Jewellery, designer clothes and islands have become passé, it’s high-end sports and super luxury cars that make the ultimate gift, at least that’s what celebrities think. Take a look Siddharth TSS 1. Ram Charan -Upasana Kamineni (Aston Martin V8) He stole a million hearts with his acting and now after he has got hitched to [...]
Eager as a beaver, dead as a dodo, graceful as a gazelle, bald as a coot are similies that stand the test of truth. But how true are the tales about bats and goldfish? We investigate Blind as a bat Every book of idioms has this phrase as blind as a bat, but is a [...]
“I burst with pride at seeing you go but I hide from you my loneliness and secretly scream ‘please don’t go’ these lines by LM Owens, a mother, sums up perfectly, what most parents feel once their children leave for college It was going to be difficult keeping a straight face, when old suitcases were [...]
EASTBOURNE, United Kingdom: Former world number one Andy Roddick racked up his 600th career victory on Friday, a timely tonic ahead of Wimbledon where he has been runner-up three times. The American did it the hard way, however, having to play twice in one day at the windswept southern English coastal venue of Eastbourne. First [...]
VALENCIA, Spain: Lewis Hamilton was left scratching his head after struggling for pace during Friday’s opening practice sessions for Sunday’s European Grand Prix. The 27-year-old, and current championship leader, failed to match the pace set by rival Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull and, despite coming within a second of the German’s time, wound up 14th [...]
GDANSK, Poland: Greece coach Fernando Santos said that his players would leave Euro 2012 having grown in stature despite being on the wrong end of a 4-2 hammering by a vastly Germany in Friday’s quarter-final. The 57-year-old Portuguese, who more than justified his 45 per cent pay rise in his recently-signed contract as they qualified for [...]
Ryland James GDANSK, Poland: Germany booked their place in the last four of Euro 2012 as Joachim Loew’s side hammered Greece 4-2 on Friday after dominating their quarter-final. Germany ran riot as captain Philipp Lahm, Sami Khedira, veteran striker Miroslav Klose and Marco Reus all got on the score-sheet to cancel out Giorgos Samaras’ and [...]
DONETSK, Ukraine: Laurent Blanc says he will “definitely” make changes to France’s starting line-up as they bid to contain the all-conquering Spain in their Euro 2012 quarter-final on Saturday. Having seeing his team’s 23-game unbeaten run ended by Sweden on Tuesday, Blanc believes it would be foolish for France to go toe-to-toe with the world [...]
Tom Williams DONETSK, Ukraine: Spain coach Vicente del Bosque admitted on Friday that he is still to decide how to configure his team for Saturday’s Euro 2012 quarter-final against France. The reigning world and European champions, Spain will start as favourites at Donbass Arena in Donetsk, where both teams will be competing for the right [...]
WASHINGTON: First Lady Michelle Obama will lead a US delegation to the London Olympics next month featuring the famed double gold medalist woman footballer Brandi Chastain, the White House said Friday. “This summer, I’ll be cheering on Team USA at the Olympic Games in London with this distinguished group of champions who truly represent the [...]
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“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 [...]
Adopt and restore a lake is new mantra
It’s interesting that the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has invited interested individuals, voluntary and corporate organisations to adopt lakes in and around the city in order to protect and preserve water bodies. Last week, HMDA Commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad said 176 lakes in the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and another [...]
About Traditional Russian values
Russia has decided to review its adoption pact that it has with France after the latter legalised gay marriage. This is in the wake of the statement of the Russian president Vladmir Putin which he made last month that Russia could change its adoption agreements with the countries which allowed gay marriage that goes against [...]
Kubra Fatima Ask any Hyderabadi what they love about the City and they will have many things to say — food, greenery and people being the usual suspects. On the contrary, if you ask them what they hate and ‘travelling in an auto’ will be the first response. Even though going around the twin cities [...]
Expecting a Sunday feast, I went to the dining table eagerly looking forward to the best of my mother’s cooking. I lifted the lid on the big casserole and found pulao with corn. I didn’t know what to make of it. I believe my mother makes the best peas pulao. But to have corn replacing [...]
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