Karnataka celebrates Independence Day (Lead)
August 15th, 2012 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 15 (IANS) Karnataka celebrated the 66th Independence Day with flag-hoisting, singing of national anthems and march past by security forces and children.Patriotic fervour and cultural fiesta marked the ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
It is easy to be seduced by India: Canadian envoy
August 14th, 2012 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) India is a festive happy place and it is easy to be seduced by it, Canada's High Commissioner Stewart Beck said here Tuesday at a ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Fans bid tearful goodbye to Dara Singh
July 12th, 2012 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 12 (IANS) Thousands of fans with moist eyes bid final farewell to their favourite actor and Bollywood's first macho man Dara Singh, who died here Thursday morning.The ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Pranab arrives in Kolkata, to meet supporters Monday
July 8th, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee was given a rousing welcome by Congress leaders as he arrived here to seek the support of parties from West ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Pranab’s Mirati rolls out red carpet for its ‘Poltu’ (Lead)
June 23rd, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mirati (West Bengal), June 23 (IANS) Union Finance Minister and UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee Sunday received a rapturous welcome when he visited his ancestral village home here as ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Pranab’s hometown rolls out red carpet for its ‘Poltu’
June 23rd, 2012 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mirati (West Bengal), June 23 (IANS) Union Finance Minister and UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee Sunday arrived at his ancestral village home to a rapturous welcome as relatives, neighbours, ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
38 couples tie the knot at inter-caste mass wedding in Agra
June 10th, 2012 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, June 10 (IANS) A bania (traders' community) groom marrying a dalit girl, a brahmin girl marrying a thakur - the city of love Sunday witnessed a rare mass marriage ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Bees help flowers grow same hues across oceans
June 8th, 2012 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, June 8 (IANS) Plants separated by vast oceans and 34 million years evolved to produce the same coloured flower petals because of their reliance on bees for pollination, according ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
West Bengal celebrates Republic Day (Lead)
January 27th, 2012 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 26 (IANS) The West Bengal government is bringing the state's farmers under 500 agri-credit societies to ensure they get proper prices for their produce, Governor M.K. Narayanan ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
West Bengal celebrates Republic Day
January 26th, 2012 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 26 (IANS) West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Thursday unfurled the tricolour as the state celebrated the 63rd Republic Day along with the rest of India.The governor took ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Advani attacks PM on corruption
November 6th, 2011 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Nov 6 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi arranged a grand welcome for the anti-graft Jan Chetana Yatra of party colleague and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Inspired by Hazare, Amritsar residents pay tribute to Jallainwala Bagh martyrs
April 13th, 2011 - 1:03 pm ICT by ANI
Amritsar, Apr.13 (ANI): Inspired by last week's action of noted social activist Anna Hazare, residents of Amritsar paid rich tribute to the unknown martyrs of the 1919 Jallainwala Bagh massacre.It maybe recalled ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Mamata holds road show in north Kolkata
March 30th, 2011 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 29 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Tuesday drew large crowds in a two-and-a-half-hour long road show covering large stretches of north Kolkata.Banerjee, along with several senior ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Tihar inmates celebrate Holi
March 20th, 2011 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Inmates of the Tihar Jail celebrated Holi Sunday using herbal colours made by fellow prisoners and ate sweets as part of a feast."They celebrated the ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Go herbal this Holi: Dikshit urges Delhiites
March 15th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday urged people to celebrate the festival of Holi with herbal colours which can be easily made at home with ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Aussie hotel staff fed up cleaning rooms with Valentine’s mess
February 14th, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 14 (ANI): Valentine's Day is literally a nightmare for hotel workers in Australia - they are fed up with cleaning rooms filled with fruit, chocolates and other things."For us, Valentine's ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Wedding for the jailed after court intervention
January 22nd, 2011 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 22 (IANS) The bridegroom stepped out of the police van, handcuffed and under heavy security. The bride, in all splendour, waited demurely. Soon afterwards the Chandauli sub-district court ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Delhi celebrates Diwali with zeal
November 5th, 2010 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Forecourts and threshholds of houses decorated with colourful rangolis and marigold flowers, prayers conducted at homes, shops and temples, and people exchanging sweets with their near ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Ahmadinejad signs 16 agreements with Lebanon
October 14th, 2010 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
Beirut, Oct 14 (IANS/AKI) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has signed 16 agreements with Lebanon in the agriculture, media, education, energy and tourism sectors, a media report said Thursday.Ahmadinejad also expressed willingness to ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Now essence from Ajmer shrine roses
April 24th, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 24 (IANS) Tonnes of flowers offered at the Ajmer shrine will now be used to make essence from them, thanks to a project undertaken by an institute here.
