Mumbai, May 7 (IANS) Riding on fine batting performances by skipper Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard, defending champions Mumbai Indians registered their second win in the India Premier League (IPL) beating Royal Challengers Bangalore by 19 runs at the Wankhede Stadium here Tuesday. Put in, Rohit struck an unbeaten 59 off 35 balls, and Pollard made […]
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh will lead an Indian delegation to Dushanbe, Tajikistan, from May 7-9 to hold talks with Tajik Deputy Foreign Minister Nizomiddin Zohidov on bilateral, regional and international issues. Besides the meeting in the ministry of foreign affairs, Singh will also call on Tajik dignitaries. The foreign secretary’s visit […]
Beijing, May 7 (IANS) If BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi comes to power, it could bring India and China closer, says an influential state-run Chinese daily. The Global Times in a write up says that Modi was once a “practical businessman”. After he became chief minister of Gujarat he established good relations with China. “A […]
New York, May 7 (IANS) Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has reportedly splurged $10 million on an apartment at the Green Delos building in Greenwich Village here. The star has purchased a two-bedroom and two-and-a-half bath apartment on the fourth floor of the building at 66 E. 11th St., reports showbizspy.com. The building includes amenities such as vitamin […]
London, May 7 (IANS) Many asthma sufferers are dying needlessly because of poor medical care and complacency among doctors and patients, according to a report published Tuesday by British medical experts. Researchers from the Royal College of Physicians examined 195 asthma deaths, including 28 children, and found at least one major preventable factor in around 70 […]
Los Angeles, May 7 (IANS) Actor-director George Clooney apparantly won’t have children with lawyer and fiancee Amal Alamuddin. According to sources, the couple, who recently announced their engagement, is not planning to start a family, reports showbizspy.com. “Before he popped the question, George made Amal agree not to have any kids. She and George want to […]
Washington, May 7 (IANS) US National Security Advisor Susan Rice will travel to Israel for bilateral meetings slated for Wednesday and Thursday, the White House said Tuesday. Rice, in her first visit to Israel as President Barack Obama’s top advisor, will lead an interagency delegation to the US- Israel Consultative Group meetings, with senior officials from […]
Los Angeles, May 7 (IANS) If reports are anything to go by, actress Sandra Bullock is apparently disappointed that her friend and actor George Clooney got engaged to British lawyer Amal Alamuddin. The actress held a soft corner for Clooney and apparently hoped that they will unite at some point, reports showbizspy.com. “Sandra has secretly carried […]
Stockholm, May 7 (IANS) A Swedish woman was informed by her insurance company that she had been dead for over a week following a mistake committed by her doctor, the media reported Tuesday. “I was shocked. It was not nice at all. I understood nothing about it,” the woman named Suanne Hemphala from eastern Sweden was […]
Los Angeles, May 7 (IANS) Actress Anne Hathaway, who attended Met Gala alone and left the ceremony on her own, has been fuelling speculation that her marriage to actor Adam Shulman is on the rocks. The actress cut a lonely figure as she left the Carlyle Hotel in New York Monday alone in the back of […]