Everything you need to know about Mana Camp: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Mana Camp: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Chennai, May 16 (IANS) Tamil director Bharatbala says that friendship is the pillar of the relationship he shares with Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman, with whom he has teamed up again in forthcoming Tamil romantic-drama "Mariyaan".
Suva, May 15 (IANS) India will take part in a five-day meet in Fiji where local and international sugar researchers will share information on "erianthus", a sugar hybrid, the government said Wednesday.
Mumbai, May 14 (IANS) It's a misconception that a director has to compromise with his or her ideas while working with a big banner, says "Aurangzeb" director Atul Sabharwal and admits that under the umbrella of a big name "you are protected".
New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday expressed his delight after the unveiling of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N T Rama Rao's statue in Parliament, saying it is the happiest day for the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the people of the state.
Washington, May 2 (ANI): NASA's newest scientific rover, known as GROVER, which stands for both Greenland Rover and Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicle for Exploration and Research, is set for testing May 3 through June 8 in the highest part of Greenland.
The Minister of Education, Social Welfare, Women & Child Development, Prof. Kiran Walia said that Govt. of Delhi will promote sports activities in all schools in the capital to groom the school children in order to perform best in the field of sports. Prof. Walia was speaking while inaugurating
Guruvayoor (Kerala), April 28 (IANS) Its decades long ethnic conflict over, Sri Lanka is steadily emerging as a major competitor to Kerala's ayurvedic system of medicine, a leading industry expert says.
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) French live show "Mana", which has been staged in the US, Japan, Thailand and Turkey, will open to Indian audiences at Kingdom of Dreams in Gurgaon, starting May 14.
London, April 21 (ANI): Pop Star Janet Jackson's new billionaire husband, Wissam Al Mana, had a steamy love affair with a former playboy stripper.
Hyderabad, April 11 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government Thursday launched a new scheme to supply a basket of nine essential commodities to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families in the state.
Chennai, April 11 (IANS) As much as Tamil audiences root for commercial films, they are open to fresh stories too, says Tamil filmmaker Bharatbala, who has made his upcoming film "Mariyaan" for this reason.
Tokyo, Apr. 9 (ANI): The Defense Ministry of Japan has deployed Patriot PAC-3 antimissile air defense units to three Self-Defense Forces installations, in Tokyo and Chiba, to defend against possible North Korean missile strikes.
San Juan, March 20 (IANS/EFE) After a two-year battle against cancer, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Draco Rosa launched Tuesday his new album "Vida" (Life) on which he teams up with 16 artists including Ricky Martin, Shakira and Alejandro Sanz.
London, Mar. 18 (ANI): Prince William has been given a new royal role as 'personal aide de camp' to the Queen, it has been announced.
Mumbai, Mar 1 (IANS) Reacting to the imposition of 10 percent surcharge by the government on those who earn more than Rs.1 crore a year, actor Suniel Shetty says the government should start imposing tax on corruption.
Los Angeles, Feb 26 (IANS) Singer Janet Jackson has revealed that she has already married businessman Wissam Al Mana.
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Calling the gruesome Dec 16 gang-rape in the national capital a "shameless act", union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Saturday said much more still remained to be done to provide safety to women.
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 5 (IANS/EFE) Beyonce, one of the world's top pop queens, will be the main opening-night attraction at Rock in Rio 2013, to be held between Sep 13-22, the organizers said Monday.
London, Feb 3 (ANI): The British Army has demonstrated a new spy drone at Camp Bastion, which is their latest weapon against the Taliban.
Lucknow, Jan 30 (IANS) A case was filed against an eatery here Wednesday for allegedly demeaning the Kakori martyrs and the Indian national anthem, police said.
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Emmy Award winning choir Chicago Children enthralled audiences by singing the national anthem 'Jana Gana Mana' at the India Islamic Cultural Centre here.
London, Jan. 25 (ANI): Prince Harry might never get the chance to fight on the front line again, after military sources confirmed there are no plans for him to return to Afghanistan.
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) A 35-year-old man was Thursday arrested here for making a hoax bomb call to decongest traffic on a road here, police said.
Washington, Jan.17 (ANI): A U.S. Marine pleaded guilty in a court-martial for urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban extremists and then getting himself photographed with the corpses.
M0umbai, Jan 14 (IANS) What's with film actors' wives and the business of interior design and products?
London, Jan. 10 (ANI): A unique contest to become an astronaut has been launched in the UK.
