Vienna: Indian filmmaker Mani Ratnam's 'Raavanan' is now part of the permanent collection at the Austrian Film Museum, which has so far only 15 Indian films in its list. Alexander Horwath, director of the museum, was trying to get a copy of 'Raavanan' ever since he saw it at the Venice Film Festival where Ratnam received the Glory to the Filmmaker Award in 2010. "It was a glorious evening and...
08:41 PM, Mar 02, 2012
New Delhi: India's Parupalli Kashyap lost to Yuhan Tan of Belgium 16-21, 16-21 in the semifinals of the Austrian International Challenge badminton event in Vienna on Saturday. According to information received here, top seeded Kashyap surrendered to the unseeded Belgian in a little over half an hour. Yuhan will play Poland's Wacha Przemyslaw in the final on Sunday. ...
11:44 PM, Feb 25, 2012
New York: Ratings agency Moody's Investor Service on Monday downgraded its credit ratings on Italy, Portugal and Spain, while France, Britain and Austria kept their top ratings but had their outlooks dropped to "negative" from "stable." Moody's also cut its ratings on the smaller nations of Slovakia, Slovenia and Malta. All nine countries are members of the European Union. The agency said it took the actions due to the uncertainty...
09:39 AM, Feb 14, 2012
London: While many people may think it's an activity which should be best learned behind closed doors, an enterprising Swedish schoolmistress thinks otherwise. Ylva-Maria Thompson has opened the world's first international sex school for teaching the art of being better lovers, the Daily Mail reported. The Austrian International Sex School in Vienna offers 'hands on' lessons in seduction for 1,400 pounds a term. The 'headmistress' says anyone over the age...
12:01 PM, Dec 01, 2011
Vienna: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga rallied from a set and a break down to beat Juan Martin Del Potro 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday in the final of the Erste Bank Open, claiming his second title of the season and seventh overall. The top-seeded Tsonga will officially move past Mardy Fish to No. 7 in the 2011 points list on Monday. The top eight will qualify for the season-ending ATP finals...
10:22 AM, Oct 31, 2011
Vienna: When the digitally cleaned up 'India, Matri Bhumi' was screened at the ongoing Viennale, Austria's international film festival, it revived memories of the sincere way that films were made in Europe soon after the tragedy of the last World War. 'India, Matri Bhumi' is a 90-minute documentary shot in 1956 by Italian film maker Roberto Rossellini, father of neo-realism. In contrast to escapist fictional films, Rossellini's cinema is celebrated...
11:37 AM, Oct 27, 2011
Aztenburg (Austria): Half-way co-leader Gaganjeet Bhullar had a meltdown over the weekend as he returned a one-over 73 card in the fourth and final round to finish tied 39th as the Austrian Open on Sunday. The 23-year-old Indian star, who was among the four leaders after the second round, had a disastrous third round of 78. Bhullar seemed to have recovered in the final round for a good finish as...
09:45 AM, Sep 26, 2011
New Delhi: Internet giant Google's long awaited and very ambitious project Streetview is ready to map and explore everything on Indian streets with its new application Google Streetview. This software will show you everything from a high rise to a small restaurant. Google Streetview unlike Google earth allows you a 360 degree view of your favourite street. The sophisticated cameras mounted on this vehicle continuously takes photos of a particular...
07:34 AM, Jun 02, 2011
New Delhi: Internet giant Google's long awaited and very ambitious project Streetview is ready to map and explore everything on Indian streets with its new application Google Streetview. This software will show you everything from a high rise to a small restaurant. Google Streetview unlike Google earth allows you a 360 degree view of your favourite street. The sophisticated cameras mounted on this vehicle continuously takes photos of a particular...
07:34 AM, Jun 02, 2011
United Nations: India and 14 other countries were on Friday elected to the 47-nation UN Human Rights Council, which is based in Geneva. India was not in competition for the seat since there were four countries and four seats for the Asia block. With 189 countries voting, Indonesia received 184 votes, Philippines 183, India 181 and Kuwait 166. Other countries to be elected to the Council included Burkina Faso, Botswana,...
11:33 PM, May 20, 2011
Vienna: An Austrian newspaper is reporting that a lawyer dropped his trousers during the questioning of his client by two female investigators, exposing his briefs. The Tiroler Tageszeitung said Wednesday the incident happened April 20 in a police station in the western hamlet of Mayrhofen. It says that after letting his suit trousers slip to his knees, the scantily-clad attorney, who was not identified, then sat on a desk in...
02:05 PM, May 05, 2011
Vienna: An Austrian baker, under investigation for icing cakes with Nazi symbols, has apologised to the head of a Holocaust awareness group for causing offence. The cake-maker met with the head of the Austria Mauthausen Committee (MKOe), which has called for the bakery to be banned. "I called him because from media reports I got the impression that he knew what he had done was wrong and that he was...
01:53 PM, Apr 16, 2011
When Austrian Gustav Baldauf, a former pilot with 14,000 hours of flying experience, took over as chief operating officer at Air India in the troubled times of 2008, many thought it was the turning point that the beleaguered airline had been waiting for. Its day-to-day operations needed as much fixing as its mounting debt and loss of market share did. Yet, on February 28, when Baldauf resigned from the company,...
12:03 PM, Mar 16, 2011
Vienna: Say, isn't that the president with a gun in his hand? Actually, no, but it sure looks like it. Austrian authorities are searching for a bank robber who uses an unusual disguise: He wears a Barack Obama mask during his holdups. Police say the man, nicknamed the "Obama Robber" by local media, is wanted for six heists since 2008. The most recent took place Thursday in the hamlet of...
07:52 PM, Jan 21, 2011
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