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Swindler held with stolen car

Swindler held with stolen car

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments
A smart swindler was caught stealing a car by duping a driver cum owner  while on his way from Bangalore...
Indians rush abroad, foreigners flock here

Indians rush abroad, foreigners flock here

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments
While Indian students are flocking abroad, overseas students, especially from Afro-Asian countries, are vying to get into OU for professional...
Exodus from Congress: TRS

Exodus from Congress: TRS

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments
The sudden decision of four Congress leaders to join the TRS Party is to mount pressure to concede the formation...
Ego clashes spoil meeting

Ego clashes spoil meeting

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments
The miserable report card of the Standing Committee may derail many civic works. Hyderabad: Mayor Mohd Majid Hussain and Congress Sta­n­ding...

India

Confident under siege

Confident under siege

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments
Members of his own ministry — although a minority — are critical of him, telling friendly journalists that they tolerate...
3 jawans killed in J&K militant attack

3 jawans killed in J&K militant attack

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments
The troops had launched an anti-insurgency operation in Buchoo village when the militants opened fire. srinagar: Three Army personnel were...
SP’s appeasement bid irks cops

SP’s appeasement bid irks cops

| May 23, 2013 | 0 Comments
Uttar Pradesh sends the largest number of MPs — 80 — to the Lok Sabha. General Elections are due in...
Chandy-Chennithala tiff sharpens in Kerala Congress

Chandy-Chennithala tiff sharpens in Kerala Congress

| May 23, 2013 | 0 Comments
Matters got serious after Chennithala purportedly stated that it would be difficult to maintain the same equation with Chandy as he had been ‘insulted’ over...

Business

ORR neighbourhood draws greenery lovers

ORR neighbourhood draws greenery lovers

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments
Bandlaguda (adjacent to Chevella Road) and APPA junction are evolving as hotspots for development due to large space availability. The...
Consultant’s role crucial to contract

Consultant’s role crucial to contract

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments
Kalisetti Naidu Hyderabad: Many landlords may think a consultant is an extra burden in terms of costs for renting out...
It’s about confidence

It’s about confidence

| May 23, 2013 | 0 Comments
Investment in stocks and shares profit not only the investors but also give the real picture of a company’s value...
Smaller cities hold key

Smaller cities hold key

| May 22, 2013 | 0 Comments
Traditional retailers face strong challenge in urban areas as younger generation prefer buying from branded retailers. The fall of gold prices...

Arts & Entertainment

There’s a lot more to her..

There’s a lot more to her..

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments
Shruti Haasan stunned everyone last week with her transformation from girl next door to uber chic actress, thanks to the...
How to find Tollywood’s lost treasures

How to find Tollywood’s lost treasures

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments
After years of negligence, AP Film Chamber of Commerce has launched a campaign to promote Telugu cinema’s glorious legacy....
Bollywood calling Mahesh Babu?

Bollywood calling Mahesh Babu?

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments
Bollywood is abuzz with rumours that Mahesh Babu will be acting in a Hindi film which will be directed by...
It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity, says Chandini Tamilarasan

It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity, says Chandini Tamilarasan

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments
Chandini Tamilarasan is keeping her fingers crossed about her debut film, Kaalicharan. She tells Postnoon about why it’s a once...

Sports

MI vs RR preview: Men in blue set to clash

MI vs RR preview: Men in blue set to clash

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments
Mumbai Indians take on a gutsy Rajasthan Royals today, in their last chance to make it to the final of...
D Company bookie held at RGI Airport

D Company bookie held at RGI Airport

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments
In a pre-dawn swoop, a Delhi police team managed to nab a bookie while he was trying to board an...
‘India should legalise betting’

‘India should legalise betting’

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments
London: India should legali­se betting to stamp out corrupti­on in cricket, says former Engla­nd captain Geoffrey Boycott  who feels the...
The sun sets for SRH

The sun sets for SRH

| May 23, 2013 | 0 Comments
New Delhi: Brad Hodge pro­ved his worth as one of the most sought after T20 cricketers in the world as...

World

India, US, Oz to grow climate-resilient crops

India, US, Oz to grow climate-resilient crops

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments
The ambitious programme is part of Feed the Future, the US government’s global hunger and food security initiative. Washington: India,...

Meteorite from Mars may fetch $1,60,000

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments
 New York: A rare chunk of a meteorite that chipped from Mars after an asteroid impact and landed in Morocco’s Sahara...

Bangladesh ‘Green Radio’ heralds a new era

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments
DHAKA: Nature lovers in Bangladesh can tune in to 89.6 FM for their daily dose of green awakening, courtesy a...

Indian wins the ‘Bee’ prize

| May 23, 2013 | 0 Comments
Washington: Sathwik Karnik, an Indian-origin boy from Massachusetts has won this year’s National Geographic Bee contest after gruelling rounds testing...

Other news

Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers

Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments

A flower is most beautiful when it is in the garden, like a deer or a lamb seen in its natural habitat. If this wisdom is known to the mayor and the GHMC, they would not have wasted several hundred lovely flowers at the function declaring the GHMC’s plan to open 14 biodiversity parks on [...]

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Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments

TDP leader Chandrababu Nai­du is a visionary. Few will dou­bt this considering what he did to give Hyderabad a modern face, and many of his welfare schemes are now implemented (of course, renamed after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi). But many could not understand his logic of asking for a ban of `500 and `1,000 [...]

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Reporter’s diary: Who’s this footloose at CCS?

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments

For some time now, staff in the powerful central crime station are being cowed down by a sada home guard who is said to be close to a senior IPS officer. CCS staff whisper that he is the eyes and ears of the officer and therefore gets a free run. Recently, when three ruffians who [...]

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Reporter’s diary: Jubilee Hills show

Reporter’s diary: Jubilee Hills show

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments

Talking of thick skinned civic officials, one could take a look at the picture above. Here the building contractors of the rich and the mighty make insulting gestures at law and the GHMC. It seems to say, “Right to walk? Forsooth! Building rules? My Right Foot!”

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Reporter’s diary: GHMC, practice what you preach

| May 24, 2013 | 0 Comments

So the GHMC preaches about how cleanliness is next to godliness and has all sorts of clean and green quotes in every other corner of its office and parks. But if you walk into the head office, you’ll wonder what stops the staff from practicing what they preach. The entire office is permeated with the [...]

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