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JLo cuts her face’s ‘cake-version’ on 40th b’day

Jennifer Lopez cut a giant chocolate cake that had a huge photo of herself on her 40th birthday.
She celebrated the special day with husband Marc Anthony and the crew of her new film ‘The Back-Up Plan’ at the movie’s New York City set, Us magazine reports.
The stunner was spotted toasting with champagne, wearing an off-the-shoulder [...]

‘Naked Lennon’ up for grabs

A rare naked photo of John Lennon has been put up for online sale for 54,000 dollars.
The photograph, said to be “too graphic to be shown online”, is up for grabs on memorabilia website Momentsintime.com
According to the New York Post, the shot is taken from a nude shoot for the Beatle’s Two Virgins album, [...]

LiLo makes her own milkshake!

Lindsay Lohan has something new and different to offer her fans – she has come up with her own custom brew milkshake.
The actress recently put on an apron and gloves to cook up her drink at celeb haunt Millions Of Milkshakes in Hollywood, the Sun reports.
And she blended the shake with swirls of vanilla and [...]

Little Britain ‘axed’ after six years

English comedians David Walliams and Matt Lucas have decided to end their famous show Little Britain after six years, because they don”t want fans to get “sick” of them.
“If the show comes back year in year out, it’’s just probably not special any more,” the Sun quoted David as saying.
He said: “The BBC and HBO [...]

American police unions demand apology from Obama

President Barack Obama has been urged by American police unions to tender an apology after he accused an officer of “acting stupidly” by arresting leading Black scholar, Professor Henry Louis Gates.
Police representatives queued up at a press conference to insist race had played no part in the incident and the president should retract his [...]

Amy Winehouse cleared of assault charges

Popstar Amy Winehouse has been cleared of assaulting a fan.
The Back to Black singer was accused of punching a fan, named Sherene Flash, at the summer ball in Berkeley Square, central London, last September.
The 25-year-old star told the City of Westminster Magistrates Court that she pushed the woman trying to take her photograph, but did [...]

‘Tasting’ mechanism helps protect airway detect and clear harmful substances

Scientists at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine say that the mechanism that lets people detect bad-tasting and potentially poisonous foods may also help protect their airway from harmful substances.
Writing about their study in the journal Science Express, the researchers say that their findings may help explain why [...]

Tharoor’s statement inconsistent with diplomatic norms: Pakistan

Pakistan on Friday taking serious notice of the remarks made Indian External Affairs Minister of State Shashi Tharoor regarding the joint statement issued following meeting between the prime ministers of two countries in Sharm El-Sheikh said, such statements are inconsistent with diplomatic norms.
The Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit while commenting on Tharoor’s remarks about Pakistan, [...]

Bill Gates to receive Indira Gandhi Peace Prize today

Microsoft founder Bill Gates will receive the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development here today.
The award will be received on behalf of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has been providing grants for public health activities, notably in the areas of HIV/AIDS prevention and communication.
The Gates Foundation started operations in India in [...]

Alarming rise in groundwater levels in Jodhpur

Alarming rise in groundwater level in Jodhpur has become a cause of concern for the residents and the administration.
The groundwater level in the city has increased to such an extent that it has reached the foundations and undergrounds of the houses and shops. People are now pumping water out from the basements.
“We pump out [...]

Government will ban all wheat, non-Basmati rice exports: Pawar

Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today informed the Rajya Sabha that the Government would stop all exports of non-Basmati rice and wheat, and bear half of the subsidy on diesel offered to farmers by the states in order to counter the deficient rainfall.
Pawar announced these decisions on Friday, a day after Prime Minister [...]

Maharashtra police intensifies hunt for SIMI

Maharashtra police intensified the hunt for more activists of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) in Vidarbha region on Friday.
The extensive search has picked up pace after the police arrested eight out of the 30 members who had gathered for a meeting at a village named Mana in Akola district on Sunday.
Initially, [...]

UP’s Barhaj town on brink of erosion

The town of Barhaj and many other villages located along the banks of River Sarayu in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria district are on the verge of being eroded away by the river waters.
With each passing day, lands abutting the riverbank are lost due to gradual erosion.
Apart from Barhaj, the worst affected villages are Parsia Devar, Vishnupur [...]

Mumbai witnesses highest tides in 100 years

Scores of people gathered at Mumbai’s Gateway of India on Friday to watch the tallest waves in 100 years.
Mumbai was lashed by tidal waves 5.5 metres high, and curious residents also visited places like, Marine Drive, Juhu and Worli among others to have a glimpse of the soaring sea waves.
The fire brigade, coast guard and [...]

NSG comes first in NHRC debate on human rights

The National Security Guards team stood first in both English and Hindi debates while SSB and BSF were declared first and second runners up respectively in a debate organized by NHRC to create awareness about human rights.
The NHRC Delhi Zone Inter CPMFs Human Right Competition was held on Friday at National Security Guard’s campus in [...]

Kalam frisking: FIR filed against four officials of Continental Airlines

The Government on Friday has filed a First Information Report against four employees of a US airline for frisking former Indian president Dr A P J Abdul Kalam at the Delhi airport on April 21.
The FIR has been lodged against the Country Director Laurent Recoura, Station Manager of Continental Airlines Allen Field, Area Security Manager [...]

‘Pakistan handed over dossier on Mumbai terror attacks not Balochistan’

Pakistan did not provide any dossier on Balochistan to India as news reports appearing in Pakistani media claimed.
The one-and-half page document handed over by Pakistani Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir to his Indian counterpart at Sharm Al Sheikh was report on action taken by Islamabad against the proclaimed offenders behind the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, [...]

Azad, Bill Gates discuss ways to strengthen health scenario in India

Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today met Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to discuss their shared commitment to promote various health activities in India.
Azad appreciated the work being done by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for its continued support to the National Aids Control [...]

Microsoft profit down 29 pct

SEATTLE (AP) — There isn’t much Microsoft Corp. can do to avoid what is shaping up to be a tough rest of 2009.
The same grim conditions that plagued the world’s largest software maker in the first six months of the calendar year – weak computer sales, frozen corporate technology budgets – may not get worse [...]

Dell settles federal discrimination suit for $9.1M

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Dell Inc. said Friday it has agreed to settle a federal gender-discrimination class action lawsuit brought by former employees for $9.1 million.
Under the terms of the settlement agreement, Dell said $5.6 million will be used for payments to class members and for litigation costs.
According to a court filing, the class is [...]