Students, parents and teachers are not happy with the Supreme Court’s verdict on Neet and Eamcet examinations. The lack of clarity on the basis of seat allotment adds to their woes.
‘Swami Saranam’ chants rent the air in December-January and some two crore Ayyappa devotees from the State mean it literally as they are left high and dry by both the AP and Kerala governments.
Today, the urge to spend a perfect day at work and home consumes us, ensuring that a normal day is anything but normal. Organic food gives hope in such times, with its promise of great health. In recent years, Hyderabad’s organic food market has charted remarkable growth. But one thing that is saddening is it’s [...]
It is said that angels sang the first carols after the birth of Christ. Since then, carol singing has become a part of Christmas. It usually starts a month before the festival. Jingle bells the way! Yes, it is that time of the year when Santa Claus is busy making and purchasing gifts for kids. [...]
Urdu schools in the City are losing out to English-medium schools. Parents say this is because English-medium schools offer their children a better future, schools say lack of infrastructure is the reason.
According to the Mayan calendar, the world will end on December 21, four days before Christmas. Postnoon finds out if the Christian community believes the prediction and whether it is impacting celebrations.
Thousands of medical aspirants and their parents are spending sleepless nights and authorities fail to clarify. Woes of Medical aspirants in the State don’t seem to end. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has already started accepting online applications for the scheduled exams for National Eligibility and Entrance Test (Neet) for admission in MBBS [...]
Sikhs’ religious regimen that requires growing a beard and wearing a turban has been misconstrued by foreign elements and the community has been targeted since 9/11
In the name of worship, many of us tend to torture animals. Many forget that snakes are living beings and we should not torture them to fulfill any bizarre ritual
A week into Ramzan, people begin to feel the pinch of soaring prices of essential goods. Be it the price of mutton, haleem or dates, the rise this year comes to anything between 15 and 20 per cent.
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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