NEWS AND VIEWS

PUNJAB

HARYANA

JAMMU & KASHMIR

HIMACHAL

REGIONAL BRIEFS

NATION

OPINIONS

LETTERS

BUSINESS

SPORTS

WORLD

Advt

Attention NRI's from Haryana State

HOROSCOPE

WEEKLY

Latest news, updated at 5:00 pm Govt offers to put FDI decision on hold...more  Pak wants equal treatment on Australian uranium...more  Assange wins legal round against extradition...more

Bypoll boost for Congress
Party wins Ratia (Haryana) and Nalagarh (HP) seats n BJP wrests Renuka
Chandigarh, December 4
The beleaguered Congress today got a shot in the arm as it won two seats, one each in the assembly by-elections in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Bypolls in the region were held on four seats - Ratia and Adampur in Haryana and Renuka (Reserved) and Nalagarh in Himachal Pradesh. The Congress won the seats of Ratia and Nalagarh.

HJC candidate Renuka Bishnoi flashes a victory sign in Adampur on Sunday. She defeated Kulbir Beniwal (Cong) by 22,669 votes. — PTI

Australia set to export uranium to India
Ruling Labour Party votes in favour of lifting decades-old ban 
New Delhi, December 4
Even as it faces a plethora of domestic problems, the Manmohan Singh government added another feather to its cap on the foreign policy front today when the ruling Australian Labour Party (ALP) approved a plan to lift the decades-old ban on the sale of uranium to India.

Evergreen hero bids final adieu
Dev Anand (88) passes away in London
The heart-throb of millions Dev Anand died on Saturday night in a London hospital. He was 88. In his association of over five decades with the world of cinema, he created a huge body of work- leaving behind about 110 films that he acted in and 31 of his productions - some successful, some not so successful, made under the banner of Navketan Films.


THE LEGEND: Dev Anand

When Dev meets his Guide
“God Meets His Guide” – These were the words that greeted me on Facebook when I woke up today. The accompanying picture was that of Dev Anand with Suhel Seth.  My first thought was – “Oh No, Suhel’s playing God now”, but within seconds I realised that this was no joke, we had lost a legend and Suhel, as always, had captured it perfectly.

Dev’s last day
The ageless star never looked back since 1948 debut film Ziddi
London, December 4
Bollywood legend Dev Anand passed away in London on Saturday night. He had arrived in the British capital two weeks earlier for a medical check up.

Style icon: The perennially young actor defied age in style

His love for Zeenat
London, December 4
Basking in the glow of the success of 'Hare Rama Hare Krishna' in 1971, Dev Anand, the ever-romantic hero, soon realised that he was in love with the film's leading lady and his discovery Zeenat Aman.