Los Angeles, Aug 8 (IANS) Pop star Lady Gaga is ready to launch her second perfume. “The Born This Way” hitmaker teased fans Thursday by posting a black and white photo of herself surrounded by naked men on photo-sharing site Instagram, along with the caption “Eau De Gaga coming soon”, reports contactmusic.com. She later revealed on […]
Manama, Aug 8 (IANS) Three clerics in Bahrain have been forbidden from preaching in mosques following allegations that they incited sectarian hate. Sunni cleric and Bahrain Quran Society chairman Adel Hassan Al Hamad was summoned to the interior ministry Thursday where he was told “he could no longer conduct Friday sermons”, Gulf Daily News reported. Shi’ite […]
Madrid, Aug 8 (IANS) Real Madrid’s Welsh star, Gareth Bale is looking forward to returning ‘home’ next week when his side take on Sevilla in the European Supercup. The game between the winners of the Champions League and the Europa League will be held in Bale’s hometown of Cardiff Aug 12 and Bale, who joined Real […]
New York, Aug 8 (IANS) Twitter has made it easier for advertisers to get and pay for exactly what they want. Advertisers now get to choose from what Twitter describes as objective-based campaigns. “Objective-based campaigns are designed to help you drive the highest possible return on investment from your ads. Now, you will only pay when […]
Dushanbe (Tajikistan), Aug 8 (IANS) Vice President of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), Datu Sudarsono Osman, also the national team manager, has proposed a moment of silence before their friendly match with Tajikistan Friday in memory of those who died on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17) was a scheduled international […]
Los Angeles, Aug 8 (IANS) Indio, the son of actor Robert Downey Jr., has been charged with felony possession of a controlled substance after he was arrested for cocaine possession in June. Indio Downey, 20, is currently in rehab. He was arrested June 29 and booked for cocaine possession but as a first time offender he […]
London, Aug 8 (IANS) A study involving over 180,000 people has shown that patients treated with the widely prescribed diabetic drug metformin can live longer than non-diabetics. The drug has anti-cancer and anti-cardiovascular disease benefits and can offer surprising health benefits to non-diabetics also, indicates a promising research. “What we found was illuminating. Patients treated with […]
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Former senior BJP leader and former cabinet minister Jaswant Singh was in coma and in “a highly critical” condition Friday after falling at his house here, the government said. Jaswant Singh, 76, was brought to the Army (Research and Referral) Hospital “in a highly critical condition” around 1 a.m. “with injury […]
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Despite their continued absence from the Rajya Sabha, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and actor Rekha, both members of the upper house, have not violated any rule, deputy chairman P.J. Kurien said Friday. According to Kurien, both the members have not been absent for more than 60 days and, therefore, have not violated […]
Minister for Sport and Recreation Stuart Ayres today announced that Western Sydney will host the annual Pacific Football Cup from 19th to 23rd November 2014. “Organised by the Australia Fiji Football Association, the football governing body for the Australian Fijian and Fijian-Indian communities, the Pacific Cup 2014 will bring some of our closest Pacific neighbours […]