Mumbai: In a surprise move, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was secretly shifted from a Mumbai prison to a Pune jail early Wednesday, official sources said. The actor was taken from the high-security Arthur Road Central Jail in south Mumbai in a van around midnight and delivered to the Yerawada Central Jail in Pune early Wednesday. [...]
Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, who topped the list of Times 50 Most Desirable Women of 2012, says she is not good at fielding compliments and adds that beauty and physical attributes are “artificial”. “It is a bit embarrassing. I mean, I don’t know how to take compliments! I don’t know how to react! It must [...]
Five years on, the Aarushi Talwar case continues to hog the headlines. With no major headway, it remains one of India’s biggest murder mysteries. New Delhi: Who killed Aarushi Talwar and Hemraj? Five years after the 14-year-old was found with her throat slit in her Noida home along with the family’s domestic help, there is still [...]
EA Abhishek Friday sees the release of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, acclaimed director Mira Nair’s new film. Equally adept at making stories based in India and Hollywood, we look through her filmography and the themes she deals with. In the international film circuits Indian cinema is invariably perceived as an equivalent of Bollywood and written off completely [...]
Alric Quintin Parents have a say in most aspects of their children’s lives, from raising them to deciding which college they will go to and even the person they will marry. But there are some parents who are willing to let their children learn for themselves. If you are a follower of Bollywood or even [...]
Mumbai: As Indian cinema celebrates completion of 100 glorious years, South Africa has drawn up plans to attract Bollywood by offering its scenic landscapes to shoot films and extending special facilities. “We are already in the process of identifying their (Indian filmmakers’) requirements to be able to enhance our offerings and facilitate greater support and [...]
New Delhi: A day before the deadline for his surrender ended, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt today got partial relief from the Supreme Court which granted him four weeks time on “humanitarian” grounds to surrender before jail authorities to undergo 42 months remaining sentence in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. Dutt, 53, had sought six months [...]
It’s a miracle that Indian cinema has withstood the test of time despite the vast cultural differences in the past 100 years. Postnoon pays an ode to one of the biggest cultural impacts that India has witnessed in the 20th century — Cinema. Here’s a compilation of all the stories that were done as part [...]
With Prabhudeva starrer ABCD set to release soon, dance is back in town. The Muqabla man – our desi Michael Jackson – remains unparalleled. Postnoon takes a look at B-Town stars who also know a thing or two about grooving.
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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