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Jennifer Aniston not interested in other stars’ lives

September 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Sep 19 (ANI): Jennifer Aniston is livid over the public interest in her private life, as she herself doesn’t care what other stars are doing.

The ‘Friends’ star has vowed not to discuss her personal life, and is unhappy with the idea of strangers reading about her personal matters.

“I don’t know about your life. I don’t want to, truthfully. It’s not my business,” the Daily Express quoted her as having told Parade magazine.

“It’s a very strange thing, but somehow it’s like there was some clause somewhere that said, ‘Well, you’re a public person, so we get to go into your house and search through your drawers.’

“I don’t know who came up with it because I wouldn’t have signed on. I don’t think anybody would have,” she added. (ANI)

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Oz bosses bringing back 1950s style of management

September 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Melbourne, Sep 10 (ANI): A survey has shown that bosses are cutting costs and dropping the collaborative management style of the early 2000s in favour of the 1950s-style.

Social researcher and leadership expert Avril Henry said that employers are doing everything from cutting out biscuits to banning hot food from the office.

They are also telling employees to snack on fruit outside in a bid to cut cleaning costs and cope with strained budgets, and are also micromanaging and bossing their staff around, rather than engaging with them.

“It sends a signal to employees that ‘I don’t trust you can do the job without being closely supervised’, it equates not seeking input from anybody below senior executive level,” News.com.au quoted Henry as saying.

The South African-born public speaker and author of Inspiring Tomorrow’s Leaders Today says examples of tight, bossy behaviour began emerging at the end of last year amid the deepening financial crisis.

“In the process of cutting costs we often do things that alienate the employees,” she said.

“You can cut the biscuits and you can tell people ‘we’re not providing tea and coffee, bring in your own’, but we still pay senior executives and CEOs huge bonuses,” she stated.

Henry says the leadership style is putting bosses on a direct collision course with Generation Y.

“Gen Y just go ‘I’m not working for a boss like that’,” she said of the generation born between 1980 and 1995.

“Gen Y will leave a job without another job to go to even in the current environment.

“They will do a job with less money, not necessarily in the same industry they were in, or equating to what they’re qualified to do, to work in environment where they are happy and they feel valued, not only as employees but as human beings,” she said.

Many generation X-ers (born 1965 to 1979), now in management roles, see this as “entitlement mentality”, but Henry thinks it’s a positive backlash to “toxic” workplace conditions.

“I think that (attitude is) what’s going to change workplace culture,” Henry, who is also a trained accountant, said.

“We have too many workplaces which are toxic, by toxic I mean people aren’t valued.

“Every organisation says ‘people are our greatest asset’ – my immediate response to that is then why do most organisations treat their employees like liabilities?” she stated.

“Bosses who cop a pay cut or ask their staff for thrifty suggestions show they’re ‘willing to share the pain’,” she added. (ANI)

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Baby chimps better at controlling emotions than human babies

September 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Sept 8 (ANI): When it comes to controlling emotions, baby chimps do it better than human babies, concludes a new study.

The research, which investigated the facial expressions of young chimpanzees, may explain why some babies cry so much and are so inconsolable.

In the study, scientists found that baby chimps almost always cry for a reason, in contrast to some of the crying of human babies.

The study’s boffins reckon the finding may result from difference in brain development between the two species, with human babies being born with slightly less developed brains than chimps, reports The Independent.

“If you pick up a baby chimp when it’s fussing [crying], it calms down and stays calm.

“Anybody who has had a fussy child knows it is well within the range of the human norm that if you pick them up then they are still fussy,” said Professor Kim Bard of Portsmouth University. (ANI)

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Maggie Gyllenhaal feels sorry for brother Jake’s constant media attention

September 7, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, Sept 7 (ANI): Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal admits that she feels sorry for her brother, actor Jake Gyllenhaal, who is constantly followed by paparazzi.

The ‘Dark Knight’ actress says that Jake’s celebrity lifestyle has changed him as a person.

“Of course, everybody does change as they grow up, but I think it’s really hard for anybody who has to figure out a way to manage it,” Contactmusic quoted her as having told Britain’s Marie Claire magazine.

