Noida, Dec.16 (ANI): About a dozen people including security personnel suffered injuries here during a scuffle between police and local residents of Noida when the latter tried to prevent a demolition squad on Tuesday from evicting persons from the encroached piece of land.
It all started when encroachers were being evicted, agitated mob started [...]
New Delhi, Dec.16 (ANI): Bharti group Chairman and Managing Director Sunil Mittal was conferred upon Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management for the year 2009 on Wednesday for his superior business leadership by the President Pratibha Devisingh Patil in the national capital.
Mittal, while accepting the award named [...]
London, Nov 27 (ANI): Bulgarian scientists have claimed that aliens exist and they are already among us on earth.
The research team from country’s Space Research Institute have said that they are already in contact with extraterrestrial life and are working on deciphering a complex set of [...]
For the last few weeks, leaders of industrialised countries have been busy reducing expectations from next month’s critical Copenhagen climate summit, while their counterparts in the developing world declare ambitious plans to control emissions of the greenhouse gases (GHG) that are warming the world.
In the process, it now appears that the industrialised countries are ignoring [...]
Mumbai, Nov 16 (IANS) A key index of the Indian stock market made a significant upward jump shortly after the opening bell Monday.
The 30-share sensitive index of the Bombay Stock Exchange, the Sensex, opened in the green at 16,893.11 points. Within 15 minutes, at 10.04 a.m., it was above the psychologically-important 17,000 mark, reaching 17,016.31. [...]
Peshawar, Nov 16 (IANS) At least three people were killed and 21 injured Monday morning in a powerful explosion in the outskirts of this Pakistani city, an official said.
The blast — near a police station — took place at 7.45 a.m. in Badhbeer, which is located in the outskirts of the North-West Frontier Province capital.
District [...]
Washington, Nov 16 (IANS) Saying that the US was not interested in a long-term presence in Afghanistan to rebuild the country and have a functioning democracy, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the primary American mission there was defeating Al Qaeda.
‘We’re not interested in staying in Afghanistan; we’re not interested in any long-term presence [...]
Peshawar, Nov 16 (IANS) A powerful explosion took place in the outskirts of this northwestern city of Pakistan Monday morning, a media report said.
The blast took place in Badhbeer neighbourhood on Kohat road, Geo News reported.
Shimla, Nov 16 (IANS) Most of the lakes in high altitude areas of Himachal Pradesh were frozen as temperature in some districts of the state dipped below minus two degrees Celsius early Monday, affecting normal life.
The high-altitude areas of Lahaul and Spiti, Kinnaur, Chamba and Kullu districts have been experiencing moderate to heavy snow, meteorological [...]
Ahmedabad, Nov 16 (IANS) India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and opted to bat against Sri Lanka in the first cricket Test at the Sardar Patel Stadium at the Motera stadium here Monday.
Teams:
India: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, V.V.S. Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain-wicketkeeper), Harbhajan Singh, Amit Mishra, [...]
Berlin, Nov 16 (DPA) Climbing stairs daily helps to lower the risk of suffering a stroke, according to the German Stroke Foundation. It noted that getting too little exercise and being overweight were among the risk factors for a stroke.
Regular exercise and a balanced diet could prevent half of the strokes in Germany, the foundation [...]
Keylong (Himachal Pradesh), Nov 16 (IANS) It’s just November and the tribals in this Himachal Pradesh town in the Lahaul valley have been cut off from the rest of the world. Heavy snowfall high up the Himalayan slopes Nov 9 has closed the road connectivity to Keylong, the district headquarters of Lahaul and Spiti.
The town, [...]
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) ‘Allah ke bande’, ‘Piya Haji Ali’, ‘Khwaja mere khwaja’, ‘Arziyaan’…the list is long. Bollywood is surely smitten by Sufi music as composers churn out chartbusters by weaving its melodious flavour into their songs..
The divine strains of Sufi music in film songs have become a huge hit with listeners and music [...]
Mumbai, Nov 16 (IANS) Aftab Shivdasani, who has turned producer with his just-released ‘Aao Wish Karein’, says he is grateful to superstar Shah Rukh Khan for having lent his voice to promote the fairytale love story.
‘I was looking for a very popular voice… which people can easily recognise and could think only of Shah Rukh. [...]
Washington, Nov 20 (ANI): An Indian-origin scientist from the University of California, San Francisco is on her way to design devices that will help to enhance drug delivery in the gut.
Many drugs like insulin have to be injected and cannot be taken orally as they are broken down in the stomach and the intestines.
However, Tejal [...]
