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  • Kerala church says no to Chinese coffins

    A Kerala church has asked its followers not to use Chinese made coffins, saying they are not environment friendly. "Swarga Petti" (heavenly box) has been found to be an unfriendly product by the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar due to delay in decaying in the soil. Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan, the supreme head of the church, in an article in the latest issue of Sabha Tharaka, its official ...

  • Growing intolerance in Pak-occupied Kashmir

    On February 17, 2013, 25-year-old Muhammad Ali Murtaza from Aghaar, Kotli, the son of a Kashmiri Imam of a masjid in Lahore, was brutally tortured and killed by the Pakistani Army. His crime? He was visiting his cousin sister's home in a village in District Kotli near the LOC. Before he could reach her home, he was picked up by the Pakistan Army from Chattar and handed over to the ISI. That ...

  • Mirwaiz placed under house arrest in Srinagar

    Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chairperson of the moderate faction of Jammu and Kashmir's separatist Hurriyat Conference, was placed under house arrest Monday, a day before the group has called for a march to the Eidgah here. The Mirwaiz's movements have been restricted to maintain law and order, a police official said. The moderate Hurriyat group has called for a march to the martyrs' graveyard in ...

  • Junior NTR gets film teaser as birthday gift

    The makers of Junior NTR's upcoming Telugu action-drama "Ramayya Vasthavayya" have released half-a-minute teaser of the film as a birthday gift for the actor, who turned 29 Monday. The teaser was released online by the film's director, Harish Shankar, via a post on his Twitter page, saying: "Guys, hope you like it". The film also features Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Shruti Haasan and Vidyullekha ...

  • Sensex up nearly half a percent auto stocks rally

    A benchmark index of the Indian equities markets was trading nearly half a percent up in the pre-afternoon trade Monday on the back of sustained buying from foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and on positive global cues. Scrips like automobile, oil and gas and metal rallied. However, there was heavy selling pressure in healthcare, consumer durables and bank stocks. The 30-scrip sensitive ...

Movie Review

The Scorpion King [DVD]

The Scorpion King [DVD]

One of the most important rules of the modern movie marketplace is that, to be truly successful, a movie must be able to continue life in sequels and spin-offs. Stephen Sommers' The Mummy (1999), a very loose action-adventure remake of the 1932 Boris Karloff classic, has proved to be exactly that, having spun off a sequel, 2001's The Mummy Returns, which grossed more than its predec ... ...

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  • Three Tibetans protest outside Lis hotel

    Tibetan activists Monday defied security and managed to stage a small protest near the Taj Palace Hotel here where Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is staying, police said. Three Tibetan students climbed on top of a structure in a filling station near the hotel and shouted slogans for a free Tibet, an official said. They also displayed a banner that read "Li Keqiang, Tibet will be free". The ...

  • Uttar Pradesh set for a Navi Mumbai address

    Come Thursday, Uttar Pradesh will have an address in Navi Mumbai, adjacent to India's commercial capital. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will inaugurate an Uttar Pradesh state guest house built on a 2,939.82 square meter plot at a cost of Rs.32.43 crore, fulfilling an 18-year-old-dream of his father, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, official sources told IANS. The chief minister will ...

  • Vithika turns stylist for Prema Ishq Kaadhal

    Southern actress Vithika Sheru, who is playing one of the lead heroines in upcoming Telugu romantic-drama "Prema Ishq Kaadhal", has also donned the hat of a stylist for the film. "Since my school days, I was interested in trying my hands as a designer. I also have a post-graduate diploma in fashion designing. So, when I got an opportunity to design, I was more than happy to grab it," Vithika ...

  • Global prosperity not possible without development of India and China Premier Li Keqiang

    Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who is on a three-day state visit to India, on Monday said that global prosperity would not be possible without the simultaneous development of China and India. Keqiang, who received a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here this morning, told media that the combined population of China and India is a third of the world's population, and therefore, both ...

  • A friend comes calling

    President Hamid Karzai will be in India for a two-day visit, discussing issues that are of importance to both countries. This would be his twelfth visit here, and this in itself, is testimony to the importance of this relationship that both need to nurture constantly. There are however concerns that affect both countries, arising from the impending drawdown, as it is called, of U.S. forces next ...

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