After a rocking Day 1, Day 2 at Felicity 2012 — IIIT’s annual fest came with a lot of expectations. But living up to the hype was not even a challenge. Day 2 started on a high note with robots entering the arena to play sports. Yes, you read that right. One of the highlights [...]
Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. That was the theme of NIFT’s annual fest, Spectrum 2012 fashion show on Saturday. True to its reputation, NIFT’s students from various departments showcased their best work. The creative urban warriors took to stage deriving inspiration from some of nature’s biggest threats like global warming, pollution, animal endangerment, etc. One of the [...]
Actor John Abraham feels that instead of getting inspired by Hollywood films, Bollywood filmmakers should start adapting stories from books. “Most of the time, in our industry we get a lot of inspiration from other films, especially English films. But I think the best inspiration you can get is out of books,” the 39-year-old said [...]
Models showcased jewellery from Tibarumals as it was awarded the National Jewellery Award 2012.
A week after he was hospitalised and underwent two abdominal surgeries, Amitabh Bachchan says he is spending sleepless nights and recovering only slowly. Unable to doze off at the Seven Hills Hospital, Big B took to Twitter at 4am on Saturday to connect with his “extended family”. “Have not been able to sleep yet… so [...]
HYDERABAD: Though he has not formally joined the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the party has decided to extend its support to former minister Nagam Janardhan Reddy, who is seeking a re-election from his native Nagarkurnool Assembly constituency in Mahbubnagar district. Dr. Reddy resigned the post after he became very vocal on the separate Telangana cause, [...]
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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