Los Angeles, Sep 17 (IANS) Actress Natalie Portman says it is an “honour” to front campaigns for Dior and is constantly excited about working on new projects with the Parisian label. The “Black Swan” star, who has worked with the Parisian fashion house since 2010, gushed over her collaboration with the luxury label and admitted she […]
Washington, Sep 17 (IANS) Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday that US ground troops could be called into battle against the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria if circumstances require. So far, US President Barack Obama has deployed about 1,600 military advisors to Iraq, but has stressed that “boots […]
United Nations, Sep 17 (IANS) The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) started its 69th session at the UN Headquarters in New York Tuesday. Sam Kahamba Kutesa, Uganda’s foreign minister who was elected president of the 69th UNGA session June 11, said in his opening remarks that the coming year will be a momentous time for the […]
Madrid, Sep 17 (IANS) Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo warned that if Catalonia region continues with plans to hold an independence referendum Nov 9, the regions status as an autonomous community could be at risk. The Catalan Parliament is pressing on with plans to hold the referendum, despite warnings from Madrid that the […]
London, Sep 17 (IANS) Actress-model Kelly Brook targets at her ex-boyfriends Billy Zane and Jason Statham again by branding them as “pigs”. The “Piranha 3D” star released her tell-all memoir “Close Up” earlier this month in which she detailed her romances with Zane, Statham and British rugby star Danny Cipriani. She made personal revelations about all […]
The Hague, Sep 17 (IANS) Dutch Supreme Court Tuesday upheld the 19 years jail sentence of a man, who abused 67 young children in a child care centre. In April last year Robert M. was sentenced to 19 years in prison and compulsory treatment for committing 80 sexual offenses, abusing 67 children while working at a […]
Los Angeles, Sep 17 (IANS) Reality TV star Kristin Cavallari admires Supermodel Kate Moss’ “effortless” dressing and describes her as the “ultimate” style icon. The former “The Hills” star, who gave birth to her second son, Jaxon, with Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, in May this year, admires the Croydon-born supermodel. When asked to name her […]
Washington, Sep 17 (IANS) US space agency NASA said Tuesday it will make a “major announcement” regarding the awarding of contracts to build commercial spaceships that will send the country’s astronauts to space soil by 2017. “NASA is poised to announce the final phase of development and certification to provide safe, reliable and cost-effective transportation to […]
Jammu, Sep 17 (IANS) The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) Tuesday started despatching petroleum products to flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir following the reopening of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, officials said. “As part of its efforts to restore normalcy in petroleum supplies in the flood-affected areas of Kashmir Division, IOC has loaded and dispatched about 400 kilo-litres (kl) […]
Hyderabad, Sep 17 (IANS) Global pharmaceuticals and consumer packaged goods manufacturer Johnson and Johnson’s biggest manufacturing facility in India is set to come up in Telangana with an investment of Rs.400 crore. Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao will Thursday lay the foundation stone for the American multinational’s plant in Penjerla village in Mahabubnagar district, about […]