LONDON - Iran has banned its television channels from showing cooking programs that present recipes for foreign cuisine.

RANCHI - Maoists today blew up railway tracks at two different places in Jharkhand as they began a day-long shutdown in three states to protest price rise and corruption.

NEVADA - Worcestershire County Museum (WCM) in United Kingdom (UK) is celebrating Hindu festival of Holi in the last week of this month.

NEVADA - Hindus are shocked and upset at the reported damage to 11th century Preah Vihear Hindu Shiva temple complex because of Thai-Cambodian crossfire at their border.

WASHINGTON - Sarah Palin's appearance at a military fundraiser has been cancelled after "an onslaught of negative feedback" received by the organization.