Los Angeles: At her peak, Whitney Houston was the golden girl of the music industry. From the middle 1980s to the late 1990s, she was one of the world's best-selling artists. She wowed audiences with effortless, powerful, and peerless vocals that were rooted in the black church but made palatable to the masses with a pop sheen. Her success carried her beyond music to movies, where she starred in hits...
09:13 AM, Feb 12, 2012
New Delhi: It was a perfect groovy winter evening as Romanian artist and international star Edward Maya performed in Delhi on Saturday. Performing for the second time in India, Edward set the stage on fire on a windy rainy evening at the finale of Amity University's first Youth Festival in Noida. With a crowd of almost 25,000, the national capital region did manage to see an international music star's concert...
12:57 AM, Feb 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday wrote a letter to the President against Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid for his defiant attitude on the poll code. Here's the full text of the letter: Respected Rashtrapati Ji, The Commission is approaching you with serious dismay and a deep sense of urgency that requires your kind intervention in the midst of the poll process in the state of Uttar Pradesh....
10:19 PM, Feb 11, 2012
New Delhi: US President Barack Obama will award nine scholars the 2011 National Medal for Humanities including India's Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen. Sen will be felicitated for his insights into the causes of poverty, famine, and injustice. "By applying philosophical thinking to questions of policy, he has changed how standards of living are measured and increased our understanding of how to fight hunger," said a White House statement. The...
08:52 PM, Feb 11, 2012
Washington: Hacker group Anonymous Friday night took down the website of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Though the CIA website was back in a few hours, but it seemed to be struggling to be fully on its feet at the time of filing this report. "CIA TANGO DOWN: https://www.cia.gov/ #Anonymous," the hacker group wrote on Twitter. But in a later tweet, @YourAnonNews, the Twitter account believed to be associated with...
01:25 PM, Feb 11, 2012
New Delhi: The void of missing the Beijing Olympics may never be fulfilled for Indian hockey but watching the team at practice instils the belief that India's return to the Olympics is on the cards. And the coach of the mens team, Michael Nobbs, fully endorses it. "I want to make sure that everything we do is perfect. I just want to keep winning. If you win, everybody's happy, the...
05:08 PM, Feb 10, 2012
4444 students from 25 schools met up at ITM University campus in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh on February 8 and formed the largest human-made 'smiley face'. The formation broke the previous record 2,961 members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Canada set on July 2011. PTI Photo ...
05:02 PM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: Michael Nobbs, the national men's hockey team coach, feels France could pose some problems to India's hopes of making a comeback into the Olympics as the team gets ready to run a final check on its preparation for the qualifiers, which begin here from February 18. India, Canada, France, Singapore, Poland and Italy will vie for a solitary spot for the London Games, which begin later this year....
03:55 PM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: When a movie begins with an American teenager talking about her high school and walking out in slow-motion, arm in arm with her bffs " one can put their expectations to rest. This flick will have nothing new to offer. LOL follows the American teenage movie norm to the last scene. Teenage heart breaks, drawing hearts with black markers on bathroom doors, hooking up in summer camp, battle...
03:54 PM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: After the success of Housefull, Sajid Khan returns with another hilarious film Housefull 2. The much awaited movie has Akshay Kumar, Asin Thottumkal, John Abraham, Jacqueline Fernandez, Shreyas Talpade, Shazahn Padamsee, Riteish Deshmukh, Zarine Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Rishi Kapoor and others in the star cast. The film is expected to hit the screens in April 2012. ...
02:51 PM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: Technology has helped break many barriers and it is now helping overcome the physical distance in exchanging the primal human expression, the kiss. Hooman Samani a researcher specialising in artificial intelligence at the National University of Singapore's Keio-NUS CUTE Centre has developed a system called Kissenger, a kiss messenger. Kissenger consists of a pair of robots that enable kisses to be transferred over a long distance. The robots...
02:39 PM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: 'Kolaveri Di' hitmaker Dhanush returned to the music world with his anthem for Sachin Tendulkar. The video was a salute to master blaster Sachin. The song and the video was an instant hit when the link was posted by Dhanush on Twitter but it was soon pulled off. "Sad dat sum1 removed sachin song link.v worked so hard 4 a week wout a mins sleep.well,I wish all well...
11:58 AM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: Kareena Kapoor and Imran Khan starrer 'Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu' is being released on February 10, 2012. Producer Karan Johar and director Shakun Batra made all possible efforts to publicise the film. Boman Irani, Ram Kapoor and Ratna Pathak Shah are also in the star cast of the film. 'Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu'is a film about an odd couple trying to rectify their biggest mistake -...
11:17 AM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: Now, HTC have announced to roll out their first round of ICS upgrades by the end of March for the HTC Sensation and HTC Sensation XE, followed soon thereafter by the HTC Sensation XL. The owners of the HTC EVD 3D, HTC Incredible S, HTC Desire S and HTC Desire HD have not been forgotten. The company also confirmed that Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades will be coming later...
11:55 PM, Feb 09, 2012
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