Amarinder Singh to turn 75 on poll result day6 min ago

Chandigarh, Mar 10 Congress leader and former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will turn 75 tomorrow, the day when the results of Punjab Assembly elections, which witnessed an intense triangular contest, will be declared. It remains to be seen what gift is in store for the state Congress chief tomorrow, who has already announced that this was his last election.

Indian Wedding

I have been in India for the last 10 days. One of my former students, Sukriti, was getting married to her childhood sweetheart, Siddant, and she invited me and my wife, Cheryl, to the ceremony.

Special Transmission “International Women’s Day”

Speaking at the occasion, Khalid Iqbal Malik President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry said that women were half of our total population and the government should take tangible measures to enhance their role in the national development. He said, women of Pakistan have accomplished great successes in the field of entrepreneurship, IT, science & technology, education, film-making, politics and have held high positions in government and also in various worldwide organizations.

Special Transmission “International Women’s Day”

Speaking at the occasion, Khalid Iqbal Malik President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry said that women were half of our total population and the government should take tangible measures to enhance their role in the national development. He said, women of Pakistan have accomplished great successes in the field of entrepreneurship, IT, science & technology, education, film-making, politics and have held high positions in government and also in various worldwide organizations.

Top 25 winners of the love campaign

During the last month of February, Monitor Publications ran a love campaign dubbed, “Just the 2 of Us” recognising couples who have been married for the last 25 years and more. Last Friday, the top 25 couples were rewarded with a number of gifts and getaway prices.

Asking the right questions

“Thanks to smartphones and Facebook, 10-year-old children these days know more about relationships and boys than an 18-year-old did 5-6 years ago. Many of the girls here have boyfriends, and they are gossiped about in the community.

Melvyn Bragg gives wife huge pay-off but NO divorce

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Lord Melvin Bragg gives his wife a huge pay-off… but NO divorce: Broadcaster said to have bought her a house as part of their ‘amicable settlement’ When the distinguished broadcaster Melvyn Bragg confirmed to me last June that he had separated after 43 years from his wife, author Cate Haste, many of his friends assumed divorce proceedings would soon follow. However, I can disclose that the Labour peer, 77, who presented ITV’s flagship arts programme The South Bank Show for more than 30 years, has agreed a huge financial settlement with Lady Bragg, 71, that will, unusually, involve the couple remaining man and wife.

Bethenny Frankel lists SoHo apartment for $5.25m

Justice for Etan Patz after 37 years: Killer Pedro Hernandez is found GUILTY of kidnapping and murdering six-year-old boy, more than three decades after he vanished on his walk to school in NYC Trump focuses on ‘illegal leaks’ in the wake of Flynn’s resignation – but doesn’t say if he’ll prosecute – as White House buzzes about ‘the enemy within’ What did the president know – and when did he know it? Mounting questions in Washington over EXACTLY when Trump knew Flynn lied about Russia Mike Flynn was paid to party with Putin and the acting attorney-general said he was ‘vulnerable to blackmail’: So what exactly does the Kremlin strongman have on one-time general? Kim Jong-Un’s half-brother ‘is assassinated on the orders of the North Korean dictator by two female killers who attacked the playboy from behind with poison at Kuala Lumpur airport’ Revealed: The truth about that liquid floating … (more)

.com | Five things you didn’t know about FREED pastor Evan Mawarire

That picture of Zimbabwe protest pastor Evan Mawarire reading his Bible as he was driven off in a police truck last week? Fellow activist Patson Dzamara said it left him “heartbroken” – and it will have touched a chord in more than a few Zimbabweans’ hearts. #ThisFlag founder Mawarire was granted bail on Wednesday afternoon by the Harare High Court .

Where 14 Conservative leadership candidates stand on social issues

Leadership candidates prepare for the Conservative Party French language leadership debate, in in Quebec City, on Tuesday, January 17, 2017. When it comes to social issues, there are stark differences between the 14 different candidates running for the Conservative leadership, which will be decided May 27. While Kevin O’Leary and Rick Peterson support same-sex marriage, legal abortion and doctor-assisted death, Brad Trost and Peter Lemieux are on the opposite end of the spectrum.

