Everything you need to know about Maya Pur: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Maya Pur: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Tbilisi (Georgia), June 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Georgia is prepared to accept Russian President Vladimir Putin's offer to take a role in security at next year's Winter Olympics.
Los Angeles, May 14 (IANS) Actress Uma Thurman, who gave birth to her third child in July last year, wants to get back to work as she wants to strike a balance between her personal and professional life.
Washington, May 8 (ANI): 56 per cent of Americans trust Clint Eastwood, compared with the 45 percent who trust President Barack Obama, a new survey has revealed.
Melbourne, May 07(ANI): Formula One ace, Lewis Hamilton, was spotted showing off his new David Beckham style back tattoo while sunbathing at a friend's home with his pop star girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger, in Malibu, California.
Washington, April 26 (ANI): Finding from new excavations at Ceibal, an ancient Maya site in Guatemala, have challenged the two prevailing theories on how early Maya civilization began, suggesting its origins are more complex than previously thought.
Film: "Iron Man 3"; Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Ben Kingsley, Guy Pearce, Gwyneth Paltrow, Rebecca Hall, Don Cheadle, Paul Bettany (voice), Jon Favreau, Ty Simpkins; Director: Shane Black; Rating: ***
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Rajya Sabha Members Monday sought more stringent laws following the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl here and asked the government to call an all-party meeting for the purpose, even as some parties pushed for the death penalty in such cases.
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The first day of parliament's resumed session Monday after a month-long recess opened on a note of discord Monday with concerns over the brutal rape of a five-year-old as well as alleged irregularities in coal block allocation and the draft JPC report on 2G spectrum leading to repeated adjournments in both houses.
Mexico City, April 19 (IANS/EFE) Police found 14 thoroughbreds at an illegal drug lab in Guanajuato, a state in central Mexico, and arrested four suspects, officials said.
Film: "Lessons In Forgetting"; Cast: Adil Hussain, Amey Wagh, Bhanu Prakash, Veena Sajnani, Uttara Baokar, Roshni Achreja, Maya Tideman, Raaghav Chanana, Karan Nair, Anuja Vaidya, Lakshmi Krishnamurthy, Parthiv Shah, Sukitha Aiyar; Director: Unni Vijayan; Rating: ***
Washington, April 18 (ANI): Carbon dating of a wooden beam from a Guatemalan temple has confirmed the end date of the Mayan Long Count calendar.
Lucknow, April 16 (IANS) Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati Tuesday demanded that president's rule be imposed in the state.
Washington, April 12(ANI): One of the Mayan calendars, the Maya Long Count, is empirically calibrated to the modern European calendar, according to an international team of researchers.
Lucknow, April 11 (IANS) Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati received a shot in the arm Thursday when an old associate and Dalit leader R.K. Chowdhary joined the party after a gap of 12 years.
Guatemala City, April 9 (IANS/EFE) Guatemala will advertise the country as a destination for foreign visitors with the aim of boosting the economy.
Washington, April 3 (ANI): A team of chemists from the University of Valencia and the Polythecnic University of Valencia (Spain) have come up with a new hypothesis about how Maya Blue, a highly-resistant pigment used for centuries in Mesoamerica, was prepared.
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) The sounds of Indian drums and music resounded in Belize during a cultural festival held earlier this month to commemorate the arrival of Indians in the Central American country more than 150 years ago. Indians were taken to Belize in the mid-19th century to work on the sugarcane and banana plantations and in the logging industry.
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New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) The anti-rape bill, providing for enhanced punishment for rape, making stalking and voyeurism criminal offences and fixing age of consent for sex at 18, got parliamentary approval Thursday with the Rajya Sabha passing the bill with voice vote.
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Rajya Sabha members, irrespective of party affiliation, Thursday expressed concern over security of women and demanded strong measures for their protection as the upper house debated the anti-rape bill.
Washington, March 15 (ANI): Oprah Winfrey has credited Dr. Maya Angelou for giving her the best life lesson to date.
Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) Bipasha Basu confesses that the promotional tours of her upcoming film "Aatma" are giving her sleepless nights as she is being forced to face her fears and visit haunted places.
Melbourne, Mar 2 (ANI): An Australian professional freediver has arrived in Hawaii to make final preparations for an unprecedented double world record attempt.
Taiyuan (China), Feb 28 (IANS) American small forward Maya Moore has renewed her contract for three years till 2016 with Shanxi women's basketball team, club president Wang Haizhen said.
Chennai, Feb 18 (IANS) As much she loves picking up glamorous roles, southern actress Tashu Kaushik says she loves doing more realistic cinema. She wants to strike a balance between playing a glam doll and proving her acting prowess.
Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) International music composer and performer Edward Maya says that he follows Bollywood and likes superstar Shah Rukh Khan the most.
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London, Feb. 12 (ANI): The female CIA agent, who had spent her life working on hunting down al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden wept when she was shown his body, the Navy SEAL who shot him dead has revealed.
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Signalling European Union's (EU) change of policy towards Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi over the 2002 riots in the state, Germany's envoy to India Michael Steiner Friday said they were "now in a new phase" because of continued trust in India's judicial and electoral system.
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Signalling the European Union's (EU) change of policy towards Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi over the 2002 riots in the state, Germany's envoy to India Friday said they trust India's judicial system.
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Signalling the European Union's (EU) change of policy towards Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi over the 2002 riots in the state, Germany's envoy to India Friday said they trust India's judicial system.
Kuala Lumpur, February 4 (ANI): Some women in Malaysia are offering men massage services at home, while their husband takes care of their children according to a reported.
London, Feb.1 (ANI): India's human rights situation took serious turns for the worse with respect to civil society protections, sexual violence against women, and the longstanding failure to hold public officials accountable for abuses, Human Rights Watch said today in the release of its World Report 2013.
Washington, Jan 22 (IANS) The Indian greeting of "Namaste" was among the salutations chosen by Cuban poet Richard Blanco to voice the message of 'one' America in his inaugural poem for President Barack Obama.
Washington, Jan 20 (IANS) President Barack Obama was not there, but his maternal half-sister Maya Soetoro-Ng came to cheer with Indian-Americans as they had a ball to celebrate the second-term inauguration of the man they voted overwhelmingly.
Washington, Jan 20 (IANS) People in positions of authority are quick to shrug off snubs or mild rejection and will seek out social bonding opportunities even if they have been rebuffed, according to a US study.
Washington, January 19 (ANI): People in power have thicker skin than one might think, according to a new research from the University of California, Berkeley.
London, Jan. 18 (ANI): Uma Thurman has revealed that it was her 14-year-old daughter Maya's idea to name her and financier beau Arpad Busson's first child: Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence.
Los Angeles, Jan 14 (IANS) Daniel Day-Lewis and Jessica Chastain were named the best actor and actress in a motion picture (drama) respectively, at the 70th Golden Globe awards ceremony here.
Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) Celebrating a century of Indian cinema through posters, lobby cards, song booklets and magazine covers of mainstream and rare B-movies, the "Maya Mahal" exhibition began here Wednesday.
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) A bus stop in south Delhi's Munirka area from where the young woman boarded a bus in which she was gang-raped turned Saturday into a memorial after she passed away in Singapore.
Washington, December 24 (ANI): People were relieved that the world showed no signs of ending on Friday as predicted by many, but one German researcher has sparked fear again saying that Dec. 24th could be the big day.
Mexico City, Dec 24 (IANS/EFE) Mexico's government has announced a high-speed rail project in the Yucatan Peninsula aimed at unlocking that region's full economic potential.
London, December 22 (ANI): As thousands of people around the world anxiously awaited the end of the world on "Doomsday" December 21, the predicted time of the world's end came and went without major incident.
Dubai, Dec. 21 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin is not worried by the prophecies about the world ending on Friday, as he knows that it has another 4.5 billion years left.
Varanasi, Dec.21 (ANI): Threatened by rumours of doomsday, devotees and tourists thronged the holy city of Varanasi on Thursday for shelter and to offer prayers.
London, Dec. 20 (ANI): At an eighth century temple deep inside the Guatemalan jungle, people who are convinced that the world is about to end are gathering for the end of times.
Mexico City, Dec 20 (IANS/EFE) Mexican researchers have reconstructed the political, economic, religious and cultural life of the ancient Mayan capital of Palenque on the basis of inscriptions, authorities said.
Kolkata, Dec 20 (IANS) City-based Railways "A" along with Formidables from Delhi, Mumbai's Poddar developers from Mumbai and Indian Blues romped into the semi final of the prestigious Ruia Gold Cup bridge championship here Wednesday.
Kolkata, Dec 19 (IANS) Defending champions Railways "A" shook off their initial lethargy and forced a huge lead of 75 victory points against city-based Ajay Bagaria's team after session three of their quarter final match for the Ruia Gold Cup at the 54th Winter National Bridge championship here Wednesday.
Kolkata, Dec 18 (IANS) Led by the city-based teams of Ajay Bagaria and Hemant Jalan, sides from Delhi and Mumbai moved into the quarter finalsof the Ruia Gold Cup on the third day of the 54th Winter National Bridge Championship at the Geetanjali stadium here Tuesday.
