It might be vacation time, but it is also when most kids turn couch potatoes. Here are ways they can be encouraged to get a move on and stay healthy Kuldep Sethi Summer is here. It’s vacation time but unlike in the days gone by, it does not mean you will find children running around and [...]
Joris Fioriti KABUL: Afghan teenager Malek Mohammad balances on his hands, readies his stumps, then dives perilously into the water. The 18-year-old, whose legs were blown off by a Soviet landmine, dreams of swimming for Afghanistan in the London Paralympics. “I hope they select me to participate in the London Games. So I am just [...]
Surabhi Chauhan We take a look at five Indian designers who have recently collaborated with varied brands to create a collection very different from their own yet similar in design sensibilities Suneet Varma for Judith Leiber An already successful tie-up, the Suneet Varma designed handbags for Judith Leiber have got great press and celebrity [...]
Chilkur Balaji Temple Hyderabad has no dearth of temples but one temple that really stands out is the Chilkur Balaji temple. It is the only temple in India that does not accept monetary offerings from devotees nor does it have a hundi. Most importantly, it does not mete out special privileges to VVIPS. Famously known [...]
Dermot Ledwith MADRID: The Spanish league season reaches its climax on Sunday and, while Real Madrid have already wrapped up the title, there is plenty still to play for at both ends of the table. If Real win on Sunday, they will break a new Spanish league record in reaching the 100-point mark — Barcelona [...]
The State chief electoral officer Banwarlal announced that he will come up with a detailed account of the malpractices by the candidates and others in the 2009 elections. He told Postnoon yesterday that he has already written to the district collectors, police and IT officials for a detailed account of the malpractices during the last [...]
NEW YORK: US banking giant JPMorgan Chase said on Thursday it had lost $2 billion on derivatives since March in what chief executive Jamie Dimon called a “flawed” and “poorly executed” hedging operation. In a unscheduled conference call, Dimon also said the bank could face another $1 billion in losses through the end of June [...]
Prathiba Raju New Delhi: The coolers are on as are the water sprinklers. Bread is off the menu and kheer, melon, cucumber and ayurvedic medicines have been brought in. Delhi Zoo’s 1,300 inmates are set to chill out this summer. “We take special care of the animals and birds during summer so that they do [...]
RGV is widely regarded as a trendsetter in Telugu cinema. In his career spanning more than 20 years, he has popularised several methodologies like using a steadicam and Canon 5D. Now he’s pushing the bar even higher. We hear that he is using seven different types of cameras to film his upcoming film Department. In [...]
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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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 [...]
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