"Our project would ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
EU team meets Kandhamal riot victims (Lead)
February 4th, 2010 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 4 (IANS) An 11-member European Union (EU) team Thursday interacted with riot victims in Orissa's Kandhamal district to find about the situation in the region and heard their accounts, police ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Fog lifts for R-Day flypast, flower shower cancelled (Lead)
January 26th, 2010 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) As the sky turned blue after a dense fog in the morning, Indian Air Force aircraft were able to carry out the customary flypast during the Republic ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
No flower shower this R-Day
January 26th, 2010 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) The customary showering of flower petals by helicopters flying over Rajpath had to be abandoned this Republic Day Tuesday as a white blanket of fog covered the ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Youth Festival opens in Bhubaneswar
January 8th, 2010 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 8 (IANS) Artists from across the country enthralled a huge crowd with diverse forms of classical and folk dances on the opening day of the National Youth Festival in ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Community marriages are the flavour of the season
December 15th, 2009 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Dec 15 (IANS) Hindu marriages are becoming costlier each year, causing a great deal of stress and anxiety in middle class families. The only way to alleviate the financial burden is ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
`Paris of Love’ - a photographer’s perspective on weddings
December 6th, 2009 - 9:40 am ICT by IANS
By Ulrike Koltermann
Paris, Dec 6 (DPA) The young bride wrote the French word "oui" (yes) on the palm of her hand just in case she forgot the answer to the most important ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Rakhi Sawant choses NRI at Swayamwar
August 3rd, 2009 - 4:06 am ICT by IBNS
Mumbai, Aug 3 (IBNS) Ending speculations, Rakhi Sawant finally chose before millions of Indian TV viewers her groom in a reality show. As expected, Canada-based Elesh Parujanwala clinched the honour in the ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Thousands observe ‘Nag Panchami’ festival in Uttar Pradesh
July 26th, 2009 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
Ayodhya/ Allahabad , July 26 (ANI): Thousands of Hindu devotees observed the festival of Nag Panchami in different parts of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. The festival involves the worship of snakes.People ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Velcro-like cells on petals help bees stick to flowers
May 15th, 2009 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 15 (ANI): Scientists at Cambridge University have found that bees make use of small cone-shaped cells on flower petals, which act like 'velcro' on their feet, to stick to flowers ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Prince Charles visits temple for Holi but shies away from colour
March 5th, 2009 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 5 (IANS) Prince Charles and his wife Camilla Parker-Bowles visited a massive temple in northwest London Wednesday to celebrate Holi with all the colour, music and dance of the festival, ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Valentine’’s Day messages are embossed on roses
February 13th, 2009 - 6:34 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Feb 13 (ANI): Courting couples and lovebirds here have found a new way to express their affectionate thoughts to their beloved ones on the occasion of Valentine''s Day.
Thanks to ''Feelings ... Read more...
Posted in National |
How iridescence attracts bees to flowers for pollination
January 2nd, 2009 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 2 (ANI): A new study has found that bees are attracted to plants iridescence rather than their colour.Bees live in a paintbox world in which flowers take on different ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Paparazzi steal pool photographers thunder in clicking Obamas intimate pics
December 25th, 2008 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 25 (ANI): Barack Obamas ongoing vacation with his family in Hawaii is apparently proving great for the paparazzi, for many have been successful in capturing the U.S. President-elects more ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Animated robots of ‘Wall-E’ succeed in spreading love, joy (Film Review)
August 29th, 2008 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Wall-E"; Director: Andrew Stanton; Voices: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, MacInTalk, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy and Sigourney Weaver; Rating: ****"Wall-E" is one of the best animated movies to ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Broken bangles, blood stains, glass pieces - remnants of Jaipur’s terror night (Lead)
May 15th, 2008 - 12:45 am ICT by admin
By Kavita Bajeli-Datt and Sahil Makkar
Jaipur, May 14 (IANS) Broken bangles, footwear, blood stains, dried rose petals, mangled car engines and push carts, and shards of glass were what remained on streets ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |