HYDERABAD: The sports fraternity in the city came together on Wednesday to join the campaign, Stop Kalmadi and Save Indian Sports.BVP Rao, former IAS officer, who is the man behind the Clean Sports India Movement, lauded the players and said the campaign was aimed at bringing pressure on the government to ensure that tainted sports officials were punished for their role in the Commonwealth Games scam.We fear that officials like...
08:51:00 AM Feb 23, 2012
HYDERABAD: Even as struggling Kingfisher Airlines cancelled 20 more flights nationwide, Hyderabad remained insulated from any kind of disruptions on Monday. This after around 80 flights were earlier cancelled on Sunday across the country, which affected Hyderabad, among other five metro cities. Officials with the Kingfisher Airlines and the Shamshabad Airport, confirmed the same. Operations in Hyderabad went as per schedule. No flight of the airline, either departing or arriving...
09:32:00 AM Feb 21, 2012
HYDERABAD: Praveen Reddy Jangam, who is battling for life in the intensive care unit of London Royal Hospital after being stabbed eight times in a party brawl recently, regained consciousness a little on Sunday.According to his brother Jayashanker Reddy, Praveen is slowly recognising family members but is unable to speak. He is so weak that doctors, who are closely monitoring his health, have turned down the request of the London...
09:09:00 AM Feb 20, 2012
Hyderabad: Film: 'Nippu'; Cast: Ravi Teja, Deeksha Shet, Rajendra Prasad, Brahmanandam, Srikanth, Mukul Deve, Pradeep Rawat and Krishnudu; Producer: Y.V.S. Chowdhary; Writer-Director: Gunashekhar; Composer: S. Thaman; Camera: Sarvesh Murari: Rating: ** Telugu film industry star Ravi Teja's films are neither pretentious nor have any semblance of a convincing story line to reveal. They are just mass entertainers. And he is the sole strength of all his films as he can...
05:08:55 PM Feb 19, 2012
Hyderabad: Film: 'Love Failure': Cast: Siddharth, Amala Paul, Suresh, Ravi, Balaji, Surekha Vani, Vignesh, Sri Ranjini, and Pooja; Director: Balaji Mohan; Composer: S. Thaman; Camera: Nirav Shah; Rating: *** Actor Siddharth's maiden production venture made under the banner of Y Not Studios is a well-made movie with a good breezy narration and a trendy presentation. Thankfully, 'Love Failure' ends up as a sincere attempt that has no room for a...
04:50:24 PM Feb 19, 2012
HYDERABAD: The tall claims of the State government to develop Greater Hyderabad on a par with other metropolitan cities did not reflect in the State Budget presented in the Assembly on Friday. Civic bodies like the GHMC, Water Board and the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) have little to cheer about given the miniscule budgetary allocation. The only plus point is that the government has increased allocation to the prestigious...
08:19:00 AM Feb 18, 2012
HYDERABAD: The comprehensive dossier and management plan for the Qutub Shahi monuments in Hyderabad (Golconda Fort, Qutub Shahi tombs and Charminar) has been submitted to UNESCO through the Archaeological Survey of India for their recognition as World Heritage Sites. The dossier was sent well before the deadline of Feb 1, Prof P Chenna Reddy, Director of State Archeology and Museums, confirmed. He also said that the State government had given...
10:44:00 AM Feb 17, 2012
HYDERABAD: Fire crackers busted on the occasion of a marriage function sparked off a major fire in a hotel at L B Nagar on Sunday night. Though hundreds of people were reportedly present in the hotel at that time, no casualties were reported. The fire broke out in Sitara hotel near LB Nagar ring road. Though the hotel was covered with a glass facade, the management put up a massive...
08:59:00 AM Feb 13, 2012
Hyderabad: Film: 'SMS'; Cast: Sudhir Babu, Regina, Vennela Kishor, Chanti, Priyanka, Hemanth and Rohini; Director: Satya Tatineni ; Producer: Vikram Raju; Composer: Selva Ganesh; Camera: Chitti Babu; Rating: *** 'SMS' is a remake of Tamil film 'Shiva Manasulo Sakthi', which was made with new faces and did well at the box office. Satya Tatineni, who made a mark with his debut film 'Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu' (another remake), has helmed the...
07:20:47 PM Feb 12, 2012
Hyderabad: Tollywood is turning out to be a gold mine for Bollywood producers. The latest to acquire the rights to remake a Telugu film in Hindi is producer Vashu Baghnani. And the film he has zeroed in on is the Nani-starrer 'Ala Modalaindi' produced by Nandini Reddy. The Hindi remake of this highly successful small budget movie will see Vashu Bhagnanis son Jaccky in the lead role. The heroine and...
09:08:52 PM Feb 10, 2012
Hyderabad: Innovation is the middle name of Puri Jagannadh. The three-time Nandi Award recipient has his diary full this year and the list of projects include one with Junior NTR, Devudu Chesina Manushulu with Ravi Teja-Ileana, an untitled flick with Pawan Kalyan-Kajal Agarwal, Businessman 2 and Hindi Businessman. The one with Junior NTR will hit the floors in August. Evidently, they are absolutely in no mood to pay the price...
07:26:22 PM Feb 07, 2012
Hyderabad: The Telugu blockbuster Magadheera has catapulted both hero Ram Charan and director S S Rajamouli in the A-League. Vikramaditya Motwane, Anurag Kashyap and Vikas Behl have reportedly teamed up to form a company named Phantom and are set to remake Magadheera in Hindi. Ranveer Singh might essay the role of Ram Charan. ...
07:23:38 PM Feb 07, 2012
Hyderabad: Notwithstanding his successive failures " Dhada and Bejawada, Naga Chaitanya continues to be in demand in the industry. Currently, working for Deva Kattas Autonagar Surya, the young hero also has Radha Mohans bilingual family drama Gouravam in the pipeline. But then, everyone is looking forward to his forthcoming venture, which will see Tollywoods ace technicians coming together. The yet-to-be-titled project is likely to be produced by Allu Aravind and...
07:09:26 PM Feb 07, 2012
Hyderabad: The state government issued a go on Wednesday for withdrawing cases filed against students for taking part in the agitation for and against bifurcation of the state. The government issued the go in pursuance of a decision taken at the recent cabinet meeting. It may be noted that the government had already withdrew cases registered against 499 persons earlier. Now cases against 167 more persons would be dropped on...
10:53:00 AM Feb 02, 2012
HYDERABAD: The Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, a brainchild of industry stalwarts, has once again been placed in the top twenty B-Schools in the world for its Postgraduate Programme, as per the latest rankings released by The Financial Times. Stanford Graduate School of Business topped the rankings, while the only other Indian management school, IIM-A, is ranked 11th. The rankings are based on a B-Schools performance three years prior to...
08:53:00 AM Jan 31, 2012
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