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People used to spend most of their time http://hamropalo.com/life_style/pregnant-mice-block-out-unwelcome-admirers.html Life Style Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:16:00 +0545 Pregnant mice protect their unborn by keeping males at bay with the help of a remarkable mechanism.Such mice block the smell of their urine that http://hamropalo.com/life_style/selma-blair-was-certain-of-beating-holmes-for039-dawson-039-s-cr.html Life Style Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:16:00 +0545 Actress Selma Blair was certain she would beat superstar Tom Cruise's wife Katie Holmes when they both tried out for a part in the TV http://hamropalo.com/life_style/indian-designers-to-partcipate-in-malaysia-039-s-islamic-fashion.html Life Style Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:48:00 +0545 Monday 21st July, 2008 Indian designers will be among the 100 participating in the International Islamic Festival (IIF), which will be held here http://hamropalo.com/life_style/angelina-jolie-leaves-nice-hospital-with-twins.html Life Style Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:33:00 +0545 Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has checked out of the hospital, where she gave birth to twins, with her newborns.A statement on the hospital website said http://hamropalo.com/life_style/uk-islamic-group-against-western-value.html Life Style Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:27:00 +0545 Accusing the government of trying to build a ''compliant British Islam'', a radical Islamic group in the UK has launched a campaign to stop young http://hamropalo.com/life_style/books-on-newari-culture.html Life Style Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:38:00 +0545 http://hamropalo.com/life_style/loud-music-pushes-drinking-at-bars.html Life Style Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:34:00 +0545 Loud music predisposes people to drink more and to drink more quickly at a bar, according to a study.'Previous research had shown that fast music http://hamropalo.com/life_style/salma-hayekpinault-cancel-engagement.html Life Style Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:41:00 +0545 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Salma Hayek has called off her engagement to Francois-Henri Pinault, a French businessman and father of her daughter, a representative http://hamropalo.com/life_style/hitler-039-s-suicidal-urge-prolonged-ww-iistudy.html Life Style Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:27:00 +0545 The world would have been spared much of the devastations of the Second World War had it not been for Adolf Hitler's ''suicidal urge'' to http://hamropalo.com/life_style/stink-recordindians-lead-in-defecating-in-open.html Life Style Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:44:00 +0545 New Delhi: Around 1.2 billion people worldwide have no access to toilets and India tops the list of countries with the most number of people http://hamropalo.com/life_style/new-fiancee-begins-spirited-defence-of-sobhraj.html Life Style Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:42:00 +0545 Nihita Biswas, the 20-year-old Nepali woman who hit the headlines worldwide last week following the news of her engagement to criminal mastermind Charles Sobhraj, has http://hamropalo.com/life_style/new-zealand-in-global-sustainability-list-039-s-top-10.html Life Style Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:31:00 +0545 WELLINGTON, July 7 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand has scored seventh place out of more than 140 countries for its environmental sustainability, the New Zealand Herald http://hamropalo.com/life_style/new-fiancee-begins-spirited-defence-of-sobhraj.html Life Style Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:50:00 +0545 Nihita Biswas, the 20-year-old Nepali woman who hit the headlines worldwide last week following the news of her engagement to criminal mastermind Charles Sobhraj, has http://hamropalo.com/life_style/sobhraj-039-s-new-love-could-spell-legal-trouble-for-him.html Life Style Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:47:00 +0545 New Delhi: Notorious serial killer Charles Sobhraj recently revealed plans to marry a woman 44 years younger to him.Twenty-year-old, Nihita Biswas, an interpreter for Sobhraj’s http://hamropalo.com/life_style/sobhraj-039-s-sweetheart-starts-fight-to-be-his-saviour.html Life Style Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:47:00 +0545 Kathmandu: Nihita Biswas, the 20-year-old Nepali woman who hit the headlines worldwide last week after to her engagement to serial killer Charles Sobhraj, has taken http://hamropalo.com/life_style/jhumpa-lahiri-gets-richest-honour-for-latest-book.html Life Style Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:47:00 +0545 New Delhi: Pulitzer prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri has won what's considered to be the world's richest honour for a short-story collection.The Frank O’Connor award