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Members in both houses of parliament Monday expressed pain and anguish at the horrific torture and gang-rape of a young woman in a moving bus in Delhi with Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde assuring a fast trial of the case as well as more measures to ensure safety of women.
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Rajya Sabha members across party lines Tuesday condemned the gang-rape of a young woman on a moving bus in Delhi, and sought strict action against the culprits.
The shocking gang rape case of Delhi today rocked Parliament and members of Parliament condemned the incident in both the houses. In Rajya Sabha members condemned the incident blaming the loose law and order of Delhi. Members of opposition seeking a statement from Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was disrupted Tuesday with opposition members seeking a statement from Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on the gang-rape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in Delhi.
Beijing, Dec 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A total of 93 people were detained in China for spreading doomsday rumours.
Los Angeles, Dec 14 (IANS) Actress Uma Thurman, who has daughter Maya (14) and son Levon (10) from her previous marriage to Ethan Hawke, gave birth to her third child, daughter Luna, in July. She says she feels more confident as a mother now.
London, Dec 13 (IANS) US space agency NASA is so confident that the apocalypse will not happen Dec 21 as predicted by the Mayan calendar that it has released a video 10 days ahead of schedule titled "Why the World Didn't End Yesterday".
Kochi, Dec 12 (IANS) A three-month festival of art, heritage and culture on a scale unseen in India before, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, began here Wednesday, 12/12/12, with a spectacular cultural event that included a mesmerising 'panchavadyam' (five-instrument) performance by 44 musicians.
Washington, Dec. 11 (ANI): The real-life female CIA agent at the center of 'Zero Dark Thirty' is leading a more complicated career than the one portrayed in the movie.
Fort Kochi, Dec 2 (IANS) Artists and the general audience at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2012 will hear Mathangi Maya Arulpragasam, M.I.A as she is popularly known, perform for the first time in India Dec 11 at the event's inauguration.
Los Angeles, Nov 30 (IANS) In upcoming movie "Zero Dark Thirty", Jessica Chastian plays the role of a woman who gives priority to work over family life. The actress says she could relate to the character as she has faced a similar situation in real life.
Washington, November 30(ANI): U.S. archaeologists have unearthed dozens of rounded clay pieces from a site in Mexico, which they believe were used by ancient Maya for cooking.
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) Young entrepreneurs and experts met here Thursday to discuss ways to strengthen a programme aimed at helping them grow their businesses and spreading financial inclusion.
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) It should have been marshalling its strengths to take on the Congress with balloting in several states next year and general elections due in 2014, but India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is instead battling internal demons that have led to strains and tensions between its top leaders.
Moscow, Nov 27 (IANS) An apocalypse kit that went on sale in Tomsk in western Siberia contains a bottle of vodka, reported RIA Novosti.
Sydney, November 22 (ANI): Experts have debunked the doomsday myth, saying that the Maya people did not really mark their calendar for the end of the world on December 21, 2012.
Kochi, Nov 21 (IANS) M.I.A., Britain's popular singer and painter of Sri Lankan descent, will perform at a concert as well as showcase her artwork at international art show Kochi?Muziris Biennale in this Kerala city next month.
London, November 19 (ANI): Singing to your baby bump is good for the unborn child, experts say.
Dubai, Nov. 14 (ANI): Indians celebrated Diwali, the festival of lights, with fervour and zeal in Dubai on Tuesday.
Santiago, Nov 14 (IANS/EFE) Maya Fernandez, a granddaughter of slain Chilean President Salvador Allende, saw her hopes of becoming mayor of the capital district of Nunoa dashed when a recount showed that she lost the Oct 28 election by a mere 30 votes.
London, November 13 (ANI): Analysis of soils of Guatemala's Tikal National Park has shed light on why Maya civilization began to wane after reaching its peak between 250 and 900 AD.
Washington, Nov 10 (IANS/EFE) Climate change contributed to the decline of the Maya people, according to an article in the latest issue of Science magazine based on studies by a team of archaeologists investigating rainfall levels in southern Belize.
Washington, Nov. 9 (ANI): The collapse of the Maya is one of the world's most enduring mysteries, but new findings suggest that decades of extreme weather crippled, and finally decimated, first, the political culture and later ancient Maya's human population.
New York, October 27 (ANI): Mayan people from Guatemala have accused the government and tour groups on Wednesday of perpetuating the myth that their calendar foresees the imminent end of the world for monetary gain.
Los Angeles, Oct 19 (IANS) Actress Uma Thurman has revealed the name of her daughter with financier fiance Arpad Busson. The couple plan to call her Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence Thurman-Busson.
