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'Vishu' celebrated with gaiety in Kerala

Keralites celebrated harvest festival 'Vishu' on Sunday with traditional fervour and gaiety, looking ahead to a season of peace and prosperity. People woke up in the wee hours to see "Vishukkani,"......

Delhi festival to highlight Kashmir's folk theatre

A three-day festival at the Indira Gandhi Centre for the Arts in Delhi will showcase the traditional folk theatre of Kashmir -- Bhand Pather -- from April 5. The traditional dance drama of Kashmir......

Colours of freedom! It's a Holi for widows in Vrindavan

Breaking the shackles of tradition, hundreds of widows played Holi with gulal and flowers in the land of Lord Krishna. Around 800 widows participated in the festivities in ashrams of Vrindavan in......

Pope Francis, PONTIFF OF FIRSTS, breaks tradition

The newly elected Pope Francis has made history in more ways than one. Being dubbed as the 'Pontiff of Firsts', Jorge Mario Bergoglio is the first non-European leader of the world's 1.2 billion......

Pranab gifts computers, classrooms to in-laws' village

President Pranab Mukherjee who received a traditional reception reserved for a newly-wed Bengali groom on his visit to his in-laws' house at a village near Narail in Bangladesh, in return gave......

How textile kings weave a hold on Bangladesh

As pay levels rise in traditional factory-floor nations, Bangladesh stands as a last outpost of cheap labour. Bangladesh's garment boom has made Mohammad Fazlul Azim a wealthy man. Over three......

Is India among most socially advanced countries?

The Social Progress Index is a new metric that measures progress through fulfillment of basic human needs rather than traditional indicators of economic growth, according to the Business Insider.......

Air travel map being redrawn: Etihad

The global air travel map is being redrawn as growth rates slow in traditional markets and surge in evolving economies including India, Africa and Latin America, President and CEO of Etihad Airways......

Google to 'shut down' YouTube in April Fools' gag

Google, getting a headstart on the annual tradition of April Fools' pranks, released a YouTube clip declaring that the world's most popular video website will shut down at the stroke of......

FDI in retail: Small shops compete with big retailers

Traditional retailers are giving a strong competition to organised retailers and the decision to permit foreign retailers to open stores in the country will not affect small players in India, the......

Check out the Malayalam releases this week

Traditionally, the summer vacation is the best season for Malayalam cinema. A decent film will have a "safe run" at the box office during this period. No wonder almost every big star makes sure......

PIX: Bigg Boss 6 inmates' day out of the house!

Breaking the Bigg Boss tradition, two housemates from the ongoing season six are being allowed to go out of the house and shop for their luxury budget. Reality show winner Vishal Karwal and model......

Review: Killing Them Softly kills us sleepily

Raja Sen thinks Killing Them Softly shows off sparks of potential but doesn't work.Mob movie traditions bounce all over the place in Andrew Dominik's neat, nihilistic Killing Them Softly, a film......

WATCH: Ram Charan Teja's grand wedding

Telugu star Ram Charan Teja got married to Upasana Kamineni in Hyderabad this morning. The traditional ceremony was attended by the top stars from Hindi, Telugu and Tamil film......

PIX: Bollywood's Gals Wear the Sari, with a Difference!

After wearing a string of designer gowns to Cannes year after year, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan chose the traditional Indian attire for her first appearance at the 65th edition of the film festival.The......

I prepare very differently for T20 format: Dhawan

After an impressive debut in Test, Shikhar Dhawan has made it clear that his approach to the traditional five-day format is completely different from the way he enters a Twenty20 game. Dhawan......

WC qualifier: Germany break with tradition against Kazakhstan

Whether it was Gerd Mueller, Rudi Voeller or Miroslav Klose, Germany have never had a shortage of gifted strikers but when they take on Kazakhstan in their World Cup qualifier on Friday there could......

About a 14-year unbeaten run...and 44 years of agony

The MA Chidambaram stadium has traditionally been a happy hunting ground for Team India but that not the case for Australia, who have struggled at this ground, writes Bikash Mohapatra. A case of......

Ministry writes to IOC to review decision on wrestling

Describing wrestling's omission from the 2020 Summer Games as against the Olympic tradition, the Sports Ministry asked India's representative in the IOC Randhir Singh to urgently take up the matter......

Aus Open odd balls: 'Poster boy' Murray gets fans all vocal

Australia's traditional love of the underdog and admiration for sporting battlers garnered plenty of support for Briton Andy Murray during his long wait for Grand Slam success. However, the......

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Q. what is the relation between.. cat and lion?
Harpreet: A. more

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Q. what are the real major threats for India in Future ?
Joyesh Chakraborty: A. traditionally cat has been aunty (MAUSI) of the tiger. more

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Q. why there is obscenity in the name of cheer girls? It is not part of game.
Amitava Duttamajumdar: A. Food scarcity, Water wars, Energy CrisisAs India moves away from an agrarian economy to an industrialised, services oriented economy. The youth...... more

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Q. Why military personnel wife cheat on them when they are on war?
Admn: A. IPL is all about entertainment and less about sports. Cheer girl culture is imported but it is nice to see indian cheer girls as well in traditional attire. Its okay. more

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Q. what is " HIJAMA " ? : how and where did it start ?
Ataur Rahman: A. not so in Indian tradition , we had Sati Pratha more

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Dads the way its done, say NGOs

While initiatives to empower women are on the rise, a city NGO has taken up the work of sensitising the opposite sex as well. Bapanchi Shala, a... ...

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Unravelling the Indian curry

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Shirui Lily Fest Showcases Rich Culture Of Tangkhul Community Cultural extravaganza marks week long fest

Cultural items, display of Tangkhul traditional cuisines and attires, flower show, painting competition and entertainment programmes marked the... ...

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Weeklong celebration ends with pledge to protect Shirui Lily

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Opposition to ban use of EVMs in next election

Raising doubts of possible tampering in the use of Electronic Voting Machines EVMs during elections, a group of 11 opposition political parties of... ...

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