http://hamropalo.com/life_style/pakistan-peoples-party-seeks-return-to-roots-to-the-bhutto-famil.html Life Style Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:38:00 +0545 Elements opposed to Asif Ali Zardari, co-chair of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) that leads the country's ruling coalition, have begun to pool their energies http://hamropalo.com/life_style/rio-fashion-week-kicks-off.html Life Style Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:11:00 +0545 BEIJING, June 11 -- Rio de Janeiro's Fashion week is officially underway. And there's a beach collection from Totem, reminiscent of the 1960's. http://hamropalo.com/life_style/world-pays-glowing-tributes-to-fallen-fashion-icon.html Life Style Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:26:00 +0545 PARIS, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Tributes continued to pour in form the world as people from all walks of life took a moment to reflect http://hamropalo.com/life_style/top-canada-award-for-proabortion-activist-stirs-controversy.html Life Style Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:29:00 +0545 Canada's Conservative government has distanced itself from the controversial selection of a famous abortion-rights activist for the top civilian award on the nation's 141st birthday.Henry http://hamropalo.com/life_style/mumbaithe-controversy-over-spoof-on.html Life Style Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:49:00 +0545 veteran actor-filmmaker Manoj Kumar in Bollywood hit movie could return to haunt its actor Shah Rukh Khan as Kumar has accused him of "betrayal of http://hamropalo.com/life_style/japan-firm-offers-space-weddings-at2-3-mln.html Life Style Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:52:00 +0545 BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhuanet) -- A Japanese firm on Tuesday began accepting reservations for couples who want to exchange their wedding vows in space, media http://hamropalo.com/life_style/are-madonna-and-yankee-039-s-arod-an-item.html Life Style Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:52:00 +0545 BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Madonna, who starred in "A League of Their Own," a movie about a womens' professional baseball league, has been linked http://hamropalo.com/life_style/studycoffee-could-help-beat-ms.html Life Style Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:52:00 +0545 BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhuanet) -- A strong cup of coffee may do more than just wake you up in the mornings, it could also prevent http://hamropalo.com/life_style/smokeless-tobacco-raises-oral-cancer-risk-80.html Life Style Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:52:00 +0545 BEIJING, July 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Smokeless tobacco -- such as chewing tobacco and snuff -- are less dangerous than cigarettes but still raise the risk http://hamropalo.com/life_style/netherlands-bans-smoking-in-cafesrestaura.html Life Style Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:52:00 +0545 BRUSSELS, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Smoking is prohibited in cafes, restaurants and bars across the Netherlands as of Tuesday. However, restaurants and http://hamropalo.com/life_style/world-happierdenmark-happiest.html Life Style Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:43:00 +0545 Washington: Denmark, with its democracy, social equality and peaceful atmosphere, is the happiest country in the world, researchers said on Monday.Zimbabwe, torn by political and http://hamropalo.com/life_style/diana-award-for-indianorigin-teenager-in-uk.html Life Style Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:39:00 +0545 A teenager of Indian origin will be awarded the 'Diana award' for her ''voluntary and selfless work'' within the community of Leicester, a British town comprising a sizeable population of ethnic Indians.Kalpreet Kau Aulakh, 16, will be presented the award by Manjula Sood, the Indian-origin Lord Mayor of Leicester on Monday, in recognition of her ''selfless community work, compassion and work to improve people's lives''.The award recognizes the time, effort and voluntary work done by Kamalpreet for her community.Aulakh's work includes services as a volunteer at the LOROS charity shop and participation in a youth programme aimed at imparting human values to youngsters, with an emphasis on how to incorporate them in their lives.She has also carried out fundraising activities for the youth group 'the Good Values Club' and charity 'Wishes 4 Kids' and has helped in serving food at a local communal hall, besides organising cultural evenings and inter-faith events for youngsters.''I am honoured to be presenting this award to Kamalpreet. http://hamropalo.com/life_style/prince-william-celebrates-26th-birthday-in-a-noble-way.html Life Style Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:39:00 +0545 Prince William took time off his two-month attachment with the Royal Navy to celebrate his 26th birthday in a noble way by playing alongside Prince Harry, his brother, in a charity polo match.William's