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A plan to ban hand-pulled rickshaws in Calcutta is a long overdue step to end a backbreaking, inhuman form of work, says the communist state of West Bengal.
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The Calgary-raised Bhangra dance king will headline Scotland's biggest multi-cultural event to be held at Edinburgh's Pilrig Park.More
Wu Yi is among the highest-ranked among nine Asian women on the annual Forbes' list of world's most powerful women.More
Sandakan in Sabah is a town rich in historical sites. Western visitors come to visit its historical monuments. More
The glamourous American doll may still be the must-have toy for millions of little girls but an Indian challenger seems to be outstripping Barbie - at least in Manchester, UK.More
While the police in United States and the United Kingdom keep a special lookout for men hauling rucksack in India, they have been peering into people's cell phones.More
Shani Kumari Singh was crowned Miss India-Canada 2005 from among 15 talented hopefuls at a gala function in Toronto recently.More
A series of intimate exposes of film celebrities have rocked the world's largest movie industry-amateur paparazzi using mobile phone cameras have got them running scared.
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Bollywood costumes have become a big rage in Canada and an online company Homeindia.com that sells such outfits is laughing all the way to the bank.More
Aakash Shivdasani thinks if you want to study visual effects, you should never let geography get in the way--not even a continent and an ocean should stop you.
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The teacher was offered a Canadian citizenship to travel the world and tell her story that appalls and inspires in equal measure.More
A slew of Asian stars have shown enough flesh to keep them in the running for the title of the world's sexiest vegetarian.More
An Indian government ban on screen smoking has divided Bollywood with superstar Shah Rukh Khan putting his weight behind the ban and other top actors saying it is a curb on creativity.
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Indian police say twin bomb attacks may be the work of Sikh militants from terror groups with bases in Canada but others blame Muslim holy warriors.More
The winner of Miss Universe 2005 is set to take home an array of cash and prizes, including a coveted New York apartment for the duration of her reign.More
Aid workers beaten and woman ordered to dig her own grave by Maoists rebels. Canada has suspended its foreign aid program in a Midwestern district of Nepal.More
For love-struck teenagers, newlyweds trying to conceive their first baby or lonely singles hoping to find the perfect mate, there's only one place in Pakistan to seek help.More
Amid a disappointing year for Bollywood, some films raked in heaps with love stories, comedies and action thrillers leading the charge.More
As the daughter of a militant Tamil freedom fighter, Maya Arulpragasam had a childhood unlike those of most budding pop stars.More
A well known Indo-Canadian family have been charged with running an illegal money transaction racket, is now being investigated for people smuggling.More