“Like in Los Angeles, I don’t always know where to avoid going – sometimes you just walk right into a paparazzi nest.

“I get so angry, really upset. They chase him in their car and it’s just different for him. More than anything I feel sorry for him that he has to deal with that,” she added. (ANI)

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Action against party men who discuss ‘Jinnah’: Rajnath Singh

September 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Rohtak (Haryana), Sep 6(ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh on Sunday warned the party members to avoid talking about Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the man who BJP holds responsible for the division of the country and massacre of lakhs of people, failing which would invite a strict action from the party.

“Jinnah was responsible for dividing the country into two. We won’t accept a person like Jinnah, who was responsible for the massacre of lakhs of people. So, if anybody talks about him, we won’t hesitate to take a strict action against him or her,” Rajnath Singh said.

BJP crisis boiled over after senior party leader Jaswant Singh was expelled for writing a book sympathetic to Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and BJP hold Jinnah responsible for India’s partition, and its strong views on that were notices at the expulsion of Jaswant Singh.

Singh further said that BJP was not against Muslims, on the other hand it has always sought to unite people belonging from different religions and creed. (ANI)

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Prince Charles accused of ‘abusing his position’ to influence planning process

September 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Sep 2 (ANI): A senior architect in Britain has accused Prince Charles of “abusing his position” to influence planning decisions.

Ruth Reed, the first woman president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), claims that the Prince of Wales used his royal status to interfere in the “democratic process”.

She also accused him of writing letters “behind the scenes” to display his opinions on certain architects and building projects.

“It is unfortunate if anybody uses their position in public life to exert undue influence on a democratic process such as planning,” the Telegraph quoted her as telling BBC Radio Four’s Front Row.

She added: “There appears to be evidence that he has written behind the scenes both about planning applications and also about the appointment of particular architects, which would be an abuse of his position, definitely.”

However, the Clarence House has declined to comment on the allegations. (ANI)

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Reserve Bank engaged in keeping inflation low

September 1, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Aug. 31 (ANI): Reserve Bank of India’s Deputy Governor K C Chakrabarty on Monday said the bank is faced with the challenging task of keeping inflation in check, when food price inflation has already reached around 10 percent.

“The food price inflation is already around 10 percent. Our key challenge is how to keep the inflationary pressure low,” he said while speaking at an event of the Institute of Banking.

He dwelt on a range of issues from drought to interest rates to government borrowings, and said the country would continue to grow at 6 percent-plus.

However, he pointed out that if the “drought affects the agriculture growth, it will partly affect the growth number”.

Commenting on interest rates, he ruled out any further cuts and said the central bank could even reverse its expansionary stance if the drought-induced inflationary prices go out of control.

“I don’t think today anybody is expecting interest rates to come down further,” he said.

Admitting the huge government borrowing to have exerted some pressure on interest rates, which have “already gone up a little-bit,” he said he expects interest rates to be stable as of now. (ANI)

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Electricity still a far-fetched dream for Gurez valley

August 30, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Srinagar, Aug. 30 (ANI): Electricity remains to be a distant dream for the residents of Gurez valley of Jammu and Kashmir despite ample water resources existing in the region.

Consequently, diesel run generators have been sole means of power, a situation that has prevailed and prolonged in the region for decades.

In contrast, Gurez valley is the home to a mega hydroelectric project, the power from which will be transmitted to other states!

At present, the residents of Gurez get electricity hardly for two to three hours in a day, supplied by the diesel run generators. And these generators operate as per the available stock of diesel.

“There is so much water here. The government has to take steps to put an end to the power crisis. The electricity is supplied through diesel generators. As long as diesel is there we get electricity, but if the diesel goes out of stock, we live in dark and have to wait for fifteen days to one month for the next stock to reach our place,” said Shazia Tabasum, a student.

Local authorities say that the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) is constructing 330 MW power project from the waters of Kishanganga river.

