Valentine

Bangaloreans run for healthy heart on V-Day

Bangalore: While Cupid-struck lovers were busy exchanging roses, gifts and greeting each other to celebrate Valentine's Day, about 1,000 denizens of this tech hub ran a marathon for a healthy heart on Tuesday. The 'Run for your Loved Ones' marathon was flagged off by World Athletics champion Anju Bobby George from Apollo Hospital campus on Bannerghatta road to Hulimavu junction in the city's upscale southern suburb and back. "About 1,000...  

Protests mark Valentine's Day in Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad: Protests by Hindu groups and a campaign to educate the youth by some Muslim organisations marked Valentine's Day in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday, as many joined the celebration of love. Activists of various right-wing outfits took out rallies, chased and warned lovers at parks and public places abuzz with enthusiastic couples. Wearing saffron-colour bands on their foreheads and wielding canes, activists claiming to be members of the Bajrang Dal,...  

Newly-weds Riteish and Genelia in Delhi on Valentine's Day

Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza were in the capital to promote their latest film 'Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya'. ...

Karnataka: for love's sake, 3 end life on V-Day

Bangalore: Valentine's Day turned tragic for three lovers, including a woman, in Karnataka on Tuesday as they opted to commit suicide at the altar of cupid. College student Yallappa, 25, and his beloved Bharti, 22, opted to die by jumping in front of a moving train near Gulbarga, about 650 km from here. Their parents were opposed to their marriage on caste considerations. "As the two lovers belonged to different...  

EC uses Valentine to promote voting

Lucknow: Election Commission on Tuesday used the occasion of Valentine's Day to encourage young couples to exercise their right to vote and spread the message of voting being the strength of democracy. In the politically-surcharged atmosphere of election-bound Uttar Pradesh, the volunteers of National Service Scheme (NSS) working for the Election Commission on Tuesday visited the Lucknow University to catch young voters and use various symbols of Valentine's Day to...  

India number 2 supplier of flowers on V-day: Alibaba

Kolkata: This Valentine's Day India has emerged the second largest supplier of fresh cut flowers in the world, a study by e-commerce portal Alibaba.com said. With 18 per cent of the total buyer enquiries going to Indian SMEs (small and medium enterprises), India features as the second largest seller of flowers after Thailand, according to site analytics data from Alibaba.com. Based on the inquiries received by Indian suppliers on the...  

The perfect look for Valentine's Day

Mumbai: Despite indications that '50 is the new 30', middle age continues to be used as a figure of speech for decline or inactivity in a person's life. But this Valentine's Day, for many middle-aged men and women, it means turning over a new leaf. Cosmetologists assert that clinics have been abuzz with a steady stream of middle-aged men and women in the run up to the day earmarked for...  

Archies shares soar up on Valentine's Day

Mumbai: Shares of gift and card-makers, including Archies and Hanung Toys & Textiles, surged by over 9 per cent despite a sluggish broader market on Valentine's Day on Tuesday. Hanung Toys and Textiles, which is engaged in the manufacturing of stuffed toys and home furnishings, soared 9.66 per cent to Rs 142.90 on the BSE. Archies, which is engaged in the business of retailing gift items, greeting cards and stationary...  

Beware of Valentine's spam, warns Kaspersky Lab

Bangalore: Even as people gear up to celebrate St. Valentine's Day Tuesday, spammers are working overtime to hack into computers of online users on the romantic occasion with spam mails having catchy words in the subject line, warns global computer security firm Kaspersky Lab. "Beware of e-mails with attractive words or deceptive offers to lure online lovers on Valentine's Day as they could be from unknown source or spammers on...  

20 tech one-liners for your Valentine

Technology is bringing us closer, so we thought of a score of sweet and short love messages with a tech flavour to impress your love this Valentine's Day. Take your pick. 1. Will you be my tweet heart? 2. I am more addicted to you than Facebook. 3. The love for you in my heart is far more than the data on my hard disk. 4. I promise that I'll...  

Valentine's Day: Google doodles a love song

New Delhi: It's a music video doodle on the Google home page this Valentine's Day. The Valentine's Day Google doodle is in the form of a short animated love story of a boy trying to woo a girl set to Tony Bennett's rendition of Hank Williams' classic blues ballad Cold, Cold Heart. The default image of the doodle is of the boy holding a Valentine with the Google logo on...  

25 greatest poetry quotes as SMS on V-Day

New Delhi: If your own words did not quite hit the mark - take a hint from the masters of this art. We give you 25 best poetry quotes that you can use as SMS on Valentine's Day. Pick your favourites and start texting! Shakespeare - "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate..." John Donne - "I conjure thee, and all the oaths...  

10 bizarre things to do on Valentine's Day

New Delhi: This Valentine's Day will be special for Manuel Uribe, the world's heaviest man - he will tie the knot with longtime girlfriend Claudia on the special occasion and it will be shown on television. Here are 10 odd things to do on Valentine's Day. World's heaviest man gets hitched From interviews to pre-wedding preparations, all of it would be telecast on History TV18 channel Feb 14. Manuel hit...  

Quiz: How well do you know 'Valentine's Day'?

New Delhi: From day-long kissing marathons to elaborate plans of marriage proposals, Valentine's Day or St Valentine's Day, named after one of several early Christian martyrs, is marked by romantic rendezvous and unbridled consumerism.Seven couples have brought their lips together in the Thai beach resort of Pattaya, some 100 km southeast of Bangkok, hoping to break the world record for longest continuous kiss - which currently stands at nearly two...  

Moral brigades to keep off this Valentine's Day

New Delhi: This Valentine's Day, couples can snuggle up on park benches and corners unhassled. Moral brigades who crack down on love-struck couples on Valentine's have no intention to play spoilsport on February14, an activist of a right wing group said. One of the reasons behind this change of heart is the bad reputation they were getting. Om Dutt Sharma, Shiv Sena's Delhi convenor, told IANS: "Since last year we...  

Couples face off in Valentine's Day ordeal

Pattaya: Lips locked at all times -- including for bathroom breaks and meals -- is the less than romantic challenge facing Thai couples trying for the kiss to blow away all kisses at a Valentine's Day marathon. Seven couples have brought their lips together in the Thai beach resort of Pattaya, some 100 km (62 miles) southeast of Bangkok, hoping to break the world record for longest continuous kiss -...  

TN: Wary of V-day, Vellore park to stay closed

Vellore: Lilting instrumental songs play on mobile phones as hot pakodas and appalams are passed around "this is a usual scene witnessed at Periyar Park, a popular rendezvous for young courting couples. However, on February 14, celebrated widely as Valentines Day and a day for lovers, the park will be empty. It has been announced that the park will remain closed during the day but will be opened only between...