London: With stitches in his cheek, a broken fingertip and his arm still in a sling, there’s good reason for suspecting Daniel Craig might be both shaken and stirred by his experience filming Quantum of Solace, but the actor is up-beat as the curtain rises on his second Bond movie. “We have stylised it much [...]
Hot summer sweat. Increasing weight. Don’t wanna go gymming? Indulge in swimming! Fashion designer Meera Mittal hums this tune — because she prefers swimming over any other fitness programme. She says, “I really enjoy it. No sweating and excessive fatigue as I have experienced when working out at the gym. I am out in the [...]
Sunrise (Florida): With just four days to go on the campaign trail, every last minute counts, and some minutes cost more than others — millions more. Starting Wednesday night, the Obama campaign out-muscled opponent John McCain’s with a 30-minute prime-time political infomercial — including a live hookup from the campaign trail — that simultaneously aired [...]
New Delhi: Yet another airfare hike is in the offing from Saturday with airlines and travel agents mutually deciding to add a new component, transaction fee. The transaction fee would be a minimum of Rs.350 for domestic and a maximum of Rs.10,000 for international passengers. The zero-percent commission regime will be replaced by the transaction [...]
New Delhi: Former Australian vice-captain Adam Gilchrist’s biography may create a new row with its comments on Indian cricketers. Gilchrist has apologised for calling Sachin Tendulkar a “sore loser” in True Colours but the book also takes a swipe at Sourav Ganguly and Harbhajan Singh, suggesting that the two had chickened out of their 2004 [...]
Guwahati: The BJP would revive the anti-terrorist law POTA if it returns to power, said senior party leader L K Advani on Friday while visiting Guwahati, which was hit by five bomb blasts yesterday. “We will put in place a very strong legal framework—revive POTA, revamp the national intelligence structure, besides ensuring that Bangladesh is [...]
TV remote controls, bathroom taps and refrigerator doors are hotspots for the common cold virus, experts have warned. Researchers at the University of Virginia swabbed these common household surfaces in 30 homes and found traces of rhinovirus 42% of the time. While coughs and sneezes do spread the disease, everyday objects in the home are [...]
Amid the global economic downturn, mobile phone maker Motorola will lay off 3,000 employees and push back its planned spin off of its mobile devices unit, as it seeks to utilize 2009 in development of smart phones, said Sanjay Jha, chief executive of the company’s mobile devices business. Motorola will make smartphones to compete with [...]
Bhubaneswar ( Orissa) : In yet another significant development in nun rape case, Orissa DGP Manmohan Praharaj was on Friday acted very tough on one ASI and four OSAP Jawans for their neglence on duty on Aug 25 when the alleged nun rape hasd taken place and placed them under suspension. The suspended policemen are [...]
A video showing BJP president Rajnath Singh sitting with Pragya Thakur — arrested in the Malegaon blast case — had put the party on the defensive. But that was yesterday. On Thursday, the BJP faced the cameras, distancing itself from the accused. They are no longer defensive. “Whatever evidence is found in the case should [...]
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