“There is so much water over here. The Kishanganga hydro project has been allotted to NHPC. It will give 30 megawatts power supply out of 330 megawatts. The worst part is that the people living here won’t get any electricity. I have appealed to the government that at least one percent of power should be supplied to our valley for free,” said Nazir Ahmed Gurazi, MLA, Gurez.

In winters, the technical snags in the diesel generators add to the woes of the locals as they have to wait for an engineer and a technician to come all the way to their valley to fix the problems.

“We face many problems as there is no power supply here. If anybody is ill, we cannot take him or her to have an x-ray. The school children can’t study without light and their time is wasted,” said Ghulam Nabi, a local resident. (ANI)

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Pakistan rejects reports about obtaining French submarines

August 30, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Aug.30 (ANI): Pakistan has rejected reports about purchase of submarines from France.

Briefing Senate’s Standing Committee on Defence and Defence Production, Defence Production Secretary, Israr Ghumman said an evaluation committee formed by the Naval Headquarters has recommended purchase of German submarines.

Ghumman clarified that the government has not inked any agreement with France regarding the purchase of submarines as was being reported in the media.

Senator Raja Zafarul Haq said the committee was informed that several foreign submarine manufacturing companies had put up their bid to provide submarines to the Pakistan Navy, but the German submarines were preferred by the Navy on the basis of their technological superiority and cost.

He said the committee is following the submarine purchase minutely.

“The committee was following the purchase of submarines and if anybody was found involved in receiving kickbacks he would be exposed to the media,” The Dawn quoted Haq, as saying.

The committee also sought continuity of safeguards for the Pakistan Ordnance Factories, Heavy Mechanical Industries and Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, which were authorized through the 17th Constitutional Amendment. (ANI)

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DNA analysis key for solving mystery of King Tut’s origins

August 26, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, August 26 (ANI): Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Egypt, has said that harvesting DNA from ancient mummies would be the key to solving the mystery surrounding Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen’s origins.

According to an article authored by Dr Hawass in the Asharq Alawsat Newspaper, he was in for a surprise when he entered the royal tomb of Tutankhamen with Professor Zakaria, and managed to get DNA samples.

Previously, there was hardly any hope in obtaining DNA samples from mummies, and Dr Hawass believed that he would prove to the world that mummies did not have any DNA suitable for analysis.

“For the first time, I saw that it is possible to harvest DNA from a mummy, and I believe that this will be the key to solving the mystery surrounding King Tutankhamen’s origins,” he wrote in the article.

Tutankhamen, the golden pharaoh, continues to bedazzle the entire world.

The discovery of King Tut’s tomb, which took place around 85 years ago, remains the most important archeological discovery of our time, not just in Egypt, but in the entire world.

This was the first time that a royal tomb of one of Egypt’s pharaohs was discovered untouched, and with the complete set of funeral furniture which was buried with the King.

In addition to this, there was also the treasures and jewelry which blinded anybody who set eyes on them.

“In an attempt to unravel the mystery surrounding King Tut’s family and discover the identity of his father, we find that there are some archeologists who strongly suggest that this is most probably King Akhenaton,” said Dr Hawass.

Akhenaton was the first Pharaoh to advocate monotheism, not just in ancient Egypt, but in the world. Others believe that Akhenaton’s father, King Amenhotep III is a more likely candidate for Tutankhamen’s father.

As for King Tut’s mother, “If we follow the speculation mentioned above with regards to Tutankhamen’s father, his mother is most likely either Queen Tiye, the consort of King Amenhotep III or the extremely famous, Queen Nefertiti, the consort of King Akhenaton,” said Dr Hawass.

These questions are enigmatic, and archeologists are having a hard time trying to answer them.

According to Dr Hawass, “We have embarked upon the quest to solve the mysteries surrounding King Tut thanks to the two DNA analysis laboratories that we have access to, as well as the availability of a CT-Scan machine, through which we are able to know every single detail about a mummy.” (ANI)

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Terror on Qantas flight as man tries to open door during landing

August 26, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Melbourne, Aug 26 (ANI): A man allegedly caused terror on a Qantas flight by trying to open the door of the plane, while it was coming in for landing into Sydney.

