With de-mining of north Sri Lanka gaining momentum, India is sending a team of agriculture experts there to assist in activation of farming in the areas that have been freed from the LTTE control. The team, to be led by a crop scientist of Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), is expected to travel to [...]
It’s none other than her trainer, Satish. Sophie was recently heard saying, “Even when I don’t want to, I end up listening to him. It’s quite ridiculous. Usually I am very feisty with him, but when it comes to my workouts, I end up giving into his demands of doing an extra set or doing [...]
The Hamas struck back at an al-Qaida challenge to their grip on the Gaza Strip by storming a mosque in overnight battles that left 28 dead, including the leader of the Jund Ansar Allah. After fighting ended early on Saturday, the town of Rafah was sealed off to the media, but Hamas said Abdel-Latif Moussa, [...]
China and India wrapped up their 13th round of border talks on Saturday in New Delhi. The meeting produced agreements on various matters, such as the installation of a hot line between the Chinese and Indian capitals and plans to celebrate 60 years of diplomatic ties next year. The two nations also agreed to expand [...]
Russian investigators in Nizhny Novgorod are probing the alleged sale of four MiG-31 Foxhound aircraft hulls for $5 each against their combined value of $14.8 million, the prosecutor general’s office said. The sale came to light after an anti-corruption check was carried out to see whether regulations were followed during the sale of items from [...]
Hrithik Roshan is not venturing out in public spaces because of Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The actor is working with the ace filmmaker in the film Guzarish and as all of us know Sanjay is quite possessive about his films and doesn’t want anything to be out in the media before the final product is ready. [...]
West Indies batting legend Brian Lara could make his coaching debut at next month’s Champions League Twenty20. The former captain, who retired from international cricket in 2007, is in talks with the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board for a role as coach of its side in the October 8-23 event in India. Trinidad and Tobago [...]
After the first case of swine flu was confirmed positive in Jammu on Monday, the unpreparedness of hospitals to tackle swine flu is clearly evident from the fact that the swab test kits necessary to collect the sample for further scrutiny at the National Institute of Communicable disease, New Delhi, are not available with the [...]
Hollywood actor George Clooney will file a lawsuit against two magazines and a photographer for peeping over the walls of his retreat in Italy and taking pictures of a topless 13-year-old girl. Clooney said the teen was changing in one of his guest rooms when the photographer took her pictures. He claimed that the photographer [...]
Saturday was peaceful for Mumbai and Pune on the swine flu front. Around 2,250 patients were screened at centres across the city until 4 pm on Saturday, as compared to the 2,830 a day earlier and over 3,000 on Thursday. Six more people tested positive for the H1N1 virus in Mumbai, taking the total tally [...]