AP liquor scam: IPS officer goes on leave

AP liquor scam: IPS officer goes on leave HYDERABAD: Feeling humiliated by the state government deliberately posting an officer above him, senior IPS officer D Boobathi Babu, who is heading the liquor syndicate probe, has proceeded on a long leave.Top sources said that after the government posted B Prasada Rao as Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) chief on Saturday, Boobathi Babu, who had been heading the bureau till then, is understood to have submitted a letter to chief secretary Pankaj...
10:11 AM, May 21, 2012

Fish medicine: Bathini brothers shift venue

Fish medicine: Bathini brothers shift venue HYDERABAD: The popular fish medicine for asthma patients administered by the Bathini Mrigasira Trust will be distributed at the trusts centre in Kattedan village from this year, instead of the Nampally exhibition grounds where the camp is conducted annually.The free medicine for chronic asthma patients will be administered on June 8 and 9 this year.The 167-year-old practice draws thousands of patients annually.The venue for the two-day camp was shifted from...
08:05 AM, May 16, 2012

Bihar court acquits 23 in caste massacre case

Bihar court acquits 23 in caste massacre case Patna: Citing lack of evidence, a Bihar court on Monday acquitted three men sentenced to death and 20 given life imprisonment for the 1996 massacre in Bathani Tola in which 21 people, mainly women and children, were killed by members of the upper caste Ranvir Sena. "The high court acquitted them on the basis of lack of evidence against them in the charge sheet by police," a court official said....
02:16 PM, Apr 16, 2012

Half of Indians have mobiles, but defecate in open

Half of Indians have mobiles, but defecate in open New Delhi: Nearly half of the country's population don't have a bathroom at home and defecate in open places, but more people own a mobile phone. According to the Census 2011 data on houses, household amenities and assets released on Tuesday, only 46.9 per cent of the India's 24.66 crore households have the latrine facility while 49.8 per cent go for open defecation and 3.2 per cent people use public...
06:43 PM, Mar 13, 2012

Family, fans gather to mourn Whitney Houston

Family, fans gather to mourn Whitney Houston Newark: Whitney Houston's family and friends paid their last respects at her funeral, held in her childhood church in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday evening, a week after the sudden death of the singer whose spectacular voice and best-selling albums made her one of biggest pop stars of her era. Houston, who died in a Beverly Hills hotel room last week, recorded stirring love songs and vibrant dance tunes during...
11:29 PM, Feb 18, 2012

Telangana protest continues, reaches CM's office

Telangana protest continues, reaches CM's office Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh state secretariat on Monday resounded to traditional Telangana songs as the protest for a separate Telangana reached the doorstep of Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy's office. In a novel protest, the striking employees at the secretariat sang traditional Telangana folk songs and danced. A group of women employees in front of 'C' block, which houses the chief minister's office, did the 'Bathukamma' or the dance...
03:50 PM, Sep 26, 2011

Elizabeth Banks joins cast of 'What to Expect'

Elizabeth Banks joins cast of 'What to Expect' Los Angeles: Elizabeth Banks is the latest future mom in Lionsgate's upcoming film What to Expect When You're Expecting, the studio announced Monday. She joins Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Brooklyn Decker and Anna Kendrick in the ensemble romantic comedy about four interconnected couples. Banks will play the author of a children's book about breast feeding who is militant about what makes a good mother -- until she gets pregnant for...
11:23 AM, Jul 12, 2011

Telegu Review: Nootrienbathu(180) is a treat

Telegu Review: Nootrienbathu(180) is a treat Hyderabad: Film: "Nootrienbathu (180)"; Cast: Siddharth, Priya Anand, Nitya Menen, Mouli, Geetha, Sricharan; Director: Jayendra; Cinematographer: Balasubramaniem; Music Director: Sharreth; Rating: ** 1/2 Acclaimed ad filmmaker Jayendra's debutant movie has all the strength of ad filmmaking - it has style and fabulous visuals. Each frame is a visual treat with an additional strength of showing minute details perfectly. Cinematographer Balasubramaniem has given the edge to the film by his imaginative...
03:57 PM, Jun 27, 2011

400 set world record in naked bathing

400 set world record in naked bathing London: Four hundred men and women in Britain peeled off their clothes and went into freezing waters to set a world skinny-dipping record, a media report said Monday. The naked bathers attempted the record in Wales, The Sun reported. The bathers had to remain waist-deep for 10 minutes to break the previous Guinness Book record set by 250 people. "It was exhilarating," 25-year-old Lizzy White who had flown in from...
11:50 AM, Jun 21, 2011

Heavy metal veteran Ronnie James Dio dead

Heavy metal veteran Ronnie James Dio dead The rocker died of stomach cancer at the age of 67 ...
11:30 AM, May 17, 2010

3 get death in Bihar's Bathani Tola killings

3 get death in Bihar's Bathani Tola killings 21 Dalits and poor Muslims were killed by members of the upper caste Ranvir Sena in 1996. ...
03:59 PM, May 12, 2010

No vulgarity in bathing scene: Neetu Chandra

No vulgarity in bathing scene: Neetu Chandra There is no cheapness in Jagmohan Mundhra's 'Apartment' ...
02:07 PM, Apr 17, 2010
Meet the screenwriter of My Name is Khan

Meet the screenwriter of My Name is Khan

Earlier, Bathija wrote blockbusters like Fanaa and Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna. ...
10:18 AM, Feb 08, 2010

Marilyn Monroe bathrobe auctioned for $120,000

Marilyn Monroe bathrobe auctioned for $120,000 The auction also featured Elvis Persely and Michael Jackson's belongings. ...
12:49 PM, Jul 01, 2009

90-yr-old woman rescued after three days in bathtub

90-yr-old woman rescued after three days in bathtub The woman became too weak to get out of the bathtub herself. ...
05:56 PM, Jun 06, 2009
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