He admits to having been closed to doing anything on TV, but never say no is the mantra for actor Abhay Deol, who carved a niche for himself with zara hatke roles in films like Dev D. He will now be seen on the small screen, which he says was completely unplanned. “I never thought [...]
Sundance Channel’s new drama Rectify is one of the best TV shows of the year and it’s extremely poignant in its style of depicting how one man, who has been sentenced to prison for almost 20 years, struggles to fit into the world around him. There are so many good American TV shows these days [...]
Samsung gives its flagship device a speedbump while adding many features, but is it worth buying? New York: The Galaxy S4, Samsung’s latest and greatest, has a cute feature we’ll probably see in a lot of phones soon: you can shoot both yourself and your surroundings at the same time, using the front- and back-mounted [...]
An eight-year-old girl was raped by her relative on Tuesday. The victim is a Class III student in Kishan Bagh government school. She belongs to a poor family and her parents died when she was two. She has been under the guardianship of her aunt M Yadamma ever since, inspector M Thirupathanna said. In the [...]
Vikings, the new TV series on History Channel, which is based on the epic saga of the Viking King Ragnar Lodbrok, gets off to a wobbly start. Despite an interesting premise, the pilot episode never really manages to evoke a sense of awe and it leaves you craving for more action. It’s 793 AD. Somewhere [...]
Popular anchor Mini Mathur says a TV host’s work is often not considered important enough despite the fact that it is the host who keeps a show together. “A TV host’s job is highly underrated and often considered replaceable, when actually they are the glue that holds and shapes everything together,” Mini tweeted. Mini has been [...]
Bollywood to TV – making the switch seems to be the most lucrative option for big stars today. Postnoon lists a few who successfully made it bigger on the small screen and the ones who had to make another switch. Salman Khan: He may be a tad self-centred when he uses Bigg Boss Season 6 [...]
Mumbai: Consumer electronics major LG India is working on clipping at 25 per cent uptick in turnover at Rs 6,000 crore from the television vertical in this calender year, with focus on the 3D segment. “From the 3D division (under display vertical) alone, we are expecting Rs 1,000 crore and going forward that will be [...]
New Delhi: Three TV journalists, including a woman, facing trial for allegedly robbing a gas agency and extorting money from its owner have been discharged by a Delhi court which said they have been “falsely implicated”. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat let off Mukesh Kumar, Sanjay Khatri and P Rama saying they had carried out [...]
After a long hiatus, mythology is back with a bang on TV. Devon Ke Dev…Mahadev, the popular TV serial based on the lives of Lord Shiva, Sati and Parvati has beaten even shows like KBC and Dance India Dance Li’L Masters. In an age where TV channels are filled with reality shows and daily soaps [...]
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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