The dancer won the best choreography for Kamal Haasan's multilingual spy-thriller 'Vishwaroopam'. ...
11:58 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Maharashtra's worst drought in decades is being felt on the pavements of Pune where migrants from drought hit districts are arriving in the hundreds. They come looking for water and jobs and say it's impossible for them to return home. ...
08:26 AM, Mar 13, 2013
Though Indian-Americans have the distinction of being the highest-per capita income group among ethnic communities, they lag far behind their European counterparts when it comes to owning a house in the US. According to the 'Homeownership Among the Foreign-Born Population: 2011', released by the Census Bureau, 55 per cent of the Indian-Americans own a house of their own while 45 live in rented accommodation. ...
03:24 PM, Jan 31, 2013
Amid stiff opposition to the release of his movie 'Vishwaroopam' on DTH format, actor Kamal Haasan today complained to police he has been receiving threats that the movie would be pirated and power supply to the cinemas screening it will be suspended. ...
01:30 PM, Jan 07, 2013
With Kamal Haasan releasing his movie 'Vishwaroopam' on the DTH format first, The Tamil Nadu Theatre Owners Association and Tamil Nadu Film Distributors Federation have resolved not to screen and distribute movies if they are released on the Direct-to-Home platform. ...
04:09 PM, Jan 04, 2013
Thiruvananthapuram: Though the indefinite strike called by the lorry owners in the state has been called off, its impact is unlikely to die down soon. The strike was called by the Lorry Owners Welfare Federation from Monday onwards, demanding an increase in lorry rent to cover the extra spending on diesel. The strike was called off after lorry owners, traders and agents held a meeting on Tuesday and agreed to...
02:31 PM, Sep 19, 2012
Rajeev Chawla Age: 50 Profile: An IAS officer, Chawla was the principal secretary to the revenue department (Bhoomi and urban property registration) in Karnataka before being transferred as the Metropolitan Commissioner, Bangalore Metropolitan Region Development Authority. His Achievements In 1998, Chawla was the first one to roll out an initiative, now called Bhoomi, to digitise land records in the state. He also launched a project to create Urban Property Ownership...
04:03 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Almost 18 months ago, additional secretary (finance), had recommended a high-level investigation by an appropriate agency into the unholy nexus between officials of the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) and owners of Miraflores estate, Nelliampathy, which resulted in a loss of Rs 75.67 crore to the KSIDC. The recommendation was based on the findings ofthe finance inspection wing which probed the financial irregularities at the KSIDC office in...
08:57 AM, Aug 23, 2012
London: Wigan Athletic's Roberto Martinez has flown to Miami to talk to the American owners of Liverpool about the vacant manager's job at Anfield, Wigan chairman Dave Whelan said on Thursday. Martinez is meeting with John W Henry after being granted permission to speak with the Reds' hierarchy. "Roberto is in Miami today [Thursday] and you can only assume what he's gone there for," Whelan told the BBC. "He is...
09:01 AM, May 25, 2012
BCCI president N Srinivisan has refused to believe that IPL team owners may have some involvement in spot-fixing after the issue came to light following a sting operation carried out by an Indian TV channel. ...
11:53 PM, May 15, 2012
London: Liverpool's biggest sponsors criticized the club on Monday for their conduct during the fractious Premier League match against Manchester United that was marred by Luis Suarez's refusal to shake hands with Patrice Evra. The image of one of England's most successful teams took another battering on Saturday when Suarez snubbed Evra in a pre-match handshake at Old Trafford, re-igniting the racism row that flared up when the Ururguay forward...
05:18 PM, Feb 14, 2012
London: Luis Suarez apologized on Sunday for snubbing Patrice Evra in a pre-match handshake as Liverpool publicly condemned the striker for the first time in a long-running racism row that has tarnished the name of one of England's biggest clubs. The Uruguay international was widely criticized for failing to shake Evra's hand before Saturday's Premier League game at Old Trafford in the players' first meeting since Suarez was banned for...
08:41 AM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: Over 7 lakh tonnes of freshly procured wheat is lying in the open and the Madhya Pradesh government is claiming it has exhausted all its storage options. Private godown owners, however, have complained to the state chief Minister alleging godowns are lying vacant and have not been taken on rent as they refused to bribe officials. With the monsoon expected to reach Madhya Pradesh in two weeks, it...
10:37 AM, May 31, 2011
Oslo: Norwegian reindeer owners have a Christmas safety tip for Santa -- put reflectors on his fleet-footed animals so they won't get hit by cars. About 2,000 reindeer have been fitted this month with reflective yellow collars or small antler tags to cut down on the car crashes that now kill 500 reindeer a year and pose a danger to motorists across Arctic Norway. "It really works," Kristian Oevernes, the...
12:49 PM, Dec 22, 2010
London: A woman in Spain claimed that she is the owner of the sun after she got it registered as her property. She now plans to charge people who benefit from the sun's energy, it was reported. Fortynine-year-old Angeles Duran, a resident of Vigo in Spain's northwestern region of Galicia, applied for ownership of the Sun after she learnt that similar claims had been made by a US national on...
05:49 PM, Dec 02, 2010
Government has intervened in the battle between Shiv Sena and multiplex owners, with state home minister RR Patil having met the Marathi producers and theatre owners. ...
09:28 PM, Aug 24, 2010
BCCI will meet the franchise owners to chart a road map for the fourth edition of the cash-rich Twenty20 league. ...
11:35 AM, Jun 24, 2010
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Pump dealers are protesting the hike in VAT on diesel. ...
02:04 PM, Jun 13, 2010
Nine people died in the fire at Carlton Towers on Tuesday. ...
05:09 PM, Feb 24, 2010
