HYDERABAD: A day after the beef festival turned violent on the Osmania University campus, the varsity as well as the festival became hot topics of discussion on the micro-blogging site Twitter on Monday.Users from across the country aired opinions, debated and without hestitation threw muck at one another and importantly, against the university.Noted Dalit activist Meena Kandasamy, who attended the festival, had live Twitter updates on the proceedings and there...
09:28 AM, Apr 17, 2012
Washington: If alien life really exists, they would have found humans by now, but consciously avoiding us for unknown reasons, a new study has suggested. Researchers, who calculated the time a society would take to muster up the resources and know-how to travel to another world, found that alien civilisations starting from the oldest stars in the galaxy would have had more than enough time to reach Earth. "We are...
04:44 PM, Feb 01, 2012
Haridwar: For centuries, Indian women were forbidden from chanting Vedic Mantras, especially in public, out of fear the power of the religious verses might cause menstrual problems and difficulties in bearing children. Though the thinking changed slightly in recent years to allow women to chant in some cases, it remained extremely rare and private. But on November 6, this will change. A total of 108 Indian women have been selected...
10:43 AM, Nov 08, 2011
Moscow: A Russian animal tamer has set a new Guinness record, standing on two horses running side by side while his two women assistants stood one on top of another on his shoulders. Edgard Zapashny set the record Monday. He and his assistants formed an acrobatic 4.5-metre-tall human column. Zapashny created the risky acrobatic act with his brother Askold for the Guinness Records. The two have been polishing the act...
03:33 PM, Nov 01, 2011
London: Have had an out-of-body experience? It's nothing, just your brain playing tricks on you, according to a new study. Researchers from the universities of Edinburgh and Cambridge claim that common spooky scenarios, such as floating above a hospital bed or walking towards the light at the end of a tunnel, can be explained by human brain trying to make sense of the process of death. For their study, the...
05:23 PM, Oct 31, 2011
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09:09 PM, Jul 28, 2011
New Delhi: Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor dazzled on Sunday night as she walked the ramp in noted fashion designer Manish Malhotra's couture show as a surprise showstopper on the third-day of the ongoing Synergy1 Delhi Couture Week in the capital. Dressed in white lehenga and heavily embroidered red backless overcoat with embellished gold work, the actress opened the designer's bridal collection inspired from the old world charm and majestic opulence...
02:35 PM, Jul 25, 2011
New Delhi: Veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha turned a bit emotional as daughter Sonakshi walked as a showstopper for designer duo Shantanu-Nikhil on the third day of ongoing Synergy1 Delhi Couture Week on Sunday. Both Shatrughan and wife Poonam Sinha came to support Sonakshi and cheered for her from the front row. While the veteran actor wore a charcoal colour sherwani, Poonam looked graceful in a green sari. "My dad has...
12:47 PM, Jul 25, 2011
Mumbai: Vasuki Sunkavalli, winner of I Am She Miss Universe India 2011, says her priority is physical fitness for the beauty pageant in Brazil and that she has no plans as of now of entering the Hindi film industry. "I don't have a Bollywood plan, but nevertheless, never say never. I'm a lawyer by profession and have done modelling and Bollywood has never been an option so far. But I...
08:19 PM, Jul 18, 2011
London: Playboy boss Hugh Hefner says that his former fiancee Crystal Harris took him for a "pretty nice ride". The 85-year-old magazine mogul, who was jilted by the 25-year-old model less than a week before their planned wedding in June didn't ever think that they would split, reported Contactmusic. "I didn't see it coming. I truly didn't see it coming. I think an argument could be made that she took...
01:36 PM, Jul 17, 2011
Mumbai: Good height and an attractive face are just not enough to get a place in Sushmita Sen's Wadhawan Lifestyle I Am She contest. The former beauty queen and actress says the most important criterion for selection is a person with "good character". "When I say character, I mean that a lot of women who come are very beautiful but some of them can do anything to achieve what they...
11:08 AM, Jul 02, 2011
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