Considering the romantic genre of the film, the composers have gone all out to produce heart-wrenching numbers with familiar tunes and a potpourri of oft-heard songs. Some of them are pleasing while others aren't. The overall effect strikes you as quite average.
About 3,500 jurists, academics, actors, artistes, writers and people from other walks of life called the registration of the FIR against The Wire's founding editor an attack on press freedom.
Accusing Union Ministers Beni Prasad Verma and Kapil Sibal of vitiating the election campaign, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday approached the Election Commission seeking strong action against them for making "baseless" allegations against its leaders.
At least ten people were killed and 20 others, including a cabinet minister, injured in a suicide attack by a suspected Liberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam bomber near a mosque in the southern Sri Lankan city of Matara on Tuesday. The suicide bomber struck during a ceremony to mark Eid-e-Milad-ud-Nabi, the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad, near the mosque in Akuresha area in Matara, police said.
The gold coins will be sold in over 100 post offices in Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Gujarat in the pilot phase, Minister for Communications and Information Technology A Raja said after launching the service. India Post launched the new service on Wednesday in association with the World Gold Council and the Anil Ambani Group's financial services firm Reliance Money.
In a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange IOC said the shareholders, by way of postal ballot, has approved theissuance of bonus shares in the ratio of 1:1.
'A brief statement was made by the Army on the sensitive issue. But no questions were taken,' a member said.
In a series of tweets on August 17, Rashid had alleged that the armed forces entered houses in Kashmir at night and "ransacked" them. She had also alleged that four men were called to an Army camp in Shopian and "interrogated (tortured)".
The government cannot recover the amount from its employee for the monetary loss caused to it by his negligence if he is not directly responsible for it, the Centre Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has said.
'Disappointed at the arrogant and negative response by India to my call for resumption of the peace dialogue,' Prime Minister Khan said in a tweet.
Postal service worker Kristbjorn Hilmir Kjartansson and his friend Gretar Jonsson, a film student, took 14 days to make the trip from Reykjavik to Volgograd.
Manipal University announces admissions to PG course Panchakarma, a type of Ayurveda
Further the shareholders have accorded their approval for issue of bonus shares in 3:5 ratio, wherein three new equity shares would be alloted for every five existing equity shares held, the company added. The company had recommended the issue of 13.68 crore (Rs 136.8 million) bonus shares in the ratio of three new equity shares of Rs 10 each for every five existing equity shares of Rs 10 held by the shareholders of the company in the public category.
Bank chiefs told the RBI said they needed to mobilise deposits as they were facing additional demand for funds with other sources drying up. "When government schemes are offering 8 per cent rate, banks cannot go below that. If we cut rates further, we will not be able to attract fresh funds and will also face the prospects of depositors exiting in favour of small savings instruments," said a banker who attended the meeting.
Kat Von D looked majestic in her red goth-inspired wedding gown.
The vast majority are U.S. taxpayers. That could be changing.
Relaince Energy received the shareholders approval for raising funds through issue of securities.
Matchboxes featuring Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's photograph and offering a reward of US$ five million for information about him are being circulated in Pakistan's tribal North West Frontier Province. Postal and email addresses for sending information on the Al Qaeda chief are printed on the matchboxes. A leaflet within the matchboxes, containing 30 match sticks, says bin Laden is wanted by the US government on charges of killing 220 innocent citizens.
Who gets more than six million personalized letters every year? Santa Claus -- also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas and Ded Moroz (Russia), according to the United Nations Universal Post Union.
The university opens admissions to courses for the year 2008.
'Accept Islam along with your disciples or face death,' the Al Qaeda letter, which orginated from Uttarakhand, reportedly said.
The e-Money order envisages delivering money at the customer's doorsteps. The facility would be launched in Kerala and the four metros-- Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkatta and Chennai, Union Postal Secretary, I M G Khan, told a press meet in Kochi. With this, a long felt need of Indian expatriates for an economic and reliable electronic Money Order facility, would become a reality, he said. About $27 billon comes as inward remittances annually from the Gulf.
The shareholders have been asked to vote on the proposals, which were approved by the board at the meeting on December 19, through postal ballot by February 11 and the results would be announced on February 13, the bank said in a notice to its shareholders. As per the proposals, Kamath would replace N Vaghul as the bank's non-executive chairman, after he retires on completion of his current term on April 30.
'A fresh look is being given to ways of processing, transmission, and delivery.'
Locating an address using mobile global positioning system (GPS) will soon require you to key in just a six-digit code. Officials say the postal department is working on "Pin-Plus," a new pin code that will give the exact location of a house or an office. The code will help companies sort out mails between different departments and make delivery of bulk mails much easier.
The World Gold Council initiates micro-finance scheme to promote investments by low-income groups.
'There will be significant political traction for him. But how much, we don't know yet'
To begin with, the service will be available in 30 places across the country. The postal department would issue railway tickets through the computerised Passenger Reservation System (PRS) counters provided by the railway ministry.
Bringing ticket booking facilities to the doorsteps of passengers, Indian Railways will from now allow selling of reserved tickets through post offices.
Counting of votes for the 60-member Tripura Assembly would begin from 8 am on Friday amid tight security. Chief Election Officer G S G Ayyanger told newsmen on Thursday that counting would be conducted at 19 centres in 17 subdivisions of four districts and is likely to be completed by 12 noon. Postal ballots would be counted first and after that EVMs would be opened, Ayyanger said adding the result would be officially announced in the afternoon.
As all airlines have raised carriage charges, private couriers have increased their tariffs 8-20 per cent. India Post, on the other hand, has not tinkered with its tariffs at all. As a result, India Post's tariff is 70 per cent cheaper for domestic destinations and 30 per cent cheaper for international destinations.
State-run postal service Indiapost is planning to extend its online instant money order (iMO) service application, developed by Chennai-based Ramco Systems, to its 26,000-strong post office network across the country.
Were you ever a victim of data theft? Or did somebody else use your credit card number to buy gizmos online?
Atul Prashar, competitive examination expert, reviews the four methods for GRE 2007 registration.
The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi, invites applications for its MBA programme in International Business.
As with the last 37 years, this year too the India Day Parade in New York saw thousands of Indian Americans throng Manhattan's Madison Avenue to celebrate India's Independence Day. For the thousands of Indians who turned up, it was a once in a year chance to showcase their country's rich cultural diversity.
The counting of votes for the high-stakes assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur will begin at 8 am.
Pharma company Wanbury Ltd on Monday said it will acquire the branded generic business of Spain-based Industrial Farmaceutica Cantabria through Cantabria Pharma SL for 50 million Euro.
'Today, when the planet is in danger, why should India's leaders use petty arguments instead of showing the way?'
