Los Angeles, May 7 (IANS) Singer-turned-actress Jennifer Lopez will be honoured with ICON Award 2014 at Billboard Music Awards. Lopez will receive the honour at the Billboard Music Awards here later this month, reports contactmusic.com. She is the fourth recipient of the ICOP Award ever following celebrities Neil Diamond, Stevie Wonder and Prince. Larry Klein, Producer, […]
Kigali, May 7 (IANS) The Rwandan government Tuesday launched a $329 million plan to stop malaria deaths in the country by 2018. The Rwanda Malaria Strategic Plan is a public health campaign to be coordinated by the Rwanda Biomedical Centre geared at eradicating the disease that claimed the lives of more than 400 people last year, […]
Shimla, May 7 (IANS) Balloting in Himachal Pradesh for its four Lok Sabha seats and by-poll for one assembly seat began Wednesday at 7 a.m., officials said. As many as 38 candidates are in the fray for the parliamentary seats and four are in contention in the assembly by-poll for Sujanpur seat. Over 4.8 million electors […]
New York, May 7 (IANS) Model turned fashion designer Victoria Beckham wore an outfit matching to her husband and former footballer David Beckham at Met Gala here. The star-studded charity event took place here Monday. The 40-year-old and David arrived at the event wearing cream-coloured outfits and posed happily for the cameras, reports contactmusic.com. Victoria, who […]
Lucknow, May 7 (IANS) Polling in Uttar Pradesh for 15 Lok Sabha seats began Wednesday, officials said. By-polls for two state assembly seats is also being held. As many as 243 candidates are in fray for the Lok Sabha. In Amethi, incumbent MP and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi faces Kumar Vishwas of the Aam Aadmi […]
Srinagar, May 7 (IANS) Balloting in Jammu and Kashmir for two Lok Sabha seats began Wednesday, officials said. As many as 19 candidates are vying for the two parliamentary constituencies of Baramulla and Ladakh.
Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) Balloting for six Lok Sabha seats and by-poll for one assembly seat in West Bengal began Wednesday at 7 a.m., officials said. As many as 72 candidates are in the fray for the parliamentary seats. A total of four candidates are fighting in the by-poll for the Kotulpur assembly seat.
Patna, May 7 (IANS) Polling began Wednesday in Bihar for seven Lok Sabha seats, officials said. By-polls for two assembly seats are also being held. As many as 118 candidates are in the fray for the Lok Sabha seats of Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Muzaffarpur, Maharajganj, Saran, Hajipur and Ujiarpur.
Dehradun, May 7 (IANS) Balloting in Uttarakhand for all its five Lok Sabha seats began Wednesday, officials said. As many as 74 candidates are in the fray. In Hardwar, the Congress has fielded Renuka Rawat, wife of Chief Minister Harish Rawat, against former chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In Garhwal, BJP […]
Los Angeles, May 7 (IANS) Actress Emma Thompson will be seen in “A Walk in the Woods”, a big screen adaptation of travel writer Bill Bryson’s 1998 memoir. Thompson will star alongside actors Nick Offerman and Kristen Schaal in the film, reports contactmusic.com. Robert Redford originally considered directing after acquiring the film rights in 2005, but […]