At the Texas Film Hall of Fame event, the actor announced that his family had returned to his home state. Goodbye, Malibu. Howdy, Texas! Matthew McConaughey appeared at the Texas Film Hall of Fame event in Austin, Texas, with some good news to share with the crowd. “No one recognises you and no one asks [...]
Jamie Oliver has revealed that he might return to Australia next year. The British television chef, who recently visited the country to officially open his Sydney Jamie’s Italian restaurant and to launch his new Ministry of Food in Victoria, said that he has become attached to Australia after visiting regularly for the past 13 years. [...]
American actor Lionel Richie says he doesn’t worry about making cool music because people can always relate to his timeless songs. “I’m not hip. I discovered what hip represents; it means now. “If you had the number one record in 1975, in 1978 they don’t know you any more. I’ve found the corniest subject will [...]
MANILA: The women and children of a shantytown in the Philippine capital huddled along an alleyway while the men battled riot police nearby in a last-ditch stand to save their homes. Many of the 600 residents had lived in the shantytown in the centre of Metro Manila all of their lives but, without any formal [...]
LONDON: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes Theo Walcott is emerging as a key figure in the north London club’s fight to finish third. The England winger provided vital assists for both his team’s goals in the dramatic added-time victory over Newcastle United that moved Wenger’s side to within one point of third-placed Tottenham. Robin Van [...]
The news could hardly be worse: a soldier in Kandahar went on a shooting spree, killing 16 civilians, mostly women and children. The outpouring of shock and anger has been tremendous and, to diplomats still reeling from the violent aftermath of a Quran-burning incident, extremely disheartening. Afghan President Hamid Karzai called the shootings “an assassination, [...]
Thomas Vermaelen’s dramatic added-time winner moved Arsenal to within one point of third-placed Tottenham Hotspur after a 2-1 victory over Newcastle United at the Emirates Stadium Monday. LONDON: Arsene Wenger’s side looked as though they would stumble in their efforts to increase the pressure on their near neighbours as the visitors hung on stubbornly until [...]
LONDON: Premier League honour will be at stake here Wednesday as Chelsea attempt to overturn a first-leg deficit against Napoli and prevent England’s worst Champions League campaign for 16 years. Not since the 1995-1996 edition of European football’s most prestigious club tournament — when Blackburn Rovers were bombed out in the group phase — has [...]
MADRID: Real Madrid go into Wednesday night’s Champions League quarter-final second leg with CSKA Moscow full of confidence that they can progress to the last eight after the 1-1 draw achieved in Moscow. Madrid won all six of their Champions League group games, becoming only the fifth side to do so, and were on course [...]
CHICAGO: Derrick Rose scored 32 points to power the Chicago Bulls past the New York Knicks 104-99, giving the host Bulls an NBA-best 35-9 record with the 10th victory in their past 11 games. Carlos Boozer and Taj Gibson each scored 15 points for the Bulls while Joakim Noah added 12 points and 10 rebounds [...]
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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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 [...]
Reporter’s diary: Who’s this footloose at CCS?
For some time now, staff in the powerful central crime station are being cowed down by a sada home guard who is said to be close to a senior IPS officer. CCS staff whisper that he is the eyes and ears of the officer and therefore gets a free run. Recently, when three ruffians who [...]
Reporter’s diary: Jubilee Hills show
Talking of thick skinned civic officials, one could take a look at the picture above. Here the building contractors of the rich and the mighty make insulting gestures at law and the GHMC. It seems to say, “Right to walk? Forsooth! Building rules? My Right Foot!”
Reporter’s diary: GHMC, practice what you preach
So the GHMC preaches about how cleanliness is next to godliness and has all sorts of clean and green quotes in every other corner of its office and parks. But if you walk into the head office, you’ll wonder what stops the staff from practicing what they preach. The entire office is permeated with the [...]
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