9 dead in Russian cargo plane crash
Moscow – A cargo plane crashed in Russia’s southern Siberia, killing nine people onboard, authorities said Thursday. “The plane en route from Novosibirsk Yeltsovka airport (in southern Siberia) crashed during landing in Irkutsk-2 airport,” an official in the emergency... read more »
Gwyneth Paltrow a fan of homemade gifts
Los Angeles – Actress Gwyneth Paltrow prefers to give out personalised handmade gifts rather than giving something bought from stores on occassions like Christmas. She believes that people feel nicer when they open something which has been specially made for them. “I think it’s... read more »
Bangladesh deploys troops for parliamentary poll
Dhaka – Tens of thousands of Bangladeshi troops have been deployed across the country ahead of parliamentary poll slated for Jan 5 next year amid boycott by the main opposition alliance. Bangladeshi Election Commission has announced to deploy troops for 15 days from Dec 26 as part of... read more »
Barack Obama signed bipartisan budget deal and defence authorisation bill
U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday signed a bipartisan budget deal easing spending cuts and a defence authorisation bill that takes a step towards ultimate closure of Guantanamo. Mr. Obama put his signature on the legislation and praised the National Defence Authorization Act that allows... read more »
Intern hints at filing police complaint against Ganguly
A former law intern, who had accused the former Supreme Court judge A K Ganguly of sexual harassment, has hit back at him for denying the charges and hinted that she may file a police... read more »
SRK wants 10 sequels to ‘Don’
It’s been two years since superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s “Don 2” released. He says he would love to have another “10 sequels” to the film. Shah Rukh took to Twitter to thank... read more »
Shahid ‘officially on holiday’
Actor Shahid Kapoor has decided to take some time off after his last film “R…Rajkumar” garnered success. The actor is currently in Los Angeles and will be back at work in a few... read more »
Big B proud of son’s success
Mumbai – Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is a proud daddy. Revelling in the box office success of his son Abhishek’s “Dhoom 3”, he says he “never imagined” his... read more »
Successful Mars mission helps ISRO end year on high note
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai – The successful launch of India’s first inter-planetary Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), the sending up of India’s first navigation satellite... read more »
