Child actor Rubina Ali, who featured in the Oscar-winning ’Slumdog Millionaire’ has lost her home in the major fire, that gutted several shanties in suburban Bandra. "I have lost everything including the film memorabilia," Rubina said today. The 12-year-old said she was inside her
Jimmy Hansra hit a career-best 74 as Canada notched up their second win in the World Cup history after defeating Kenya by five wickets in a group A clash at Feroze Shah Kotla stadium here on Monday. Canada produced a disciplined all-round performance
India’s batting line-up ensured no upsets in their World Cup campaign as a fighting Ireland was done-in by Yusuf Pathan’s cameo towards the end while Yuvraj Singh played the anchor role with his gritty 47th ODI fifty. Chasing under the lights, the home team had to battle
Veteran Congress politician Arjun Singh, who had a long and chequered career as chief minister of Madhya Pradesh and, later, as Union minister, died here today after a long illness. Arjun Singh (81), who was admitted to the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences some days
Kaup MLA Lalaji Mendon told media that “Nagarjuna (UPCL) which is causing the environmental damage at the coastal area, has come into existence because of other political parties while they were in the administration. These parties supported this project and only now it has
I am neither a resident nor a voter in India. I have a job in Qatar, what people back home call a cushy one. Till I have that job, I have this luxury of reading about local issues of Belle and comment about them; if the issue excites me sufficiently. One of the recent interesting
South Africa succumbed to a batting collapse under pressure as England snatched a dramatic six-runvictory over title aspirants South Africa in a low-scoring World Cup Group B thriller here on Sunday. England defended a small total of 171 which they scored in 45.4 overs after electing
Rain played spoilsport to a much-anticipated match as the cricket World Cup encounter between defending champions Australia and Sri Lanka was called off after 32.5 overs due to heavy rains here on Saturday. After electing to bat, Sri Lanka made a shaky start but recovered to 146
If you thought that the lighthouse was just another pretty structure by the beach, think again. Pay a visit to a nearby lighthouse near you and learn more, because they deserve better recognition of the work they have been doing in guiding ships and men to safety since time immemorial.
When the Namma Metro construction work tunnels underground at the Mysore Bank Circle, there is one stately heritage structure, a century old no less, that may succumb to the upheaval of excavation. This is the premises of the old law college of Bangalore University on Palace Road
With only a month to go for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, the ruling DMK Saturday said it was ending its seven-year alliance with the Congress and asked its ministers to quit the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. The dramatic decision was
West Indies bowlers shot out co-hosts Bangladesh for a paltry 58 to set up a crushing nine-wicket victory in a group league encounter at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium here on Friday. The 9-wicket win was one of West Indies` most comprehensive win in their 36-year history in the
New Zealand displayed a clinically efficient all round performance to thump Zimbabwe by 10 wickets with more than 16 overs to spare in their crucial group league encounter of the World Cup at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera on Friday. The Kiwis first bundled out Elton
Veteran Bollywood actor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee Hema Malini was Thursday elected to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka. She defeated noted Kannada writer K. Marulasiddappa who contested as an independent with the support of the opposition Congress and
When various factors have forced arecanut growers to loose hopes on its cultivation, a homemaker at Beeramangala near Sullia in Dakshina Kannada has proved that ornamental floriculture in arecanut plantation is possible and it can bring some cheer to the growers.
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