Big B on stage, but in an unexpected way

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan returns to the stage, albeit in a most unexpected way. He will play himself on stage in Mahesh Manjrekar’s Marathi play “Mi Shahrukh Manjarsumbekar” — but not in person. Amitabh will be speaking to the play’s main protagonist played by Siddharth Jadhav, from a screen image which will be flashed at every performance of the play.

Bihar result is victory of meritorious leadership: Arun Jaitley

The Bihar electoral verdict was a victory of “meritorious leadership over dynastic politics”, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley said Wednesday. “I congratulate the people of Bihar for showing extreme maturity,” Jaitley said in a press conference here Wednesday as vote counting in Bihar showed that the alliance of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and the BJP was headed towards a sweeping victory

Don’t ask on cabinet reshuffle but we need young people: PM

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said the people will come to know as and when he decides to reshuffle his cabinet, adding that a resurgent and growing India required younger people in power.

Bihar not shining, says Rahul Gandhi

Terming Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s claims of development a “false propaganda”, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Monday said Bihar was “not shining”. “Bihar is not shining, it is a slogan like the ‘India shining’ of the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) in 2004. People of India already rejected that slogan and now it will be rejected in Bihar too,” Rahul said, addressing an election rally at Ramnagar in Bagaha district

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who turned 78 on 26th sept.

President Pratibha Patil and Vice President Hamid Ansari sent flowers and wished the Prime Minister on the occasion. Congress President Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul Gandhi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati telephoned Singh and greeted him. Among those who wished the prime minister on the occasion are Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, ...

AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi will pay a one-day visit to Assam on Thursday where he will interact with students of IIT-Guwahati and Assam Central University at Silchar.

Gandhi would arrive at 10:30 am at Silchar and fly by a chopper to the university campus, where he would interact for about an hour with 250 students of the varsity and 12 other local colleges before flying to Guwahati, NSUI members said. From Guwahati airport he would go by helicopter to the IIT in northern ...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday termed as “illegal” Vedanta’s bauxite mining project in Orissa’s Niyamgiri hills which was denied environmental clearance by the Centre.

"What was going on there is illegal. It is not a issue of corporate versus tribals. The real issue is illegal mining. It is criminal," Gandhi said in reply to a question at a press conference in Kolkata. Gandhi, while addressing a tribal rally at Lanjjigarh in the Niyamgiri hills on 26th August had said that ...

Addressing a press conference in Kolkata on Thursday, Rahul Gandhi backed Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah saying Kashmir is a tough job and he needs time and support.

He also ruled out his intervention in affairs of Jammu and Kashmir and refused to comment on demands for withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the state. Replying to questions on Kashmir and Omar Abdullah, he said the Congress was supporting him and he is the leader of the NC. "It is ...

AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will visit Bihar to attend a party function to be held in the state capital between 28th and 30th September next.

According to state unit Youth Congress President Lallan Kumar, "Gandhi has given his consent to visit Patna to attend the Youth Congress function on any day between September 28 to 30 next", he told reporters in Patna on Thursday. The AICC General Secretary will hold a session with the leaders and workers of the state unit ...

Rahul Gandhi intracted with students of National Institute of Technology in Bhopal

Rahul Gandhi General secretary of Congress Party ,interacted with students of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), one of the country’s leading engineering colleges, here Monday and urged the students to rise to the task of leading India to greater heights. Gandhi criticized political institutions for nominating candidates rather than democratically electing them within the ...

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