Holi: festival of colours

Holi, Indian spring festival, celebrated at the vernal equinox full moon, also known as the festival of colours, which signifies victory of good over evil, an ancient Hindu religious festival which has become popular with non-Hindus in many parts of India and Nepal, as well as people of other communities outside Asia. Holika burned, Prahlada survived.…

Stranded skiers in Italian cable car rescued!

A huge top segment of a 40-meter-tall tree toppled and blown over  on to the Ciampinoi cable cars, at Val Gardena resort, used by about 200 stranded holiday skiers as a result of 81mph (130km/h) winds. Firefighters and expert mountain rescue, were lowered on to the cabins from helicopters who evacuated the horrified skiers from over…

Harrison Ford hospitalised, after a plane crash

US Hollywood actor Harrison Ford 72, has been injured in a small  vintage plane crash in Los Angeles. Patrick Butler of the LAFD said a 911 emergency call at 14:20 (22:20 GMT) was attended a plane crash at Penmar Golf course in Venice, near the Santa Monica Airport, although most of the plane and its…

Turkish Airlines skids amid dense for in Nepal

A Turkish Airlines from Istanbul flight TK 726 carrying 224 passengers, skidded after overshooting a runway amid dense fog in Nepal, forcing staff to evacuate the plane. Kathmandu’s Tribhuwan International Airport  in Nepal remained closed  on 4th march morning after the accident, as the front landing gear collapsed, causing it to nosedive on the slippery…

Mercator celebrates 503rd Birthday!

Cartographer, mathematician, Philosopher and grandfather of maps, Gerardus Mercator, celebrates his 503rd birthday, who in 1569 discovered how to create the world map based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing as straight lines that includes the curvatures of the earth. Mercator, born on March 5, 1512, in  Rupelmonde in Flanders…

Indian off-spinner, Harbhajan Singh and Geeta may tie the knot

  After spin bowling out several batsmen on the field, looks like Harbhajan is  clean bowled by his lady love Geeta Basra.  Geeta Basra 31, Indian Bollywood actress born to Punjabi Indian parents in Portsmouth Southern England now settled down in Mumbai. Her acting was moulded at Kishore Namit Kapoor’s Acting School. Her popular Bollywood movies include  Dil Diya Hai in…