An eyewitness, who was about two rows away, said that the man was clearly agitated, and had been trying to stand up and move around the plane for about ten minutes during the descent, before reaching for the door handle.

Qantas staff somehow managed to subdue, and to reseat the man to the front section of the plane, and the flight made a normal landing, touching down at 6.05am AEST.

“The man, who was a big guy, stood up again and made a move for the middle door in the economy section,” the Daily Telegraph quoted the fellow passenger on the QF2 flight from London via Bangkok as saying.

“He grabbed the handle but Qantas staff were able to restrain him.

“The incident wasn’t in any way threatening, but some children did become scared and upset, and started yelling,” he said.

Passengers were asked to remain in their seats for another 20 minutes before being allowed to begin to disembark.

Police are now questioning the man, though a Qantas spokeswoman was unable to confirm whether the crew had to restrain the man on the QF2 flight from London via Bangkok.

“We don’t have any details of anybody trying to open a door,” she said.

“There was a disruptive passenger, but none of our staff has said that he was trying to open a door.

“The passenger and the crew are currently in discussions with the police,” she added. (ANI)

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Harmison puts his hands up for England as long as he is wanted

August 25, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Aug 25 (ANI): England fast bowler Stephen Harmison has said that he will gladly continue his international career for as long as he is wanted.

But the 30-year-old Durham pacer is equally prepared for the selectors telling him his time as a Test bowler is over.

Harmison found himself in the international wilderness at the start of this season, but returned for the final two Tests against Australia.Anybody who plays for their country never wants to give it up. But there comes a time when you have to say there are others who can do as good a job, if not a better one, than me,” The Sun quoted Harmison, as saying.

“I always believe you plan for the next Ashes. And if Andrew Strauss and Andrew Flower want me to go to South Africa, I’ll go,” he said.

“If they are saying we’re going to take this in another direction, then I’ll gladly step aside,” Harmison added. (ANI)

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‘I really think Ali feared me’, says ‘Smoking’ Joe Frazier

August 25, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Aug 23 (ANI): Former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Frazier, who is famous for his trilogy of Heavyweight Championship fights with Muhammad Ali, has said that he still retains a disdain for the treatment he received from Ali.

Frazier, who for a decade had impaired vision in his left eye, could not see after Ali punched his right eye closed.

The history between the pair, which is featured in a DVD released this week, demonstrates the depth of the feud, highlighted by Ali’s verbal assaults on race and religious grounds.

“Ali was nervous and he taunted me, saying I was ugly and all sorts of things. But, I think that was his way of building himself up, by running off at the mouth,” The Herald Sun quotes Frazier, as saying.

“He had a lot of respect for me. And, I think he feared I could beat him. So, he used his tongue before the fights to try to upset me and to get his own adrenaline going. I really think he feared me,” he added.

Despite protests, Frazier’s corner threw in the towel before the 15th round, which meant that Frazier had lost the rematch. Frazier was never again the force he used to be and accepts his place in history, aware that a few seconds between rounds 14 and 15 in Manila could have changed the world’s perception of his talents.

“You have corners and trainers and managers who care. I had impaired vision in my left eye and I was struggling to see out of the other. I didn’t hold anything against anybody for the fight being stopped,” Frazier said.

“I would have been in real trouble if both my eyes closed. But, to learn Ali was ready to quit at the same time my corner called an end to the fight was a bit disappointing. He ended up in more physical strife than me, but he got the verdict and all the accolades that go with winners,” he added.

The 65-year-old further said that all that happened in “The Thrilla in Manilla” fight is history now and everyone must move on.

“I am at peace with the world. I could never understand why he went on at the mouth about so many things. I’ve always believed it doesn’t matter what colour your skin is. I couldn’t figure out what he was on about. I can only hope he asks the Lord for forgiveness for the wrongs he did me,” Frazier said. (ANI)

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‘Facebook for Parsees’ may help revive Zoroastrianism

August 22, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Aug 22 (ANI): Facebook has united millions of long-lost school friends and lovers. And now, the popular social networking site has raised hopes of helping revive a religion: Zoroastrianism.