Socialist primary winner in France had backing of prominent anti-Semites

A left-wing politician in France who handily defeated Prime Minister Manuel Valls in the Socialist presidential primaries was endorsed by the founders of the country’s Anti-Zionist Party. Benoit Hamon, who supports dramatically expanding welfare payments and has called for his party to support Palestinian causes to increase its appeal to Muslim voters, beat his hard-line challenger Sunday with 58 percent of the vote in the second and final round of the balloting.

Wedding hall for citizens opened in Al Wakrah

In a bid to reduce the high marriage costs and help Qatari youth get married, the government has opened a new wedding hall in Al Wakrah, which will be available to the citizens free of charge from next month. The Minister of Municipality and Environment H E Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi yesterday opened the Al Wakrah Celebration Halls Complex.

Pacete: Other stories in Negros

THEN and now, our province has nonpareil stories to tella Don Juan tragedy, Kanlaon eruption, the unforgotten massacre, the Swanson kidnapping, and more. These stories are always retold in whisper in gatherings to give color to the special event.

Megan Blake Irwin showcases her enviable figure in a tiny black bikini at the beach

Shocking moment Chicago teen gang – including two girls – ‘kidnap and torture’ special-needs man while streaming entire ordeal live on Facebook and screaming racist and anti-Trump remarks Trump’s revenge? President-elect plans to cut staff at CIA headquarters and ‘restructure’ agency amid fears ‘the intelligence world has become too politicized’ in wake of Russian hacking saga Obama rushes to transfer four Guantanamo Bay detainees to Saudi Arabia despite demands from Donald Trump to leave them locked up How the Queen was almost SHOT by one of her own guards after she took 3am stroll through Buckingham Palace grounds Menendez brothers serving life for 1989 murders of their wealthy Beverly Hills parents reveal how they have married their pen pals and are ‘at peace’ with the crime US sends elite commandos to the border of Russia to defend nervous Baltic states while NATO beefs up its … (more)

Thirsty blue tongue lizard stops for a drink in grip of heatwave

EXCLUSIVE: Beyonce’s ‘Becky with the good hair’ songwriter finds her missing brother living 3,000 miles from home on the streets of LA – after recognizing him at bus stop 16 YEARS after he vanished From toilet roll tweaks to stopping the microwave before it beeps: People reveal their strangest quirks… and discover they’re NOT alone The secret to a happy marriage every husband NEEDS to know: Relationship expert reveals how he salvaged his partnership with his wife after she admitted she was profoundly unhappy EXCLUSIVE: Lady Gaga and Katy Perry are dragged into Kesha’s sex assault case as court orders the singer to show Dr Luke an intriguing secret text she sent to Gaga ‘How does anyone survive this?’ Mother is left feeling ‘unlovable’ and a ‘failure’ after her husband left her for his assistant on New Year’s Eve EXCLUSIVE: The Obamas are set for a $40million payday – HALF to Michelle … (more)

‘We were meant to be together forever’

THE fiancee of a young man killed in a jetskiing accident weeks before they were due to marry has paid tribute to his “quirky” personality. Launceston man Luke Rice, 22, was killed on Monday while jetskiing at Trevallyn Dam on the South Esk River in Tasmania.

Love, loss on display at failed-relationships museum

After her husband asked for a divorce, Amber Clisura gave back her engagement ring, kicked him out of the house and tossed everything that reminded her of the ruined marriage. Except for one item: a polished steel barbecue smoker that her future ex-husband had fashioned for her from an old oil drum.

[Narain D Batra] India tries a moonshot

Digital India has been called a moonshot project that draws together the best human and private-public capital to achieve a goal that was previously thought to be impossible: Total transformation of society. Digital India, based on Aadhaar, focuses on three fundamental areas — access to digital infrastructure as a utility, services on demand, and digital empowerment of citizens through access to information.

Report: Margot Robbie Marries Director Beau

Sydney’s Daily Telegraph is reporting the 26-year-old Australian-born Suicide Squad star wed her longtime beau, British director Tom Ackerley, in a “secret” ceremony Sunday night in Byron Bay, New South Wales, on the southeastern Australian coast. There are few details and so far, nothing on either Robbie or Ackerley’s social media to confirm the news, but News.com.au has posted what they say are the first photos from the event, showing Robbie in her wedding dress, though there are no pics of the ceremony itself.

