Mock marriage to help real marriage in Orissa

Shampur (Orissa), Oct. 26 : Villagers of Shampur near Bhubaneshvar, the capital of Orissa, celebrate a festival when girls participate in a mock marriage ceremony with the hope that it would help them find a good match.

The festival is known as Kumar Purnima, when the unmarried girls dress themselves as brides and grooms and participate in the marriage procession. Later they go through rituals similar to a marriage. 
 
"I am happy wearing bridal dress. They dressed me with a new saree and jewellery." said Subhasmita Behera.

"They put headgear on my head and dressed me as groom. I am happy wearing this attire," said Sasmita, disguised as a bridegroom.

Comet now visible to naked eye after becoming 1-mln times brighter

Washington, Oct 26 : The Comet 17P Holmes has increased its brightness by a factor of one million, new observations by astronomers at the Minor Planet Center, which tracks comets and asteroids, has

Wildlife authorities to coerce rampaging jumbos out of Andhra Pradesh

Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh), Oct 26 : Forest officials in Andhra Pradesh are on a mission to drive away a herd of rampaging elephants that have wreaked havoc in the state's border villages.

Pakistani troupe for Lahore-Amritsar Saanjh Festival

Amritsar, Oct 26 : A Pakistani troupe is here to participate in the fourth Lahore-Amritsar Saanjh Festival, organised by Rafi peer theatre in collaboration with the Spring Will Education Society in

Munnabhai, six-pack abs Shahrukh popular in China’s traditional Harbin

Harbin (China), Oct.26 : Harbin, the capital city of China’s most northeasterly Heilongjiang Province, is a more traditional city than the major cities of southern China, but this has not prevented

Sultan of Brunei's spending habits revealed

London, Oct.26 : You would expect one of the world's richest men to have a luxury car,  a sprawling mansion, a yacht or two and fly by private jet. But the spending habits of the Sultan of Brunei, Haji Hassan-al-Bolkiah can leave anyone amazed, if not shocked.

According to The Mirror, an astonishing court case this week revealed the extent of the Sultan's financial excesses.

Court papers revealed that 61-year-old Bolkiah paid 1.26 million pounds to his badminton coach, and 1.25 million pounds for acupuncture and massage.

He even spent nearly 50,000 pounds on guards for his collection of exotic birds.

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