Rob Woollard LONDON: Liverpool ended their six-year trophy drought here on Sunday after winning a penalty shoot-out to shatter Championship side Cardiff in the League Cup final at Wembley. The Merseysiders just about held their nerve in an error-strewn penalty decider, prevailing 3-2 after the two sides had finished locked at 2-2 after a thrilling [...]
A day after a section of the media reported that Nagarjuna may join active politics, he put the rumours to rest. “I am not getting into politics…thank you (sic),” Nagarjuna posted on Twitter. Couple of days ago, when Nagarjuna was in Tirupati he said, “I am keenly observing the present day politics in the state, [...]
The liquor syndicates issue marred the proceedings of the Assembly on Monday as soon as it met. The TDP, lead by its president Nara Chandrababu Naidu, walked into the House with placards demanding the ouster of minister for excise Mopidevi Venkatramana. Before coming into the House, the TDP MLAs staged a dharna at the Gunpark [...]
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the State’s High Court’s verdict awarding a two-year jail term to G Sidhartha Reddy in the case of death of film actress Pratyusha. The apex court also sanctioned bail for him. Earlier, the State High Court reduced the quantum of punishment to the guilty, Siddhartha Reddy, from six years [...]
Amitabh Bachchan, who is recuperating at home after abdominal surgeries, is enjoying a “no time-table” life. Apart from doing other things, he watched Oscar nominated The Artist and said it was a “delight” to view the silent black and white French movie. “Being by myself and almost in solitary confinement, is getting contagious. I am [...]
An untitled film starring Gopichand, to be directed by Chandrasekhar Yeleti, was launched yesterday in Hyderabad. The duo had earlier worked together in Okkadunnadu. BVSN Prasad is going to produce the film which is touted to be an action adventure. “The film is about a common man who goes on a treasure hunt in one [...]
Total business of Indian banking sector – `1 crore crore Total deposits – `55 lakh crore Total credits (advances) – `45 lakh crore Total gross non-performing assets (NPAs) – `1.21 lakh crore (2.7 per cent of total advances) These figures are calculated on the basis of banking sector analysts up to March 31, 2011 provided [...]
The explosion of TV Channels in Andhra Pradesh has opened up a plethora of opportunities for film actors and some of them have already made it big on the small screen. Postnoon finds out more Over the past few years, television channels in Andhra Pradesh have grown by leaps and bounds, both in terms of [...]
Little Flower Degree College is one of the few colleges in India, which insists on uniforms for its students who don’t seem to mind it Darshani Nene The minute you enter Little Flower College, you can whiff the difference. It’s because the students here wear uniforms! Gasp! Uniforms in college? Yes. You’ll have to see [...]
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 [...]
Enter your email address below to receive updates each time we publish new content.
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 [...]
Loading ...
Exchange Rate
Recent Comments