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 [...]
The second Sunday in May is celebrated as Mother’s Day. Anna Jarvis who first held a memorial for her mother, a caregiver for wounded soldiers during the civil war, in Grafton, West Virginia in 1908 was particular that Mother’s Day should “be a singular possessive, for each family to honour their mother, not a plural [...]
Speculation is rife that actress-politician Jayaprada, currently a member of Lok Sabha from Rampur in Uttar Pradesh, is planning to come back to her home state Andhra Pradesh and join the Congress party. Following her meeting with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi last week, the actress is reported to have expressed her desire to contest the [...]
They may have beaten Chennai Super Kings in the first leg of their two matches this Indian Premier League, but Pune Warriors India are not in the least expected to be able to put up a repeat performance at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium today. For not only have PWI lost four matches on the [...]
Andhra Pradesh Dalit Maha Sabha convener Katti Padma Rao last week demanded a complete prohibition on liquor in the state in the wake of the murder of Bethala Kantha Suneela. Suneela was killed on April 8 after being allegedly pushed under the wheels of a lorry after she had taken objection to a group of men harassing her daughter in front of a wine store.
Champions of the Indian Premier League Kolkata Knight Riders are struggling to qualify for the next stage of the tournament this year. This indicates the fierce competition in the tournament, but it also emphasises correctness in basics to be counted among the better teams. That correctness is what makes a certain colour stand out in [...]
Delhi Daredevils have their best chance to stand up and be counted in the Indian Premier League 6 today when they take on the Pune Warriors India at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh stadium in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. With Virender Sehwag back among runs in their match against the Mumbai Indians, DD can expect to get [...]
It never got bigger than this in the Indian Premier League: Two big teams, both coming off victories, clash in one of the biggest cricket-loving cities of the country. Royal Challengers Bangalore take on Mumbai Indians in an away match after a resounding win over Pune Warriors India. Mumbai Indians are also in an upbeat [...]
Smarting, as they are, after two consecutive defeats, Pune Warriors India have a difficult job on hand today: That of tacking on Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League, and that too in the RCB’s happy hunting ground, the MA Chinnaswamy Stadium. RCB will want to win this badly because they obviously are stronger [...]
For a country full of youth and short of icons to follow, Aamir is a good role model to emulate.
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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The final kick-off for passion
Tonight the football season will finally come to a close with the Champions League final being played at Wembley stadium. It’s been a tumultuous season for all the wrong reasons. The four big leagues were wrapped up early: Manchester United in the EPL, Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Juventus in Serie A and Barcelona in [...]
Earlier this week, I received an email about the Gayatri Mantra being proven to be the most divine and powerful hymn in the world. An American scientist called Dr Howard Steingeril is said to have collected hymns, prayers, mantras and invocations from all over the world and from all religions. He tested these for sound [...]
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 [...]
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