London: Judges are choosing the winner of Britain's most prestigious literary trophy from a shortlist that includes novels set in the court of King Henry VIII and the opium dens of Mumbai. Hilary Mantel is favored to win the 50,000 pound ($82,000) Booker Prize with "Bring Up the Bodies," a tale of Tudor treachery which follows the fates of the king's right-hand man, Thomas Cromwell, and the monarch's second wife,...
04:56 PM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Man Booker Prize winner for 2012 will be announced today, as some are calling it "the book world's equivalent of Oscars night". India's Jeet Thayil is also in the running for his debut book Narcopolis, a prize worth 50,000 pounds. Indian writer Jeet Thayil's first novel 'Narcopolis', described as a compelling tale of Mumbai's hazy world of opium addiction, has made it to the six-author shortlist for...
11:14 AM, Oct 16, 2012
Anurag Basu's 'Barfi' carries a pinch of freshness in each frame. The movie, where Ranbir Kapoor plays a deaf and mute guy, has its sound designed by Shajith Koyeri, a Keralite. Considered as one of the best sound designers in Bollywood, the Punnol-born National Award winning sound designer has worked for over 70 films, including 'Omkara', 'Kaminey', 'Ishqiya', 'DAM 999', 'Maqbool', 'Black', 'No One Killed Jessica' and 'Bluff Master'. ",'Barfi'...
06:11 PM, Sep 19, 2012
London: Indian writer Jeet Thayil's first novel 'Narcopolis', described as a compelling tale of Mumbai's hazy world of opium addiction, has made it to the six-author shortlist for the Man Booker Prize 2012 announced today. Apart from 53-year-old Kerala-born Thayil, authors on the shortlist are Deborah Levy, Hilary Mantel, Alison Moore, Will Self and Tan Twan Eng. The winner will be announced on October 16 at Londons Guildhall during a...
05:37 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Los Angeles: Two Los Angeles police officers won't face criminal charges alleging they leaked a photo of pop star Rihanna's bruised and beaten face after she was assaulted by singer Chris Brown, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said. An internal report by prosecutors says that after a three-year investigation, they didn't have enough evidence to show celebrity news website TMZ paid the accused officers for the photo, and...
06:35 PM, Jun 29, 2012
Umbrella manufacturers are hoping to do brisk business this year. ...
01:22 PM, May 28, 2009
Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday warned cricket stars against submitting tardy tax returns, rubbing salt in their wounds after they lost the first Test to Sri Lanka. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) issued notices to Test and one-day captain Misbah-ul Haq, Twenty20 captain Mohammad Hafeez, Azhar Ali, Taufeeq Umar, Umar Akmal and Wahab Riaz. We have issued notices to six cricketers who have either not given correct statements or have...
04:26 PM, Jun 03, 2008
There's an inherent innocence in director Vishal's
Blue Umbrella. ...
11:24 PM, Aug 10, 2007
Chak De India,
Blue Umbrella,
Kaafila and
Rush Hour 3 release today. ...
09:45 AM, Aug 10, 2007
Vishal Bharadwaj's
The Blue Umbrella will finally open on Aug 10. ...
11:33 PM, Aug 09, 2007
Blue Umbrella has won the National Award for the Best Children's Film. ...
10:25 PM, Aug 09, 2007
The film has travelled to film festivals across the world. ...
12:17 AM, Jul 29, 2007
Vishal Bharadwaj's
The Blue Umbrella will release on Aug 10. ...
11:33 PM, Jul 20, 2007
With monsoons nearing, some Mumbaikars are getting their monsoon defences in place. ...
12:00 PM, Jun 17, 2007
Just when everyone thought Britney's behaviour couldn't get any more bizarre ... oops, she's done something crazy again. ...
06:33 PM, Feb 24, 2007
Not allowing the rain Gods to play spoilsport, umbrellas were distributed to those who had gathered for the rally. ...
04:17 AM, Feb 11, 2007
