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Johannesburg, Jan 22: The South African government has ordered the removal of a rabbit that was secretly sculpted into a recently unveiled statue of Nelson Mandela, an official said today. The artists who built the nine metre (30-foot), bronze colossus in Pretoria, added a rabbit into the ear of the statue, without clearance from government. "We want to restore the integrity of the sculpture as...

Jaipur, Jan 20: Author Amish Tripathi, who created waves in Indian publishing with a USD 1 million book contract, has cracked it even bigger this time with an American producer purchasing the rights to "The Immortals Of Meluha." While Bollywood director Karan Johar has obtained the rights for an adaption of the popular book, the English rights of the same has gone to an undisclosed American...

That the Congress is on a sticky wicket is well known by now. That the party is fighting an anti-incumbency wave — never before experienced — is as well known. And that every party lives through such trying times is also no surprise, at least not to a party itself. In that, the Congress is not going through anything that has never happened to it before. So, why is the party worried? The answer to...

Jaisalmer, Jan 14: A team of foreign and Indian scientists have spotted the foot-prints of Dinosaurs at Thaiat village in Jaisalmer district, the sources said. A team of 34 foreign scientists from a number of countries including France and Germany are camping here to study fossils of Dinosaurs found in sandy desert areas here recently. Dinosaurs' evolution, extinction, and paleo-bio-genography is...

Mangalore, Jan 5: The year 2013 has been a very musical year for writer/director Sandeep Malani, who started his production with MALANITALKIES and has made a record with 9 Musical Documentaries back to back. The year has been 25 – 50 – 75 – 100 for Sandeep Malani and his productions. His Hindi film with Kalpana Pandit and a whole lot of newcomers, 'Janleva 555' although did not make a big mark at...

Mangalore, Jan 2: The School Day of Sneha Public School Pakkaladka was held at Town Hall on Tuesday December 31 at 2.00 pm. The programme commenced with a welcome dance by the students of the school followed by distribution of prizes. Praveen Chandra Alva, Corporator, Mangalore City Corporation was the chief guest. Speaking on the occasion he said, the parents to be more involved in the education...

Bhopal: Five months before next general elections are due, there is already an air of victory around Narendra Modi as he strides from one jam-packed rally to the next. And yet, a regional leader from his party - Bharatiya Janata party - is quietly emerging as an alternative to lead the country. BJP's candidate for prime minister's post, Modi is being projected as the man to beat the ruling...

Pretoria, Dec 6: South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela, who died Thursday, was an icon for ending the much-reviled apartheid system, a colossus who strode over world politics and a staunch Gandhian. Mandela, who spent three decades in jail and went on to lead a life that was an inspiration, died at his home in a suburb of Johannesburg, at the age of 95. He was a believer in...

For most TV news consumers, Arnab Goswami is both a name and a phenomenon. But there are still large parts of the world to be conquered by Times Now's bulldog of an inquisitor. B.V. Rao, editor of Governance Now, explains the name and the phenomenon to a childhood friend who lives in Canada. Dear Sharada Sometime ago during a Googlegroup discussion you innocently asked: “But who is Arnab?”. In...

Once again the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh [RSS] has urged Hindus that more children should be produced, in order to check the demographic imbalance. Did anyone call it fatwa or a diktat? How many TV channels found RSS joint secretary Dattatreya Hosbale's comments as controversial? Has there been strong criticism on editorial pages in mainstream newspapers? This is not the first time that RSS...