New Delhi: Faced with all-round attack, the Congress is expected to launch its counter-offensive at a rally in New Delhi on Sunday in which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, party president Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi would be the star speakers. Sunday's rally is also expected to set the agenda for the party's one-day brainstorming session at Surajkund on November 9 in which it plans to discuss current political and economic...
04:51 PM, Nov 03, 2012
Mumbai: Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani is surprised about rumours that his new film 'PK' is being delayed. He says he is, in fact, busy scouting for shooting locations for the movie in Delhi and Rajasthan. Hirani says he is busy with the recce of locations in Delhi, while his team's second unit started shooting almost two weeks back. However, the principal shooting and photography would start in mid-January 2013. "I have...
04:29 PM, Nov 03, 2012
New Delhi: After playing intense roles in 'The Dirty Picture' and 'Kahaani', actress Vidya Balan says she is nervous to step into the unfamiliar territory of comedy with 'Ghanchakkar'. The 34-year-old actress is reteaming with Emraan Hashmi for the comedy thriller, being directed by Rajkumar Gupta of 'No One Killed Jessica' fame. "I am nervous about the film because it is my first comedy. I am worried whether I will...
10:17 AM, Oct 30, 2012
London: Just days after release of her first adult novel, famed author JK Rowling has said her next published book will be for children. "I think probably the next thing I write, or the next thing I publish, will be for children," said Rowling, while talking to an audience at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in Gloucestershire, England. She told fans that she had a "number of ideas on my laptop",...
02:17 AM, Oct 08, 2012
Faridabad: A hotel manager was on Saturday suspended by Haryana Tourism Department and a complaint filed against the organisers of an event in Faridabad after a British performer shed her clothes while dancing, baring her upper body. The incident occurred on Friday at Rajhans hotel in Surajkund during the International Tattoo Convention, officials said, adding that manager Rajeev Sabarwal was placed under suspension. A complaint has been registered against the...
11:00 PM, Oct 06, 2012
A strange uneasiness woke Petunia Dursley up much before the diffused rays of the sun swept the manicured lawns of 7, Privet Drive, Little Whinging. She had a premonition of something terrible about to happen to her ever since she received an owl from Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry 11 years ago, asking her to look out for the signs. She had been watchful...
10:19 AM, Oct 03, 2012
London: Celebrated writer JK Rowling prefers the romance of the printed book rather than e-books even though she has recently acquired a tablet that has a library of over 200 books. Speaking to journalists and others at a book reading event at the Southbank Centre here, Rowling said that until some time ago she was "hesitant" to use e-books, because "I didn't understand it, but finally I got it." She...
03:40 AM, Oct 01, 2012
On this week's episode, we bring to you stories of courage, goodwill and strong determination despite all odds. The story of a bunch of few courageous men who dive in the cold waters of the Chenab to rescue those drowning, a philanthropist who started an English medium school and provides education absolutely free of cost, an NGO that works to rescue children working in mines in Meghalaya - all these ...
10:59 AM, Sep 30, 2012
New Delhi: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani appealed for unity in the party and asked the leaders be honest and nationalist. While speaking at the National Executive of the party in Surajkund, Haryana on Friday the BJP patriarch said that the party leaders should not give an opportunity to the media and the opponents to propagate that party is corrupt. "Leaders and workers must not speak in...
03:05 PM, Sep 28, 2012
Haryana: The decks have been cleared for Nitin Gadkari to continue as the National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The party has passed a resolution enabling a provision for a second term for one person. Former party Presidents Rajnath Singh and Venkaiah Naidu proposed and seconded another term for Gadkari. The BJP's national council met to amend the party's constitution on Friday, which till now did not permit...
11:45 AM, Sep 28, 2012
New York: So look, here's the thing: This. Is. Not. A. Children's. Book. If you're looking for what made Harry Potter magical - Wizards! Spells! Flying Broomsticks! - you're not going to find it. If you're looking for what makes JK Rowling magical - emotion, heart - you will. Vacancy is the first novel written for adults from Rowling, the successful-beyond-belief author behind the "Harry Potter" series about the young...
08:39 AM, Sep 28, 2012
Author JK Rowling's 'The Casual Vacancy' published by Hachette sets a new record for sales for an adult hardback in India. Rowling already holds the record for children's books with her Harry Potter series. The Casual Vacancy is the first ever high-security book to be printed locally in India. In India the book was released under high security at 2:30 pm. There is an Indian character, Parminder Jawanda, in Rowling's...
03:47 PM, Sep 27, 2012
New Delhi: A big novel about a small town, The Casual Vacancy is JK Rowlings first novel for adults. The Casual Vacancy is the first ever high-security book to be printed locally in India. In India the book releases under high security at 2.30 pm. The cover is designed by Mario J Pulice, illustration and hand lettering by Joel Holland. It may lack wizards and witches, but JK Rowling and...
01:46 PM, Sep 27, 2012
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is expected to be present on the second day of the BJP's conclave in Surajkund in Haryana. The National Council meeting on Thursday will also see the issue of FDI in retail on the party's agenda. BJP leaders are meeting over three days ahead of upcoming elections in BJP-ruled states of Gujarat, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh. On Wednesday, BJP Chief Nitin Gadkari reportedly...
08:59 AM, Sep 27, 2012
New Delhi: A big novel about a small town, The Casual Vacancy is JK Rowlings first novel for adults. The cover is designed by Mario J Pulice, illustration and hand lettering by Joel Holland. It may lack wizards and witches, but JK Rowling and her publisher are hoping her first novel for adults. Earlier reports had suggested that 'The Casual Vacancy,' will have the magic touch. The book will be...
04:49 PM, Sep 26, 2012
Surajkund: Seeking to put at rest speculation on its stand on FDI in multi-brand retail, the BJP on Wednesday said it is opposed to the proposal in toto and indicated that it will scrap the policy if the NDA comes to power. Amid reports that Shiromani Akali Dal President and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, who is a key NDA ally, has softened his stand on FDI in multi-brand...
03:57 PM, Sep 26, 2012
So look, here's the thing: This. Is. Not. A. Children's. Book. If you're looking for what made Harry Potter magical - Wizards! Spells! Flying Broomsticks! - you're not going to find it. If you're looking for what makes JK Rowling magical - emotion, heart - you will. 'The Casual Vacancy' is the first novel written for adults from Rowling, the successful-beyond-belief author behind the 'Harry Potter' series about the young...
02:40 PM, Sep 26, 2012
New Delhi: Top BJP leaders including state chief ministers will be gathering in Surajkund in Haryana on Wednesday for a three-day conclave. This comprises an executive meet that will be followed by a two-day national council meet. The main opposition party is expected to propose strategies to project itself as an alternative to the UPA. The party is expected to adopt three resolutions including one on the current political situation...
07:14 AM, Sep 26, 2012
Author JK Rowling could be imprisoned by the huge fortune that she has made from the Harry Potter books, says her fellow author Joanna Trollope. Rowling, who has sold more than 450 million copies of her novel and amassed an estimated 560 million pounds fortune, was a single mother living on social security benefits when she wrote her first Harry Potter novel, reported Daily Telegraph. "I have nothing but admiration...
02:41 PM, Sep 21, 2012
