Melbourne, Mar 7 : Desperate bachelors in a remote village in India are building a new road, which they hope will provide them access to potential brides.

Known as the "village of unmarried people", tiny Barwaan Kala has more than 120 local blokes who are still single.

They blame their celibacy to the remoteness of the village, which is located high in the Kaimur hills in the west of Bihar.

"The biggest problem for us and for outsiders is the difficult hilly terrain to pass through,” the Daily Telegraph quoted bachelor Ram Lal Yadav, 40, as saying.

Thus, they have now found a solution to find a mate for them, and have started building a road themselves.

New Delhi, Mar 7 : Delegates at an International Women''s Conference here said that women from the rural and the backward areas of the country are the worst victims of the global meltdown.

The four-week long conference was inaugurated on March 3 and will continue till March 31.

The event has also been an occasion to honour numerous social activists from various fields with awards for their work in the cause of women''s empowerment.

Among the award winners are Prof. Mool Chand Sharma, Vice Chancellor of Central University of Haryana and noted film actress-cum-director, Nandita Das.

In a bid to drive demand in the market, second largest car manufacturer and largest car exporter in India, Hyundai Motor India (HMI) is likely to soon launch a diesel version of their new models -i10 and i20- in the market.

Speaking on this, Arvind Saxena (Senior Vice President, HMI) said, “We will launch the i20 diesel for the domestic market this year. But we are yet to finalize the engine size.”

It is learnt that the i20 diesel would be launched before the diesel version of the i10.

Sydney, Mar. 7: In the first match of the Women''s World Cup at Bradman, Indian bowlers displayed brilliant performance to thrash archrivals Pakistan, by ten wickets.

After winning the toss, India elected to field first and dismissed its neighbour for only 57 runs.

India then attained the target within ten overs without losing any wickets.

Following the triumphant show of their bowlers, Anagha Deshpande (26) and Anjum Chopra (17) comfortably led India towards victory.

Among the Indian bowlers, Rumeli Dhar was the leading wicket taker, with three wickets giving away only seven runs.

Srinagar, Mar 7 : Separatist leader and Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference or APHC, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has said his party action plan is for more of interaction with the people of Kashmir and not the elections to the Lok Sabha.

Kylie Minogue is not only shaking a leg for Blue she’s also fallen in love with all things Indian including Bollywood and the sari.

Now it can be told. The reason why Akshay Kumar has been playing Kylie Minogue’s unofficial host in Mumbai is because she is a huge Akshay Kumar fan.