London: Facial recognition technology being considered for London's 2012 Games is getting a workout in the wake of Britain's riots, a senior police chief told The Associated Press on Thursday, with officers feeding photographs of suspects through Scotland Yard's newly updated face-matching program. Chief Constable Andy Trotter of the British Transport Police said the sophisticated software was being used to help find those suspected of being involved in the worst...
02:56 PM, Aug 12, 2011
London: Actress Emma Watson, who will be next seen in director Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being A Wallflower, is all set to flaunt her body in the film. "There's a scene where I have to mimic Susan Sarandon in the 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' and I'm standing in a corset in front of all these extras trying to do this dance and I felt ridiculous. It's funny coming out...
02:20 PM, Jul 11, 2011
'Chillar Party' is a children's film which was pretty much adopted by Salman Khan who came on board as one of it's producer, just weeks before it's release. ...
09:36 AM, Jun 07, 2011
New York: Crunches, curls and sit-ups may be standard workout fare in gyms, basements and living rooms across the land. But the authors of a new book suggest people get plenty of that movement in their daily lives. They say to get a really strong midsection the back of the body needs to be worked. "Sitting at desks, working on computers, waiting in traffic, we are continually contracting our abs,...
03:53 PM, May 30, 2011
Actor Salman Khan, who has donned the producer's hat with children's film Chillar Party, has said that the profits from the movie will go to his Being Human charity. "I'm co-producing 'Chillar Party' in association with UTV and we will release it July 8. Whatever money that we make out of this film will go into the Being Human charitable trust. The profits will not come to me or to...
11:21 AM, May 21, 2011
In conversation with Manna Dey, a man whose voice has touched many hearts. ...
07:49 PM, May 01, 2011
Washington: India has ranked 71st in happiness with only 17 per cent people describing themselves as "thriving" in a new study of well-being that gives Denmark the top spot among 124 countries surveyed. With Danes ranked the most contented people on the planet with a whopping 72 per cent of residents considering themselves "thriving," Sweden and Canada followed close behind, each at 69 per cent in Gallup's 2010 Global Wellbeing...
11:32 AM, Apr 21, 2011
Kate Winslet recalls, "I will tell you that when I was heavy, people would give me a backhanded compliment, they would say, 'You've got such a beautiful face', in the way of, like, 'Oh, isn't it a shame that from the neck down you're questionable'," Winslet told Glamour magazine. According to usmagazine.com, the actress also denies ever going under the knife. "No, I have never tried any of that stuff....
11:32 AM, Mar 03, 2011
New York: Today's lesson: be happy, live longer. Now science seems to back the glass half-full approach. A review of more than 160 studies on the connection between a positive state of mind and overall health and longevity has found "clear and compelling evidence" that happier people enjoy better health and longer lives. In fact, evidence linking an upbeat outlook and enjoyment of life to better health and longer life...
10:53 AM, Mar 02, 2011
Mumbai: Salman Khan's Being Human Foundation has partnered with the Marrow Donor Registry India to create a registry of marrow donors in India. It is now working with youngsters to create awareness. One of the first colleges to participate in this initiative is the K J Somaiya Institute of Engineering and IT, Sion, who as part of their annual college festival, Surge ’11, will conduct a marrow donation drive along...
06:46 PM, Feb 25, 2011
New Delhi: Bollywood heartthrob Salman Khan, who recently launched luxury watches named after his Being Human charitable foundation, has now inaugurated an exclusive online store to sell them. "Oh! I forgot to tell you that now Being Human watches are on sale online - www.beinghumanwatches.com," Salman posted on Twitter. Apart from luxuay watches, his foundation also churns out t-shirts which will also be soon available online. "Ya ya for sure,...
01:40 PM, Jan 29, 2011
New Delhi: Bollywood star Salman Khan has reached out to his fans on micro-blogging site Twitter to boost the sales of his limited range of watches, named after his Being Human charitable foundation. He posted pictures of the colourful, Swarovski-encrusted watches, and wrote: "Ladies ghadiyaan aa gayi hai. Sasta sundar tikao, please bikao (Ladies watches have come. They are cheap, beautiful and durable), so please buy!" The watches have been...
04:19 PM, Dec 17, 2010
What does being Bihari mean for those who chose to leave the state? Many Bihari left their home state for better education, better job and a better life. As the state changes for the better what are their views? ...
03:27 PM, Nov 14, 2010
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