New Delhi, Feb 28 – The Bachchan family is going to give Holi celebrations a miss this year too, due to the death of a close relative of family friend Amar Singh and the recent Pune blast, which killed 17 people. ‘We do not celebrate again this year. Primarily because of the death of a close relative of our family friend Amar Singhji, but also we do not feel comfortable in celebrating when our own have lost lives in the Pune blast recently,’ megastar Amitabh Bachchan posted on his blog bigb.bigadda.com Saturday night, from his Prateeksha residence.
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New Delhi, Feb 28 – The love affair of the Indian middle class with modernism ‘took wing with stainless steel’, says leading social commentator Santosh Desai in his new book ‘Mother Pious Lady: Making Sense of Everyday India’, a racy comment on the contemporary middle-of-the-order India. ‘Stainless steel managed to meet the deeply traditional needs by being incontrovertibly modern. It was seen as pure and indestructible – the two virtues that give it pride of place in the kitchen,’ Desai says in the book that was launched here Saturday.
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London, Feb 28 : British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is reportedly like the ranting Adolf Hitler character in movie ‘Downfall’, which covers the last days of the dictator, according to his Downing Street entourage. Fed up of his temper tantrums, staff has apparently dreamed up code words for his rages, league tables of the worst ones – and tactics on how to duck them. And they keep spare shirts on standby for him as he covers himself in ink while going ballistic.
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London, Feb 28 : Best friends Hannah King and Paola Campari-Moss have twice had baby girls on the same day. The two mothers are such close pals that they even give birth together. And their latest arrivals were born only six minutes apart.
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Canberra, Feb. 28 : Aircraft and iconic public places in Australia are vulnerable to terror attacks, security experts have warned. Gaping holes have been identified in Australia’s air security system that could allow terrorists to plant bombs on planes or steal aircraft to turn them into flying weapons, News.com.au reports.
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London, Feb 28 : A council in the UK has stayed away from flying the Union flag over its building because of a possible health and safety risk. The Colchester borough council’s Rowan House office block has no flag since the building was purchased from Anglian Water two years ago. “It is a very strange shaped building with triangular roofs, and there are no access points,” the Telegraph quoted a council spokeswoman, as explaining why the flag had not been raised.
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Washington, Feb 28 : Our ancestors used brain power, innovation and teamwork to dominate the planet, scholars in the US discussing how the humans colonized the globe suggested. Why humans rose to the top the world and eventually came to rule it has been a matter curiosity for scientists. The study of our human nature includes a variety of fields ranging from anthropology, primatology, cognitive science and psychology to paleontology, archaeology, evolutionary biology and genetics.
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London, Feb 28 : Wayne Bridge has quit the England squad ahead of the 2010 World Cup for his son’s sake, it has been revealed. The Manchester City star has apparently told friends that he would not be able to face his three- year-old Jaydon when he grows if he ever lined up in the same side as John Terry, reports News of the World. Bridge refused to shake hands with Terry when the pair lined up against each other at Chelsea.
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London, Feb. 28 : Newly appointed England skipper Steven Gerrard has said that while the circumstances under which he was chosen captain might be tumultuous, he has got rid of his fears under boss Fabio Capello. “I can certainly say I experienced fear when I went out to perform.
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