New York, Dec. 27 (ANI): Janet Jackson has reportedly gotten engaged to her Qatari billionaire boyfriend Wissam Al Mana.
Madrid, Dec 13 (IANS) Lionel Messi was again the star of the show as FC Barcelona all but assured their place in the last 16 of the Spanish Copa del Rey knockout competition.
Chennai, Dec 6 (IANS) Southern actress Vedhika C. Kumar will soon be seen in Tamil period-drama "Paradesi", directed by Bala Pazhanisaamy, and she feels that the hypnotizing aura of the filmmaker brings out exactly what he wants from his actors.
Washington, Nov. 23 (ANI): A postcard sent nearly 70 years ago has finally arrived at the former upstate New York home of the couple who sent it.
Chandigarh, Oct 31 (IANS) Over 200,000 people will sing the national anthem 'Jana Gana Mana' at a rally in Haryana, opposition Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) announced here Wednesday.
San Juan, Oct 18 (IANS/EFE) Puerto Rican singer Draco Rosa is cancer-free after more than 18 months of treatment, his representative, Angelo Medina, announced Wednesday.
Mumbai, Oct 15 (IANS) Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur says he might be tempted to make a movie on the 1915 Armenian genocide.
Madrid, Oct 1 (IANS) FC Barcelona will visit Portugal to take on Benfica in the second round of Champions League group football this Tuesday.
Los Angeles, Sep 29 (IANS) Singer Janet Jackson and fiance Wissam al Mana are reportedly planning to tie the knot next year and plan to make it a grand event.
Melbourne, September 22 (ANI): A dig at Rano Raraku, the mine where Easter Island's statues were hewn out of rock, is casting new light on a remarkable discovery forgotten for decades.
Beijing, Sep 20 (IANS) The Chinese military knows how to deal with enemy stealth aircraft, an official said.
Mumbai, Sep 1 (IANS) Even though India attained independence Aug 15, 1947, the country was undecided on its official national anthem on the auspicious day, an archived letter made public here Saturday has indicated.
Madrid, Aug 28 (IANS) Real Madrid have the chance to forget a dreadful start to the current football season when they entertain FC Barcelona in the return leg of the Spanish Supercup Wednesday.
Chicago, Aug 28 (IANS/EFE) Singer Marc Anthony collected more than $100,000 in Chicago for a Dominican Republic orphanage, the first Latin American organization to benefit from his Maestro Cares foundation.
Chiranjeevi celebrated his 57th birthday yesterday by unveiling his brother Pawan Kalyan's upcoming movie Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu.
Mumbai, Aug 14 (IANS) National anthems worldwide often become ritualised with its adherents paying little attention to the words or their underlying meaning. As India prepares to celebrate its 65th Independence Day Wednesday, a new documentary seeks to search for the essence of the country's national anthem.
Los Angeles, July 25 (IANS/EFE) Star de Azlan, faithful to her Mexican-American heritage, is starting to focus on making a musical crossover by fusing mariachi and country.
Muscat, June 22 (IANS) India's under-22 head coach Arthur Papas said here Friday that their first match against Lebanon Saturday will be critical as it will lay the foundations of whether the team would qualify for the final round of the AFC Championship.
Manila, May 9 (Xinhua-ANI): The Philippines is not relying solely on the United States to upgrade its Armed Forces, a senior government official said on Wednesday.
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Actress Revathy, who has wielded the megaphone for films like "Mitr: My Friend" and "Phir Milenge", feels it's difficult to deceive the audience with poor content even though their attention span has decreased over the years.
Doha, Apr 28 (Xinhua-ANI): In an effort to support women's sports the first ever Qatar Women's Basketball League got off the ground in bid city Doha with 10 teams fighting for the chance to become national champions.
Miami, April 28 (IANS/EFE) Puerto Rican reggaeton star Don Omar and New York City-born Bachata singer Prince Royce stole the show at the Billboard Latin Music Awards, taking home eight trophies each.
London, Feb 9 (ANI): Prince Harry, who spent 10 weeks as an infantry soldier in Helmand in 2008, will return to Afghanistan after qualifying as a front line Apache attack helicopter pilot on Wednesday.
London, Feb 9 (ANI): Prince Harry, who spent 10 weeks as an infantry soldier in Helmand in 2008, will return to Afghanistan after qualifying as a front line Apache attack helicopter pilot on Wednesday.