The 3,500-year-old religion, which is on the brink of extinction, is possibly the world’s wealthiest and most influential faith. However, it is losing its Midas touch, reports The Times.

Bachelors belonging to the religion, whose fire-worshipping followers subscribe to the teachings of the prophet Zoroaster, tend to marry late, and, as far as women are concerned some of them wed outside the community. As a result they’re excommunicated.

Because of this, there are only 120,000 Zoroastrians left, a third of whom are over 60.

Also, the diminishing birth rate has raised fears that adherents – known as Parsees in India, the religion’s main stronghold – are dying out.

Now, the community is counting on a website designed to create a database of its young that will encourage them to intermarry.

It is being billed as a kind of “Facebook for Parsees” that will place a heavy emphasis on matrimonial matters.

Tashan Mistree, 26, one of the Parsees behind the project, said: “The matrimonial part is important if we want to preserve our ethnicity … That we are a small community means that every individual matters.”

The site, which will be open to Parsees between 15 and 40, will foster a sense of ethnic identity among members with information about community events and will include a careers portal.

“It’s crazy, but for years this religion had not cared for the views of anybody under 75,” said Jimmy Mistry, a prominent Parsee in Mumbai.

“The young had been driven away,” Mistry added.

The social network is being developed by the youth wing of the Bombay Parsee Panchayat (BPP), a Mumbai-based governing council that is one of Zoroastrianism’s most influential seats of power. (ANI)

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Book on Nehru would have gone ‘unnoticed’ in Pak: PML-N

August 21, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Aug.21 (ANI): Expressing solidarity with expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has criticized the BJP for throwing Singh out of the party for writing a book on Mohammad Ali Jinnah, saying if anybody would have written a book on Jawaharlal Nehru in Pakistan, it would have not created such a furor.

Interacting with media persons here, PML-N Chairman Raja Zafarul Haq said Singh’s expulsion has exposed the ‘narrow-mindedness’ of BJP towards Muslim leaders.

“I don’t understand why there is so much resentment among the BJP over Jaswant Singh’s book. If anybody in Pakistan had written a praiseworthy book on Nehru, nobody in Pakistan would have noticed it,” he said.

Haq said the incident has proved that discrimination still prevailed in India despite its claims of being a democratic country.

“Whether it is Congress or the BJP, the thinking and approach of Indian political parties is the same towards Pakistan and Muslims,” The Daily Times quoted Haq, as saying.

He added that BJP’s ‘shameful’ act has exposed secularism in the Indian society.

Singh was expelled from the BJP on Wednesday for writing a book-Jinnah-India, Partition, Independence- which, according to the party, was against the basic ideology of the party. (ANI)

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Milla Jovovich says she sometimes can’t pronounce her name!

August 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Aug 18 (ANI): Milla Jovovich has admitted that she finds it difficult to pronounce her own name.

The supermodel tuned actress,33, says she finds Jovovich a mouthful, especially after getting drunk.

The Fifth Element star said she sympathised with anybody else who struggles with it.

The Daily Express quoted her as saying: “There are many times where even I, at certain points in the evening, after a few drinks, can’t pronounce my own surname. “(ANI)

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Bodies of three recovered from Hudson River

August 9, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New York, Aug.9 (ANI): The bodies of three of the nine presumed victims of a helicopter-plane collision over the Hudson River have been recovered, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Saturday.

NTSB chair Deborah Hersman says the recovery operations have been called off and will resume Sunday morning, due to compromising tides and low visibility.

The accident happened just after noon between Manhattan and Hoboken, N.J. when a small private plane collided with a sightseeing helicopter over the Hudson River, leaving debris scattered in the water and on the New Jersey shoreline, sending witnesses ducking for cover, reports the NYT.

The sight-seeing helicopter was carrying five Italian tourists and a pilot, and the plane was carrying a pilot and two passengers, one of whom is believed to have been a child, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at an afternoon press conference.

“This is not going to have a happy ending. This has changed from a rescue to a recovery mission. If anybody had survived, we would have been there,” said Bloomberg.

