Salman Khan: Dr. Jekyll and Hyde of Indian Cinema

From CJ Rashmi Kalia in Chandigarh

Salman khan is in news again, for all the wrong reasons. In a huge setback to the Bollywood actor, the Mumbai Sessions Court rejected his review petition in the 2002 hit-and-run case. The actor will now be tried under Section 304, of IPC, for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. If convicted, Salman Khan may face upto ten years in jail. However, the actor is no stranger to being in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.

Superstar Salman Khan: A Fitness Machine, Style Icon

By Aniket Berde / Mumbai

Salman Khan is the original Bollywood fitness poster boy. He was one of first onscreen Indian heroes to actually work on their physique and he did it long before six and eight packs became the norm. For over 25 years, the actor has maintained enviable fitness levels and this has led to the inevitable question, ‘How does he do it?’ Most people assumed that he uses steroids but insiders have debunked that rumour and claim that the secret is a gruelling workout regime.

Dehradun Men Landed At Hyd After Rescue By AP Netas

By Swati Reddy / Dehradun

In a bid to increase the number of people rescued by them from Flood-hit Uttarakhand, politicians from Andhra Pradesh ended up taking several residents of Dehradun to Hyderabad with them. A group of 50 Dehradun residents are currently stranded in Hyderabad after being taken away by these politicians who had gone to Uttarakhand for rescue works.

Rupee Fall: Why India’s Struggle For Dollars Will Continue?

By Vivek Kaul / Delhi

The question being asked yesterday was “why is the rupee falling against the dollar”. The answer is very simple. The demand for American dollars was more than that of the Indian rupee leading to the rupee rapidly losing value against the dollar.

This situation is likely to continue in the days to come with the demand for dollars in India being more than their supply. And this will have a huge impact on the dollar-rupee exchange rate, which crossed  60 rupees to a dollar for the first time yesterday.

Book Review: 'Five Ways To Turn Money Into Happiness'

By Sarah Williams / New York

In their new book, Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending (Simon & Schuster), Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton (professors at the University of British Columbia and Harvard Business School, respectively), offer five key principles to help us get more happiness out of the money we spend — principles which also help companies create happier employees and customers.

Most people know they can benefit from expert help to make more money. But oddly enough, they're quite sure they already know how to spend their money to reap the most happiness. As a result, they follow their intuitions, using their money to buy things they think will make them happy, from televisions to cars to houses.

What's the problem with this approach? A decade of research demonstrates that people's intuitions about how to turn money into happiness are misguided at best and dead-wrong at worst.

Is Northeast India's Next Disaster Point After Utt'khand?

By Vijay Wahiktu / Dispur

Arunachal Pradesh is planning on at least 150 MoUs for power generation in the fragile hills of the Eastern Himalayas in high seismic zones. Is the Northeast in the next disaster point after Uttarakhand? Environmentalist Neeraj Vagholikar said, "Arunachal is no different. It's a part of the Himalayas and it's prone to such natural hazards and while Arunachal goes to exploit its hydel power potential, there's a need to really ensure that you have followed all the steps."

Why Case Against Dams Is Overblown In Uttarakhand?

By Ritu Bharadwaj (Guest Writer)

After the Uttarakhand disaster, every NGO worth his or her jhola has got 15 minutes of fame on TV channels for telling their “I-told-you-so” stories. Predicting disasters about dams and floods is something in which you can never go wrong – if you wait long enough. Some time, some day you will have an Uttarakhand happen whether you build dams or not. Why, even Mumbai had horrible flooding in 2005.

Interview: 'Ups And Downs Are Spice Of Life', Saina Nehwal

By T S Sudhir (Guest Writer)

Ranked world number 4, India's badminton star Saina Nehwal was on a roll last year with an Olympics bronze topping her list of achievements. She also won the Denmark Open in October. But since then, the player has not managed any title.

A well-known Hyderabad based senior journalist T.S. Sudhir who penned the first-ever biography of Saina last year, spoke to the player at the Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad.