New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday accused agriculture minister Sharad Pawar of protecting corrupt people who will have to be tried for graft once the Lokpal institution is in place. Hazare posted on his blog that it was Pawar’s “old habit” to support and protect the corrupt, and listed instances when he had [...]
New Delhi: In a move netizens fear is tantamount to censorship, the Indian government has directed social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to filter out “objectionable” content from their websites. It warned of suo motu action if this was not done. The decision was conveyed during a meeting communications and IT minister Kapil Sibal [...]
Bravo Mr Kapil Sibal. Today you confirmed what I always thought you were. A loyal Dus Janpathiya. I fully support your move to regulate and teach a lesson to these website waala. It is nice that you wear your loyalty on your blackberry. I fully appreciate your fears that some of the content can have [...]
A curious trend has emerged lately where the aggrieved climb communication towers to put their problems under the glare. Two out of service home guards climbed atop a police communication tower in Marredpally today and vowed to jump to death if they are not reinstated. They are said to be one of several removed from [...]
Few people in the city are even aware of the fact that we are currently hosting roller hockey matches. The inter-state competition that has teams from Vizag, Karimnagar and Hyderabad got off to a flying start with a senior women’s match between Karimnagar and Hyderabad on Tuesday. The team from Karimnagar won by one goal. [...]
Social media users in Hyderabad join the rest of the country denouncing Union Minister Kapil Sibal’s directive to Google, Facebook and Yahoo to regulate content There shall be no more freedom of speech, if the UPA government has its way. The Union communications minister Kapil Sibal’s directive to popular social networking sites, Facebook, Google and [...]
You would not expect Daley Thompson to advise anyone to stay away from the London Games but he tells me he did exactly that to the doorman at the Dorchester hotel. “He told me he’s going to watch Greco-Roman wrestling. And I said to him, ‘I wouldn’t.’” The doorman’s response finally convinced Britain’s double Olympic [...]
Mumbai: Former Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds echoed ex-teammate Adam Gilchrist’s view, saying India have a good chance to score their first Test rubber win Down Under when they tour the country later this month. “Indians can put pressure on the young Australian players. They have a good opportunity to beat Australia in their home country. [...]
In 2011, movies have been allotting huge budgets to branding and promotions. Sometimes, the promotion budget alone, accounts for 50 per cent of the movie cost. Has such expensive branding helped the movies do well? We explore If on the one side the government is grappling with inflation, the film industry remains undeterred as it spends [...]
No sleep, no rest and no breather for Priyanka Chopra, who is working non-stop, thanks to her upcoming projects. “So… Doin craazy two shifts… Sleepin only 4 hrs… but whats life if it ain’t crazy Yaaal! ‘Krrish 3’ yesterday… ‘Barfee’ today… Dubai for ‘Don2’ Tom,” Priyanka posted on twitter. If the 29-year-old is finding it [...]
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Ajay Hotchandani As is the routine every morning, I wake up, toss and turn for about an hour trying to find the motivation to get out of bed. Somewhere between eating and showering, I check my email and have a glance at the news on Google. Later that day I had to go pick my [...]
According to a survey of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation officials, there are about 620 buildings and another 100 on the outskirts that need immediate demolition in the twin cities. The GHMC engineers’ wing has certified that these 700 old buildings including 200 in Secunderabad could fall any time. Do we need to lose a [...]
The forest department has taken to task many of Hyderabad’s fortune-tellers for the alleged torture and cruel treatment of parakeets under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Raids were conducted by the State Forest Department officials and members of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau in Chirkur, Kukatpally and Ameerpet areas that led to the rescue of [...]
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There are positive signals from the G8 summit regarding the plan of action that must be pursed in Syria. Russian leader Vladmir Putin, the man who is the main hurdle to the creation of some means formidable to bringing down Assad, has hinted that he may allow removing Assad provided there is a plan for [...]
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