In a pre-dawn swoop, a Delhi police team managed to nab a bookie while he was trying to board an Emirates flight to Dubai from RGI Airport here.
Bob Dylan was always a rebel, an intellectual rebel (which is the most dangerous kind). He prodded the older generations to give the youth freedom of thought, and to stop living a dumb life. As the rabble-rouser turns 72, we take a look at his legacy of music and lyrics. Changing Music Bob Dylan was the single most influential [...]
Kalisetti Naidu Hyderabad: Many landlords may think a consultant is an extra burden in terms of costs for renting out a property. However, this is not true. A consultant is an intermediary who not only helps the landlord in getting a good client, but also makes sure the arrangement between landlord and tenant is successful. [...]
hyderabad: Chandrayangutta police have arrested a youth, Faisal Ali Jabbri, 28, who has been involved in over 20 cases of chain-snatching. Police seized 32 tolas of snatched gold ornaments from his possession. Inspector A Srinivas said the youth had gone awry after the death of his parents. After the parents’ death, he discontinued studies and [...]
New Delhi: Brad Hodge proved his worth as one of the most sought after T20 cricketers in the world as he single-handedly guided Rajasthan Royals to a four-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in a thrilling low scoring ‘Eliminator’ of the IPL here on Wednesday. Chasing a target of 133, Hodge hit Darren Sammy for two [...]
Get-together party of Mom & Me members hosted by Nikita Reddy was a huge hit with ladies turning up in droves for the do. Spotted were Arpita, Shubhi, Shilpa and others.
Investment in stocks and shares profit not only the investors but also give the real picture of a company’s value and goodwill. Nupur Pavan Bang Hyderabad: Vishal was not ready to leave my office till his curious brain was satisfied. He wanted to start investing in stocks. In spite of my telling him to first [...]
The Alwal police arrested a businessman and an agent who sold someone else’s land with fake documents to an unwary buyer. The police are on the lookout for four more suspects. Omer Hussain, 43, a hotelier who also does real estate business, is a resident of AC Guards. According to the details, agent Ch Sudhakar [...]
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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