London, Jan 31 – Socialite-heiress Paris Hilton has aped movie icon Marilyn Monroe back to life in adverts for her tenth eponymously-named fragrance. Hilton who posted her behind-the-scenes pictures from the commercial on micro-blogging website Twitter mimicked the tragic star’s trademark hairdo, curvy eyebrows and beauty spot to perfection, reports thesun.co.uk.
London, Jan 31 – ‘Desperate Housewives’ star Eva Longoria-Parker who owns her own Mexican restaurants claims she doesn’t diet because she enjoys calorific treats too much. The actress says she watches what she eats but does not stop herself from chomping on her favourite Mexican dishes, reports femalefirst.co.uk. ‘I am a big eater, but I [...]
Bogota, Jan 31 – Four police officers and three soldiers were killed in northeastern Colombia when their patrol came under attack by unknown assailants, police said. The attack in which grenades and gunfire was used took place Saturday in the province of Aruaca, near the border with Venezuela, regional police chief Marlon Granados said. He [...]
St Peter Ording (Germany), Jan 31 – A man who became lost while walking on sea ice off the German coast has been rescued after an alert internet user hundreds of miles away noticed him on live web-cam images of a beach, police confirmed Sunday. The man clambered into a 300-metre-wide belt of pack ice [...]
New Delhi, Jan 31 – Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam performed in a live concert here Sunday to raise funds for a campaign against child labour in the country. The concert titled Pukaar saw the audience, consisting mainly of youngsters, going crazy with excitement and cheering while standing on chairs, while Nigam churned out his chartbuster [...]
Port-au-Prince, Jan 31 – Ten US citizens were arrested in Haiti on the charges of trafficking 33 children from the earthquake-hit nation, Press TV reported Sunday. The Americans were detained at Malpasse, Haiti’s main border crossing with the Dominican Republic, after Haitian police found 33 children – aged between two months and 12 years – [...]
London, Jan 31 – While critics predicted his 2008 outing ‘Gran Torino’ as his last, veteran filmmaker Clint Eastwood has said he isn’t ready to retire from Hollywood yet. The 79-year-old screen legend who, has won five Golden Globes and five Academy Awards, says he will only quit Hollywood when he has no energy left, [...]
London, Jan 31 – NASA is sending a new mission in the space to observe the surface of the sun so as to unlock the secret of solar storms and other chaotic activities. The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), scheduled to be launched Feb 9, will spend five years in the space to observe how sunlight [...]
London, Jan 31 – British singer Amy Winehouse has reportedly confessed to a friend that she is bisexual and has had relationships with other women. The ‘Back to Black’ singer, who married Blake Fielder-Civil in May 2007 but got seperated in August 2009 after Blake filed for divorce on grounds of adultery, reportedly told a [...]
New Delhi, Jan 31 – With the London conference clearing the way for reconciliation with the Taliban, national security advisers (NSA) of India and Russia will meet Monday to share views on the new strategy of integrating the hardline militia in Afghanistan that is a cause of concern to both countries. National Security Adviser Shivshankar [...]
Lucknow, Jan 31 – Repeated failures at the examinations led a final year medical student at the King George’s Medical University here in Uttar Pradesh to allegedly end his life by consuming poison here. The body of Sushil Kumar Chaudhary, 26, was found in his rented home in the Kanpur Road Lucknow Development Authority colony [...]
Chennai, Jan 31 – The 25th annual India International Leather Fair began here Sunday at Chennai Trade Centre with signs of export demand for leather products turning bright. The four-day fair organised by the India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) has attracted 425 exhibitors of whom 172 are from abroad including China, France, Germany, Italy and [...]
Kolkata, Jan 31 – West Bengal’s ruling Left Front major Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday welcomed the Ranganath Mishra Commission report recommending 10 percent reservation for Muslims and five percent for other minorities in government jobs. ‘We welcome the report,’ said CPI-M state secretary Biman Bose. Bose said the recommendations of the report [...]
London, Jan 31 – Rolling Stone’s guitarist Ronnie Wood has gone into rehab for the eight time for alcohol-related problems. Wood entered a rehabilitation centre here after pleas from his bandmate Mick Jagger and daughter Leah, reports dailymail.co.uk. ‘Mick has always been helpful and supportive of Ronnie when he gets in trouble and falls off [...]
London, Jan 31 – Despite his womanising reputation, John Mayer doesn’t see himself as a ladies man. The 32-year-old singer who has dated a host of Hollywood beauties, including Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Simpson and Cameron Diaz, claims that he finds dating extremely difficult, reports femalefirst.co.uk. ‘I would make dates on Monday for Friday and come [...]
New Delhi, Jan 31 – India will offer its expertise in Yoga and generic drugs to Sweden during the Indo-Sweden health week that begins Feb 1, health authorities said Sunday. ‘India would like to offer its expertise in traditional medicines like yoga and ayurveda as well as good quality and cheap generic drugs. Sweden is [...]
New Delhi, Jan 31 – Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he has chosen to remain tight-lipped over Indian Premier League (IPL) issue because he fears his statement could be misinterpreted. ‘They (the media) ask all the same questions on the film (‘Rann’) and the media and the angst among them. And then the real reason [...]
New Delhi, Jan 31 – The Congress Sunday accused the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of ‘double-speak’ on preventing spread of linguistic chauvinism in Maharashtra. Congress spokesman Shakeel Ahmed said that if the RSS was genuinely concerned in protecting the Hindi-speaking people in Maharashtra, it should ask the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to snap ties with [...]
Muktsar (Punjab), Jan 31 – In a bid to impart quality education, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Sunday launched a project of Rs.70 crore for setting up of 21 model schools in the rural areas. The project was launched after Badal laid the foundation stone of a Rs.32-lakh model school in Bhagsar village here [...]
New Delhi, Jan 31 – With two nominations for composer A.R. Rahman and one each for sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and tabla veteran Zakir Hussain at the 52nd Grammy awards, the country is keeping its fingers crossed for them to bring the Oscar glory back home Sunday night. Rahman has been nominated for [...]
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