HYDERABAD: ‘Dream Girl’ Hema Malini was chosen for the prestigious Akkineni Nageswara Rao Award for 2011. Instituted in 2005 by the Akkineni International Foundation, the ANR Award is given for excellence to those who dedicated their lives to movie industry. ANR is undoubtedly a living legend of the Telugu film industry. ANR, who celebrated seven decades of his [...]
Hyderabad: As the race for mayoral position has heated up, the candidates vying for the seat have resorted to all kinds of tricks. The buzz going around GHMC corridors is how the affluent probables are eager to grab the coveted position at any cost. All India Majlis-Itehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president and Hyderabad Member of Parliament, [...]
Kolkata: Civic authorities today sealed two blocks of the fire-ravaged private AMRI Hospital here even as authorities handed over majority of the bodies of the 90 people killed to their relatives. The post-mortem of 87 of the total 90 who were choked to death due to the fire yesterday was completed last night and the [...]
Movie-making has gone through a massive shift with vast changes in technology. But is this a good thing? For more than 80 years, filmmakers explored every possibility of shooting a movie on film and then there was a paradigm shift with the advent of digital era. Now, some filmmakers in the west have pushed the [...]
She attended her first fashion show helping models with their shoes backstage. Actress Neha Dhupia, who is playing a backup dancer in the upcoming film Pappu Can’t Dance Saala, says the film took her back to her days of struggle. “I started my career with a beauty pageant but not many people know that the [...]
Prabhas has one of the best bods in T-Town and he keeps experimenting with his look for almost all his films. Recently, a section of media reported that he’s toning up for S S Rajamouli’s next period film and also stated that the actor is already on a strict diet . However, Rajamouli has denied [...]
If GHMC promptly collects property tax, it could meet its expenses, but collection is lax owing to corruption Hyderabad: Tax collection is the lifeline of any governance. For the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), property tax is the bread and other taxes its butter. But, in a shocking observation, the GHMC seems to have failed miserably [...]
What would Ghulam Nabi Azad tell Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy? He would explain the amplified dissidence against the latter’s leadership. The growing displeasure over the Kiran’s regime would come in to sharp focus, what with the ‘miscalculation’ of number of legislators sailing with YS Jagan. What drove a wedge between the ministers and the [...]
Internet is a powerful tool and we understand the implications that a derogatory comment can make — this is the soft but powerful voice that has to be strained to be heard over the otherwise loud criticism of Kapil Sibal. While the protesters and critics are clearly visible, the supports of the moderated use of [...]
Ralegaon Siddhi: Ahead of his day-long fast for a strong Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare today launched a vitriolic attack on the government, charging that it was ‘intoxicated’ by power and said the ‘second fight for independence’ has started, which will go on till corruption is eradicated. Before leaving for Delhi where he will hold the [...]
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About Traditional Russian values
Russia has decided to review its adoption pact that it has with France after the latter legalised gay marriage. This is in the wake of the statement of the Russian president Vladmir Putin which he made last month that Russia could change its adoption agreements with the countries which allowed gay marriage that goes against [...]
Kubra Fatima Ask any Hyderabadi what they love about the City and they will have many things to say — food, greenery and people being the usual suspects. On the contrary, if you ask them what they hate and ‘travelling in an auto’ will be the first response. Even though going around the twin cities [...]
Expecting a Sunday feast, I went to the dining table eagerly looking forward to the best of my mother’s cooking. I lifted the lid on the big casserole and found pulao with corn. I didn’t know what to make of it. I believe my mother makes the best peas pulao. But to have corn replacing [...]
Shraddha Jahagirdar-Saxena Just a few days ago, when Mumbai Indians played the Sunrisers in Mumbai, I found myself standing on Marine Drive, outside ‘D’ road, along with my brother, waiting for our sons to amble out after the match (which to the pride of this city’s dwellers, MI won). It took several moments for the [...]
No one kills the goose that lays the golden egg
There is a ridiculous debate going on after the reports on spot-fixing emerged: should IPL be scrapped? Even if IPL were the first sporting event to be tainted by spot-fixing, it would be senseless to even suggest that it be scrapped. Since that is not the case, talking of scrapping is, pardon the coarse expression, [...]
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