Posted on January 31, 2008 by Colrama
‘Islam forbids botox’
Muslims in Malaysia have been advised not to undergo Botox treatments as it is forbidden in Islam, a cleric has said
Kuala Lumpur: Selangor Mufti Mohamad Tamyes Abdul Wahad said the National Fatwa Council had decided to list the beauty treatment as “haram” (forbidden) as it had more adverse effects than good, [...]
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Posted on January 24, 2008 by Colrama
Bengal students best at maths: NCERT survey
Akshaya Mukul | TNN New Delhi:
One of the country’s most stringent surveys of learning abilities of class V students by NCERT has found that West Bengal is on top, followed by Karnataka, Gujarat, Jharkhand and Tripura. Uttar Pradesh has also made rapid strides making it to the [...]
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Posted on January 24, 2008 by Colrama
A TRUE HERO
Singh Happy With Noble Act, Rues Labourer’s Death TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi:
Would you risk your life for a stranger? The thought did not even cross 20-year-old Happy Singh’s mind as he jumped into a 12-ft ditch in Malviya Nagar to save the life of a labourer working on a sewer [...]
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Posted on January 24, 2008 by Colrama
For 10 rescued boys, it’s the highway to better life
TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi/Gurgaon:
The opening of the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway will surely bring smiles to the faces of over 1.25 lakh commuters who use the road daily. But for a group of 10 young men, all runaway street children given shelter by Salam Balak [...]
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Posted on January 19, 2008 by Colrama
STRUGGLING FOR SURVIVAL
Rare disorder: Will to survive keeps her going
Sonal Upreti I TNN Mumbai:
Thirty eight-year-old Misha Desai believes God comes in human forms. Battling a rare genetic disorder called myotonic dystrophy since her childhood, she says it was the doctors of KEM Hospital who gave her a new lease of life when her own [...]
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Posted on January 18, 2008 by Colrama
A Real Life story of a lady battling cancer and coming out on top. Am placing extracts. Ed
My never-say-die attitude helped me fight cancer
Mamta Sinha, the managing director of Atari Informatics—a computer IT firm—juggles professional life and cancer treatment with amazing grace.
She tells MADHUMITA GUPTA how she lives her life to the [...]
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Posted on January 13, 2008 by Rahul Dewan
There is an extremely inspiring article in the Indian Express (Sunday Edition) today titled “From Sir With Love” (http://www.indianexpress.com/sunday/story/260332.html) on the inspiration behind the movie, Amole Gupte, who has drawn from instances in his life to write the script of the movie Taare Zameen Par.
Aamir Khan has played the role of Gupte’s real life art [...]
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Posted on January 12, 2008 by Colrama
A great deal is being written about the Small Car Nano, a prominenet milestone on the highway of Indian Technology. Ratan Tata has delivered what he promised, despite so much opposition and cynism. His team deserves a mention too.
All eyes were turned towards the shy 36- year old Girish Wagh, Head, Project Team, [...]
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Posted on January 9, 2008 by Colrama
Eastern Europe’s first gurdwara in Poland
Warsaw:
A gurdwara, said to be the first in Eastern Europe, will come up in this Polish capital as the authorities here have finally given their green signal.
The proposed gurdwara has been registered as a religious institution. Respecting the religious identity of the Sikh community here, the authorities have [...]
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Posted on January 9, 2008 by Colrama
New York:
Police have sought the help of FBI’s hate crime investigators to probe the December killing of two Sikh brothers who ran a restaurant in California.
Ra
vinder Kalsi, 30, and his brother, Paramjit, 42, were shot down just when they were closing their Sahib Indian Restaurant in Richmond, San Francisco, on the evening of [...]
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