In seven years Indian Political Parties earned Rs. 4,662 crore
A report on the income of 23 major political parties has been released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) ADR and NEW said these figures were collected after a protracted battle with political parties and Income Tax Department through the Right to Information Act. The report said the income [...]
Congress would take Gujrat to to the 18th Century : Modi
Assembly election is due in December in Gujarat. Congress aims to take you back to the 18th Century. Would you like to go to the 18th Century rule? asked Modi Modi was speaking at the inaugural function of a river front development project along the banks of Sabarmati. Attacking the UPA Government, he said it [...]
Here are three foods all men should eat
A varied, balanced diet is the cornerstone of healthy living for everyone, yet healthy eating can sometimes mean different things depending on your gender. While there are some foods we should all be eating more of, men and women also have their own set of dietary requirements as well as their own unique health concerns. [...]
Movie Review : Gangs of Wasseypur 2, execillent movie but too long!
Jab tak Hindustan mein cinema bante rahenge, public ch****ya banti rahegi Trust Anurag Kashyap to believe that dialogue from the core of his heart. The man doesn’t make films, he makes vendetta come alive on screen. With ‘Gangs of Wasseypur 1’, the director had set the stage for a classic; with its second part, he [...]
Virat Kohli’s rise to the No. 2 spot in the ICC’s
BANGALORE: Virat Kohli’s rise to the No. 2 spot in the ICC’s ODI rankings should not surprise anyone. It is an apt reward to his consistency at the highest level, the number of match-winning knocks he has come up with in recent times, and the increasing maturity he has shown. His next challenge though is [...]
Box-office report : “Jism 2″ receiving mixed response from critics
Sunny Leone’s ‘Jism 2’ directed by Pooja Bhatt opens to a good start. Despite receiving mixed response from critics, the craze for the movie among the cine-goers is sky-high. The enthusiasm was high on Thursday and on Friday being a working day; ‘Jism 2’ has been able to garner 50 percent and 60 percent of [...]
Supporters are against the team Anna’s decision to form a political party
New Delhi: A day after Team Anna announced its political debut, some dejected Anna Hazare supporters at Navsari in Surat burnt posters of Anna and India Against Corruption. The supporters are against the team’s decision to form a political party. The supporters had been sitting with Anna in protest for the past 10 days. The [...]
Audi launched the A8 4.2 TDI in India at Rs 1.75 crore
German luxury car maker Audi on Friday launched the A8 4.2 TDI in India. The vehicle will be priced at Rs 1.75 crore. Audi currently offers three variants of the A8L in India—the base 3.0 TDI quattro, the mid-level 4.2 FSI petrol and the range topping 6.3 W12 quattro. The new 4.2 TDI quattro will [...]
Review : Much-awaited movie Jism 2
Cast: Sunny Leone, Randeep Hooda and Arunoday Singh Director: Pooja Bhatt Lust, sex and dhokha are its overriding ingredients, but Jism-2, for good measure, opens with a Biblical reference – “the life of man upon earth is warfare” – so that the audience does not miss the moral context of the drama. But when it [...]
Simply eat less to live a longer life : Study
LONDON: Ditch your diet and gym session and simply eat less to live a longer life, a leading scientist has said. Dr Michael Mosley, a presenter on BBC science show ‘Horizon’ has claimed that ongoing research suggested that a high metabolic rate – how much energy the body uses for normal functions – is a [...]
New Delhi: LK Advani is in Nagpur today where he says he will discuss his rath yatra against corruption with BJP President Nitin Gadkari and Mohan Bhagwat, who heads the BJP’s parent body, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS). There have been reports that the RSS has expressed its reservations about Mr Advani’s nationwide tour, and [...]
CHENNAI: The HIV virus can severely affect the industrial and corporate sectors, affecting manpower as a resource and productivity, said leaders of Government AIDS Control Societies from South India. Speaking at a national conference on HIV – Partnership, Prevention and Treatment hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), here on Tuesday, C Partha Sarathi, [...]
As a school-going girl, chief minister Sheila Dikshit “wanted to become a nurse”, drawing inspiration from Florence Nightingale who is remembered for her work during the Crimean War. Recalling her school days, 73-year-old Dikshit on Tuesday said she read about famous personalities including English poet William Wordsworth, scientist Sir Isaac Newton and Rani Jhansi but [...]
Bird flu has resurfaced in West Bengal with poultry samples from five gram panchayats of Tehatta I block in Nadia district testing positive for H5N1 (avian influenza) at the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory (HSADL) in Bhopal. Sixty teams, comprising 420 people, from the animal resource development department and district administration started culling of the [...]
NEW DELHI: Describing the Hissar byelection as a ‘litmus test’, Team Anna announced on Tuesday that they would actively campaign against candidates who did not support the Jan Lokpal Bill. The group, led by activist Anna Hazare, said candidates will have to get a written undertaking from their party endorsing the Jan Lokpal bill by [...]
Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata unveiled a Nano car – made with gold and silver, and studded with precious stone – worth Rs22 crore. Chairman of Tata Group Ratan Tata poses in front of a Nano car. Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata (2nd L) after unveiling the Goldplus Jewellery Car created on a Nano to [...]
NEW DELHI: NDMC will be keeping a close watch on the work done by its field staff using GPRS technology. The civic agency will be handing out GPRS-enabled mobile phones to its supervisors so that they can click photographs of areas that have been cleaned and send them to the headquarters for monitoring. The project, [...]
The number of deaths as reported by the State Goverment of Sikkim is 50. This may increase further as rescue and relief teams reach into the interiors. Conformed reports say that 12 died in East Sikkim (Rangpo – 1, Singtam – 2, Chubakola – 5, 15th Mile – 2, Sang – 1, Makha – 1);33 [...]
A student of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Bangalore has killed herself at her hostel after a bad break-up with her boyfriend that allegedly included messages on Facebook. The 23-year-old student at IIM was from Jharkhand. In a note she left behind, she said that her boyfriend had “ditched” her. The man she [...]
LONDON: Here’s some good news for coffee buffs – drinking two to three cups of the beverage can significantly reduce your risk of a stroke, says a new study. Researchers in Sweden have carried out the study and found that drinking coffee can cut chances of a clot on the brain by 14%, while three [...]
