TV, says Amitabh Bachchan

Last Updated: Thursday, June 6, 2013, 08:33

Amitabh Bachchan, who will soon be seen acting in a television show that he is co-producing, says his creative team wants to make something different but refuses to divulge anything about the storyline.

Not possible to meet teachers demand: Nitish Kumar

Last Updated: Sunday, March 10, 2013, 18:24

With over 2.25 lakh contractual teachers protesting for regularisation and pay parity, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said their demands were not feasible considering the state`s economic health.