Both craft are under water and may have sunk to a depth of 30 feet, he told reporters.

Though it was a crystal-clear summer day in New York, visibility is only about two feet in the water, making the recovery process extremely difficult.

The plane, a Piper PA-32, took off from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, and the helicopter was a Eurocopter AS 350 owned by Liberty Tours, a sightseeing and charter company, the Federal Aviation Administration said. (ANI)

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Maoists torch an excavator machine in Bihar

July 16, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Niyamatpur (Bihar), July 16 (ANI): Maoists set ablaze a JCB excavator, an earthmoving machine at Niyamatpur in Bihar’s Gaya District.

In the midnight hours of the intervening period of Tuesday and Wednesday, a group of Maoists raided a place near Niyamatpur and set ablaze a JCB excavator machine.

Police said that the rebels torched the excavator machine when they did not find anybody around.

“Nearly 10 men came. When they did not find anybody around, they set ablaze a JCB excavator machine. Fortunately, the engine of the machine is safe,” said Rajbansh Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Police.

Niyamatpur halt is located along the Patna-Gaya railway line and work is underway for doubling the tracks.

At least 36 policemen were ambushed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh on Sunday.

The Maoists have recently stepped up attacks against police, officials and civilians away from remote rural areas and closer to towns and cities across India.

Hundreds of Maoists, who are expanding their influence in India, had declared the town of Lalgarh about 170 km from Kolkata, as a “liberated zone” recently before they fled in face of police action.

Maoists, who say they are fighting for the rights of poor farmers and landless labourers, are expanding their influence in east, central and southern India. (ANI)

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Lack of spectator interest killing Test cricket: Boycott

July 15, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Melbourne, July 15 (ANI): England’s batting legend Geoffrey Boycott has warned that the lack of spectator interest is killing Test cricket, which requires radical changes to save it.

The former opening batsman said crowds at Ashes matches masked the dwindling attendances for Tests elsewhere in the world, with even the recent series between South Africa and Australia, failing to sell out.

“If you’re watching England against Australia this summer, we’re all seduced into believing Test cricket is fine because you could sell Test-match cricket twice over for huge amounts of money because it … has history and tradition,” Boycott said.

“But every other series around the world, there are declining attendances and there have been declining attendances for many years,” The Herald Sun quoted him, as saying.

“Everywhere crowds are down except in England and Australia … we have to tweak it a bit or do something to get bums on seats or their will be hardly anybody watching except television in 20 or 30 years,” he added.

The MCC cricket committee, which is made up of former and current international players called for a World Test Championship similar to the World Championships that exist in 50-over and Twenty20 cricket to reignite interest.

Although there are world Test rankings, which do ultimately lead to a team being declared the best side in the world, they have yet to become a part of the fabric of the game.

“Test cricketers want to be able to say they’re the world champions of Test cricket,” said Steve Waugh, a member of the MCC cricket committee.

“We can say it in the Twenty20 and 50-over game but Test cricket continues on and on. There’s the ranking system, but there’s no actual trophy where you can hold it aloft. Something definitely needs to be done to lift the profile of Test cricket,” he said.

Boycott added: “The idea is not just to have a world championship but to package it better.”

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced last month that it was considering the possibility of having a day/night Test in 2010 on a trial basis. (ANI)

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Oasis reimburse ticket money to 20,000 fans

July 11, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, July 11 (ANI): Oasis rockers Liam and Noel Gallagher have sent out refund cheques to 20,000 fans after their last month gig was spoiled by technical problems.

They have signed the slips that reimburse ticket money.

Promoters were horrified when Noel, 42, offered to compensate fans after sound problems disrupted their gig in front of 70,000 fans at Heaton Park, Manchester.

He announced: “This is a free gig. Anybody who has kept their ticket will get a full refund.”

The refunds are accompanied by a letter apologising for the problems at the June 4 show.

However, some of the fans refuse to encash the cheques, insisting they will keep the cheques as collectors’ items.

“They are distinctive, so a few people may decide to keep them,” the Daily Star quoted an Oasis spokesman as saying. (ANI)

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