London: Bloomsbury Publishing, home to the Harry Potter books in Britain, launched its first purely digital imprint on Wednesday which it said would bring out-of-print titles "back from the dead". Bloomsbury Reader has signed up a string of authors including Monica Dickens, great grand-daughter of Charles, politicians Alan Clark and Ted Heath, crime writer HRF Keating and novelist Ivy Compton-Burnett. The publisher is focusing on books which are out of...
02:28 PM, Sep 29, 2011
Kannada Film Producers Association imposed the ban for Nikita's alleged role in creating rifts between Kannada superstar Darshan and his wife. ...
02:58 PM, Sep 14, 2011
New Delhi: The US embassy officials in New Delhi referred to top moderate separatist leaders including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq as "four musketeers" as Washington maintained "no contact" with hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani since 2001 for his ties with "terrorist groups". Apart from Mirwaiz, former amalgam chairmen Abdul Gani Bhat and Maulvi Abbas Ansari, and Bilal Lone were the other three "musketeers", the cables from the US Embassy released by...
09:21 PM, Sep 03, 2011
New Delhi: Ramlila Maidan got its fair share of Bollywood dose finally on the twelfth day of Anna Hazare's protest fast. Actor Aamir Khan arrived at Ramlila Maidan with '3 Idiots' filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani. Khan looked dapper in a white shirt and was welcomed on stage with a thundering applause. Khan said, "I am here to meet Annaji and give him a hug for the initiative he has taken." Bollywood...
04:48 PM, Aug 27, 2011
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Everyone is satisfied that the summer in the Kashmir valley this season remained peaceful. Of course barring some incidents of stone pelting and strike calls ...
03:29 PM, Aug 15, 2011
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir interlocutor Dilip Padgaonkar says a decision on 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's case could have repercussions in the Valley. Padgaonkar has drawn a parallel with the hanging of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front founder Maqbool Bhatt. "I am principally opposed to capital punishment. But if the country's highest court has convicted him and given him the death penalty that has to be respected. We...
02:41 PM, Aug 11, 2011
Guwahati: The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has literally split with a faction headed by the elusive commander-in-chief Paresh Barua on Wednesday coming down hard on the peace talks led by chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa. "There should not be any confusion regarding the position of the ULFA as the so-called peace talks with the government are concerned," Praesh Barua said in a signed e-mailed statement received by IANS. The...
03:50 PM, Aug 10, 2011
This is a three year old book - but I got my hands on it quite recently. So please pardon the delay, if you're already familiar with the title. Personally, I was fascinated simply because it's about India's very own Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) project. Today, it goes by the name Tejas. It's not an easy read. It's a very slim volume but took me a week to complete. Mainly...
06:56 PM, Aug 08, 2011
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New Delhi: The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) on Thursday said its leader Anup Chetia should be brought back to India from Bangladesh so that he can participate in the talks with the government and expressed optimism about the dialogue process. "We are positive and hopeful about the talks. Tomorrow we will meet the Home Minister and present our charter of demands," 'chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa said on his arrival...
10:56 AM, Aug 05, 2011
Dhaka: Bangladesh is likely to soon hand over detained key ULFA leader Anup Chetia to India, which has been pressing for his repatriation for a long time. Home Minister Sahara Khatun stated this on Wednesday, close on the heels of her Indian counterpart P Chidambaram's visit to Dhaka during which he had asked Bangladesh to hand over the ULFA General Secretary "as early as possible". Her comments also came ahead...
05:49 PM, Aug 03, 2011
Mumbai: According to the grapevine, Aamir Khan and Sharman Joshi may replace Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi as Munna Bhai and Circuit respectively, in the next edition of Rajkumar Hirani's Munna Bhai franchise. An industry source reveals, "The idea of casting Aamir and Sharman came up during the shoot of 3 Idiots. Hirani felt that a new pair would bring in a fresh breath of air into the film. Aamir...
04:06 PM, Aug 03, 2011
London: The eight Harry Potter movies have earned more than $7 billion at the box office, Warner Bros said, cementing their place as the biggest grossing series ever. Although the total does not take into account inflation, and attendance figures have generally declined throughout the series according to some analyses, the franchise has been a major success for the Hollywood studio. Dan Fellman, Warner Bros Pictures President of Domestic Distribution,...
01:19 PM, Jul 23, 2011
A decade's worth of anticipation, along with Ms Rowling's efforts, and our dreams that grew around The Boy Who Lived and He Who Must Not be Named. In one single effort. With a swish and a flick, Warner Brothers uttered the magic words. And there lay Harry Potter, dead, across thousands of screens across the world, all at the same time. The worst Potter movie ever made. Period. I suppose...
04:13 PM, Jul 18, 2011
Ghaziabad: An under-construction four-storey building on Saturday collapsed near Shalimar Garden, killing two persons and injuring thirteen, police said. "Thirty labourers were working in the building when it collapsed at 5 pm on Saturday. Two persons were killed on the spot while thirteen injured had been admitted to a nearby hospital," SP(city) JK Shahi said. The condition of five injured was stated to be serious, he said, adding that efforts...
09:21 PM, Jul 16, 2011
New York: Think Harry Potter has seen his end? Think again! Avid fans of the books and movies about the British boy wizard are determined that even after 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2' has come and gone from movie theatres, their hero of Hogwarts will live on forever. The final film in the series of blockbusters based on JK Rowling's hugely popular novels telling of battles...
09:10 AM, Jul 15, 2011
New Delhi: India got her dose of magical fantasy on Wednesday night as the red carpet premiere of Harry Potter took over the PVR Priya screen. After a long line for popcorn, the heavy 3D glasses on our eyes - we were ready to take on the horcrux hunt. The atmosphere was electric, no one wanted to miss a second. People gave up their place in the popcorn line, after...
12:48 AM, Jul 14, 2011
Guwahati: The Assam government on Wednesday welcomed the declaration of ceasefire by the Arabinda Rajkhowa-led pro-talk faction of ULFA and said it would take steps to facilitate peace talks. "The Assam government welcomes ULFA Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa's initiative to come forward for peace talks with the government and will take all steps to facilitate the peace talks," the state government said in a statement. The government appealed to the ULFA...
05:31 PM, Jul 13, 2011
Guwahati: Paresh Barua, heading the ULFA's anti-talk faction, on Wednesday rejected the unilateral ceasefire declared by Arabinda Rajkhowa-led group. "The ceasefire declared by Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa is against the ULFA's constitution and we refuse to accept it," Barua said in an email to PTI. Citing the ULFA "constitution", he said no member who had been jailed or was in the custody of 'enemy camp' could take any decision on the...
04:24 PM, Jul 13, 2011
London: Daniel Radcliffe's role in the Harry Potter franchise turned him into a star, but the actor will not play the same character again as he feels the boy wizard's story has ended in a "perfect way". "I'm the only person in the world that doesn't want there to be an eighth Harry Potter book," he told Star magazine. "Believe me, I've given 10 years - I can! I think...
03:50 PM, Jul 12, 2011
