New Delhi : Breaking into a group of officials and journalists, a youth today attacked Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar after a public event here shouting slogans against corruption and price rise, an action that was roundly condemned by political parties. 71-year-old Pawar, who went to a literary function at a public auditorium on Parliament Street, [...]
For the first time in Mahesh Babu’scareer, MM Keeravani is going to compose music for one of the former’s upcoming films. Although, Mahesh Babu has been acting for almost 13 years, the two have never collaborated. Krish is going to direct this film which is expected to go on floors in mid 2012. Ashwini Dutt [...]
She’s all of 28 and is already at the helm of a company that helps students realize their dreams. Unconventional, effervescent and a go-getter by nature, Abha Agarwal is a businesswoman to the boot They say that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. Sure enough Abha Agarwal doesn’t. What she does is tell [...]
Actor Daniel Radcliffe almost missed out on the role of Harry Potter because his parents were initially unsure and thought it would disrupt his life as he will have to live in LA. The 22-year-old, who played the schoolboy wizard in all eight Harry Potter movies, says his mother and father changed their mind after [...]
Bollywood’s prestigious production house Yash Raj Films (YRF) is now ready to make inroads in the American film industry — it has launched a new wing, YRF Entertainment, in Hollywood that will develop and produce feature films for the US and international market. Actor Uday Chopra will serve as the CEO of YRF Entertainment. The [...]
Hyderabad: Health minister DL Ravindra Reddy here on Wednesday demanded that the YSR Congress party president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, who had earlier claimed that the Congress government in the State was surviving on his benevolence, to reveal his stand afresh as his loyalists were returning to the Congress. Speaking to mediapersons in the Secretariat, [...]
London: Three-time former finalists and fourth seeds, India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes, beat seventh-seeded Austrian Jurgen Melzer and German Philipp Petzschner 7-5, 6-3 in their Group A match to stay alive in the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals doubles. Bhupathi and Paes — losing finalists to Americans Rick Leach and Jonathan Stark in 1997, [...]
Designer Jatin Varma, a regular face at the Lakmé Fashion Week and a favourite of many celebrities including British pop star Keisha, shares his top ten rules of style Don’t try and do too much at once, keep your style and look clean and chic, you look much stronger that way. Pick one style per [...]
Thiruvananthapuram: An all-party meeting convened by the Kerala government has sought Tamil Nadu’s co-operation in building the new dam. The meting also proposed to peg the new dam’s storage level at 120 feet, compared to 136 feet of the Mullaperiyar dam. There are reports from Delhi that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has initiated consultations with [...]
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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A footage is doing the rounds on TV channels where apparently two constables in UP are sorting matters out between them the hard way, raining each other with blows, not verbal, but with their lathis. One look at the video will tell you there seems to be something seriously wrong with the discipline among the [...]
So the thief is in the ship after all. The Mumbai police revelation that Gurunath Melyappan, son-in-law of BCCI Chief Srinivasan, was in constant touch with Vindoo Dhara Singh, now in police custody over betting, leaves no scope for imagination. Little wonder such brazen betting prospered over IPL. It now raises the question: was the [...]
Humorist Jaspal Bhatti, had he been alive, would have found stunning material for a flop show in the BJP’s behaviour of late. How the ‘national opposition party’ turned into a ‘notional’ party is a story worth caricaturing with potential for record viewing-rate.
Chinese president Xi Jinping is a chemical engineer. No wonder he knows the chemical formula to pursue his country’s global ambitions. If anybody in India believed Xi would extend a warm friendship to this country, he should be naive. He has been on a global Sino initiative to widen the Chinese visions of the century. [...]
“India is China’s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold — to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to India. To this the Indian prime minister’s response could n0t have been more fitting that “the rest of the [...]
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