Taj Mahal: Agra, India

This immense mausoleum was built on the orders of Shah Jahan, the fifth Muslim Mogul emperor, to honor the memory of his beloved late wife. Built out of white marble and standing in formally laid-out walled gardens, the Taj Mahal is regarded as the most perfect jewel of Muslim art in India. The emperor was consequently jailed and, it is said, could then only see the Taj Mahal out of his small cell window.

Landsat’s Critical Role in Agriculture

Worldwide, millions of people are helped by Landsat-data-based decisions that impact food and water management. Food and farming

Madhuri is the latest celeb to fall prey to death hoax

he Marathi mulgi who has returned to her home base for good after a long stint in the US is now deeply entrenched in getting her career back on track in Bollywood. Of course part and parcel of being famous are the rumours and hoaxes that do the rounds. Click ahead to find out which other celebrities were killed off by hoaxes.

Sanjay Dutt emerges from Yerawada jail for check-up IANS India Private Limited

Dutt was taken under tight security to the Sassoon Hospital, where he underwent a full general medical check-up by a team of four doctors.

Unofficial reports claimed that Dutt was had been ailing, but jail authorities and hospital officials remained tight-lipped about the details of the actor's medical check-up, which lasted around three hours.
Dutt returned to prison after the hospital visit.
This was the first time Dutt was emerging from the famous Yerawada Central Jail in over two months after his surrender before a Mumbai Special Court May 16 to serve the remainder of his sentence after his conviction in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.

Loves, lives and, of course, celebrities

Romance is in the air for film stars. The streets are lined with fresh blossoms and love is all around! In case you’re wondering what and who we are talking about, here’s a look at filmdom’s frenzied romances that are going around. Connecting the dots on some of these, can get pretty tricky and hard to keep up with!

Top of the list are Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif who have been spotted vacationing in Ibiza and partying around Mumbai and the world watches with bated breath as their romance develops. But before anyone breaks out the bubbly and expects wedding bells, hold on to your hats, just in case this goes South.

Christian missionaries fulfilling responsibilities of Muslims’

Srinagar, Jan 20: An international orator on Islam and comparative religion Dr Shuaib Sayyed Sunday said the responsibilities toward Islam, which should be accomplished by Muslims was mostly done by Christian missionaries.
Addressing an Islamic conference ‘A Call Towards Global Peace, Harmony and Unity’ organized by Islamic fraternity organized at the Convocation Complex of the University of Kashmir on Sunday, Sayyed

Movie Review B.A. Pass: Without honours

There is so little attention paid, in a thought-through manner, to the questions arising from marital emptiness and genteel, soul-sucking poverty, and urban decay that when a film like B.A. Pass comes along, you are willing it to be about all of this and more. Ajay Bahl's directorial debut lays out a plot with promise, but then belies it, by not giving us as much as it could, and should have.

Hollywood Calling: Sonam Kapoor to Make Debut With 'Pirates of the Caribbean 5'?

tyle icon Sonam Kapoor, who is basking in the success of two back-to-back hit films, will soon be seen in Hollywood film "Pirates of the Caribbean 5", if all goes well.The actress reportedly auditioned for a dream role with the help of her father Anil Kapoor for the fifth installment of the fantasy adventure series, The Times of India reported. The film, starring Hollywood star Johnny Depp, is set to hit the screens in 2015.

‘One Doesn't Become Legend without Controversies’ Quips Shah Rukh Khan

superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who is currently in London to promote his upcoming film "Chennai Express", said he has never tried to portray himself in the wrong light intentionally.
"As an entertainer for 22 years, one thing is clear in my head that I have never tried to depict anything wrong intentionally," Shah Rukh told Press Trust of India.

Nasha: Movie Review

If you are expecting the barefaced boldness of Poonam Pandey's provocative tweets from her debut film, you would be better-off glued to her social media account. With the aesthetics of Jism that director Amit Saxena brings to the film, though Nasha has enough skin-show, it doesn't end up as a sleaze-fest. Thereby it marginally escapes falling in the B-grade zone that is meant for downright titillation. But at the same time it is so shallow on story that it can't even win an A-grade esthetic, despite the namesake certification.

New evidence for warm-blooded dinosaurs

“Some point out that a large saltwater crocodile can achieve a body temperature above 30°C by basking in the sun, and it can maintain the high temperature overnight simply by being large and slow to change temperature.
“They say that large, cold-blooded dinosaurs could have done the same and enjoyed a warm body temperature without the need to generate the heat in their own cells through burning food energy like warm-blooded animals.”

Simon Cowell having a baby with Lauren Silverman, his friend's wife, a report says

"The X Factor" creator and former "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell reportedly is expecting a baby with the estranged wife of a close friend.
Us Weekly said Wednesday that Lauren Silverman, 36, wife of real estate developer Andrew Silverman, is roughly 10 weeks along.
The magazine said she was planning to leave her husband, with whom she reportedly has been unhappily married for some time, to be with Cowell, 53. She and Cowell became close as her marriage began dissolving, Us said.

Creation of Telangana: Details emerge, Hyderabad to be a Union territory

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad is likely to be a Union territory for five years and will act as joint capital of the two states to be created out of the bifurcation of the present Andhra Pradesh.

Crucial day for Telangana, Congress likely to reach a decision today

Well-placed sources said while Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi have already given their nod to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh despite stiff opposition from various quarters, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was reluctant in view of intelligence agencies raising security concerns over the proposed move.
However, a senior leader said the Congress leadership has decided to bite the bullet as the issue has been hanging fire for several decades now and any further delay in the decision could prove counter-productive for the party.

Rayala Telangana is a crude attempt to maintain Reddy dominance

Hard-nosed analysts know that although India is a democracy, Indian politics is all about caste.
The Congress in Andhra Pradesh has been the domain of the Reddys ever since it struck deep roots in this part of the world with the Kapus (an intermediate farming caste) and the Dalits as junior partners. Reddys form only 8% of the state's population but as feudal lords in a state where land reforms have been conspicuous by their absence, their influence extends far beyond their numbers.

Congressmen with business interests blocking Telangana state: M Kodandaram, TJAC Convenor

M Kodandaram, convenor of Telangana Joint Action Committee talks to ET about the Telangana statehood and delays in it's path. Edited Excerpts.

Watch Ranbir Kapoor go loud!

Mumbai: Ranbir Kapoor`s ‘Besharam’ trailer was launched Tuesday. Directed by Abhinav Kashyap, the film introduces Pallavi Sharda and also stars veteran actors Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh.

In ‘Besharam’, set to release Oct 2, Ranbir will be seen as a