Christmas calls for a time of celebration and Hyderabad is home to a Christian population sees a vibrant Christmas every year. But the festivities of the Anglo-Indian community have already been dampened. The reason being that the Excise department has prohibited the Christian or the Anglo Indian community from making homemade wine. Waren La Touche, [...]
Think heritage structures in Hyderabad, and your mind would be racing towards Charminar, Golconda Fort and the other regular monuments. Located towards one end of MG Road and adjacent to the Marriott Hotel is the Saidanima Tomb — a heritage structure that has seen the changing faces of Hyderabad for the better part of two [...]
Filled with style and panache, the film is consistently entertaining Movie: Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol Cast: Tom Cruise, Paula Palton, Sitmon Pegg, Jeremy Renner Director: Brad Bird Rating: 4 / 5 Sana Mirza sana.m@postnoon.com The fourth installment in the ‘Mission:Impossible series, Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol directed by Brad Bird is definitely worth getting excited [...]
The first collectors conference of the Kiran Kumar Reddy Government in Hyderabad almost turned into a Cabinet meeting it is reported. Health minister DL Ravindra Reddy came out of the meeting twice at Jubilee Hall and stated that the people inside were debating as if they are in a Cabinet meet. Ministers Jana Reddy and [...]
FMCG sector growth in towns with 1-10 lakh population outpaces all-India growth HYDERABAD: The fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) market in about 400 smaller towns with population of one to 10 lakh is expected to surpass $20 billion by 2018 and $80 billion by 2026. Currently, the 400 smaller towns represent approximately $6 billion US [...]
New Delhi: Consensus eluded the all-party meeting called by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Lokpal with parties voicing divergent views on some key elements like inclusion of CBI and lower bureaucracy. However, after the four-hour meeting, questions arose on whether the Bill would be passed in the current session of Parliament ending December 22, with [...]
Bangalore: The ruling BJP in Karnataka on Wednesday withdrew suspension of one of the Reddy brothers and their three associates from the party ahead of the December 22 bypoll to the legislative council which Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda is contesting. Gali Somashekara Reddy, two other party assembly members and one legislative council member were [...]
Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), which is suffering from paucity of funds and host of several problems, is clueless on how to address them. The institution and its administrators are caught in a bind between government control and autonomy. With gaping holes in administration and operations, from lack of equipment to chronic red tapism, [...]
Nagarjuna is extremely confident that his upcoming film, Rajanna will be a huge success at the box-office. In a candid chat, he talks to us about his films and life in the fast lane Hemanth Kumar hemanth.k@postnoon.com It’s hard to ignore Nagarjuna when he’s around. For 26 years, he has played a vital role [...]
Her last box-office outing Dear Friend Hitler did not set the cash registers ringing, but Neha Dhupia is back with her latest offering Pappu Can’t Dance Saala Taniya Talukdar taniya.t@postnoon.com Neha Dhupia might have been the latest victim of over-exhaustion in the film industry but that hasn’t deterred her at all. The lady is [...]
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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 [...]
Adopt and restore a lake is new mantra
It’s interesting that the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has invited interested individuals, voluntary and corporate organisations to adopt lakes in and around the city in order to protect and preserve water bodies. Last week, HMDA Commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad said 176 lakes in the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and another [...]
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 [...]
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