girlfriend Kate Middleton watched the game as the princes played in aid of The Countryside Foundation For Education and Tusk Trust at Beaufort Polo Club near Westonbirt in Gloucestershire.Dressed in black shirts, William and Harry both played for the triumphant Apes Hill ClubBarbados, who beat Stobarts, dressed in white, five to three.Harry took up the number two position, an attacking forward, while William played number four, a defensive back position, the same role his mother Princess Diana used to play, 'The Daily Telegraph' reported.Earlier this week, William spent 24 hours on a nuclear powered submarine as it took part in wargames exercises and he will soon join the frigate HMS Iron Duke, on duty in the North Atlantic, for five weeks.His time with all the three services is part of a familiarisation exercise to equip the future King with the skills needed to be head of the British Armed Forces. http://hamropalo.com/life_style/being-bks-iyengarthe-enlightened-yogi-of-yoga.html Life Style Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:57:00 +0545 The result of a lifelong study, yoga, its most famous teacher says, has given him the gift of life. He says if he hadn’t found http://hamropalo.com/life_style/stars-cut-through-the-webbare-soul-through-blogs.html Life Style Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:57:00 +0545 Mumbai: Stars and celebrities are baring their souls and it's out there for the world to be read on their blogs.The latest to join the Bollywood blogosphere is Karan Johar, who can now be caught on .The 36-year-old filmmaker begins his innings as a blogger by admitting to have always been star struck and harbouring a desire to be popular, till the death of his father changed his perspective of life and relationships.Like Karan Johar, Aamir Khan, too, is in a mood to confess on his blog. I didn't know how to face all of you.Big B is also in an introspective mood as he shares his thoughts on the relevance of being kind and good in today's world in a recent post on his blog.Bachchan's blog got a huge response from readers, which has led him to post a rather emotional note on his webpage: "I never imagined so many would be affected by my thoughts of Day 55. http://hamropalo.com/life_style/pickup-lines-passeget-your-hot-date-the-right-way.html Life Style Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:56:00 +0545 The winning formula to land a hot date requires nothing but a straight look into her eyes accompanied by a light touch on her arm, according to a new study.The study, by scientists at Aberdeen University, has found that two-thirds of women gave a nod to dance with a man who requested for a dance by resting his hand on her arm for a second or two.And those who did not comply with the trick and kept their hands by their side while asking the same question had a success rate of only fifty percent.In fact, women also preferred to give their phone-number to a man who touched their arm as he approached them in the street.Published in Focus Magazine, the study said that touching makes a man appear dominant, and henceforth more attractive to the opposite sex.In fact, researcher Dr Ben Jones said that making eye contact also indicates interest in a woman, but only if it is genuine."Smiling can make you more attractive but it is worth bearing in mind that faking a smile is quite tricky," the Telegraph quoted Jones, as saying. http://hamropalo.com/life_style/its-a-baby-girl-for-jamie-lynn-spears.html Life Style Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:41:00 +0545 Everyone is healthy and happy, People quoted a source, as saying.The Zoey 101 stars elder sister Britney, father Jamie and brother Bryan flew to Louisiana on June 18 to help prepare for the birth.Jamie Lynn Spears was 16 when she announced her pregnancy last December, and sparked a tabloid firestorm in the US about teenage sex. http://hamropalo.com/life_style/aamir-admits-to-smoking-in-blogblames-stress.html Life Style Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:41:00 +0545 New Delhi: In his new blog entry actor Aamir Khan confesses that he has given in to the temptation of smoking and he puts the blame on stress.I know you guys are going to kick the shit out of me, my family is already doing that, Aamir writes in his blog.The actor says his nephew Imraan's debut film Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Nais the reason behind his stress. http://hamropalo.com/life_style/brains-of-gay-men-resemble-those-of-straight-womenstudy.html Life Style Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:20:00 +0545 The brains of gay men resemble those of straight women, research says.The research, quoted by the Los Angeles Times, provides more evidence of the role of biology in sexual orientation.Using brain-scanning equipment, researchers said they discovered similarities in the brain circuits that deal with language, perhaps explaining why homosexual men tend to outperform straight men on verbal skills tests - as do heterosexual women.The area of the brain that processes emotions also looked much the same in gay men and