Apart from private vehicles, many crammed buses too have brought in the crowds. Plus, many have come by private taxis. Large stickers of YSR and a Congress flag are a common sight on the vehicles. Naturally, the surge of humanity means that traffic crawls around the venue, but really, no one is in a mood to mind
Having stunned all the big runs enroute the final and creating a football frenzy in the region, Shillong Lajong FC will virtually have nothing to lose when they face East Bengal in the Federation Cup final on Sunday in Guwahati.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Prices of key inputs up 44% to 74%; analysts expect earnings squeeze after a quarter or two.
Renowned fitness trainer Gil Reyes, who has worked with top stars like Ana Ivanovic and Fernando Verdasco, on Monday lauded Sania Mirza's 'athleticism' after working for one week with the Indian tennis ace. Sania, who missed India's Fed cup campaign due to an abdominal injury after winning her career's first Grand Slam mixed doubles title at the Australian Open, trained with Reynes at his training centre in Las Vegas.
An Indigo aircraft flight E-664 mmade and emergency landing at New Delhi airport. The National Security Guard and Delhi police's quick response team have been called in.
Police said they have recovered objectionable literature and letters from their possession, which indicate they were involved in the activities of SIMI and were in contact with the arrested leaders. Police also found evidence from them relating to a meeting conducted by SIMI activists based in Delhi in Jabalpur sometime back with an intention to help their associates lodged in Jabalpur jail for carrying out the activities of the banned organisation, he said.
Indira Gandhi National Open University invites application for several programmes in Management.
Taking exception to Manjrekar's post that Bengal had taken over four hours to bowl the quota of 50 overs, Tiwary listed out reasons for the delay
"Some unknown persons had garlanded shoes on the statue of Ambedkar in Gopalpur village of Mohla Police station, about 165 km from state capital Raipur, on Sunday," Rajnandgaon District Superintendent of Police V K Choubey told PTI.
West Indies batting legend Brian Lara could make his coaching debut at next month's Champions League Twenty20. The former captain, who retired from international cricket in 2007, is in talks with the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board for a role as coach of its side in the October 8-23 event in India.
A major controversy has broken out in Canada over a movie Kyo? Kis Liye, after actress and Indo-Canadian Liberal Member of Parliament Ruby Dhalla objected to the movie being released on DVD.Dhalla, who acted in that film, claims that she never gave her permission for the DVD sales of the movie to producer Chiranjit 'Chico' Sihra. Dhalla said she has objections about "misrepresentation by the producers of my image, name and involvement in the film."
In a path-breaking move, the government on Friday decided to grant permanent commission to future batches of women officers in the armed forces, but restricted it to non-combat arms of the Army, Navy and Air Force.
20 new models have been shortlisted to walk the ramp for the upcoming Lakme Fashion Week. Here's a series of introductions to the latest lookers.
Ministers favour cuts in excise, import duty on steel.
Boeing had announced a further six-month delay for the first flight and initial deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner programme to Air India. A high-level Boeing team will discuss the fallouts with IA, including compensation in the coming week. The revised delays will have a significant impact on IA's growth plan and financial aspect. Apart from compensation, Boeing will also have to factor in the impact of the delay on the carrier's growth plan when computing for the same.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj has said that the situation in her party is 'volcanic' following its defeat in the Lok Sabha elections.
Sanjay Dutt's film, Charles & I seems to be embroiled in controversy after Charles Sobhraj threatened to sue the film's producers. The shooting was to start in February next year.
Abhinav Mukund feasted on Uttar Pradesh's pedestrian attack and slammed his fourth century of the season as Tamil Nadu cruised to 296 for two wickets on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy semi-final match in Nagpur on Sunday. Dinesh Karthik's decision to bat first stood vindicated as Mukund (100) and Murali Vijay (69) added 167 runs for the opening stand before both fell in the span of seven overs.
China will deny bank loans to companies violating environmental rules under a 'green credit policy' in an effort to tackle worsening pollution, the state media reported on Thursday.
New Zealand coach Andy Moles and middle-order batsman Ross Taylor consider India above South Africa and Australia and feel Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team should be rated number one in the world for their consistent performance over a period of time.
Bhutan's Prime Minister-in waiting Jigmi Y Thinley has said India will be the first country he will like to visit after the country's inaugural democratic government assumes office. "The prime minister of Bhutan will look forward to being invited to India as the first country that he will visit as the leader of the first democratically elected government of the country," he told reporters at his house in Chungkhar, Pemagatshel.
As part of a relationship series to ensure you're lucky in love this year, here's an excerpt from the dating guide Make Every Man Want You by Marie Forleo.
Aamir has refused to give clips of his directorial debut, Taare Zameen Par, to the IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) function this year. Apparently, it's payback time for Amitabh Bachchan, the IIFA brand ambassador.
The incident happened after Vellu, who is chief of Malaysian Indian Congress, finished performing the ceremony on Wednesday.
After Steve Harmison and Andrew Flintoff, England spinner Graeme Swann too has developed cold feet and is reluctant to tour India following the terror strikes in Mumbai. Swann said though he has full faith on security adviser Reg Dickason, who is yet to give a go-ahead to the tour, he is not particularly keen on returning to India for the two-match Test series.
Last week, Basu had been quoted as saying, "We want capital, both foreign and domestic. After all, we are working in a capitalist system. Socialism is not possible now." Maintaining that Basu's remarks were on the nature of capitalist development in West Bengal and the role of the Left Front government, party general secretary Prakash Karat said, "On the basis of these reports, some political leaders have also come out with equally confused and misplaced reactions."
Until self-sufficiency in food is achieved, targeted subsidies and food distribution need to be beefed up to protect society's vulnerable sections.
Louis Vuitton, Bvlgari, Christian Dior and their ilk have discovered the Indian rich and everyone is exulting over the coming of age of the Indian consumer. But long before these trendy luxury stores made their fashionable and perfumed entries into India, the Indian middle class consumer made a significant if little-noticed transition up the value chain.
Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly led the applause for Kuldeep Yadav after his match-winning hat-trick against Australia in the second One-Day International at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, on Thursday.
Russia's president-elect Dmitry Medvedev's surname can trace its origin to Sanskrit. Scholars have long believed that Arctic Russia was the home of Indo-European Aryan tribes. Outgoing president Vladimir Putin also spoke of Russia's Aryan roots during his India visit.
E-krishi, Kerala State IT Mission's ((KSITM) online agri-business network, is making waves in the state with the pilot project in Malapuram district receiving tremendous response.
Party chief Sonia Gandhi has convened the meeting at a time when rising inflation and record international prices of crude oil have created serious concerns before the Congress as also the coalition government
The subcommittee, a key panel of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has jurisdiction over United States policy towards all countries in the two regions, including important US allies Israel and India.
The Anil Kumble-led team is hoping to become the first Indian team to conquer the Aussies in their own backyard.
Men are increasingly going off sex due to stress, depression and the inability to talk about their problems, experts have claimed. A team at relationship counselling service Relate has reported a whopping 40 per cent increase in the number of lazy blokes, admitting that, despite being physically able to have sex, they are not interested.
Wimbledon's aim is to create a timeless, relaxed atmosphere "like a walk in an English country garden."
Batsman Darren Bravo has been dropped from the West Indies squad in Zimbabwe for a triangular one-day international series because of "unacceptable behaviour", the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) said on Saturday.
Liverpool forward Craig Bellamy is determined to silence his critics by helping Liverpool to Champions League glory over AC Milan on Wednesday.
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