As the Euro turns 10 it stands at a crossroads, and 2012 could be the year which might shape the future of the Euro. Satish Vankayalapati 2011 has been yet another unprecedented year for the global currency markets. The markets have been shaken by a myriad of forces – downgrade of sovereign credit rating in [...]
Blackburn ruined Sir Alex Ferguson’s 70th birthday celebrations as they claimed a shock 3-2 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford. Grant Hanley headed home the winner 10 minutes from time after Dimitar Berbatov’s double had cancelled out a brace from Ayegbeni Yakubu that had given Blackburn a surprise two-goal advantage. It cost United their [...]
Amritsar: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was shown black flags by anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare’s supporters as he came out of the Golden Temple here after offering prayers on the first day of the new year Sunday.The protest by some Hazare supporters caught the security agencies completely off guard. Though none of the protesters could reach [...]
The Mumbai underworld has fascinated many Bollywood filmmakers. But while masters of crime such as Dawood Ibrahim, Chota Rajan, Chota Shakeel might have hogged the limelight, the real masterminds remain in the shadows. Hussain Zaidi brings them to light in his book Mafia Queens Reading Hussain Zaidi’s and Jane Borges’s Mafia Queens of Mumbai: Stories [...]
Grey’s Anatomy doc Eric Dane’s wife Rebecca Gayheart has given birth to the couple’s second daughter. A rep for the proud parents confirmed to E! News that “Rebecca Gayheart and husband Eric Dane welcomed Georgia Geraldine Dane on December 28th, just in time for the New Year! Both mom and baby girl are happy and [...]
HYDERABAD: Seven men, most of them students and aged between 16 and 20 years, were killed and 2 sustained grievous injuries in two separate road accidents past midnight in the City last night.In the first incident, five students, who rode together on a bike, died when the vehicle veered off the road and fell into [...]
2012 promises to be a dazzling year for the Telugu film industry with plenty of choices for the movie buffs. Here’s a list of films which you can’t afford to miss Gabbar Singh Pawan Kalyan, Shruti Haasan star in this remake of Salman Khan’s Dabangg. Directed by Harish Shankar, the film is making quite a [...]
CHENNAI: Serbia’s Janko Tipsarevic hopes to build on a successful 2011 when he starts the new season as the top seed at the ATP Chennai Open from Monday.The lanky Serb broke into the top 10 for the first time last year, capped by two titles and a memorable win over compatriot and world number one [...]
The Mayan Calendar suggests that the world will come to an end on December 21, 2012. Over the next few months the topic will gather a lot more steam. On New Year’s day we ask some well known people in the city about their expectations for the new year Sharwanand, actor: I am an actor [...]
Pune: Anna Hazare suffering from a severe chest congestion was tonight admitted to a private hospital here for further treatment following advice by doctors. Hazare, 74, was shifted from Ralegan Siddhi to the hospital after medical examination which showed that he was suffering from a chest infection, a spokesman for Sancheti Hospital said. The activist [...]
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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