Youngsters seem to take to dancing quite naturally portraying an inborn rhythm to shake a leg for catchy numbers, probably inspired by watching heroes and heroines gyrate on the bollywood screen.

But improved production values and an explosion in television dance shows in recent years have promoted dance from a second-best bit part to a viable and potentially lucrative career for aspiring young performers.

In a sign of the demand, newspaper classified sections on any gi…

A pair of Bangladeshi twins who are joined at the head will undergo a risky and highly complex operation to separate them next week, Australian surgeons said.

Trishna and Krishna, now almost three years old, have undergone a series of delicate operations to separate the blood flow to their brains since a charity first brought them to Australia two years ago.

A team of 16 specialists will work for 16 hours from early morning until midnight to part the pair in Melbourne on …