New Delhi - Bollywood actor-filmmaker Feroz Khan, once known as the "Clint Eastwood of the East' for his macho style and swagger, died Monday after a prolonged battle with cancer. He was 69. Khan died at 1:30 am (2000 GMT Sunday) at his farmhouse in the southern city of Bangalore.
His funeral was scheduled to take place in the city later on Monday, his family said.
New Delhi - India on Monday welcomed Sri Lankan government's announcement that it would stop using heavy weapons because combat operations in northern parts of the island nation had reached a conclusion, news reports said. "It means cessation of hostilities. It means to the government of India that the Sri Lankan government has put an end to the ongoing offensive," India's Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram was quoted as saying by the PTI news agency as saying.
New Delhi, Apr. 27 : The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the role of 64 people, including that of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the post-Godhra riots cases.
The apex court order was passed in response to a petition filed by Congress parliamentarian Ehsaan Jaffery.
The court asked the SIT to submit the report within three months.
New Delhi - Indian health authorities sounded an alert after an outbreak of a deadly swine flu strain appeared to be spreading in other countries, news reports said Monday. The Federal Health Ministry called an emergency meeting of experts from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases and the Indian Council of Medical Research Monday to determine containment measures if the virus was detected in Asian countries, the Times of India newspaper reported.
Checks at airports were also stepped up in the country, the report said.
New Delhi, Apr. 26 : It is as certain to happen as Bilawal Bhutto will one day become Prime Minister, as certain as some Indian politician will accuse a `Pakistani agent' of tampering with EVM machines, as certain as match fixing, as certain as Prakash Karat finally supporting the Congress Party.
New Delhi, Apr 25: Senior Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPM) leader Sitaram Yechury on Saturday slammed Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi for his criticism of the performance of the Left Front government in West Bengal, saying the performance of the government would be decided by the people.
New Delhi - Bollywood actor-filmmaker Feroz Khan, once known as the "Clint Eastwood of the East' for his macho style and swagger, died Monday after a prolonged battle with cancer. He was 69. Khan died at 1:30 am (2000 GMT Sunday) at his farmhouse in the southern city of Bangalore.
New Delhi - India on Monday welcomed Sri Lankan government's announcement that it would stop using heavy weapons because combat operations in northern parts of the island nation had reached a conclusion, news reports said. "It means cessation of hostilities. It means to the government of India that the Sri Lankan government has put an end to the ongoing offensive," India's Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram was quoted as saying by the PTI news agency as saying.
New Delhi, Apr. 27 : The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the role of 64 people, including that of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the post-Godhra riots cases.
New Delhi - Indian health authorities sounded an alert after an outbreak of a deadly swine flu strain appeared to be spreading in other countries, news reports said Monday. The Federal Health Ministry called an emergency meeting of experts from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases and the Indian Council of Medical Research Monday to determine containment measures if the virus was detected in Asian countries, the Times of India newspaper reported.
New Delhi, Apr 25: Senior Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPM) leader Sitaram Yechury on Saturday slammed Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi for his criticism of the performance of the Left Front government in West Bengal, saying the performance of the government would be decided by the people.
