As per the latest schedules, Mollywood Superstar Mohanlal will have three more films to release this year. After his 'Grandmaster' which had a different Lal in the offering, the coming movies will also display the best in the star. The immediate release of the star will be the movie with Ranjith titled 'Spirit' which is into its post production. The movie which teams up the duo after five long years...
11:03 AM, May 20, 2012
Even as trade unions the world over are celebrating May Day with rallies, holidays and discussions, questions are being asked about the role of labour outfits in the changed liberal and globalised scenario. "Trade unions everywhere are losing their revolutionary character and are seen degenerating into litigation committees, striking deals and bargains with managements. Their preoccupation is no longer waging a class struggle or sharpening the political consciousness of their...
01:25 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: International Labour Day (also known as May Day or International Workers' Day) celebrates the various labour and left-wing movements across the world. It is mostly observed by holding street marches and demonstrations by working class people and their labour unions. May 1 is a national holiday in more than 80 countries. It is also celebrated unofficially in many other countries. Labour Day has its origins in the eight-hour...
12:43 PM, May 01, 2012
Kolkata: Known as a pragmatic Marxist, former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday sang the old tune, saying capitalism would ultimately give way to socialism. "Capitalism will give way to socialism. It will create social ownership and usher in the end of class differences," Bhattacharjee, a CPI(M) politburo member, said at a function here to mark the 142nd birth anniversary of Vladimir Lenin. He, however, did not gave...
12:29 AM, Apr 23, 2012
Madrid: Spain's center-right opposition stormed to a crushing election victory on Sunday as voters punished the outgoing Socialist government for the worst economic crisis in generations. The People's Party, led by former Interior Minister Mariano Rajoy, won an absolute majority in Parliament and is expected to push through drastic measures to try to prevent Spain being sucked deeper into a debt storm threatening the whole euro zone. Voters vented their...
07:24 AM, Nov 21, 2011
The South is a special place. For more reasons than one. Setting aside the emotional one, let me explore the rational argument. And please, for a start, let me clarify: this is no jingoistic comparison of region to region. Instead, it is a clear positioning of the potential of the four South Indian states of India at large. If there is any comparison attempted in number terms, it is merely...
10:40 AM, Nov 01, 2011
New Delhi: Left Front activists led by CPI-M leader Brinda Karat on Monday marched from Jantar Mantar towards the Parliament to protest the 'anti-people' price hike in petroleum products. The protesters vowed to intensify their agitation against the UPA government before they were stopped at the Parliament Street by the police. Brinda said the move to hike the prices of diesel, kerosene and LPG betrayed the UPA government's preference for...
10:50 PM, Jun 27, 2011
Washington: These days, Facebook may be the single best way online to keep in touch with friends, associates, far-flung family members, and people with similar interests. But if you're not careful, it's probably also the site most likely to get you into trouble. Virtually every week, there's another news report about employers using Facebook to evaluate or screen employees or potential employees, making assumptions about character, trustworthiness, or conduct based...
04:36 PM, Jan 29, 2011
New York: Facebook users who check in to a store or click the 'like' button for a brand may soon find those actions retransmitted on their friends' pages as a "Sponsored Story" paid for by advertisers. Currently there is no way for users to decline this feature. Facebook says this lets advertisers promote word-of-mouth recommendations that people already made on the site. They play up things people do on the...
12:30 PM, Jan 27, 2011
San Francisco: The fan page of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been hacked by a mystery invader who posted a message decrying the company's attempts to cash in on its hugely successful site. Facebook declined to comment on the embarrassing security snafu, but did take down the compromised page. "Let the hacking begin: If Facebook needs money, instead of going to the banks, why doesn't Facebook let its users invest...
07:06 AM, Jan 27, 2011
London: Warning about the dangers of popular social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, Pope Benedict XVI has said that online communication between people must not stop face-to-face conversations. "It is important to always remember that virtual contact cannot and should not be a substitute for direct human contact with people at all levels of our society," he said in a message to mark World Communications Day, which was...
10:53 AM, Jan 26, 2011
Lucknow: An IPS officer has lodged an FIR against social networking site Facebook for allegedly maligning the image of Mahatma Gandhi through an online group. Amitabh Thakur, an IPS officer of UP cadre, has lodged the FIR against Facebook and others at Gomti Nagar police station here for allegedly portraying Gandhi in a wrong manner and spreading hatred, police sources said here. In his complaint, Thakur alleged that abuses and...
07:28 PM, Jan 25, 2011
New York: The National Society of Film Critics selected "The Social Network" as the best picture of 2010. The fictional look at the creation of Facebook dominated at the society's annual awards, which were voted on by 46 prominent movie critics gathered at a Manhattan restaurant. Jesse Eisenberg was named best actor for his role as Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of the social networking website. David Fincher won for best...
11:28 AM, Jan 09, 2011
A bench of Justices Markandeya Katju and T S Thakur quashed the cases against the encounter specialist. ...
12:37 AM, Jul 15, 2010
Ironically, the once revolutionary Fernandes is suffering from Alzhymer's and can't be told of the bitter fight. ...
09:23 PM, Jun 30, 2010
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