Padayani Carnival

Padayani is a traditional folk dance and weeklong ritual art dance carnival Kolam Thullal celebrated annually in the Bhadrakali temples  on the banks of the Pamba river  in  two districts Pathanamthitta and Alappuzha, in Central Tranvancore, Kerala in Kumbham ( April). The ancient Dravidian concept of god and mode of worship, offering  Rathi (lust), Raktham…

Monorail Innovia 300 opens in Sao Paulo

The first monorail in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the Linha-15 Parata ( Silver-15 line) opens commercially to public today after several delays and a year of testing, connecting Ipiranga and Cidade Tiradendis will open part of final stretch. The Eastern Express monorail consortium  led by Bombardier Transportation has delivered its game-changing fully automated   £1.04billion, $1.6bn INNOVIA Monorail 300 system…

Snake Boat Race

The 63rd Nehru Trophy Boat race, one of the largest team sports in the world, also known as “Vallamkali”, a true colourful water carnival, world legendary event, held annually on the second Saturday 8th August 2015, in the Punnamada Lake in Alappuzha, Kerala. Over sixty boats of various sizes and shapes participated, integrating caste, religion,…

South African woman held with drugs worth £2 million

A 47-year old South African woman, under a tourist visa to India, has been arrested after over 14 kg of ephedrine drugs, worth £2 million (Rs 20 crore), were allegedly recovered from her at the international airport at Kochi International airport in  Nedumbassery on 19th July 2015.  Ephedrine is stimulant to make Methamphetamine. She had…

Uber faces ban in California for failing to disclose  ride-share data

Uber faces the threat of ban  in its head quarters as it clashes with Californian regulators  who introduced  ride sharing rules in 2013. A judge from California public utilities  Commission on Wednesday 15th July 2015 fined Uber$7.3m for failing to provide detailed information about its operations and  gave notice of 30 days to comply or…

Cool Spray

  Cool Upgrade, the passengers of this train were treated with cold water spray as temperature soared to 50°C

Super-typoon hit China, 1.1m people evacuated, 600 flights cancelled

A super-typhoon pounded the Chinese coast south of Shanghai on Saturday with strong winds and heavy rainfall, submerging roads, felling trees and forcing the evacuation of 1.1 million people, 28m764 ships ordered back to port, 100  trains and 600 flights cancelled the cities of Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou and Taizhou. Typhoon Chan-hom smashed the South Chinese of…

Uber driver knocks down a pedestrian in Farrington

Are Uber drivers so superior that even after they knocks down a pedestrian they absolve all responsibility, after one of it’s car was involved in an accident on 7th July 2015 hit  a man near Farrington station. The Spanish speaking pedestrian  was bleeding and in shock, pain and clearly broken his arms and ribs.Paramedics came…

Considerable disruption for London commuters

  Twenty thousand , Tube workers have gone on strike across the entire London Underground network in a row over pay and conditions. The strike officially began a 18:30 BST and will finish on Thurday 9th July 2015 at 21:30. Commuters are facing considerable disruption across the capital. First Great Western services to and from…