The government has decided not to include caste as one of the parameters in the 2011 census, a demand made by several regional parties.

Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has reiterated his demand, which he made way back in the 1980s, for a permit system to keep a firm check on influxes coming into Mumbai.

Shahrukh Khan adopts 8 vilages for the NDTV greenathon.

Rahul Mahajan’s newlywed wife Dimpy Ganguly, whom he married on a highly-watched and much talked about reality show, wants her husband to pursue a political career like his father, late Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Mahajan, rather than be in show business.

MNS president Raj Thackeray is facing as many as 73 criminal cases in various courts all over Maharashtra for allegedly inciting riots which broke out after his arrest in connection with anti-North Indian tirade launched by his party in 2008, police said.