straight women - and both groups have higher rates of depressive disorders than heterosexual men, researchers were quoted as saying.The study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, however, found that the brain similarities were not as close in the case of gay women and straight men, the Times, Previous studies, it said, have found evidence that sexual orientation is influenced by biological factors. They knew going into the study that in men the right cerebral hemisphere is larger than the left, but in women the hemispheres are of equal size.The results showed that gay men had symmetrical brains like those of straight women, and homosexual women had slightly asymmetrical brains like those of heterosexual men. http://hamropalo.com/life_style/eat-a-big-breakfast-to-shed-weight.html Life Style Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:20:00 +0545 According to the researchers, eating a morning meal packed with protein and carbohydrates not only cuts cravings for sweet or starchy foods later in the day but also boosts the metabolism in the body.Lead researcher Daniela Jakubowicz said that popular diets which merely restrict carbohydrates often fail because they do not curb cravings for calorie-rich foods.The researchers at Hospital de Clinicas in Venezuela have based their findings on an analysis of the breakfasting habits of 100 obese young women, British newspaper the 'Daily Mail' reported. http://hamropalo.com/life_style/musical-star-cyd-charisse-passes-away.html Life Style Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:20:00 +0545 Cyd Charisse, who acted with Hollywood legends Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire, passed away at the age of 87.The star appeared in a number of films, but is most famous for the musicals of the 1940s and 1950s like Singin' in the Rain, and Silk Stockings.At the height of her fame her long legs were reportedly insured for a million dollars. http://hamropalo.com/life_style/royal-butler-burrell-denies-sex-with-diana-claim.html Life Style Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:36:00 +0545 Diana's former royal butler Paul Burrell has denied claims that he had a ''sexual relationship'' with the Princess of Wales.His brother-in-law had claimed that the former butler bedded Diana as part of his ''royal duties''. But, Burrell said there was ''not one shred of truth'' pertaining to his ''service with the Princess or Her Majesty''.''Anyone who knows me, who knew the Princess and understands the boundaries and decencies of royal service, as well as the integrity and trust which exist within our working relationship at Kensington Palace, will know how distasteful, fanciful and malicious these claims truly are,'' he said.In fact, the brother of Burrell's wife, Ron Cosgrove, told a Sunday newspaper that the royal butler confessed to him at a pub in 1993 that he and Diana were sleeping together.''Paul told me that he'd got a call from Diana in the middle of the night specifically to have sex with her. http://hamropalo.com/life_style/indianschinese-happy-lotsurvey.html Life Style Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:04:00 +0545 Amidst the global economic gloom, people of India and China remain upbeat about national economic conditions, though Indians are less positive than they were a year ago, states a survey.In contrast, some of the most negative evaluations of economic conditions come from citizens of advanced Western countries, the latest survey by the Pew Global Attitudes Project covering 24,000 people in 24 countries suggests. France, where most people were already quite negative about the economy, just 19 per cent view the national economy as good down from 30 per cent in 2007.Majorities in 18 of the 24 countries surveyed say conditions have worsened with 61 per cent rating their national economy as bad compared with 50 per cent in 2007. http://hamropalo.com/life_style/a-rocking-career-to-put-your-life-on-a-song.html Life Style Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:25:00 +0545 And it's not just their music that they experiment with.We were asked not to swear on stage, not to smoke and stripping was out of question, we did all of that, confesses the drummer of the band, Surojit Dev.While each of the Clones do have nine-to-five jobs, music has been first love and first priority which means whirlwind tours across the country, playing gigs at college festivals, pub shows, rock fests, corporate events and concerts- something that didn't go down well with parents at first.They kept stressing on the word "hobby" a lot, just go ahead with your "hobby", manage your "hobby", says vocalist Prithwish Dev.But hobnobbing with this hobby long enough is serious business.If you are to ensure that you can take that crowd for the moment and really entertain them, you need to be entertained yourself, which means you need to be honest with your music, says Prithwish.If you pump in enough commitment, 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh per show is what you can take home. 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