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Yearly News 2013

Kerala's ancient drama, dance and rhythm in Dubai
Kerala’s ancient drama, dance and ...

Kerala’s ancient drama, dance and rhythm in Dubai

By Malavika Vettath Dubai – The staging of an unabridged Malayalam classic in the colours and drama of Kathakali; the rich repertoire of Koodiyattam, a 2,000-year-old Sanskrit theatre; graceful Mohiniattam; music in the Sopanam style and a percussion ensemble high on energy – this UAE... read more »

Nanoscience needs targeted funding: C.N.R Rao
Nanoscience needs targeted funding: C.N....

Nanoscience needs targeted funding: C.N.R Rao

Bangalore – The government should ensure targeted funding to promote nanoscience and nanotechnolog! y in solving pressing societal problems and improve the quality of life! , a top scientist said Thursday. “Nano mission needs targeted funding to set up infrastructure and build capacity... read more »

Second Ashes Test: Australia end Day 1 at 273/5
Second Ashes Test: Australia end Day 1 a...

Second Ashes Test: Australia end Day 1 at 273/5

Adelaide – Australia were 273/5 at the close of play on Day 1 of the second Ashes Test against England at the Adel! aide Oval here Thursday. Early showers interrupted the morning session but cleared as the day went on with Chris Rogers (72) and Shane Watson (51) putting on a 121-run... read more »

2002 hit-and-run case: Prosecution to examine 64 witnesses against Bollywood actor Salman Khan
Fresh trial in Salman Khan hit-and-run c...

Fresh trial in Salman Khan hit-and-run case

Mumbai – In relief of sorts for Bollywood actor Salman Khan, a Mumbai court Thursday ordered a retrial of his high-profile hit-and-run case of 2002, with all evidence and witnesses to be re-examined, officials said. Sessions Court Judge D.W. Deshpande, while accepting Khan’s plea for a... read more »

After Sonia poser, Modi hits back

After Sonia poser, Modi hits back

Sikar (Rajasthan) – BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Thursday targeted Congress p! resident Sonia Gandhi, asking voters not to be taken in by her concerns for the... read more »

Stop praising Tendulkar, Taliban tells Pakistan media

Stop praising Tendulkar, Taliban tells Pakistan media

Islamabad – The Pakistani media has been warned by the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan to immediately stop praising India’s cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, who has just... read more »

MBBS students demand expulsion of tainted batchmates

MBBS students demand expulsion of tainted batchmates

Srinagar – Students of government medical college here held protests Thursday demanding expulsion of those who managed to get admission in medical colleges through the 2012 test paper... read more »

Lamar Odom celebrates Thanksgiving with dad instead of Khloe

Lamar Odom demanding $10 mn to end marriage?

Los Angeles – Basketball player Lamar Odom has reportedly demanded $10 million and a $875,000 engagement ring back from estrang! ed television presenter wife Khloe Kardashian to end... read more »

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed the petition of seer Shobhan Sarkar, who had sought directions to the Uttar Pradesh government and the district administration of Fatehpur for allowing excavations in a village where, he believed, huge reserves of gold lay buried. A Division Bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and Vipin Sinha dismissed the petition of Sarkar with the remark "no case has been made out to grant any of the reliefs as claimed in the writ petition". Sarkar had claimed that there was a "hidden gold treasure of about 2,500 tonnes at the bank of river Ganga in village Adampur, Tehsil and District Fatehpur". He had also claimed that he was ready to bear the expenses for carrying out excavations at the site for which he had planned to involve experts from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad and IIT-Kanpur. However, the court rejected the petition observing that Sarkar had "miserably failed to prove any of his right to claim any permission". Significantly, an excavation was carried out at a village in Unnao district recently following a similar claim made by Sarkar. The seer later on blamed the failure of the operation on his not being "invited" to the site by the excavators.

Bodh Gaya temple dome inlaid with gold

Patna – The dome of Bodh Gaya’s 1,500-year-old Mahabodhi temple, Buddhism’s holiest shrine, has been inlaid with nearly 300 kg gold donated by devotees from Thailand — giving... read more »