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  • Sensex closes 0.30 percent down healthcare bank stocks plummet

    A benchmark index of Indian equities markets closed Monday's trade down 0.30 percent as there was heavy selling in healthcare, bank, consumer durables, oil and gas and capital goods stocks. However, scrips of automobile, information technology (IT), technology, entertainment and media (TECk) rallied. The Sensex touched its highest intra-trade levels since 2011 during the day as there was ...

  • IPL Scam No pressure on us say Delhi Police

    Delhi Police Monday said there was no pressure on them to go soft on the three Rajasthan Royals players accused of spot fixing as officials of the Indian cricket board's anti-corruption unit met the capital's police chief seeking cooperation in the case. Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar said there was no pressure on the force to go soft on the trio - S. Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and ...

  • IPL spot fixing BCCI official meets Delhi Police chief

    The Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) anti-corruption unit head Ravi Sawani on Monday met Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar over the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scandal. According to television reports, Sawani, who has been appointed by the BCCI as commissioner of inquiry to probe spot-fixing allegations, said the Cricket Board has assured the Delhi police of ...

  • DMRC office catches fire no casualties

    A major fire broke out in a Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) office here Monday morning, said a fire service official. No one was injured in the incident. The incident was reported around 7.10 a.m. from the third floor of the National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) building on Lodhi Road in south Delhi where the DMRC office is situated. A fire service official said 22 fire tenders ...

  • Love for shopping led to Ayesha Kapurs own label

    "Black" fame actress Ayesha Kapur enjoys shopping for accessories so much that she decided to make it her business and launched her own label - Ayesha Accessories. "Ayesha (her company) is an inspiration for me and my mother Jacqueline, who is also the co-founder and MD of Ayesha Accessories, that grew out of the fun that we have while shopping for accessories," said the 18-year-old ...

Movie Review

The Haunted Mansion

The Haunted Mansion

Disneys The Haunted Mansion is, like last summers Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, inspired by the theme-park ride of the same name. Scripted by David Berenbaum (Elf), The Haunted Mansion uses the rides familiar visuals as a leaping-off point for the horror-comedy, which is at times delightfully silly and at other times depressingly thin. ...

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  • Edutainment for kids with donuts

    KidZania, which offers education with entertainment, has partnered with Mad Over Donuts to provide a donut-making experience for children to kindle their creative skills. Children will be allowed to let their imagination run wild and have fun while making their own customised donuts. The 'Zupervisors' will take kids through a journey of using fresh ingredients to fill, dip and decorate their ...

  • Bhabhos fan wants to teach her belly dancing

    Alex, a participant from "India's Dancing Superstar" (IDS), wants to teach belly dancing to Neelu Waghela, Bhabho from "Diya Aur Baati Hum". Alex, who is Neelu's fan, feels that belly dancing is a great way to showcase grace and rhythm and he would love to meet his favourite TV star and teach her some exciting belly dancing moves. He said: "I saw Bhabho dancing on 'Nach Baliye' and I love the ...

  • Avika Gor doesnt mind playing mature roles

    Avika Gor is barely 15 years old but she has played an 18-year-old married woman Roli in "Sasural Simar Ka". And the actress says she doesn't have a problem playing mature roles. Avika's claim to fame was playing child bride Anandi in "Balika Vadhu", but she quit the show after it took a five-year leap in 2010 and Pratyusha Banerjee was brought in as grown up Anandi. But the very next year ...

  • Industrialists say JampK not doing enough to promote it

    The number of identified sick industrial units in Jammu and Kashmir is rising and industrialists say the government is not taking adequate measures to arrest the degrowth in the sector. "The number of sick units has gone up to 457 till March 2013 from 350 in 2011," said a state government official. According to the official, there are 25,000 units in Jammu and Kashmir, including 150 large and ...

  • Two Andhra ministers charged in Jagan case quit

    Two cabinet ministers in Andhra Pradesh charged in the Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's disproportionate assets case have submitted their resignations to Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy. Home Minister P. Sabita Indra Reddy and Roads and Buildings Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao told reporters Monday after meeting the chief minister that they submitted their resignations in view of the allegations to ...

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