HYDERABAD: Managing Director AP?Rajiv Swagruha Corporation Ltd says there are no hidden costs like VAT, service tax, water, electricity, etc, says Shalini Mishra, Managing Director in an interview. How many units were built in Hyderabad? And how many dwellings are there in each unit? We have taken up five townships. In all, we proposed to [...]
Ronit Roy, appreciated for his role as a strict father in Udaan, is now set to play police officer Raja Tambat in director Sanjay Gupta’s Shootout At Wadala. But he is most excited about sharing the frame with Anil Kapoor. “Yes, I will play Raja Tambat in Sanjay Guptas film Shootout At Wadala…Proud to co-star with [...]
Sebastian Shakespeare Have you done your Christmas shopping yet? Like most men, I normally leave it to the last minute, with often dire consequences. My wife will not let me forget my all-time worst gifts: polyester pyjamas (yes, inexcusable, but I was in a rush, honest), slippers with plastic beading (what’s wrong with that? A [...]
They say don’t judge a book by its cover and it holds true in the case of Pragati Tiffin center. It might not be located in an up-market area or look very classy but serves one of the best dosas in the city. Situated on the footpath just opposite to Pragati Degree College in Koti [...]
MELBOURNE:Last Boxing Day, the biggest day on Australia’s cricket calendar, Andrew Strauss sent the Australians in on a pitch with a little bit of juice in it. They didn’t last 50 overs. Chris Tremlett and James Anderson skittled the Australians for 98. They never recovered, England secured the Ashes with that victory, and the Argus [...]
A student of St. Mary’s Hyderabad, Armaan Farid is a true blue Hyderabadi who believes in luck and hard work. At the age of 18, this youth author is all set to make his mark in the literary world. Three years in the making ‘Stories from the Heart of a Dreamer’ is finally ready to [...]
The 38-year-old actress – who has three movies, Young Adult, Snow White and The Huntsman and Prometheus, set for release in the coming months –loves using her time off work to rest, as well as fitting in entertaining friends and seeing the world. Asked how she spends her time off, she said: “It just depends, like [...]
The Avengers has a new superpower: 3D. Walt Disney Studios said on Thursday that the movie will be released in the format when it debuts on May 4. The movie had previously been slated for 2D only. In the same announcement, Walt Disney Studios said another, untitled Marvel movie has moved up from a wide release [...]
NEW DELHI: The NIA, India’s premier anti-terror probe body, on Saturday, filed charges against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, including Pakistani-American David Headley and two alleged ISI men for their role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. The chargesheet, which also names Lashkar founder Haafiz Sayeed and seven others, was filed in a special National Investigation Agency [...]
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday ordered websites like Facebook, Google and Yahoo to remove all “derogatory” content from their sites by February 6, or face contempt charges. Administrative civil judge Mukesh Kumar ordered all the websites to file a compliance report by February 6, affirming that they have removed the derogatory content from [...]
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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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