NEW DELHI: Elections will be held to the Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Assemblies between January 28 and March 3, 2012, and votes will be counted on March 4, it was announced on Saturday. It will be the biggest test for political parties in the country since Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and [...]
With increasingly universal values, Indians are less finicky about religious differences and are beginning to realise that they can create a belief system that suits them by choosing the best from everything that’s available. It’s fusion at its very best I’ve got some really cranky neighbours. The family, living across the road in a tiny [...]
With great zeal and enthusiasm Birla Edutech guided Globe Tot’ers School welcomed the Christmas season with a big bang. Unlike regular Christmas celebrations, this preschool went a step ahead and organised a full-blown carnival to involve the entire school community, parents and families. “Christmas is a time to bond and help the needy. We have [...]
Hyderabad: Owners of City bars, restaurants and pubs, who had upped their ante on Friday at the police commissioner’s directive holding them responsible for people hauled up in streets for drinking more than the permissible limit, have surrendered to police decision. In a meeting convened by the Commissioner AK Khan yesterday, owners have reportedly assured [...]
It took nearly three hours to douse the flames that engulfed the third floor of the Swapnalok Complex on SD Road, Secunderabad on Friday night. Fortunately, there were no reported casualties in this fire that broke out due to a short circuit. The fire personnel, who were quick to respond, managed to rescue nearly 20 [...]
HYDERABAD: India will be a developed nation by 2050. Its growth is driven by energy. If India has to become a developed state, it has to increase its per capita electricity consumption manifold. At least six to eight times more energy than what it consumes now. That is from 1,80,000 MW to one million MW, [...]
Team Anna today got permission from Delhi Police to hold protest in Ramlila Maidan here from December 27 for five days in support of Anna Hazare who will go on fast in Mumbai. “We have got permission for five days. This can be extended,” a Team Anna member said. Hazare will be sitting on fast [...]
Actor Kunal Kapoor, who plays a key role in Farhan Akhtar’s much-awaited film Don 2: The King is Back, says the film has got a promising reception. “The response has been superb. We expected a good response, but I think it’s been far beyond anyone’s expectations,? the 34-year-old actor said at a special screening of [...]
T-TDP leaders M Narasimulu and Erraballi Dayakar along with 100 TDP workers were today arrested as they threatened to commit suicide for the sake of Telangana at the Telangana martyrs’ memorial before the Assembly. Brandishing a rope Narasimulu invited the TRS leader K Chandrasekhar to join him in committing suicide for the cause of T [...]
Kajal has had her share of ups and downs in 2011. Two of her films, Mr.Perfect and Singham were huge hits while another film Dhada failed to make a splash at box-office. However, 2012 promises to be an exciting year for the actress who will soon be seen in The Businessman opposite Mahesh Babu and Ram [...]
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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, [...]
This must be the greatest moment of crisis that Barack Obama has faced till now in his entire time at the White House. There’s the tax agency scandal, 100 emails regarding the Benghazi attacks have been released and also the scandal of the justice department hacking the phones of reports of the nation’s biggest news [...]
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