Golaghat: Sparrows are disappearing from many parts of the country, and specially from Assam where electro-magnetic radiation from communication towers, use of leaded petrol in vehicles and overuse of chemicals and pesticides in agriculture have been cited as causes by scientists. The chief scientist of the Regional Agriculture Research Centre in Lakhimpur, Dr Prabal Saikia, said, "It is a fact that sparrows are becoming scarce throughout Assam " both house...
11:30 AM, May 28, 2012
Vadodara: A massive fire broke out at Race Course Tower in Vadodara, Gujarat on Tuesday afternoon. The fire broke out at the fourth floor of the building but all the occupants of the building were rescued, and there are no reports of casualties. Race Course Tower is an important commercial building with several shops and is five-storey tall. Fourteen fire tenders were sent to the site and officials said the...
04:18 PM, May 22, 2012
Tokyo: The world's tallest tower and Japan's biggest new landmark, the Tokyo Skytree, opened to the public on Tuesday. Nearly 8,000 visitors were expected to take high-speed elevators up to the observation decks of the 634-meter (2,080-foot) tower to mark its opening. Some reportedly waited in line more than a week to get the coveted tickets for a panoramic view, though on Tuesday ended up being cloudy in Tokyo. Skytree...
11:50 AM, May 22, 2012
Washington: Telecom towers are killing nearly seven million birds every year as they migrate from the US and Canada to Central and South America, says a new study. According to the study, around 84,000 telecom towers, some of which can rise nearly 2,000 feet into the sky, much higher than the Empire State Building at 1,250 feet, dot the two countries. However, the birds are killed not by running into...
12:03 PM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: Hollywood filmmaker Brett Ratner, who worked with Hrithik Roshan on the film 'Kites', has said he wants to collaborate with the Bollywood actor again. Ratner, 43, seems to have developed a rapport with Hirithik after editing the English version of 'Kites', which also starred Mexican beauty Barbara Mori. Hrithik watched his film 'Tower Heist' and complimented the director on Twitter. "@BrettRatner long time! just watched Tower Heist! Super...
04:27 PM, Apr 21, 2012
Dubai: The 1,000-meter world's tallest tower costing about Rs 6,330 crore will be constructed in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, it was announced on Monday. Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, said the tower is expected to be completed in 63 months at a cost of 4.6 billion riyals. The Saudi Arabia-based KHC is one of the world's largest and most diversified...
02:48 PM, Apr 16, 2012
New Delhi: Hachette UK announced today that it has acquired worldwide rights in the wholly-owned Enid Blyton estate, excluding Noddy, from Chorion for the Hodder Children's imprint of its Hachette Children's Books business. Enid Blyton has an extensive publishing portfolio with 800 titles translated into 40 languages. Till date over 500 million copies of Enid Blyton books have been sold, outselling any other children's author. Blyton's sales continue to flourish...
12:54 PM, Mar 27, 2012
BANGALORE: In the wee hours of Tuesday, tension prevailed at Shantipura near Electronics City when a five-storey building slowly tilted to its right side. A security person spotted this and raised an alarm. By 6 am on Tuesday, the fire officials and police personnel rushed to the spot. Sources said both the contractor and builder had absconded by then. However, officials started to evacuate the building by 6.30 am. The...
08:31 AM, Mar 14, 2012
Los Angeles: Comedian Eddie Murphy bowed out on Wednesday as host of the upcoming Oscars, one day after producer Brett Ratner who had lured Murphy into the role also exited following an uproar over his use of a gay slur. "I appreciate how Eddie feels about losing his creative partner, Brett Ratner, and we all wish him well," Tom Sherak, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,...
12:50 PM, Nov 10, 2011
Los Angeles: Filmmaker Brett Ratner has resigned as the producer of Academy Awards after he came under fire for making insensitive comments. "Being asked to help put on the Oscar show was the proudest moment of my career," Ratner, 42, said in a statement, reports usmagazine.com. "But as painful as this may be for me, it would be worse if my association with the show were to be a distraction...
07:30 PM, Nov 09, 2011
Los Angeles: Brett Ratner said Monday that he's sorry for using a gay slur during a question-and-answer session at a screening for his new film. The 42-year-old filmmaker, who is set to produce next year's Academy Awards, issued a statement apologizing 'for any offense my remarks caused'. Ratner used a pejorative term to describe gay men in response to a question asked at a screening of his latest movie, 'Tower...
01:32 PM, Nov 08, 2011
Los Angeles: 'Puss in Boots' snatched the domestic box office title from a band of working-class thieves in the new Eddie Murphy action-comedy 'Tower Heist', studio estimates released on Sunday showed. 'Puss in Boots', an animated spinoff from the blockbuster 'Shrek' movies, nabbed an estimated $48 million in global ticket sales during its second weekend in theaters. That included an unexpectedly strong $33 million from U.S. and Canadian theaters, putting...
11:52 AM, Nov 07, 2011
This week on Now Showing Rajeev Masand reviews 'Loot', 'Miley Na Miley Hum' and the Hollywood movies 'Tower Heist, 'In Time', 'Dolphine Tale'. ...
10:46 AM, Nov 05, 2011
Cast: Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick Director: Brett Ratner 'Tower Heist' could've been a highly entertaining comic caper, but like so many films directed by Brett Ratner, it settles for mediocrity. The premise itself has potential: a bunch of employees of a Trump Tower-style Manhattan high-rise seek payback on the building's billionaire owner who robbed them of their retirement savings. Alas, the laughs dry up...
11:26 PM, Nov 04, 2011
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