The city of dreams has a new addition. Inspired by Hollywood, Bollywood now has its very own desi walk of fame. Here’s what some from the film industry had to say about it For years picturesque Bandra in the tinsel city of India has been known for Shah Rukh Khan’s Mannat, Salman’s Galaxy apartments and [...]
Thespians are usually sceptical about working with fresh directors, but talented actor Rajeev Khandelwal has no such hang-ups. He feels he benefits from the debutants’ passion for filmmaking. For his own big screen debut, Aamir, Rajeev worked under the direction of first timer Rajkumar Gupta. Even his second film Shaitan was directed by newcomer Bejoy [...]
Are Shruti Haasan and Tamannaah the new pals in T-town? Recently, when Shruti Haasan was walking the ramp at a fashion show in Hyderabad, Tamannaah was one of the few celebrities who attended the event. Although it’s quite common for celebrities to attend such events, what caught everyone’s eye was Shruti’s comments after she attended [...]
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Andhra Pradesh tops in revenge murders over illicit affairs according to the National Crime Records Bureau statistics. The motive for 445 murders, reported in the State last year, was revenge on cheating partners or their paramours. This amounts to 16 per cent of the murder cases registered here. While the motive for 317 murder cases [...]
Don’t blame the weather for your gloominess. Good rainfall last week and the forecast of further rains due to an active South-West monsoon prompts farmers to sow crops in 50,000 hectares more than last year in Andhra Pradesh. The acreage is expected to increase 25-30 per cent over the normal area of 81.12 lakh hectares, [...]
The man who took a ‘stand’ at Taksim Square
A man stood still in Istanbul’s Taksim Square: silent, staring straight ahead, he had not moved for hours. His peaceful action, on the square that police cleared of protesters on Saturday and where the Turkish authorities have banned gatherings, was a new form of protest. He arrived Monday evening as night was falling and took [...]
As a conscious citizen watching the unfolding of the soap from Bihar, I am constrained to do some hard talk because all these worthies are playing with my life and my children’s. You may well ask how. Because what is happening is not an internal matter of a party or a Front but dividing the nation on communal lines more acutely than they did in the past. And communal venom has no anti-venom. It is deadly.
Corporal punishment in AP schools
The Public Interest Litigation filed in the Andhra Pradesh (AP) High Court on Saturday challenging the inaction of the State government in preventing ‘corporal punishment’ to children in schools calls for attention. Mohammed Shahbaz Ahmed Khan, a City resident, moved the PIL contending that as per the United Nations’ convention, the State was required to [...]
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