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 [...]
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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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