Sydney, May 20 (IANS) Musician Elliot Gleave aka Example got married to fiancee Erin McNaugh here this weekend after six months of engagement. More »Example, Erin McNaught married
London, May 20 (IANS) Celebrity footballer David Beckham reportedly loves to style daughter Harper and has taken over the duty of styling her. More »David Beckham loves styling daughter
Los Angeles, May 20 (IANS) Singer Chris Brown reportedly has a soft corner for ex-girlfriend Karrueche Tran. More »Brown has soft spot for Tran?
Jerusalem, May 20 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his government remains committed to prevent transfer of the advanced weaponry to Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. More »Israel to keep preventing arms transfer to Hezbollah
Moscow, May 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) As many as 50 people were injured after a car ploughed into a crowd of people participating in a parade in the US state of Virginia. More »50 injured as car rams into public in US
Los Angeles, May 20 (IANS) Actress Gwyneth Paltrow loves food and says she has inherited it from her late father. More »Gwyneth Paltrow a big-time foodie
Moscow, May 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ryan Fogle, the man Russia's security services claimed to have captured last week as he tried to recruit a Russian to spy for the US, left Moscow Sunday, a media report said. More »Alleged unmasked CIA agent leaves Russia
LONDON, May 19, 2013 (AFP) - English county scores on Sunday: More »Cricket: English county scores
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department's seizure of phone records for journalists at the Associated Press is hurting the agency's ability to gather news, the wire service's Chief Executive and President Gary Pruitt said on Sunday. "Officials that would normally talk to us and people we talk to in the normal course of news gathering are already saying to us that they're a little reluctant to talk to us," Pruitt said on CBS's "Face The Nation" program. "They fear that they will be monitored by the government. ... More »AP chief says phone probe makes news sources reluctant to talk
LONDON (Reuters) - Veteran rocker Rod Stewart scored his first British album chart number one in more than 30 years on Sunday with "Time", while the French electro outfit Daft Punk clung to the top of the singles chart, the Official Charts Company said. Stewart, sporting his trademark spiky blonde hairdo, told Reuters that the process of putting together his new autobiography had freed up what is normally a slow song writing process. "I've written some decent songs, but I've never considered myself a songwriter because it doesn't come naturally," he said. ... More »Rod Stewart tops UK album chart for first time in 34 years
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - Lebanese Hezbollah militants attacked a Syrian rebel-held town alongside Syrian troops on Sunday and Israel threatened more attacks on Syria to rein the militia in, highlighting the risks of a wider regional conflict if planned peace talks fail. Activists said it was the fiercest fighting in Syria's two year-old civil war involving Hezbollah, a Shi'ite group backed by Iran which they said appeared to be helping President Bashar al-Assad secure a vital corridor in case Syria fragments. ... More »Hezbollah steps up Syria battle, Israel threatens more strikes
India, May 20 -- A 19-year-old student was killed and another injured when a speeding truck overturned near Hindon Air Force crossing in Sahibabad on Sunday, the police said.Three cranes and two JCB machines were pressed into service to take out the victims who were trapped under the vehicle. The rescue operation lasted for about one-and-a-half hours, said a police official. ... More »19-yr-old killed, friend hurt in road mishap
India, May 20 -- Women empowerment has been a much talked about issue, more so after the infamous Delhi gang rape on December 16 last year. Yet, crimes against women are on an all time high.But all hope has not been lost, not yet.The students of Step by Step school, Noida, took a brave step forward in women empowerment by holding a daylong event to spread awareness on various crimes against women. The event, driven by students, was aimed at spreading awareness and changing the mindset of a society where crimes against women are on the rise. ... More »Empowering women, step by step at Noida
India, May 20 -- Two days after a 53-year-old professor was arrested and charged for begging on suburban trains, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) said that Sandeep Desai should have sought their permission before starting to collect money, which he uses for setting up education institutes. Desai, however, claimed that he had already given an application to the Railway administration in 2010."Before I started making rounds in the local trains for the charity, I had given a written application to the railway administration. ... More »Prof held for 'begging' says he had sought permission
Mumbai, May 20 -- Before the current spot-fixing scam and the match-fixing scam that broke in circa 2000, the biggest controversy in cricket in India happened in 1976 when England's fast bowler John Lever was found using Vaseline, allegedly to get more 'swing,' by umpire Judah Reuben of Bombay who died in 2006.The incident happened in the third Test at Chennai when Reuben found Vaseline on a gauze strip that Lever had used on his eyebrows to prevent, as the bowler was to say later, sweat from his forehead running into his eyes before discarding it on the ground. ... More »Umpire Reuben and cricket's cheats
India, May 20 -- A senior Air India (AI) commander has written to airline pilots to "dress smartly" while expressing his displeasure with the shabby dressing of pilots, which he says has left a poor impression of the airline."The respect our colleagues will command depends on the impression which each one of us creates where ever we go. In the better airlines such as Singapore and Emirates, there is a strict code of behaviour and dress. So please dress smartly," wrote Captain V Kulkarni, chief of flight safety, AI Express in a letter to senior commanders. ... More »Air India pilots get a dressing down for not dressing up
India, May 20 -- Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE), an apex professional organisation representing public sector enterprises (PSE) is promoting excellence in them and enabling them to be globally competitive. UD Choubey, director general, SCOPE spoke to Hindustan Times. Excerpts.How has been the performance of central PSEs (CPSE) in the recent years, given that there is a slowdown in the broader economy?I feel proud to say that CPSEs have been consistently improving their performance, productivity and profitability. ... More »We aim for inclusive growth of nation
India, May 20 -- After the emergence of Aam Aadmi Party from the civil society movement, another group of aspiring leaders are set to form their political outfit, to be named Indian National Confederation, ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.After years of civil society activity in different parts of the country, particularly in the field of human rights, the group claims to have support from several erstwhile Maharajas, a section of the retired top brass of three services, and rebel Congress leaders."Our main fight will be over corruption and economic revival. ... More »After AAP, another 'civil' party in offing
India, May 20 -- You will be able to get real-time traffic information when driving on busy arterial roads during night hours from now on.To improve efficiency in managing traffic on city's arterial roads after dark, the Delhi traffic police, in line with several cities of the US and UK, have introduced variable message signs (VMS) on an experimental basis.The signs - originally an important component of Delhi police's yet-to-materialise-dream Intelligent Traffic System (ITS) project - will help motorists efficiently negotiate traffic situation, the traffic police believe. ... More »Traffic cops come out with glowing message
India, May 20 -- For thousands of students who come to Delhi University from across the country, the new four-year undergraduate programme is going to translate into a financial setback.While the annual fee charged by DU colleges is much lesser as compared to the fee for private colleges, an additional year will no doubt be a burden for a parent with modest means.If the cost of living alone is anything to go by, a parent living outside Delhi will end up spending at least Rs. 1,14,400 more for their child stay in Delhi. ... More »Costs may go up by over Rs 1 lakh under new programme