Washington, Oct 18 (ANI): Uma Thurman, who gave birth to a baby girl on July 15, was keeping the name she and her beau Arpad Busson had chosen for their daughter under wraps, until now.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Sixty rare photographs by famous Italian modernist photographer-turned Communist revolutionary Tina Modotti will be exhibited for the first time in the capital in an exhibition, "Fire Does Not Die, Tina Modotti & Pandurang Khankhoje, Art & Revolution", at the Instituto Italiano di Cultura Oct 15-Nov 15.
Lucknow, Oct 9 (IANS) Hundreds and thousands of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) workers and supporters from all over the country tropped into the state capital Tuesday to join the Maha Dalit Sankalp rally at the Rama Bai grounds here.
London, October 6 (ANI): Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered watchtower-style structures at the temple complex of Chichen Itza, which they believe was used by ancient Maya to observe the equinoxes and solstices.
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) A Delhi court Friday awarded death sentences to five members of a family convicted for the honour killing of a young couple in 2010, saying that their offence was "the rarest of the rare".
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) A Delhi Court Friday awarded death sentence to five members of a family convicted earlier for killing a young couple to death in 2010 in the name of honour.
Washington, October 4 (ANI): Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered the tomb of Lady K'abel, a seventh-century Maya Holy Snake Lord considered one of the great queens of Classic Maya civilization.
Guatemala City, Oct 4 (IANS/EFE) The tomb of a powerful seventh-century Maya queen was discovered at the El Peru-Waka site in the northwestern Guatemalan province of Peten, archaeologists said Wednesday.
Tehran, Sep 26 (IANS) A correspondent of Iran's Press TV network was killed and another journalist injured in an attack Wednesday in Syrian capital Damascus.
Mumbai, Sep 18 (IANS) Preity Zinta found a perfect mini version of herself in her niece Maya for a role in "Ishkq In Paris".
Chicago, Sep 12 (IANS) A US Congressman who has mounted a campaign to revoke the ban on an American visa for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi says in the "trying economic times" this country "could learn a great deal from him".
Tokyo, Sep 8 (IANS) The United States beat former champions Germany 1-0 in Tokyo to claim their third FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup crown Saturday.
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Despite BSP supremo Mayawati's request to let parliament function for passing a bill on reservations in promotions for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, the BJP is unlikely to oblige her, a party leader said Tuesday.
Kolkata, Sep 1 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday broke its silence on the 28-year sentence awarded to the party's Gujarat legislator Maya Kodnani, saying the conviction was proof of the existence of rule of law in the state.
New Delhi, Aug 31 (ANI): The Congress party on Friday acknowledged that the "wheels of justice" have finally turned, albeit slowly, in the Naroda Patiya case, adding that the larger question of fixing "political accountability" for the massacre needs to be addressed.
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday refused to comment on the 28-year-sentence awarded to the party's Gujarat legislator Maya Kodnani.
Ahmedabad, Aug 31 (IANS) A special Gujarat court Friday sentenced Bharatiya Janata Party legislator and former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani to 28 years in jail for her involvement in the 2002 post-Godhra riots in Naroda Patiya where 97 Muslims were killed.
Ahmedabad, Aug 31 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Maya Kodnani was sent to jail for 28 years, while Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi was sentenced to death for their role in the Naroda Patiya massacre that took place in 2002.
The Ahmedabad special court Friday sentenced its final verdict to 31 convicts of Naroda Patiya massacre case in which 92 people belongings to Muslim community had been burnt alive during Gujarat communal riots 2002.......
Ahmedabad, Aug 31 (IANS) A special Gujarat court Friday sentenced Bharatiya Janata Party legislator and former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani to 28 years in jail for her involvement in the 2002 post-Godhra riots in Naroda Patiya where 97 Muslims were killed.
Ahmedabad, Aug 29 (ANI): Social activists and kith and kin of the victims of the 2002 Gujarat communal riots on Wednesday hailed the verdict of convicting the key accused in the Naroda Patiya massacre.
Ahmedabad, Aug 29 (IANS) Shakeela Banu Ansari cannot forget the horror of the night of Feb 28, ten years ago when she lost her entire family to a murderous mob in Naroda Patiya. Though she is happy with the court verdict convicting 32 people for the massacre of 97 Muslims, including her kin, she wonders why the mayhem had to happen.
Ahmedabad, Aug 29 (ANI) Congress party leader Digvijay Singh on Wednesday welcomed the verdict in Naroda Patiya massacre case, saying that it has proved the role of BJP leaders in post-Godhra riots and claimed that the pogrom was carried out with support of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
