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Shiv Sena activists Tuesday went on a rampage and attacked several cinema halls that will screen Shah Rukh Khan's "My Name Is Khan" despite the Mumbai Police assuring full security at the 63 cinemas and multiplexes that will showcase the movie.

The Congress suggestion that Agriculture and Food Minister Sharad Pawar has the main responsibility to check food inflation is a "mockery of the collective system of responsibility in the cabinet", an angry Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) said Tuesday.

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Monday sought to play down party president and union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's meeting with Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, saying it was about the IPL and had “no political meaning".

Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan Monday dared the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to stop the screening of Shah Rukh Khan's "My Name Is Khan", and said he will watch the movie with his family after the rightwing Hindu group threatened to disrupt the film's release.

Unhappy with Sharad Pawar's meeting with Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray over the IPL security issue, Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan Monday said his government was “competent” to provide security to cricketers and there was “no need to take permission from any other authority”.

The Orissa unit of the Bajrang Dal Tuesday threatened to disrupt the screening of Shah Rukh Khan's movie "My Name Is Khan" across the state if the actor does not apologise for his alleged "pro-Pakistan" statement.

Shiv Sena activists Tuesday attacked several places that will screen Shah Rukh Khan's "My Name Is Khan", barely an hour after Mumbai Police assured full security at the 63 cinemas and multiplexes that will showcase the movie.

Apparently peeved with Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's meeting with Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, the Congress Monday sought to put the minister in a spot on the issue of price rise, saying his ministry has the main responsibility for tackling the problem.

Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan, who faced the Shiv Sena's ire for saying he would have liked to include Pakistani players in his Kolkata Knight Riders team for the the third season of the Indian premier League (IPL), Monday got support from union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

Rajasthan Royals, the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Monday joined forces with Hampshire, Cape Cobras, Trinidad and a yet-to-be-confirmed Australia state team for a global alliance here at Lord's.