New Delhi: The second episode of 'Satyamev Jayate' has made Harish Iyer a familiar name for Indians. The show was based on some striking facts about the issue of child sexual abuse. Harish Iyer was invited to the show where he bravely shared the trauma of being abused at the age of seven years. However, Harish is not just a survivor; he also works as gay rights activist, animal rights...
06:36 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: The countdown for the board exam results has started. Waiting for the results is an agonising and yet exciting experience in any student's life. Besides hope and anxiety, there are the expectations of the parents and teachers to be met. While CBSE and Karnataka boards are close to declaring their results, ICSE and other state boards are expected to declare them in the next couple of weeks. The...
06:34 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: When I was watching 'Ishaqzaade', the first thing that crossed my mind was 'Oh God, not another Romeo-Juliet story!' Why is it that centuries later Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet still sounds alluring to film-makers? Romeo and Juliet in a nutshell is the story of two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families - the Montagues and Capulets. Elements of the tragedy can be found throughout...
05:19 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: Actor Ashton Kutcher is playing the lead role in Steve Jobs' biopic. Dressed as the late Apple founder, Kutcher looks impressive. Let's wait and watch whether he will be able to meet people's expectations or not. ...
04:34 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: 'The Avengers,' the smash hit movie about Marvel superheroes who team up to save the Earth, crushed competitors for a second weekend with a record $103.2 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales and was poised to top $1 billion worldwide. After posting the highest domestic box office debut in history, 'Avengers' set another record by easily topping the $75.6 million 'Avatar' pulled in during its second weekend...
02:53 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: American comedian Jay Leno donned a cream coloured 'sherwani', resplendent with delicate embroidery to welcome a Tata Nano car to his 17000-square-foot garage in southern California. Leno even invited Bollywood dancers for the inauguration of the white Nano with the Indian tricolour displayed in the background and painted across the body of the car. The host of 'The Tonight Show' has a weakness for electric and hybrid vehicles...
02:17 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: The soon to be launched Sony Xperia P handset is going to be priced around Rs 26,000 in India, according to our source. The Xperia P was first announced on February 26 at Mobile World Congress 2012 alongside the Xperia U. The Sony Xperia P features a 4-inch scratch-resistant TFT touchscreen with a resolution of 960x540 pixels. It runs Google's Android 2.3 OS (upgrade to Android 4, Ice...
01:56 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: Samsung's new flagship phone the Galaxy S III is likely to be priced at Rs 42,500 in India, said a source with access to information on the pricing. During Samsung's Galaxy S III launch event on May 3, the company announced three variants of the Galaxy S III smartphone - 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. Our source, however, didn't reveal whether the Rs 42,500 price tag is for the...
01:23 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: As soon as actor Tusshar Kapoor tweeted a photo of him posing with his butt peeking out of his low waist jeans, Twitter users eagerly rose to the challenge of dissing the actor and cracking jokes at his expense. The pose is similar to that of John Abraham's in the film 'Dostana'. Tusshar clicked this one for his upcoming film 'Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum'. He said in...
01:23 PM, May 16, 2012
Ursula James is a premier hypnotherapy practitioner and teacher in the UK and has written extensively on related subjects. 'The Source' is her latest work. You can read an extract from the book here: Chapter1 I thought I knew it all - really I did. I was working hard, I was doing well professionally. So what if I didn't have a partner and my friends didn't invite me out any...
01:22 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: Xage Communication India Pvt Ltd, has launched a new low-cost phone - M786 SPEED, which is a dual SIM touch phone. The phone is priced at Rs 2,999. The Xage M738 Speed is a bar phone that features a 2.8 inch touchscreen display. The phone is claimed to offer talk-time of up to 6 hours. Other features include FM Radio, MP3 player and voice recording. It sports a...
12:09 PM, May 16, 2012
The CBSE Xth and XIIth Board examinations' results, 2012, will be declared any time now and here are some of the websites which students can visit to know how they have fared. The official CBSE website, http://cbseresults.nic.in/, powered by the national informatics centre, will put the results up but increased traffic may lead to its unavailability. In that case, students can visit http://cbseresults2012.co.in/. Another website, http://cbse.examresults.net/, has a service by...
10:35 AM, May 16, 2012
Helsinki: Nokia launched two low-end cellphones on Tuesday, aiming to regain its footing in emerging markets. The Nokia 110 model will be sold for 35 euros and will start shipping in the second quarter. The 112 model will be sold for 38 euros from the third quarter, the Finnish phone maker said. The company has been losing market share not just in high-end smartphones but also in cheaper, basic phones...
04:42 PM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: Actors normally don't get a second chance to comeback, but then there are exceptions to everything. Madhuri Dixit is one such actor who has got her second chance to comeback in Abhishek Chaubey's 'Dedh Ishqiya'. The first edition 'Ishqiya' was made with Vidya Balan in the lead. That role got her critical praises which fetched her more female oriented films. Later she did films such as 'The Dirty...
04:24 PM, May 15, 2012
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