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Klum and Seal’s vow-renewal bash to see guests dressed as brides and grooms!

Washington, Mar 17 (ANI): Heidi Klum and hubby Seal are set to renew their vows in a party with a unique dress theme—all the guests will dress as brides and grooms.
And the supermodel and Project Runway host didn”t give any explanation for the bizarre plan.
“It’’s going to be all brides and all grooms. All of [...]

US Masters to be broadcast in 3D

In an unprecedented broadcasting move, the 2010 US Masters will be produced and broadcast live in 3D, Augusta National Golf Club chairman Billy Payne has announced.
Multiple 3D cameras will be strategically placed across the famed course, resulting in views never before seen of the former nursery site that has become the home of the first [...]

405th installation anniversary of Sri Guru Granth Sahib

Agra, Sep 19(ANI): People of all religions and communities gathered to celebrate the 405th anniversary of the installation of the Sikh holy scriptures, Sri Guru Granth Sahib, at Gurudwara Maithan in Agra.

This was a significant landmark for the Sikhs, as the 275-year-old handwritten [...]

Hundreds take part in ‘Ram Baraat’ in Agra

Agra, Sept 17 (ANI): Hundreds of people here took part in ‘Ram Baraat’, which is a part of the Ramlila celebrations.

Jeetander Chauhan, a worker, who erected the decorations for the celebrations, said that people were happy that god was among them.

“We are feeling that Lord Ram has [...]

Nude blonde woman scares builders into running for safety!

Melbourne, Sep 17 (ANI): A blonde woman is said to have scared a bunch of builders into running for safety, after she rushed up to a construction site in the nude saying “Who wants me?”

But instead of taking her up on her offer, the builders ran for cover and called up the [...]

Jay Z, Beyonce’s pizza night out ‘tradition’

Washington, Sept 16 (ANI): Singer Jay Z and Beyonce Knowles take time out of their busy schedules to eat pizza together every week.

The couple clear their hectic workloads on the weekend to spend quality time together sitting down at a small restaurant in the rapper’s native Brooklyn, New York.

“There’s a great pizza spot we go [...]

Abandoned by children, inmates of an old-age perform ‘Shraadh’ in Bhopal

Bhopal, Sep.10 (ANI): Abandoned by their own children, many elderly people at an old-age home in Bhopal, performed ‘Shraadh’ for themselves during the ongoing ‘Pitrapaksha’.

As per Hindu tradition, one’s children or family members perform the Shraadh, the ritual of remembering the deceased.

These elderly [...]

Sleeping with partner could be bad for health and relationship

London, Sept 9 (ANI): The secret to a long, healthy and happy marriage might lie in having separate beds, claims a sleep expert.

A research has found that sharing a bed often led to poor quality sleep as people were regularly disturbed by their loved ones during the night.

Speaking at a special seminar on sleep at [...]

BJP continues public appeal to Jaswant Singh to quit Public Accounts Committee

New Delhi, Sep 7(ANI): As Jaswant Singh chaired the meeting of the Public Account Committee on Monday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in a tizzy, and Deputy Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj has made a public appeal to the expelled leader to step down from the chairmanship of the Public Accounts Committee [...]

The Brit couple who’ve frequented the same holiday hotel for 50 years!

London, Sep 7 (ANI): A Brit woman and her husband, who fell in love with a holiday hotel 50 years back, have been returning for visits ever since.

Mary Hirst, 76, and her husband Michael, 79, first visited Hotel Phoenicia in Valleta, Malta, in 1959, and ever since they [...]

Nepal arrests kingpin of attack on Pashupatinath priests

Kathmndu, Sep 5 (ANI): The Nepal Government on Saturday arrested the Maoists leader who led the attacks on Indian priests and provided a personal security officer to the chief priest of the famous Pashupatinath shrine.

The Nepalese Government has also deployed an extra-armed platoon of security forces in [...]

Krishna asks Nepal to ensure safety of Indian priests

Bangalore, Sep 5 (ANI): Minister of External Affairs (MEA) S.M. Krishna on Saturday reacted strongly to the attack on two Indian priests of the famous Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, and asked Nepal Government to ensure safety and security of the priests.

Speaking to reporters here, Krishna said “The Government of India is in touch with the [...]

President Patil presents National Sports awards to 25 sportspersons

New Delhi, Aug.29 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Saturday presented the National Sports awards to 25 sportspersons at an impressive ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhawan here.

In a unique departure from established tradition, the coveted Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award was [...]

Assam to revive Satriya Dance

Guwahati, Aug 25 (ANI): In order to promote the unique Satriya classical dance form of Assam among the people of the state as well as at the national and international level, the Satriya Sangeet Charkha Kendra (SSCK) organised a cultural program in Jorhat recently.

It was held at Satriya Mahotsabha in Rajabari, Jorhat with many renowned [...]

Villagers organise age-old stone pelting festival in Madhya Pradesh

Chindwara (Madhya Pradesh), Aug 22(ANI): Hundreds of people in Madhya Pradesh’s Chindwara district hurled stones at each other as part of a centuries ritual to mark the annual festival known as Gotmar Mela on Saturday.

In the festival, men from Pandhurna and Sawargaon, villages, [...]

Egyptian traders turn Obama into a date!

London, Aug 22 (ANI): Egyptian grocers have named the finest variety of dates for the month of Ramadan after US President Barack Obama because of his popularity since his visit to the predominately Muslim nation last June.

Egyptian traders have the tradition of naming dates after politicians and celebrities to woo customers during Ramadan when [...]

Swaraj alludes to Raje’s possible expulsion from the BJP

Shimla, Aug.21 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, on Friday indirectly hinted that former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje could be removed from the party on grounds of indiscipline.

Without [...]

Outcry after college bans Muslim girl from wearing a veil in Mangalore

Mangalore, Aug 21 (ANI): College students of various colleges under the banner of the Dakhina Kannada Students Federation (DKSF) held a protest march here against a city college after it barred a Muslim girl from attending classes for wearing a burqa (veil).

Seventeen-year-old Aysha Asmin, a first year B. Com student of Sri Venkataramana Swamy [...]

Handicraft industry in Rajasthan explores domestic market to beat recession

Jaipur, Aug 20 (ANI): Battered by the economic slowdown, handicraft exporters in Rajasthan now look to the domestic market to survive through the crisis.

The Indian domestic market remained largely unaffected by the global meltdown as compared with the rest of the world.

To tap the domestic market, the Federation of Rajasthan Handicraft Exporters (FRHE) for [...]

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The Chicago Air & Water Show, originating in 1959, is Chicago’s second most popular festival. In 2005, 2,200,000 [...]