20 years on, being gay will be a non-issue: Wendell Rodricks
September 19th, 2012 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Twenty years on, being gay will be a non-issue, says Indian fashion guru Wendell Rodricks, who wants people to look at gay relationship as a ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Micro-financing empowers women in Jammu and Kashmir
September 9th, 2012 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Sep 9 (IANS) Microfinance is empowering women, especially the poor and widows, in Jammu and Kashmir, thanks to NGO Kashmir Women's Credit Cooperative Ltd (KWCCL) that is providing loans ... Read more...
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Two helplines to assist northeast people in Bangalore
August 23rd, 2012 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 23 (IANS) About 50 civil society organisations joined hands to form a Peace and Solidarity Forum and set up two helplines for assisting people from the northeast living ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Five held in Karnataka for spreading rumours: Shettar (Lead)
August 18th, 2012 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Bangalore, Aug 17 (IANS) Karnataka Police have arrested five people and are hunting for four more for spreading rumours of an impending attack on people from the northeast in ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Women’s group protests in Kashmir over Assam, Myanmar
August 17th, 2012 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 17 (IANS) Activists of women's separatist group Dukhtaran-e-Milat (Daughters of Faith) in Jammu and Kashmir Friday staged a protest against alleged massacre of Muslims in Myanmar.Asiya Andrabi, who ... Read more...
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Kashmiri religious group issues dress code for tourists
July 4th, 2012 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 4 (IANS) A Kashmiri religious group Jamaat-e-Islami has asked tourists visiting the valley to follow a "proper dress code" and told the tourism department to enforce it."Some tourists, ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Abu Dhabi launches health inspection
June 19th, 2012 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, June 19 (IANS/WAM) Abu Dhabi has launched an inspection on various businesses like salons, beauty parlours, laundries, cafeterias and restaurants to check whether they were adhering to health ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Two tonnes of fake cosmetics seized in UAE in 2011
February 13th, 2012 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Feb 13 (IANS/WAM) Inspection of men's barber shops, women's beauty parlours and cosmetics outlets in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2011 led to the ... Read more...
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Women go hi-tech, husbands join in Karva Chauth fast
October 15th, 2011 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) From husbands joining their wives in fast, women breaking their fast through video chat to many single girls also observing the custom, women across north ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Jagjit Singh enthralls ghazal lovers in Kashmir
May 5th, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 5 (IANS) Lovers of Urdu poetry and prose as they have always been, over 2,000 Kashmiris turned up at a concert by ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh. The over ... Read more...
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Pak women never compromise on attire shopping during Eidul Azha
November 17th, 2010 - 7:04 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov 17 (ANI): As Muslims everywhere make arrangements for sacrificial animals to celebrate Eidul Azha, which is a "meaty festival", women in Pakistan are also busy shopping for clothes and shoes.The ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
It’s beauty parlours, henna designs for Karva Chauth
October 25th, 2010 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) It's that time of the year when women in many parts of north India, including the capital, make a beeline for beauty parlours and henna designers to ... Read more...
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28 held for sex racket in Jharkhand
August 11th, 2010 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Jamshedpur, Aug 11 (IANS) At least 28 people, including 17 women, were arrested Wednesday from different beauty parlours in Jharkhand's Jamshedpur city for their alleged involvement in a prostitution racket, police said.
"Raids ... Read more...
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Two million child labourers in EU, says rights NGO
June 3rd, 2010 - 11:17 am ICT by IANS
London, June 3 (IANS) Over two million children under the age of 15 are salaried workers in the European Union (EU) including developed countries like Holland, Denmark and France, an international child ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Goa police hand-in-glove with organised sex mafia: Official (Lead)
February 25th, 2010 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 25 (IANS) A senior Goa police official Thursday admitted that the state is emerging as a den for the organized sex mafia in collusion with the local police.
Superintendent of ... Read more...
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Goa police hand-in-glove with organised sex mafia: Official
February 25th, 2010 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 25 (IANS) A senior Goa police intelligence official has publicly admitted that the state is emerging as a den for the organized sex mafia and the local police are often ... Read more...
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Women set for Karva Chauth celebrations
October 7th, 2009 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Adorned in traditional garb and with intricate henna designs on their hands, women in the national capital and several parts of north India are celebrating the Karva ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Now, Taliban send threats to Mansehra beauty parlours
August 17th, 2009 - 3:18 pm ICT by ANI
Mansehra (NWFP, Pakistan), Aug.17 (ANI): Militants, purportedly affiliated to the Taliban, have sent threatening letters to two beauty parlours here, asking them to close their businesses or face the consequences.Official sources ... Read more...
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Pak women become cautious after a legislator steals credit cards to buy jewellery
July 14th, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, July 14 (ANI): Women from all strata of Pakistani society have become cautious after a woman legislator belonging to PML-N Shumaila Rana allegedly stole credit cards and bought jewellery and clothes ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Pak Punjab beauty parlours may soon be under tax net
May 8th, 2009 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, May 8 (ANI): Marred by sagging tax revenue collections, the government in Pakistan's Punjab Province is toying with the idea of bringing beauty parlours and private education institutions into the tax ... Read more...
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23 prostitutes arrested in raid on Agra brothels
August 26th, 2008 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Aug 26 (IANS) Twenty-three prostitutes and 11 of their customers were arrested during a raid on six brothels here, police officials said Tuesday.The police, led by Senior Superintendent of Police Raghuvir ... Read more...
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Russia to offer nanotechnology for blood plasma cleaning
July 22nd, 2008 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
RIA Novosti
Denver (US), July 22 (RIA Novosti) Nanotechnology would soon allow people to have their blood plasma cleaned relatively inexpensively, the head of Russia's Nanotechnology Corp said. Leonid Melamed is leading a ... Read more...
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Mens fashion turning world effeminate: Kazakh Presidents daughter
June 26th, 2008 - 7:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 26 (ANI): Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayevs daughter has said that the world has become increasingly effeminate, thanks to men's growing interest in fashion and beauty.In a conference, Dariga Nazarbayeva ... Read more...
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Beauty parlours, a taxing proposition in Pak!
June 20th, 2008 - 1:35 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad , June 20 (ANI): Beauty, it seems is set to come at a higher price in Pakistan , after a proposal from none else than a law maker that a ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Geelani protests against alcohol sales in Kashmir
May 31st, 2008 - 12:40 pm ICT by admin
Srinagar, May 31 (ANI): Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the Chairman of the hardline faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), has launched a protest to close liquor shops in Jammu ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Madhya Pradesh police busts sex racket
May 28th, 2008 - 9:22 pm ICT by admin
Bhopal, May 28 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh police Wednesday claimed to have busted a sex trade racket after arrest of eight people, including five women, from two beauty parlours here. "The police, ... Read more...
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Roadside barbers losing out to beauty salons
March 29th, 2008 - 11:23 am ICT by admin
(Feature)
By Nityanand Shukla
Patna/Ranchi, March 29 (IANS) Once the lifelines of 'babus' hurrying to work with a day's stubble on their faces, roadside barbers in Bihar and Jharkhand are gradually becoming a rarity. ... Read more...
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