London, Jan 8 (ANI): The US military is testing a new drone which is a pilot less helicopter that can deliver supplies to soldiers stationed in areas where land mines make road convoys a problem.
West Midnapore, Sep 26 (ANI): In an endeavor to create employment for locals in Maoist-affected West Midnapore, forest officials here started a community hall construction project.
London, Mar.3 (ANI): A British Army dog that held the record for finding the most bombs and weapons in Afghanistan has died of a broken heart shortly after his handler was killed in Afghanistan.
Melbourne, Oct 31 (ANI): Gone are the days when mums would pass time by gossiping or shopping-the new age mothers are giving tough completion to teenage boys as gamers.
London, Oct 26 (ANI): Janet Jackson has rubbished reports that she's engaged to be married.
New York, Sept 23 (ANI): Janet Jackson's romance with new billionaire boyfriend, Wissam Al Mana, seems to be heating up.
Guwahati/Aurangabad, Aug 15 (ANI): On the occasion of 64th Independence Day here on Sunday many artists marked day by arousing nationalistic feelings and patriotic fervour among people of all ages in their own unique way.
Osian (Jodhpur), Aug 14 (ANI): Cindy Iannarelli, a 52-year-old American woman was found dead on Friday with her throat slit in a resort hotel named Reggie's Camel Camp near Jodhpur.
London, July 13 (ANI): Spanish midfielder Andres Iniesta has issued an invitation to British Indie Rock band Kasabian to join his team on 'a mad night out in Barcelona'.
New Delhi, Feb. 24 (ANI): Minister for Railways Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the Indian Railways will run special train Sanskriti Express across the country to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate Guru Rabindranath Tagore.
Melbourne, January 22 (ANI): Australia's first video-game nightclub is set to open in Brisbane next month.
London, Sep 24 (ANI): Six young Americans, who call themselves 'Dude Perfect', claim to have videotaped themselves sinking the world's longest basketball shot.
Mana Village (Uttarakhand), Sep.20 (ANI): The handicraft industry of Mana Village in Uttarakhand's Chamboli district is struggling to survive. The local artisans lament the neglect by Government authorities.
Moscow, Sep. 2 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday expressed concern over the missing of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Rajshekhar Reddy.
Oak Bluffs (Massachusetts, US), Aug.29 (ANI): President Barack Obama has tried to carry on with the vacation he set out to have here - strolling the beach, taking his daughters for a bike ride, playing golf.
Washington, Aug.22 (ANI): Chelsea Clinton may get married at Martha's Vineyard on Saturday and rumors are in circulation that President Obama could be the surprise guest.
Mumbai, July (ANI): Maharashtra police intensified the hunt for more activists of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) in Vidarbha region on Friday.
Mumbai, July 20 (ANI): Maharashtra Police on Monday arrested four members of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) from Mana village in Akola district.
Baltal (Jammu) June 14 (ANI):With just a day left for the commencement of this year's Shri Amarnathji Yatra from Jammu via the Baltal route, the Army stepped in to augment track clearance on a critical patch from Sangam to the holy cave.
Washington, June 2 (ANI): Scientists at the Florida Institute of Technology, using high-energy particles from space to probe thunderstorms, have accumulated evidence that lightning sometimes behaves in very un-spark-like ways.
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday disapproved of the controversial song 'Jana Gana Mana Rann' in director Ram Gopal Varma's new film 'Rann', saying nobody has the right to tinker with the national anthem.
New Delhi, May 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Censor Board to solve the controversy over a song from a forthcoming Bollywood movie 'Rann' within a month.
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) At least 36 inmates of a juvenile home in Delhi, who demanded homemade food be allowed there, ran away Thursday after a violent scuffle with those who opposed the demand, police said.
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Director Ram Gopal Varma and producers of his film 'Rann', which stars Amitabh Bachchan as a media baron, will to go to the Supreme Court to appeal against censor board's ruling to remove the song 'Jana Gann Mana Rann hai' from the movie as well as the promos.
Washington, May 12 (ANI): US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has sacked the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David D. McKiernan as part of an initiative to bring a more aggressive and innovative approach to a worsening seven-year war in that landlocked country.
Taiping, May 10 (ANI): R. Manomani, who has been crying and praying for the release of her son K. Vasanthakumar held by the Malaysian authorities under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for the last 514 days, is perhaps the happiest mother this Mother's Day. "I have prayed each day for his release and I thank God that he is really coming out," Manomani said, this time breaking into tears of relief and joy.
