THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Glued to their office work 24X7, many parents in Kerala who have little time for their children are paying a price to get to know juniors better. Like their counterparts in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore, they are hiring private sleuths to spy on their kids. Love affairs of their kids are no longer the only issues as drug abuse, rackets linking pornography and blackmail are on the rise. And such assignments cost Rs 3,000-5,000 per task, not too heavy [...]

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LAHORE Police might have raised its strength by additional force and resources through hefty funds but it appears to have done little to check crime as the provincial capital has registered more murders in the first four months and fifteen days of this year as compared to the corresponding period during the previous year. According to official statistics compiled by Lahore Investigation police, the provincial capital registered 179 cases of murders in the first four months and fifteen days of [...]

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He is a hotshot lawyer who is spiritually inclined. His formative years were spent under the Beatles Guru, Maharishi Yogi. He’s also a financial whizkid who hobnobs with Hollywood’s elite like Goldie Hawn, Kevin Costner and Deepak Chopra! But that’s not why the chairman of MPH Holdings, London — Anshuman Mishra is red hot right now! This BJP Rajya Sabha nominee from Jharkand withdrew his papers recently after putting up a brave fight with the top brass of the party. [...]

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Its easy to fall in love with animals when theyre our pets. Most of us have had those love affairs, mostly with dogs or cats. We take them into our homes and lo and behold a bond is formed. Some bonds are better than others. The best one ends up as a member of the family and is the most wonderful pet we ever had. A pet owners age, the timing, and the circumstances have a lot to do with [...]

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The Magnetic Fields, Love at the Bottom of the Sea (Merge Records) The Magnetic Fields are still on the quest for romance. Love at the Bottom of the Sea finds the band once again exploring the theme of failed love affairs using biting lyricism, thanks to leader and songwriter Stephin Merritt, but this time with added synth. Rather than traditional love songs lamenting pain and anguish, the Magnetic Fields mock the heightened emotions of love with sarcastic lyrics. Andrew in [...]

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By Ruth Wellin There’s a magical castle in the woods, where candlesticks and feather dusters have love affairs, clocks have panic attacks, and a single red rose counts down the days of a hideous beast. At least, this castle existed in Ridley High School’s production of &"Beauty and the Beast&" recently. The musical, with music by Alan Mencken and lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, is a stage adaptation of the animated Disney film. The classic story is that [...]

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I have this vision that one day Illbesitting reading bedtime stories from MailOnlines sidebar to a child by Ikea lamplight. What happens to TOWIEs Sam Faiers when her tan peels, Mummy, when shes punished for her vanity? the child will ask, cuddling her Barack doll closer. Shh, darling, Illsay, closing my iPad 14. Well find out tomorrow. Todays fairy tales are told by the tabloids. Our heroes are recovering prescription-painkiller addicts. Our heroines wear their cleavages like enlarged thyroid glands. [...]

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condemns honour killings, is urging residents to ask candidates their views on love before casting votes in their favour. “If they support love marriage and are against honour killing, only then should they be voted to power, because otherwise they can be dangerous,” said Harsha Malhotra of the group. Love Commandos also want parties to spell out their stand on love affairs, love marriages and protection of lovers’ rights in their election manifestoes. The group has been supporting lovers and [...]

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The winner of 8 Tony Awards including the award for Lifetime Achievement, a Pulitzer Prize, an Olivier award and handful of Grammy’s, the composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim, is certainly no shadowy, secretive figure. But his shows, nonetheless, are rarely ever grouped in with the ‘greats’ of musical theatre, his name not dominating the neon signs of Broadway in the same way as the likes of Rogers and Hammerstein and Gershwin in the past and the Mackintosh and Lloyd-Webber double [...]

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Theres something happening right now. That something is a British boy-band explosion, led by One Direction and the Wanted. While 1D touts candy-coated love affairs in their music, the Wanted are selling ones that are enjoyed best with an adult beverage. While they each cater to different audiences, one thing they have in common is that girls absolutely love them. As both bands bring their signature charms to the States, having already conquered their native UK, many fans are wondering [...]

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