Heavy polling was reported on Saturday in the three Kerala assembly constituencies of Kannur, Ernakulam and Alappuzha. Till 2 p.m., Kannur recorded the maximum turnout of 57 per cent, Alappuzha saw 52 per cent votes polled, while Ernakulam reported around 46 per cent. There were long queues of voters outside most booths. The elections were necessitated after Congress legislators from these constituencies were elected to the Lok Sabha. At Kannur, paramilitary... Read Full Story
Shilpa Shetty, who is marrying London-based Raj Kundra on November 22, is facing pre-nuptial blues. She admits she is experiencing 'mixed feelings' as the D-day draws near. "To all those who want to know how I am feeling, I just want to say I'm going through a lot of mixed feelings - happiness, excitement, nervousness, just like any bride to be and sadness as well," Shilpa posted on her blog shilpashettylive.com/blog/. The 34-year-old actress is tying the knot ... Read Full Story
Giving a new dimension to the LeT plot to attack Indian facilities, FBI sleuths have recovered two inflammatory al-Qaeda videos containing speeches by Osama bin Laden and other terrorists from the house of Pakistan-born Canadian Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who was arrested last month.Produced by 'As Sahab Media', commonly acknowledged to be the media wing of al-Qaeda, one of the videos is titled 'Bombing of Denmark Embassy' and was recovered from the living room of 48-... Read Full Story
Amidst the tribulation of bitter spilt Deepika Padukone has a reason to smile. With Asin out of Ashutosh Gowariker's Khelein Gay Hum Jee Jaan Se, Deepika Padukone is all set to star opposite Abhishek Bachchan in the film. Ashu who is known to portray actresses in a beautiful way in his films zeroed in on Dippy after cautuious Asin stepped out of the running citing date problems. Though he also considered Genelia D’Souza and Sonam Kapoor for the role but in... Read Full Story
Acer has finally arrived in India with three new touchscreens virtually encompassing all price ranges. The new phones prices start at around Rs.12,000 and go up to Rs. 35,000. The new phones launched are the beTouch e101, beTouch e200 and the top-of-the-line neoTouch. As always, we will start with the cheapest of the lot which in this case happens to be the beTouch e101. beTouch e101 The beTouch e101 might be the cheapest of the lot but the phone still does pack... Read Full Story
The Congress party Friday said 'Vande Mataram', around which a controversy has arisen after a Muslim clerics organisation endorsed a fatwa (decree) against it, should be respected by all Indians. A day after Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid hit out at Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind which asked Muslims not to recite 'Vande Mataram', Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said endorsement of the fatwa against 'Vande Mataram' is the view only of 'some organisations' and '... Read Full Story