London, Nov 9 (IANS) US pop star Katy Perry, who has got Beyonce’s hitmakers to work for her, is hoping her new album will be competitive.
‘Every year the competition in the music and entertainment industry gets more fierce. Either you’re born for this business and ready to go right now, or you fail and somebody [...]
London, November 5 (ANI): Brad Pitt has confessed he was left with a bruised ego from a motorbike accident involving the paparazzi.
The Hollywood heavyweight was attempting to hoodwink the snappers in Los Angeles last month when he damaged his motorbike.
“I had a little mishap – no injuries, except my ego,” the Mirror quoted him as [...]
London, Nov 4 (ANI): British director Guy Ritchie could be forced to close down his pub after a row over noisy celebrities.
Neighbours in posh Mayfair, London, claim the Punch Bowl is making their lives hell, and they want Westminster Council to review 41-year-old Ritchie’s pub licence.
But Piers Adam, a director of the Punch Bowl, has [...]
London, Nov 4 (IANS) A study led by an Indian-origin researcher has found that a drug that raises levels of ‘good’ cholesterol can also help clear clogged arteries in heart patients who are already on standard statin therapy, Oxford University announced Wednesday.
The findings of the study, led by Robin Choudhury of the department of cardiovascular [...]
Melbourne, November 5 (ANI): Actress Kate Beckinsale thinks it is “mortifying” to have been named the Sexiest Woman Alive.
The 36-year-old ‘Van Helsing’ star, who was awarded the moniker by Esquire magazine last month, revealed she was still coming to terms with the new title.
“It’s such a nice thing to happen and then immediately it’s mortifying,” [...]
London, November 05 (ANI): People who can’t afford sophisticated cell phones have a reason to smile – a new technology will bring internet-based services to the most basic handsets.
What’s more, the network protocol being built by Umesh Chandra of the Nokia Research Center in Palo Alto, California, will get mobile phones connected to the web [...]
London, November 05 (ANI): Robbie Williams has said that he is ready to start a family with girlfriend Ayda Field.
The singer, who seems to be completely in love with the half-Turkish, half-American Field, hinted that the couple is planning to have a baby in the next couple of years.
“I thought I was going to be [...]
Washington, Nov 5 (ANI): A team of Canadian scientists has developed a fast, inexpensive ‘dipstick’ test to identify small amounts of pesticides that may exist in foods and beverages.
John Brennan and colleagues said that their paper-strip test is more practical than conventional pesticide tests, producing results in minutes rather than hours by means of [...]
Washington, Nov 5 (ANI): Yoga may be more effective than standard treatment in reducing chronic low back pain in minority populations, according to a new study.
Individuals from low-income, minority backgrounds with chronic low back pain (CLBP) may be more affected due to disparities in access to treatment.
Although many CLBP patients seek relief from complementary [...]
London, Nov.5 (ANI): Liverpool FC needs a Champions League miracle, believes coach Rafa Benitez after barely clinging to Euro survival by a thread after a cruel end to their trip into the Lyon’s den last night.
Lisandro’s late strike means Liverpool will be out if Fiorentina beat the French in three weeks.
Benitez also said that [...]
Washington, Nov 5 (ANI): While using internet people are more likely to remember and emotionally respond to material they encounter through “searching” compared to content found while “surfing”, according to a University of Missouri study.
And sponsors use readers’ physiological responses to online content for increasing advertising on pages most viewed.
“If, as these data suggest, the [...]
Washington, Nov.5 (ANI): Leaked copies of two speeches former Alaska Governor and 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin prepared for last year’s election in the US, have revealed she planned to salute her husband Todd as the nation’s “first ever Second Dude” in the event of victory.
In defeat, however, which she suffered with Senator John [...]
Washington, Nov 5 (ANI): Mariah Carey says she sings “uplifting” songs to help fans with troubled lives.
The 39-year-old Carey, who has starred in the critically acclaimed flick ‘Precious’ based on the best-selling novel “Push”- the story of an obese teenaged girl impregnated twice by her father – feels her tracks have comforted girls in similar [...]
Melbourne, November 5 (ANI): The legal spat between former Miss California Carrie Prejean and pageant officials has come to an end after both the parties reached a confidential settlement.
Prejean and the organisers issued a joint statement saying they “wish each other the best in their future endeavours.”
According to TMZ, the 22-year-old sought more than a [...]
Washington, November 5 (ANI): Actress Natalie Portman has revealed that she is open to the idea of cosmetic surgery to maintain her youthful looks.
The 28-year-old Israeli American star said she was aware of Hollywood’s ageist attitude and feared being dropped for younger talent as she wrinkles.
“You see people who were stars five years ago [...]
