Indians impress in qualifying round of archery

New Delhi, Mar 9 (PTI) Chinna Raju Srither managed an aggregate score of 688 in men’s individual compound section as Indians impressed during qualifying rounds of the six-day invitational archery test event for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
The test event, with 83 participants from England, Scotland, Jersey, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore and Welsh, commenced at the [...]

19 arrested for trespassing at Oscars ceremony

Los Angeles, Mar 9 (PTI) Nineteen people were arrested by Los Angeles Police on suspicion of trespassing at the Kodak Theatre during the Academy Awards ceremony.
According to officials, the arrested include two men from Texas who jumped a barricade outside the theatre, Los Angeles Times reported.
Nine students were also arrested, who used fake MTV credentials [...]

12 injured in stampede during Indian Idol audition

Noida, Mar 9 (PTI) Twelve people suffered minor injuries in a stampede at Indian Idol audition centre in the city today, just five days after the Pratapgarh incident that claimed 63 lives.
The injured were rushed to Fortis Hospital and they were discharged after first aid.
Against the expectations of the organisers of 1,000 aspirants, over 5000 [...]

Tom Cruise injured in bike accident

Tom Cruise has met with an accident in Los Angeles. The ‘Top Gun’ actor reportedly crashed his red Ducati bike at a junction while trying to avoid hitting a SUV. Cruise got injured and appeared to limp, as people ran to help. ”It was like a scene from ”Mission Impossible,” the Daily Telegraph quoted a source as telling [...]

CT scans ‘increase cancer risk’

Overexposure to CT scan radiations can increase cancer risk, according to a new study. Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman, from the University of California in San Francisco, claims that these scans may cause 29,000 new cancers a year and 14,500 deaths. Also, previous studies suggest that the average American’’s total radiation exposure has almost doubled since 1980, primarily because [...]

Haiti’s calamitous earthquake

Haiti’s Prime Minister has warned the death toll may top 100,000 in a calamitous earthquake which left streets strewn with corpses and thousands missing in a scene of utter carnage. Hospitals collapsed, destroyed schools were full of dead and the cries of trapped victims escaped from crushed buildings in the centre of the capital Port-au-Prince. Prime Minister [...]

Gerard Butler training hard for ‘Coriolanus’

Scottish star Gerard Butler is sweating hard to prepare for his role in Ralph Fiennes’ directorial debut, a film adaptation of playwright William Shakespeare’s tragedy ‘Coriolanus’. The 40-year-old actor, who is currently promoting his film ‘The Bounty Hunter’ with actress Jennifer Aniston is heading to Belgrade to start shooting the movie, in which he plays rebel [...]

Halle Berry to skip Oscars

Halle Berry has revealed she will be watching this year’s Academy Awards on television at her home.The actress plans to enjoy it in a relaxed mood, instead of treading on the red carpet.Berry said she would be “in my jim-jams at home with a glass of wine,” reports the Daily Star.In the past, she has [...]

Our condolence with Aamir khan

Aamir Khan is a truly man. Very recently he lost his father and is still in a state of mourning. He is one of the most talented actor in the  bollywood industry in present times.

He has given us some great and good films and is not so happy these days.We can all give our condolence [...]

8.3-magnitude quake hits Chile - USGS

A massive magnitude-8.3 earthquake struck near Concepcion, Chile, early on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, shaking buildings and causing blackouts in parts of the capital of Santiago.A tsunami warning was issued for Chile and Peru by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, and a tsunami watch was issued for Ecuador. The earthquake struck 56 miles northeast [...]

Promiscuous girls can save the human race

Women who sleep around could stop humans from becoming extinct, that’s the conclusion of a new study. The new research by the Universities of Exeter and Liverpool has been published in Current Biology. The study could solve the mystery of why females of most species have multiple mates, despite this being more risky for the individual. Known as [...]

Texas police officer’s family sues Hillary Clinton

The family of a Dallas police officer who died in a crash two years ago while escorting then-presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton in a motorcade has sued her, the city of Dallas and the maker of the helmet he was wearing. Senior Cpl Victor Lozada-Tirado’s widow and children filed the lawsuit in state district court Monday, [...]

No IPL jitters, Bollywood to go ahead with big releases

Feeling no IPL jitters this year, Bollywood filmmakers plan a bombardment of releases in March and April much to the delight of movie buffs. Last IPL season had seen a drought like situation at the box office as no major films hit the theaters, partly because of the standoff between producers and multiplex owners and [...]

