India

COIMBATORE - Silk handloom weavers in Coimbatore have woven a resplendent new Saree with 1,330 Thirukurals or couplets from holy scriptures in Tamil spun into the silk.

KANKER - Though Maoists claim themselves to be the voice of the poor or the helpless, many villagers in Kanker region of Chhattisgarh have abandoned their homes and hearths and take shelter in a school building to get rid of these Maoists.

AMRITSAR - A miniature artist has created a replica of the Akal Takht in Amritsar to highlight its condition at the time of 1984's Operation Blue Star. he replica model measures just one and a quarter inch long and one inch wide.

JAIPUR - The silver-foil making artisans of Jaipur are facing an unprecedented lean period and there seems to be no end in sight.

BHOPAL - The judgement on Bhopal Gas tragedy, one of the most horrific industrial disaster which killed thousands of people, would be pronounced on Monday.