Nanjing (China), Aug 23 (IANS) Uzbek trampolinist Amiran Babayan, who injured his neck at the Nanjing Youth Olympics Friday, was diagnosed with neck spinal cord impairment and soft tissue in right pinbone and chest, the local hospital said Saturday. Babayan injured his neck when he lost his balance and landed outside the trampoline during his second […]
Los Angeles, Aug 23 (IANS) Pop star Britney Spears is not only a good singer, she also knows how to impersonate Woody Woodpecker, the animated bird known for his wild red pompadour and famous laugh. Spears shared a funny video on Instagram of her imitation of Woody Woodpecker Friday. In the short clip, captioned, “Sometimes I […]
Los Angeles, Aug 23 (IANS) Singer Nicki Minaj has knocked pop star Miley Cyrus off her throne after her “Anaconda” music video became the most watched online. Minaj’s “Anaconda” has broken the record for the most views in 24 hours, snagging the top spot from Cyrus, who previously held the record for her single “Wrecking Ball”, […]
Melbourne, Aug 23 (IANS) Australian left-armer Mitchell Starc’s bid to stake claim to be one of the premier limited-overs bowlers in the world has been hampered by injuries in the past 12 months but the pacer feels his fitness and body is in a place where it can handle the arduous period of cricket that lies […]
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Six people were injured when a speeding car rammed into the cycle rickshaws they were sleeping on, police said Saturday. Six people, most of them rickshaw pullers, were sleeping on their vehicles parked by the road-side in Sarai Rohilla area in north Delhi, when a car rammed into them and toppled […]
Yangon, Aug 23 (IANS) Myanmar President U Thein Sein has called for continued reform efforts, underlining that three years of the five-year term of the union government have already ended. Addressing a meeting Friday, U Thein Sein said the government is determined to move forward without backtracking, Xinhua reported. During the three years, much progress has […]
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) JKLF leader Yasin Malik has said then Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh wanted him to contact militants in Pakistan. Malik told Rajat Sharma in his TV show “Aap ki Adalat” that the request was made to him in 2006, two years after Manmohan Singh became prime minister. According to Malik, Manmohan […]
Melbourne, Aug 23 (IANS) Sydney Sixers Saturday Saturday announced the signing of West Indian star Dwayne Smith as one of their international players for the upcoming KFC T20 Big Bash League season. Smith’s signing comes after a purple patch of form in the recent Caribbean Premier League (CPL) where he was named in the Team of […]
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), Aug 23 (IANS) Maharashtra Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat was targeted Saturday in an ink attack here by an alleged Shiv Sena activist, an aide said. The incident occurred when the senior Congress leader was about to sit in his car in Rajapur village after attending a function in Ahmednagar assembly constituency, he said. An […]
Los Angeles, Aug 23 (IANS) It was actor-rapper Nick Cannon who decided to end his marriage with singer Mariah Carey — for the sake of their children. The two, who married in 2008 and have twins, have been living separately for some months. Tmz.com reports that Cannon is concerned about Mariah’s emotional state and ended the […]