Noor’s Kitchen Noor Jafri Lightly spiced, rice preparation cooked with mutton and its stock. Served with a fine paste of red chilli and garlic chutney called ‘surkha’. Ingredients Long grain basmati rice – 500 gms Medium sized lamb pieces – 750 gms Yoghurt – 1 cup Garlic – 1 whole bulb. Ginger – 1 small [...]
Specialty: California-Influenced New American Cuisine He began his career as a brew master in northern California, but beer wasn’t all that he wanted to brew. He decided to satisfy his hunger for all things food related and decided to move east in the year 1999 in order to attend the New England Culinary Institute in [...]
If it wasn’t for this scandal in 1910, we would’ve never known art forms like body art Ever wondered how Body art originated? Body art evolved form the various paintings of the scandalous exhibition ‘Knave Of Diamonds’ that opened in Moscow in December 1910. The ‘Knave Of Diamonds’ or the ‘Jack Of Diamonds’ is a [...]
India, which has strong historical ties with Tehran, views Iran as an important counterweight to arch-rival Pakistan in the troubled region. Penny MacRae NEW DELHI: A big Iranian trade mission will arrive in India on Sunday to explore commercial opportunities on the same day as US secretary of state Hillary Clinton starts her official visit, [...]
Setting fire to art in Christie’s posh Manhattan showrooms would usually get you arrested. But when a senior auctioneer lit up a $1 million art work Friday — that was the point. Brett Gorvy, head of Post-War and Contemporary Art for Christie’s, held a lighter to one of 14 candle wicks protruding from “Untitled (Standing),” [...]
New Delhi: Extending a helping hand to power-starved Bihar, the Centre has agreed to allocate 50 per cent of electricity from upcoming 1320MW NTPC’s Barh unit in Patna district. It has also agreed to expeditiously take up the fuel linkage issue related to Barauni expansion with the Coal Ministry. The assurance was given by Union [...]
Barcelona star Lionel Messi scored all four goals in a 4-0 rout of Espanyol to bring up his half century in La Liga and take his total goals tally for the season to a record-breaking 72 on Saturday. In what was Pep Guardiola’s last home match in charge at the Nou Camp, Messi made sure [...]
LONDON: Roberto Di Matteo deflected questions about his future after Chelsea sealed their fourth FA Cup in six seasons with a 2-1 victory over Liverpool at Wembley. Strikes from Didier Drogba and Ramires sealed a deserved triumph for Chelsea as Liverpool’s hopes of a fightback after Andy Carroll’s second-half effort ended in disappointment. It was [...]
LAS VEGAS: Rising Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez beat Shane Mosley to retain his World Boxing Council super welterweight title on Saturday at the MGM Grand hotel and casino. The 21-year-old Alvarez defended his title for the fourth consecutive time, winning by an unanimous decision and saying the triumph over the aging US great was [...]
From her beginnings as a poor farmer’s daughter in a remote and troubled corner of India, ‘Magnificent Mary’ has fought her way up to become five-times world boxing champion. The mother-of-two is now tipped as India’s best bet to win gold at London 2012 — a position few could envisage when she began learning how [...]
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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Have we become so apathetic towards the environment that we cut down ancient trees on a whim? Have we become so blasé about the rape of nature that we fine eco-criminals a few thousand for their wanton need to destroy? The brutal felling of a majestic tree in Jubilee Hills is case in point. Rubber-neckers [...]
Phaneesh Murthy, who in corporate joke parlance is starting iDate next, is the alpha male indicator of sexual harassment cases not just in the IT field but also political, film, private and even respectable sectors like education in which it is so rampant. The accusation of Araceli Roiz, iGate head of investor relations against Murthy, [...]
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 [...]
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