Barra McGrory ‘should be sacked’ over his links to Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness

Crushed and covered in blood: Scenes of devastation amid the crumpled stalls of the Berlin Christmas market immediately after ‘terror attack’ Trump says terrorists ‘must be eradicated from the face of the earth’ after 12 die and 48 are hurt when lorry ploughs into Berlin market ‘People were tearing off wooden panels to get out’: Witness describes the moment a truck plowed into a Berlin Christmas market How Zsa Zsa seduced the world with sex, one-liners and VERY tall tales to become the world’s first celebrity to be famous just for being famous Obama pardons 78 felons and commutes 153 more as White House boasts of ‘greatest number of individual clemencies in a single day’ Ohio’s next three executions are postponed as the state struggles to get hold of the controversial drug Midazolam to carry out the killings Horror as Russian ambassador to Turkey is shot dead in art exhibition in Ankara … (more)

Jesinta Campbell reveals extraordinary price offered for wedding photos

Crushed and covered in blood: Scenes of devastation amid the crumpled stalls of the Berlin Christmas market immediately after ‘terror attack’ Trump says terrorists ‘must be eradicated from the face of the earth’ after 12 die and 48 are hurt when lorry ploughs into Berlin market ‘People were tearing off wooden panels to get out’: Witness describes the moment a truck plowed into a Berlin Christmas market How Zsa Zsa seduced the world with sex, one-liners and VERY tall tales to become the world’s first celebrity to be famous just for being famous Obama pardons 78 felons and commutes 153 more as White House boasts of ‘greatest number of individual clemencies in a single day’ Ohio’s next three executions are postponed as the state struggles to get hold of the controversial drug Midazolam to carry out the killings Horror as Russian ambassador to Turkey is shot dead in art exhibition in Ankara … (more)

We didn’t show up: President Obama says Clinton lost because she ignored rural areas

The last photo of Zsa Zsa Gabor: Legendary star is pictured on a hospital bed at home before she died of a heart attack at aged 99 Mother of the bride was killed when 100ft tree fell on California wedding as the bridal party posed for a photo: Harrowing video emerges of the aftermath of tragedy that left five others injured Goodnight dahlinks: Hollywood actress Zsa Zsa Gabor – best known for having nine husbands – dies of a heart attack aged 99 Henry Kissinger praises Trump as ‘a phenomenon that foreign countries haven’t seen’ and says his election is an ‘extraordinary opportunity’ Prince Harry drops Meghan Markel at Heathrow airport to fly home as he faces up to a festive season without her I never really dealt with my mother’s death, admits Harry: Prince says he ‘buried’ his feelings about the Paris tragedy Why this photo proves Charles WILL be King: RICHARD KAY explains how the new … (more)

How to become more attractive in MINUTES: Expert reveals the very…

The last photo of Zsa Zsa Gabor: Legendary star is pictured on a hospital bed at home before she died of a heart attack at aged 99 Mother of the bride was killed when 100ft tree fell on California wedding as the bridal party posed for a photo: Harrowing video emerges of the aftermath of tragedy that left five others injured Goodnight dahlinks: Hollywood actress Zsa Zsa Gabor – best known for having nine husbands – dies of a heart attack aged 99 Henry Kissinger praises Trump as ‘a phenomenon that foreign countries haven’t seen’ and says his election is an ‘extraordinary opportunity’ Prince Harry drops Meghan Markel at Heathrow airport to fly home as he faces up to a festive season without her Why this photo proves Charles WILL be King: RICHARD KAY explains how the new portrait of the Prince with the Queen shows the permafrost that descended as his and Diana’s marriage unravelled has … (more)

Is Kate going to be Pippa’s bridesmaid?

Duchess Catherine will still “play a part” in her sister’s wedding. The 34-year-old royal – who is married to Prince William has reportedly decided not to be a bridesmaid or maid of honour when Pippa Middleton ties the knot with James Matthews next May because she doesn’t want to upstage the bride, but insiders insist that doesn’t mean she will be stepping back from proceedings altogether.