In a recent trip across the Sudanese border into rebel-held territory in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains, George Clooney witnessed rocket attacks and the effects of aerial bombardment by the Sudanese regime against the Nuban people. This trip diary was written and directed by George Clooney in the field with the Enough Project.
Nicki Minaj has said that she aims to “dethrone” Jay-Z as the top rap mogul. The Roman Reloaded star revealed that she plans to continue pursuing all areas of art outside of music in an effort to be at the top of the entertainment industry. “I never thought about music as just being the end-all, be-all. I [...]
The British actor will join beautiful actresses Viola Davis, Emma Thompson and Emmy Rossum in Alcon Entertainment’s big screen adaptation of the young adult novel by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, which is part of a series that includes Beautiful Darkness and Beautiful Chaos. Irons will play Macon Ravenwood, who the authors describe as the local boogeyman. [...]
After 11 years of marriage, Twilight actor Peter Facinelli and his wife, Beverly Hills, 90210 darling Jennie Garth, are splitting, their reps jointly confirm to People. “While we have decided to end our marriage, we both share the same deep love and are devoted to our children. We remain dedicated to raising our beautiful daughters together. [...]
When she is not busy shooting films, actress Kalki Koechlin goes back to her first love — theatre. “I love theatre, and as long as I have time. It’s great to be able to go back to it and give time to it,” Kalki said. “I am happy doing theatre, and it’s been film after film for [...]
Rob Woollard LONDON: Branislav Ivanovic scored a dramatic extra-time winner as Chelsea completed a remarkable comeback to beat Napoli 4-1 and advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League here on Wednesday. Serbian international Ivanovic swept home emphatically in the 105th minute to give Chelsea — beaten 3-1 by the Italians in last month’s first [...]
MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as nine-time champions Real Madrid eased into the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday, a 4-1 win over CSKA Moscow giving Jose Mourinho’s men a 5-2 aggregate victory. Gonzalo Higuain and Karim Benzema were also on target as Real joined bitter rivals Barcelona in the last eight, the draw for which [...]
Greg Heakes Rafael Nadal raced into the Indian Wells quarter-finals with a dominating win, while Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer needed three sets each to oust unseeded opponents on Wednesday. Tennis’ big three moved on in the California desert as the world No. 2 Nadal had the easiest time, storming into the quarters by beating [...]
ADELAIDE: Defending Olympic champion Stephanie Rice was fourth fastest into the final of the 400-metres individual medley at the Australian Olympic selection trials in Adelaide on Thursday. The 23-year-old, triple gold medallist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, is under pressure to make July’s London Games after surgery last December to repair damaged tendons in her [...]
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Andhra Pradesh tops in revenge murders over illicit affairs according to the National Crime Records Bureau statistics. The motive for 445 murders, reported in the State last year, was revenge on cheating partners or their paramours. This amounts to 16 per cent of the murder cases registered here. While the motive for 317 murder cases [...]
Don’t blame the weather for your gloominess. Good rainfall last week and the forecast of further rains due to an active South-West monsoon prompts farmers to sow crops in 50,000 hectares more than last year in Andhra Pradesh. The acreage is expected to increase 25-30 per cent over the normal area of 81.12 lakh hectares, [...]
The man who took a ‘stand’ at Taksim Square
A man stood still in Istanbul’s Taksim Square: silent, staring straight ahead, he had not moved for hours. His peaceful action, on the square that police cleared of protesters on Saturday and where the Turkish authorities have banned gatherings, was a new form of protest. He arrived Monday evening as night was falling and took [...]
As a conscious citizen watching the unfolding of the soap from Bihar, I am constrained to do some hard talk because all these worthies are playing with my life and my children’s. You may well ask how. Because what is happening is not an internal matter of a party or a Front but dividing the nation on communal lines more acutely than they did in the past. And communal venom has no anti-venom. It is deadly.
Corporal punishment in AP schools
The Public Interest Litigation filed in the Andhra Pradesh (AP) High Court on Saturday challenging the inaction of the State government in preventing ‘corporal punishment’ to children in schools calls for attention. Mohammed Shahbaz Ahmed Khan, a City resident, moved the PIL contending that as per the United Nations’ convention, the State was required to [...]
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