Today, Queen Elizabeth II celebrates 60 years as the reigning monarch of Britain. Here is a look back at her life and reign as Queen — the second longest in British history April 21, 1926 Elizabeth Alexandra Mary is born to the Duke and Duchess of York. January 20, 1936 She is only 10 years [...]
What goes into the making of an aeroplane? What’s a black box? Is it actually black? Still looking for answers? It’s time to get them at Udaan 2012, SNIT’s annual fest Four years back, Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology branded itself with Vaughn College of New York and signed an MOU. Since then SNIT Vaughn Institute [...]
Pandit Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi smile benevolently at me from their frames on the wall, and I stare back balefully. Republic Day is over; the white, green and saffron clothes we wore for the flag hoisting have been washed, ironed and put back in the cupboard. And now my bi-annual dilemma begins. I stare at [...]
The Internet — will it ever ceases to amaze The Internet has revolutionised the world today. After years of being oblivious to some information, I see videos of musical geniuses and get to know facets about them that I never knew till now. It must have been some crazy fan those days that happened to [...]
Graffiti needs to find its rightful place under the sun and on the city’s walls says local artist Edwin Emmanuel Even as Edwin Emmanuel walks into the room, he carries tell-tale signs of an artist. There are remains of paint on his hands and from his back-pack come the familiar sounds of spray cans. He [...]
In what could be termed a landmark move, the IRDA has proposed that it be made mandatory for insurance companies to provide health cover for people with HIV. And for this section of society that has been marginalised and frowned upon for a long time, has been forced to face public ridicule and deal with recurring medical [...]
Family members and friends of Sidharth and Akshita gathered at Taj Krishna on Sunday evening to celebrate the couple’s engagement.
Birthday girl Karishma could not have asked for a better birthday party. The celebration took place on Sunday afternoon at the Marriott Hotel.
Steve Griffiths LONDON: Manchester United staged a stunning fightback from three goals down as Javier Hernandez’s late equaliser rescued a dramatic 3-3 draw against Chelsea in one of the games of the season at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Sir Alex Ferguson’s team seemed to be heading for a heavy defeat as an own goal from [...]
The first look of Rajinikanth’s upcoming film Kochadaiyaan was unveiled on Saturday. The poster has Rajinikanth in a brand new avatar and fans of the Superstar were mighty pleased to see him sporting a six pack. Soundarya R Ashwin, the daughter of Rajinikanth, is directing the film, which has been making waves for the past [...]
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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