Meerut: A girl today thrashed a youth in public and handed him over to the police, lodging a complaint against him for establishing sexual relations with her on false promise of marriage, police said here. The 21-year-old girl stated in her complaint that she was forced to take abortion pill as she got pregnant after [...]
“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 [...]
keerthana M As more youngsters travel independently or with friends, the trend of family vacations seems to be on the decline. Busy at office, busy at home, busy with academics, and no time for family? A holiday is a great way to reconnect and take a break from the monotony. But as more youngsters travel independently [...]
HYDERABAD: Another breach of promise and a pregnancy has been reported. A 20-year-old youth, Shiva, is now in custody for impregnating a minor girl on promise of marrying her. Asifnagar police said Shiva had fallen in love with the girl who is from Bojjagutta. They had developed intimate relationship with the result that she got [...]
If you’re always playing second fiddle in your man’s life, chances are you’re stuck with a man who’s still tied to his mother’s apron strings. Here are a few signs to help you decide your path. Yes, it’s true that women like a man who’s understanding, caring and respects women. It is also true that [...]
Jada Pinkett Smith wants to make something clear — she’s in a very committed relationship with Will Smith. The actress wrote a lengthy post on her Facebook today, trying to further explain a comment she made during an interview with HuffPost Live regarding rumours that she and the Men in Black star have an open [...]
When your best friend dates your ex, is it betrayal or simply the natural course of events? Postnoon examines the trend that puts a strain on the best of friendships. Between friendship and love, or infatuation, it is hard to decide which to choose over what. John, a fellow journalist, tells us his story. “I [...]
If a relationship means, coming together of two people who love each other equally, then from where does the aspect of control pop up? And when it does, it just sabotages a lot of things including — YOU. “When I was in a relationship, which I recently got out from, my boyfriend although two years [...]
Dr Diana Monteiro My daughter is 15 and her relationship with her father is very strained. He scolds her for everything and she has become very rebellious over the years. How do I get her out of it? When children reach teenage, rebellious behaviour is often a sign of formation of one’s unique identity that [...]
Friends are the family of choice for Generation Z, which also shares an easy and rather open relationship with social networking. College. Facebook. Friends. A little bit of family. This, in a nutshell, is the social life of this generation. Excepting a few, most adolescents and young adults of today spend most of their time and life [...]
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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