Hyderabad: Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, who made a stunning rise in politics after rebelling against Congress, was today arrested by the CBI in a disproportionate assets case. The arrest of 39-year-old Jagan came after three days of intense grilling by the CBI and comes just ahead of byelections to 18 Assembly seats and one Lok Sabha [...]
It’s a chana dal and rice preparation, cooked biryani style Noor’s Kitchen Noor Jafri Ingredients Basmati rice – 500 gms Chana Dal – 150 gms Onions – 2 medium sized – finely sliced and fried till golden brown and crisp Ghee or refined oil – 60 ml Ginger-garlic paste – 2 table spoons Red Chilli [...]
Over the years Paradise has become the go to place to taste the best biryani in the city. Today, we explore some of the lesser known restaurants which serve this delicious dish Bhavneet Singh feedback@postnoon.com Biryani Durbar Biryani Darbar is another place that serves great biryani. This place is the Biryani specialist of Secunderabad as [...]
The intensity of reality when explored can be magical This style of visual art began evolving as early as the first decade of the 20th century. But, it was only in 1925 when magic realism and new objectivity were officially recognised as major trends. Franz Roh published a book on the subject the same year, translated [...]
Artist Hari Srinivas’s elaborate discourses in colour tell us what it means to be human. We visited his ongoing exhibition and here’s what we found Faustina Johnson feedback@postnoon.com Not one who enjoys the glassed claustrophobia of luxury hotels, I hardly knew what to expect as I drove to an art exhibition at one such venue. Stepping [...]
Rob Lever WASHINGTON: The browser wars are heating up again, but this time the fight is for dominance of the mobile Internet. Google, Apple, Microsoft and Yahoo! are all in the struggle, along with the Norwegian-made Opera browser and the open source Firefox software from Mozilla. The motive behind the wars is not just bragging [...]
After dancing with the in-laws, pasting that plastic smile and entertaining guests, the only thing that a newly-wed couple looks forward to is the honeymoon. And if you thought only weddings were grand affairs, some even prefer the honeymoon to be opulent as well. We bring you the top five places to go for your honeymoon and [...]
JAKARTA: Pop diva Lady Gaga’s show in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation has been cancelled, her promoters said on Sunday after Islamic hardliners threatened “chaos” if she entered the country. “Lady Gaga’s management has considered the situation minute to minute, and with threats if the concert goes ahead, Lady Gaga’s side is calling off [...]
After eight weeks and 74 matches, the stage is finally set for the grand finale. Today’s final will be the fourth for defending champions, Chennai Super Kings and the first for Kolkata Knight Riders. CSK would hope to repeat what the Aussies did with the World Cup; win the title on three consecutive occasions. Looking [...]
PARIS: Venus Williams and Juan Martin Del Potro, whose careers have seen Grand Slam highs as well as injury-hit lows, take centre-stage on Sunday as the French Open gets underway. With top drawcards such as Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams all being spared opening day duty at Roland Garros, [...]
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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