Julian Guyer LONDON: Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Aamer was released on Wednesday from a British jail after serving half of a six-month sentence for his part in a spot-fixing scam. The 19-year-old was freed from Portland Prison in Dorset, south-west England. Aamer, then a rising star of world cricket, was one of three Pakistan players jailed [...]
American TV is brimming with talent competitions, but the actual stars that these shows throw up are the judges themselves While we like to get back to some shows because of what it has to offer in terms of content, seven times out of 10, we stay loyal to a show because of the judges. [...]
NEW DELHI: In a crucial judgement on the allocation of 2G spectrum, the Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled 122 licences given after 2008, during the regime of A Raja as the Union Telecom Minister. The apex court left it to the trial court to decide whether a CBI probe should be ordered into the role [...]
Hyderabad is a city that is rich in history and offers plenty of places to visit and appreciate. Whether it is museums, historical monuments or parks and gardens, our City has them all. However, many of these tourist attractions do not pull as many visitors as they can due to lack of awareness and official [...]
Moneylenders and pawn brokers in the City will now have to take identity proof of those coming to pawn jewellery or take loans. Hyderabad Police Commissioner AK Khan has issued a circular to all five zones to this effect. This follows the increasing number of jewellery snatching cases in the City and pawning or selling [...]
Katrina Kaif is shooting in Havana for Kabir Khan’s Ek Tha Tiger and Hollywood action director Conrad Palmisano is making the actress do daring stunts like free-falls. Katrina, under the protective eye of co-star and friend Salman Khan, is doing what one member of Cuban unit describes as “the real thing”. “These are stunts that [...]
Three years after making his debut, Chaitanya Krishna confesses that acting in films has been more challenging than he had imagined. And he’s quite kicked about his upcoming film Vennela 1½, which promises to be a laugh riot Most newcomers in the film industry would confess that being idle can be excruciatingly difficult to deal [...]
In an exclusive, Postnoon brings to you snapshots from the Heritage Hyderabad Photo Exhibition by Dr Hans Winterberg and Thomas Luettge to be inaugurated in the city tomorrow With the Golconda, Royal Tombs and Charminar being nominated for World Heritage status, there is a renewed interest in talking about the need for preservation and conservation [...]
Planning a wedding this summer may not be a good idea with no auspicious dates between March and October this year Marriages in Hyderabad are an opulent affair. But this time round the City will witness one of its longest lulls in terms of wedding celebrations. If you’re wondering why then you can lay the [...]
The on-going Rabindra Nrityotsav, a non-stop dance performance to record a unique Guinness feat at Ravindra Bharti, is a visual treat to dance lovers in City. But, the record will be set in the absence of the Guinness team. “The team is in Delhi and to bring them here is a costly affair. The dance [...]
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“India is China’s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold — to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to India. To this the Indian prime minister’s response could n0t have been more fitting that “the rest of the [...]
Adopt and restore a lake is new mantra
It’s interesting that the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has invited interested individuals, voluntary and corporate organisations to adopt lakes in and around the city in order to protect and preserve water bodies. Last week, HMDA Commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad said 176 lakes in the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and another [...]
About Traditional Russian values
Russia has decided to review its adoption pact that it has with France after the latter legalised gay marriage. This is in the wake of the statement of the Russian president Vladmir Putin which he made last month that Russia could change its adoption agreements with the countries which allowed gay marriage that goes against [...]
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 [...]
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