The prices of gold and silver might be soaring, but that is not deterring Hyderabadis from buying the precious metals this festive season. It’s Dhanteras on Monday and while the enthusiasm might seem muted, jewellers across the city claim that people are waiting for the auspicious occasion to pick up their jewellery. With the festive [...]
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has put social and economic development projects on the top of his agenda in a series of meetings he held with the Central leaders in New Delhi on Saturday. With the government facing flak over continuing power cuts and disruption of power supply to farmers, the CM made it [...]
HYDERABAD: The festival of lights also brings with it the light of joy among people. While off-season discounts and festival discounts are given on clothes on different occasions, electronic goods occupy the pride of place in the buyer’s budgets on this occasion. Big brands like Samsung, Sony, Panasonic, came up with a myriad offers. Numerous [...]
An Airbus A-380, termed as the world’s biggest steel bird, did an emergency landing at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport early on Sunday morning. The A-380, owned by airline operator Emirates, was bound for Dubai from Bangkok. The aircraft — Emirates EK 385 — was brought down to RGIA due to technical reasons, which were, however, [...]
Most of the Common Admission Test (CAT) candidates came out smiling on the first day as they believe it was comparatively easy, but there were a few dark faces that blamed their ill-luck and are looking forward for a re-exam chance. The tests began on Saturday Most of the Common Entrance Test (CAT) candidates on [...]
Hedging one’s risk is vital, as often one overlooks this aspect of financial planning. There are two key points to address with respect to life and that is – premature eventuality and post–retirement years. These are mutually exclusive, but a large sense of uncertainty prevails. Abhishek Gupta, 37, who has a household expense totaling to [...]
Have you wished that you felt the royalty of the olden days and yet had furniture that didn’t make you look from another century? The solution can be the amalgamation of old-meets-new and vice versa. Nothing conveys a true sense of style like mixing vintage furniture finds with contemporary pieces Mixing eras — let’s say [...]
Beto Perez is the man who founded Zumba, the Latin dance class that has got 12 million people worldwide hooked Jasmine Gardner Not many of us delight in going to see our fitness instructor — that sadist who insists on making us get on the floor and do crunches and press-ups until we want to [...]
Ever heard of the axiom, “Don’t take life too seriously, no one gets out alive anyways.” If yes, then you have just had your first brush with existentialism We all have had those moments when we have asked ourselves “What does it all mean?” or “Why are we here?” or “What should I do with [...]
She is a danseuse par excellence who has mastered the two great dance forms of the South — Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi. She is a teacher, a conquerer, a choreographer and an incredibly passionate art activist who believes in living life to the fullest. Meet Ananda Shankar Jayant Dance means different things to different people. For [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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The final kick-off for passion
Tonight the football season will finally come to a close with the Champions League final being played at Wembley stadium. It’s been a tumultuous season for all the wrong reasons. The four big leagues were wrapped up early: Manchester United in the EPL, Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Juventus in Serie A and Barcelona in [...]
Earlier this week, I received an email about the Gayatri Mantra being proven to be the most divine and powerful hymn in the world. An American scientist called Dr Howard Steingeril is said to have collected hymns, prayers, mantras and invocations from all over the world and from all religions. He tested these for sound [...]
Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers
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 [...]
Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu
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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