How do soccermoms manage to keep pace with kids of fast forward generation? If some are picking up cool slangs, others have tuned in to the Internet lingo. Many are developing a taste for their kid’s choice of movies so that they have something common to talk about. And others are brushing up their guitar skills, and even taking up dance classes to actually belong to the kid’s generation.

At times it’s easier to say something in prose than in words; and this never stood truer than in the case of youngsters today. Hence, while someone like a cricketer-commentator Dean Jones, well-known as a person who shoots from his hip, has an entire stadium singing, When you say nothing at all, Katrina Kaif immediately evokes

She’s simple and has an earthy charm. And she’s looking for a match on television. Television’s dutiful daughter-in-law Lali, aka Ratan Rajput of Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo, is looking for her partner on Swayamvar’s third season on Imagine, suggest news reports.

Our moral universe is shrinking,” said Congress president Sonia Gandhi recently. In their race to success are there any principles that today’s fast-paced youngsters hold close to their hearts and aren’t ready to compromise on?

It’s no longer about the nine-yard zari lined saris anymore. While the Kancheepuram variety has gone through a transition and a face-lift, an increasing number of brides are looking to cities in North India for trousseau.

As we slowly approach December, the wind is getting sharper and crispier and is bringing along with it a host of ailments like headaches, fever, bodyache, sore throat, respiratory disorders, and more. Divyanti Joshi, media professional, can’t remember when was the last time she was healthy. “Ever since I got viral last month, it seems

So here’s a piece of news for those patriotic ones who already have, or are planning to set the national anthem as their caller tune. Opposed to the idea, the telecom department (DoT) reportedly feels it’d be a mockery of the anthem, stating that providing the national anthem as a caller tune would be a violation of the conditions of the license agreement. But are we really disrespecting the our nation’s sacred song by using it as caller tune?

The I&B ministry has proposed shifting the broadcast hour of the telly shows Bigg Boss and Rakhi Ka Insaaf (aired on Colors) from prime time to after 11pm, on grounds of their content being “vulgar, objectionable and adult”. The producers of the shows have appealed at the Bombay High Court and the decision has been deferred till the court’s next hearing tomorrow.

It seems controversy’s favourite child, Rakhi Sawant, just can’t keep away from the eye of the storm. The latest cause for furore is her TV show, Rakhi Ka Insaaf, which saw a participant’s death soon after he was humiliated on the show with relatives alleging that he was under severe depression ever since he had appeared on RKI and was embarrassed in full public view.

Having more than a decade old law to deal with begging for way too long, the city is drafting a more ‘humane’ legislation incorporating various welfare schemes. In order to handle the condition of beggars in a more sensitive manner, the government plans to facilitate various welfare measures like vocational training, rehabilitation and providing shelters. With the government planning to facilitate easing out of beggars in an organised way, Delhiites share a few suggestions.