Dhaka, April 16 (IANS) Emotions ran high amid exchange of flowers, sweets and plenty of social chatter as friends and families from Bangladesh and India met across a barbed wire fence to celebrate Poila Baishakh, the Bengali new year.
Neighbours, living only a few meters or kilometers apart, met on the
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Jaipur, April 15 (IANS) In some villages, water is being supplied once or twice in a month. In others, people are hoping a train will arrive with water wagons. The desert state of Rajasthan is staring at a parched summer, as the heat picks up and groundwater sources run dry.
With
London, April 15 (IANS) People who follow a low-calories diet in the hope of losing weight shouldn't bother unless they exercise as well, a new study has found.
'This research shows that simply dieting will not likely cause substantial weight loss. Instead, diet and exercise must be combined to achieve this
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Hyderabad, April 13 (IANS) A day after Sania Mirza's marriage with Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, wedding ceremonies began at the residence of the Indian tennis ace here.
The bride and her bride-groom arrived at her residence in Jubliee Hills Tuesday, formally kicking up series of ceremonies. The couple stayed at Taj
Beijing, April 13 (IANS) A majority of women in China want to marry men who inherit a large amount of wealth from their parents, a study has said.
Around 60 percent of college girls want to marry men born into rich families who stand to inherit large amounts of assets from
London, March 22 (IANS) 'Ocean's Eleven' actor Andy Garcia walked out of an audition when he was asked to remove his shirt by a female casting director.
'She asked me to take my shirt off and I said, 'You first!' and then I walked out,' contactmusic.com quoted him as saying.
'It was
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Bringing respite to commuters, the services of Delhi Metro feeder buses were resumed on one route in east Delhi Friday. An official said the buses will operate on other routes soon.
'Delhi Metro restored its feeder bus route number ML-05 in east Delhi. A total of
Gurgaon, March 15 (IANS) Sporting multi-function wireless head phones, their heads bobbing in tune to the beats in front of studio mikes and confident fingers tapping the keys on the console-- they are not the stylish urban radio jockeys but ordinary villagers playing on a community radio.
At a time when
Washington, March 10 (DPA) The first gay couples to take advantage of a law that allows same-sex couples to marry in Washington gave their 'I dos' Tuesday.
Ceremonies were held Tuesday morning at the courthouse and at the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights advocacy group that broadcast the ceremonies of
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Patna, March 6 (IANS) Eight bodies have disappeared from a graveyard in a Bihar village in one night, scaring local residents.
People of Belauri village in Purnia district, about 350 km from here, were stunned Friday when they found that eight bodies had disappeared from the Sauraghat Samsan graveyard overnight.
'We found