Ranchi, May 9 (IANS) Activists of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) burnt effigies of director Ram Gopal Varma and Amitabh Bachchan here for 'dishonouring' the national anthem in their movie 'Rann'.
New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma promoted their forthcoming movie 'Rann' in New Delhi.
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) After Ram Gopal Varma and Sanjay Gupta, Onirban has turned out to be the third filmmaker in recent times to experiment with short story telling. The director is now looking at telling five short stories in a single outing though he is yet to title his venture.
Kochi, April 25 (IANS) Kathakali percussionist, actor and playwright Kalamandalam Kesavan died Saturday after a brief illness at a private hospital here, family sources said. He was 73.
Los Angeles, April 9 (DPA) Police in southern California Wednesday were investigating a brutal shooting spree in which one person was killed and three injured at a secluded retreat operated by a Korean-based Christian group.
Kolkata, April 6 (ANI): In a novel mode of campaigning for election, 70,000 pieces of a CD are slated to be distributed across West Bengal for playing in villages, towns and cities to sensitize the masses.
Hyderabad, March 30 (IANS) Film producer and Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) general secretary Allu Aravind Monday filed his nomination for Ankapalli Lok Sabha constituency in coastal Andhra Pradesh.
Madrid, March 15 (DPA) Josep Guardiola is raising eyebrows across Spain with his innovative travel plans for leaders Barcelona.
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) Causing immense embarrassment to the West Bengal government, the national anthem did not play before the start of Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi's customary annual address in the state assembly Monday.
Washington, Feb 18 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has approved sending 17,000 more American troops for the flagging war in Afghanistan to change the course of a conflict that his closest military advisers have warned the United States is not winning.
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) In a breather for young couples fleeing home to get married, the Delhi Police commissioner has issued guidelines that no case should be registered against them immediately if they provide proof that they are of marriageable age.
New York, Jan 09 (ANI): Hollywood actress Lisa Bonet has chosen a rather unique name for her newborn - Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa, it has emerged.
Mumbai, Jan 7 (IANS) Channel V's popular veejay Gaurav Kapoor will play the leading role for the first time in the comedy 'Badluck Govind' and says he got it by sheer luck.
New Delhi, Jan 5 (ANI): Director-General NCC Lt. General RK Karwal said here today that the government is considering a proposal to raise intake of cadets from the National Cadet Corps (NCC) into the prestigious Indian Military Academy (IMA) from 64 to 80.
Baghdad, Dec 17 (Xinhua) The US military said it has handed over 39 detained former members of Saddam Hussein regime to the Iraqi government.
Washington, Dec 10 (ANI): An international research team has conducted the first detailed analysis of deaths during expeditions to the summit of Mount Everest.
Belgaum (Karnataka), Dec 6 (ANI): The spirit of "Hindi-Chini Bhai-Bhai" was rekindled here when the 137-member Chinese Army contingent in India for a joint anti-terror exercise stunned their Indian counterparts when they sang with great respect and honour India's national anthem.
Washington, Nov 29 (IANS) Expressing full support for the Bush administration's efforts to help India in the aftermath of 'outrageous terrorist attacks in Mumbai', President-elect Barack Obama has said the US must stand with India and all others committed to destroying terrorist networks.
Washington, Nov.28 (ANI): U.S. President George W. Bush phoned Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from Camp David on Thursday and offered his country's support in investigations connected with the serial terror attacks in southern Mumbai that left 125 dead and 327 injured.
Sydney, Nov 21 (IANS) It has been hailed as historic. A five-metre-high Ashoka Pillar now stands at a monastery located midway between Sydney and Canberra, in a celebration of the spread of Buddhism from India to Australia.
Mumbai, Nov 21 (IANS) Avoid fried food and carbs, don't miss your workout and don't deprive yourself. Just some of the suggestions by Bollywood's svelte and superfit stars who tell all about their daily regimen.
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) With a red belt in taekwondo, Eesha Koppikhar is now keen on doing an action film, in contrast to her demure and simple look in the forthcoming film 'Ek Vivaah...Aisa Bhi'.
Kohima, Oct 16 (IANS) The setting of the deadlocked Naga peace talks has moved out of India yet again with frontline separatist leader Thuingaleng Muivah leaving the country after nearly a year and arriving in the Netherlands earlier this month, rebel leaders said Thursday.
