New Delhi: After tracking him for more than three years, security agencies have arrested Sayed Zabiuddin alias Abu Hamza, alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba ultra and the Hindi tutor of 10 terrorists who carried out the audacious attack in Mumbai in 2008. A total of 166 people had died in the attacks. Zabiuddin alias Abu Jindal, 30, who [...]
Kvitova is back at the All England Club 12 months on from her shock victory over Maria Sharapova in the finals last year Steve Griffiths LONDON: Defending champion Petra Kvitova admits she has only just come to terms with the life-changing experience of winning Wimbledon.Kvitova is back at the All England Club 12 months on [...]
England pay the penalty… again KIEV: Italy rounded off the quartet of Euro 2012 semi-finalists on Sunday as England once again exited a major finals in a penalty shootout. Both sides had failed to find the net in 120 minutes of play, though Italy had been unfortunate not to win it well before they [...]
Jennifer Lopez’s Argentina show was marred by a theft backstage. But the singer didn’t lose anything.The incident took place at the G.E.B.A stadium in Buenos Aires Thursday. The thief is said to have taken away a camera, a computer and a bag that contained passports of the crew, reports contactmusic.com. Lopez’s representative told News Latino [...]
As Manipur firmly establishes itself as the epicentre of rock in the country, we take a look at how music on campus keeps a young generation’s feet planted firmly on the ground Abhaya Srivastava In the far north-east of India, cut off from the rest of the country except via a narrow land bridge, perhaps [...]
The Hindi version of Eega might release in 3D, if all goes well. Last year, when S S Rajamouli was asked if he was planning to shoot Eega in 3D, he said that he did give it a thought, but decided not to shoot the film in 3D in the end. Now that the entire [...]
New Delhi: Buoyed by the achievements of over 150 children of left-wing extremism affected areas in securing admissions in reputed engineering colleges, the Chhattisgarh Government has constructed a residential hostel here to educate them. The state-of-the-art residential complex, constructed in about 2,000 sq meter in Dwarka locality here, with a capacity of accommodating at least [...]
New Delhi: India, one of the 17 identified mega-diverse countries of the world, is facing a high rate of loss of bio-diversity due to human settlements, mining, industry and associated infrastructure, according to a Government report. Among the species found in India, only 12.6 per cent of mammals and 4.5 per cent of birds are [...]
SWIMMING: Hugely popular around the wor-ld as a leisure activity and a competitive sport, Swimming has featured at every modern Olympic Games. Other than the Marathon Swimming 10km event, held in the Serpentine in Hyde Park, the Swimming competition will take place in Aquatics. Speed, strength and stamina will be key for athletes in 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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