NEW DELHI: The central government on Friday gave green signal to proceed against all the accused persons heading 21 social networking sites, including Facebook and Google, that were allegedly hosting objectionable content. “Government is satisfied that there is sufficient material to proceed against the accused persons under section 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds [...]
HYDERABAD: Lepakshi Knowledge Hub (LKH) on Friday formed a joint venture with GEM and Vittal Innovation City to develop a hi-tech electronic city in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, about 80 km from Bangalore airport. The electronic city will come up on 2,650 acres within the 10,000-acre LKH, an innovative self- sustaining ecosystem to create [...]
HYDERABAD: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy announced here on Friday that the State received 243 proposals for a proposed investment of Rs 6.47 lakh crore during the Partnership Summit-2012 that concluded here. Reddy addressed the summit in the morning and the media in the evening. He made a sales pitch in the summit and [...]
Healthy eating basically involves balance, variety and moderation. The top tips to healthy eating while still not missing out on your favourite food. Nutrient-rich food It is important to eat a variety of foods with a variety of nutrients. Daily food should include bread and whole grain products, meat, poultry, fish and food with proteins. Whole [...]
MELBOURNE: Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are in the same half of a grand slam for the first time in seven years after the draw made Friday for next week’s Australian Open in Melbourne. Defending champion Novak Djokovic has world number four Andy Murray in the top half of the men’s singles draw, while Nadal [...]
Manchester: Carlos Tevez’s proposed move to Milan has collapsed, leaving the on-strike Argentina forward facing an increasingly uncertain future and the Manchester City manager, Roberto Mancini, with even less chance of persuading the club’s owners to relax the spending restrictions they have imposed during the January transfer window. After several weeks of protracted talks Milan [...]
Washington: Upsetting circadian rhythms, the bio-clocks found in animals and humans, can cause brain degeneration, loss of motor function and premature death. Until this finding, it wasn’t clear which came first — whether the disruption of biological clock mechanisms was the cause or the result of neurodegeneration. The biological clock, in humans and animals, is [...]
How many times have you dealt with a churning tummy accompanied by nausea and a heavy head after a food fest or when you’ve popped a tablet on an empty stomach? You put it down to an upset stomach and reach out for that glass of nimbu paani. But hold on, your symptoms signal acidity [...]
Everyone knows her, envies her and wants to be her. She is after all, Kate Moss, the ultimate fashion icon. This Monday, she turns 38. The word ‘obsessed’ is an understatement to describe the following that this fashionista has. Postnoon summarises her journey into the world of modelling,right from her first shot to her tryst [...]
1)India were left to taste the greenish wicket at Perth first with Australia putting them in to bat. This gave Australia the advantage at the start of the Test itself. 2)Michael Clarke seemed to touch gold again as India’s top order, as is their wont, were back in the dressing room for a comfortable lunch [...]
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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