The holiday season is the favourite time of the year for many people, filled with get-togethers and fun parties. And no party can be complete without drinks. So, we asked Kamal Shrestha, the bartender at Fusion 9 to whip up a few of his favourite holiday drinks. Toast to the holiday spirit with these fabulous [...]
The race to find the next Hunger Games – i.e. an adaptation of a book series aimed at the youth crowd and beloved by swarms of passionate, ticket-buying fans — just found itself a new frontrunner, with the news that Harrison Ford and Abigail Breslin have signed onto the adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s [...]
Hyderabad: Silk lovers in the City have reason to cheer. The latest Silk Mark Expo held at Sathya Sai Nigamagamam brings to the City unique designs that are up for grabs. Organised by the Silk Mark Organisation of India (SMOI) the exhibition will be on till December 27. The main objective of this exhibition is [...]
Every person belonging to priority households to receive 7kg of foodgrain every month from the State government under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) at price not exceeding Rs.3 per kg for rice, Rs.2 for wheat and Re.1 for coarse grains. General households to get not less than 3kg foodgrain per person per month at [...]
HYDERABAD: Fire broke out in Swapnalok Complex which houses several shops and establishments in Secunderabad. According to preliminary information, the fire accident occurred in the third floor of the complex., locate don the aretrial Sarojini Devi Road. Fire tenders reached the complex to extinguish the raging fire tenders.
MUMBAI: In a setback to Team Anna, the Bombay High Court on Friday rejected its petition for directing the Maharashtra government to allot MMRDA ground for free or at concessional rates for Anna Hazare’s fast, saying it cannot come to the conclusion if the agitation was in public interest or politically motivated. The court also [...]
HYDERABAD: The Union Government is contemplating bringing in a stronger law to prevent corporate frauds. Disclosing this here on Friday, Minister for Corporate Affairs M Veerappa Mioly said that the Government had served notices to 870 companies whose transactions were suspect. Moily spoke to reporters on the sidelines of the Institute of Company Secretaries of [...]
Stage show based on 2004 film, which explores the inspiration behind the famous character, to debut in London next year. The producers behind Oscar winning films such as The King’s Speech, are turning their attention to London’s West End with plans for their first stage musical. The Weinstein Company’s show, Finding Neverland, is based on [...]
Iraq’s Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi has said that Prime Minister Nouri Maliki is to blame for a sudden surge of violence in the country. Dozens of people were killed in a string of blasts across the capital, Baghdad, on Thursday. Mr Hashemi, who is subject to an arrest warrant on terror charges, said that Mr Maliki [...]
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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