New Delhi: The West Bengal government has been quick to cash in on Kolkata Knight Riders' maiden IPL triumph organising a grand felicitation ceremony at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday. However, Kolkata Police, in their bid to enhance the image of 'Brand Kolkata', has conceived an innovative 'Road Safety' advertisement campaign. They have connected William Blake's famous poem "The Tyger" with KKR's IPL victory. Kolkata Traffic Police have put out...
04:40 PM, May 29, 2012
Hyderabad: With her son Jagan Mohan Reddy in jail, YS Vijaya will lead the campaign of YSR Congress in the June 12 by-elections to 17 assembly and one Lok Sabha seat in Andhra Pradesh. Vijaya, a housewife who entered politics after the death of her husband and former chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy in a chopper crash in 2009, was urged by the party's General Council today to take the...
01:18 AM, May 29, 2012
Yoga enthusiasts are campaign for its inclusion as a sport in the Olympic competitive forum. ...
09:05 AM, May 27, 2012
New Delhi: A new trailer of 'Skyfall' is out. The new film in the much awaited James Bond series has Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench, and Ralph Fiennes in pivotal roles. Directed by Sam Mendes, 'Skyfall' is expected to be released on October 26. ...
02:09 PM, May 21, 2012
Guwahati: To travel across all 28 states of India and neighbouring Bhutan in a Tata Nano car covering around 25,000 kms is no easy task. Yet, this is being attempted by 62-year-old Kochi-based car enthusiast Thomas Chacko, who has so far covered 5,400 km in the small car and reached Guwahati on Saturday. Starting his journey from Mumbai on May 3, Chacko has so far travelled through Indore, Bhopal, Khajuraho,...
07:40 PM, May 20, 2012
New Delhi: The first teaser of 'Neethaane En Ponvasantham' shows Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja composing the music in London with a 108 piece live symphony orchestra and other musicians. ...
04:13 PM, May 18, 2012
Dr Rajakumar award to RN Sudarshan, Puttanna Kanagal to CV Shivashanker, Dr Vishnuvardhana award for producer Ankalagi, best actor award posthumously to Dr Vishnuvardhana received by Dr Bharathi Vishnuvrdhana, best actress award to Anu Prabhakar and 20 other awards plus the national award winning films Kanasemba Kudureyaneri, Bettada Jeeva, Hejjegalu and Puttakkana Highway were given away by the Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda in the presence of Home and...
04:49 PM, May 17, 2012
Will Ferrell plays a US Congressman in 'The Campaign' who is running for the fifth term. This political comedy by Warner Brothers will hit the theatres this August. ...
06:12 PM, May 16, 2012
Chennai: A year after she stormed to power in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa still enjoys wide support in the state. But the number of critics is rising too. Reactions on one year of AIADMK rule varied as Jayalalithaa began her second year in office on Wednesday. It was on this day in 2011 that the actress-turned-politician took the oath of office -- for the third time since 1991....
03:58 PM, May 16, 2012
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has held that refusal by a wife to conceive a child because of family's financial instability could not be used as a ground for divorce by her husband. "Also, not knowing how to cook, not being religious, not parting with salary and not folding clothes properly," could not be treated as grounds for divorce, ruled Justice PB Majmudar and Justice Anoop Mohta. The bench was,...
07:16 PM, May 04, 2012
Washington: US President Barack Obama's re-election campaign released a new ad on Tuesday accusing Republican Mitt Romney of outsourcing jobs and slamming him for keeping money in foreign bank accounts. The ad says Romney "shipped American jobs to places like Mexico and China" when he led the investment firm Bain Capital. And it says Romney "outsourced state jobs to a call center in India" when he was governor of Massachusetts....
09:47 AM, May 04, 2012
Istanbul: The next James Bond movie, 'Skyfall,' promises the usual action, exotic locations, scheming villains and beautiful women. For fans of the original novels by Ian Fleming, there's more: a journey into the troubled psyche of the iconic spy. After all, the director of the 23rd film in the franchise, which spans half a century, is Sam Mendes, whose cinematic studies of personalities in emotional turmoil and even meltdown include...
02:35 PM, Apr 30, 2012
BANGALORE: In a move that could leave former chief minister B S Yeddyurapa red-faced, a group of BJP MLAs have started a signature campaign to press for the early expansion of Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowdas Cabinet.A few like-minded MLAs have grouped under the leadership of Chikmagalur MLA C T Ravi, a follower of state BJP president K S Eshwarappa, and started the signature campaign on Thursday to exert...
08:34 AM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: A city resident has been ordered by a Delhi court to pay Rs 8,000 as monthly compensation to his wife, allegedly turned out of the house by him after nearly 33 years of their marriage. Metropolitan Magistrate Monika Saroha ordered compensation for the woman, expressing surprise that the woman, married in 1978 and allegedly turned out of the house by her husband in 2010, did not raise voice...
05:32 PM, Apr 24, 2012
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