Allen helping Haiti with curry night

Pop star Lily Allen is putting her culinary efforts to the test as she’s reportedly agreed to cook curry with her father to raise money for the Haiti aid appeal. Lily’s actor father Keith auctioned off his chef skills at an event in Rodborough, England last week raising USD 4,800 for Help For Haiti, The [...]

Big B blasts media report on Aishwarya’s health

An angry Amitabh Bachchan has blasted, what he called a “false” and “insensitive” media report on his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai’s health saying, “I shall not tolerate it.” A city based tabloid, published a report saying Aishwarya had been trying to conceive for some time but has been unable to do as she is suffering from stomach [...]

British PM to present ‘Amitabh’ to Big B

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will present ‘Amitabh’, a module diabetes unit-bus to be based in Mumbai, to Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan here on Monday. The bus will help screen people in Mumbai for diabetes and has been donated by diabetes prevention charity organisation ‘Silver Star’ funded by Indian-origin Labour MP, Keith Vaz. Brown will present the [...]

Statistical highlights of Jaipur One-Day Internationals

PTI, Feb 20, 2010
JAIPUR: Statistical highlights of the One-Day Internationals played at Jaipur till date.
Results Summary Country Played Won Lost Drawn Winning %
India 9 5 4 - 55.56 West Indies 5 3 2 - 60.00 Pakistan 4 3 1 - 75.00 England 4 2 2 - 50.00 Australia 3 1 2 - 33.33 [...]

10 ways to boost your libido

ANI, Feb 20, 2010
An interesting read for people from the Times
A failing sex drive can be frustrating, but there are a number of things that you can do to perform better in the bedroom. And no, we are not talking about aphrodisiacs!
Sexpert Susan Quilliam has come up with some effective ways, including exercising, taking a [...]

Lil Wayne — Eight Root Canals in One Sitting

Lil Wayne just had one of the gnarliest oral surgeries in the history of dentistry. We’re told it was a marathon session that included a stomach-turning eight root canals at one time.
Our sources say Wayne went under the drill on Tuesday.
We’re told during the eight hour procedure, Wayne had his grill worked on, [...]

Transportation Security Administration apologizes to disabled boy

PHILADELPHIA — The Transportation Security Administration of USA has apologized to a boy allegedly forced to take off his leg braces during screening at Philadelphia International Airport. Bob Thomas, a Camden, N.J., police officer, says it happened in March when he and his wife were flying to Orlando, Fla., with their 4-year-old son, Ryan. The boy wears [...]

Real life ‘Sleeping Beauty’ has Kleine-Levin Syndrome

Meet Louisa Ball, the real-life “Sleeping Beauty” who sleeps for two weeks at a time. The 15-year-old has missed school exams, dance lessons and even slept through an entire week’s family holiday because of an incredibly rare disorder. Louisa has Kleine-Levin Syndrome - also known as Sleeping Beauty Disease - where sufferers can fall asleep [...]

Bill Clinton hospitalised

Former U.S. president Bill Clinton was rushed to a Manhattan hospital as the 63-year-old is reportedly suffering from a heart ailment and was rushed after complaining of chest pain. Clinton, who underwent a quadruple-bypass surgery in 2004, reportedly underwent a stenting procedure, where a tiny mesh tube is expanded inside heart arteries to keep them [...]

Sonia Dara in SI

A child of parents who immigrated to the U.S. from India in the early 1980s, Sonia Dara was a 16 year-old honor roll student when she attended AMTC in the summer of 2005. Her beauty, intellect and poise won over the agents and she signed with Elite Atlanta and later, Elite New York. Elite has [...]

Paris Hilton as Barbie

London, Feb 7 (IANS) Socialite-heiress Paris Hilton has donned the Barbie look for a new commercial by dressing in pink from head to toe.
Shot in New York, the blonde is shown complete with her staple over-sized handbag in the TV commercial for Israeli Lottery, reports thesun.co.uk.
In the ad, Hilton is dressed up in all pink, [...]

American Idol

American  Idol, with the full title American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season only, is an American reality-competition show airing on Fox. It debuted on June 11, 2002, and it has since become one of the most popular shows on American television. Part of the Idol franchise, it is a spinoff [...]

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