Sprawling lawns, trees and flowers welcome you at Novotel, Madhapur, which recently bagged the Best Hotel Garden award. We take you for a stroll on the green Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre, Madhapur recently bagged the Best Hotel Garden award instituted by the ministry of horticulture. Novotel has not only been exceeding expectations by providing world-class [...]
Sri Lanka’s resurgence in the Commonwealth Bank Series has opened up the tournament and made it much more interesting gat the halfway stage. So far, the series has thrown up some tight finishes which has more to do with lack of consistency from all the sides. None of the teams have fired fully. Fortunately Sri [...]
One simple idea will bring in change in the very functions of the family. This can bring a revolution in women’s lives the way the mobile phones did My mother was a homemaker and a successful career woman. She carried out both roles with aplomb. I am talking of a time three decades ago when [...]
Four-time major winner Phil Mickelson clung to a share of the lead after 54 holes of the Northern Trust Open on Saturday, alongside 2011 US PGA Tour Rookie of the Year Keegan Bradley. Bradley, whose outstanding 2011 campaign included a major title with his playoff victory in the PGA Championship, had six birdies in a [...]
Ralegaon Siddhi: Activist Anna Hazare on Saturday returned to his native village Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar district after a 15-day spell of treatment in Bangalore.“Anna returned to Ralegan Siddhi on Saturday. He was at Jindal Naturecure Institute, Bangalore, where he was being treated by naturopathy.” an associate said.
London: More than 400 works of art by a celebrated 20th-century Dutch artist have been found in a British warehouse more than a decade after they disappeared, leaving the artist distraught. Karel Appel, a leading Dutch expressionist, died at the age of 85 in 2006. He never recovered from the loss of a lifetime’s worth [...]
Try out this delicious mutton stew traditionally cooked in a deep and narrow-mouthed cooking pot Noor’s Kitchen Noor Jafri Ingredients Boneless mutton (pieces or minced) – 200gm Papaya paste – 1tsp Black pepper powder – 1tsp Red chilly powder – 1tsp Garam masala powder – 1tsp Ginger garlic paste – 1tsp Coriander and green chillies [...]
ROTTERDAM: Roger Federer recovered from a set and a break down to defeat Nikolay Davydenko 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Rotterdam Open semi-finals on Saturday, his 17th win in 19 matches against the Russian. Top seed Federer will play for his 71st career title on Sunday when he takes on Juan Martin del Potro in [...]
Branching off from impressionism, Pointillism became a credible art movement in its own right In 1886, a French draftsman and painter named Georges Pierre Seurat devised a new and innovative technique of painting using a number of small but distinct dots of contrasting pure colour to form images. Critics who saw his work considered it [...]
I am neither deeply religious nor ritualistic. I don’t believe in visiting the temple regularly or performing puja on occasions. Yet, many times, I find myself at places I hadn’t planned to be in at the first place, doing things I’m not greatly passionate about. And yet, I come away having savoured the experience. A [...]
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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A footage is doing the rounds on TV channels where apparently two constables in UP are sorting matters out between them the hard way, raining each other with blows, not verbal, but with their lathis. One look at the video will tell you there seems to be something seriously wrong with the discipline among the [...]
So the thief is in the ship after all. The Mumbai police revelation that Gurunath Melyappan, son-in-law of BCCI Chief Srinivasan, was in constant touch with Vindoo Dhara Singh, now in police custody over betting, leaves no scope for imagination. Little wonder such brazen betting prospered over IPL. It now raises the question: was the [...]
Humorist Jaspal Bhatti, had he been alive, would have found stunning material for a flop show in the BJP’s behaviour of late. How the ‘national opposition party’ turned into a ‘notional’ party is a story worth caricaturing with potential for record viewing-rate.
Chinese president Xi Jinping is a chemical engineer. No wonder he knows the chemical formula to pursue his country’s global ambitions. If anybody in India believed Xi would extend a warm friendship to this country, he should be naive. He has been on a global Sino initiative to widen the Chinese visions of the century. [...]
“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 [...]
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