Tag Archives: Apr
Indian Army to celebrate 71st Armour Day
New Delhi, Apr 30 (ANI): The Indian Army would celebrate 71st Armour Day tomorrow to honour the arrival of armoured vehicles in place of horses in the Indian cavalry regiments. Armour Day is celebrated each year on May 1. On this day in 1938, the Scindia Horse became the first regiment to convert to tanks. [...]
Bollywood personalities cast their votes, urge people to join in numbers
Mumbai, Apr 30 (ANI): Leading personalities of the tinsel town of Bollywood queued up at various polling stations in Mumbai to cast their votes in the third phase of elections to the Lok Sabha on Thursday. Ten parliamentary constituencies in Mumbai and Thane districts went to the polls today, which incidentally culminates the general elections [...]
Berlusconi’s wife wins the battle against his ‘babes’
London, Apr 30 (ANI): Silvio Berlusconi’s wife seems to have won the battle against Italian prime minister’s eye for attractive young women. His party has decided not to promote the four starlets Berlusconi recommended as candidates for the European Parliament. Veronica Lario had launched a scathing attack on the Berlusconi insisting that she’s ‘suffering’ from [...]
PNB reduces lending rate by 50 basis points
New Delhi, Apr 30 (ANI): The Punjab National Bank on Thursday reduced its benchmark lending rate by 50 basis points to 11 percent. The Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR) has been slashed from 11.5 per cent to 11 per cent effective tomorrow, the bank said in a statement. The benefit of reduction in BPLR shall [...]
One killed, seven wounded in Kohat blast
Peshawar, Apr. 30 (ANI): At least one person was killed and seven were wounded in a roadside blast near the garrison town of Kohat on Thursday. The blast took place as Shiite Muslims were passing by in a mini-bus. Police said the incident could be sectarian related, as Shiites account for around 20 per cent [...]
Sarah Jessica Parker, hubby nervous about expecting twins
New York, Apr 30 (ANI): Sarah Jessica Parker and husband Matthew Broderick, who are expanding their brood with surrogate twin girls, are worried about how to juggle job and family. Parker is filming “Did You Hear About the Morgans?” with Hugh Grant on the upper East side, while Broderick has been busy with Broadway’s “The [...]
Gemma Atkinson once ‘turned down tiny Maradona’
London, Apr 30 (ANI): Busty-babe Gemma Atkinson has said that she once turned down advances of Argentinian footie legend Diego Maradona. The ex-Hollyoaks beauty revealed that she bumped into the World Cup winner at a charity football match and was showered with compliments. But, the Gemma remained inert to Diego’s chat-up lines as because she [...]
Michael Douglas feels dwarfed in front of techno-savvy dad
Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): Hollywood star Michael Douglas is embarrassed how ignorant he is when it comes to technology, while his 92-year-old father Kirk has a blog to his credit. Douglas has said that he is proud of the Spartacus star’s status as “the oldest blogger on MySpace.” However, the 64-year-old actor has admitted that [...]
Madonna’s adoption bid gets another blow
Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): Giving a devastating blow to Madonna’s bid to adopt Malawian orphan Mercy James, the child’s father has come out in open to ask for full custody of his little girl. The Queen of Pop wanted to become mum to the four-year-old girl, but all her hopes were shattered when a court [...]
Christian Bale lashes out at ‘Terminator Salvation’ crew for betraying him
London, Apr 30 (ANI): Hollywood actor Christian Bale says that Terminator Salvation crewmembers betrayed his “magic circle” of trust by recording his on-set rant. An audio clip of Bale screaming abuse at the film’s director of photography became a YouTube hit when it was leaked online in February. It featured 39 F-words and Bale threatening [...]
Heidi Klum didn’t want to break pregnancy news so early
Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): Supermodel Heidi Klum was taken by surprise when her husband Seal broke the news of her pregnancy, as she didn’t want to break it so early. The German beauty refused to confirm the baby news when it broke earlier this month (Apr09) and was stunned when her husband decided to tell [...]
Magnetic therapy to treat chronic migraine developed
Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): A new therapy that uses magnetic pulses has shown promise in treating chronic migraine sufferers, say researchers. The new therapy is called transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS. During the study conducted in rats, the University of California, San Francisco researchers focused on understanding the mechanism of action of TMS therapy — [...]
Pacifiers don’t interfere with breastfeeding success
Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): Giving an infant a pacifier does not interfere with breastfeeding success, say researchers. The team led by Dr Fern Hauck, researcher and associate professor of family medicine and public health sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine has found no adverse relationship between the two. “Physicians, nurses and others [...]
Indian Army to celebrate 71st Armour Day
New Delhi, Apr 30 (ANI): The Indian Army would celebrate 71st Armour Day tomorrow to honour the arrival of mechanism in the Indian cavalry regiments. Armour Day is celebrated each year on May 1. On this day in 1938, the Scindia Horse became the first regiment to convert to tanks. The first equipments they adapted [...]
Sam Mendes pulls out of making opera debut at Glyndebourne
London, Apr 30 (ANI): Brit director Sam Mendes has pulled out of making his opera debut at Glyndebourne in 2010, saying that it was due to “massive theatre commitments”. Mendes, 43, who was due to direct Mozart’s Don Giovanni for the festival, and whose appointment caused excitement in the opera world, said the decision to [...]
‘Dismantling Taliban, Al-Qaeda safe havens in Pak essential for US, World peace’
Islamabad, Apr.30 (ANI): The United States has reiterated that there is an immediate need to dismantle the Taliban and Al-Qaeda safe havens in Pakistan for the safety of the US and the world. Addressing the Senate, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee for Middle-east and South Asia, Senator Tom Casey expressed concerns about the [...]
Karnal inferno reduces butter godown to ashes
Karnal (Haryana), Apr 30 (ANI): A major fire broke in the godown of a ghee (clarified butter) plant at the industrial town of Karnal in Haryana on Thursday. This mishap took place at Ruchi Soybean Industry’s plant around 6:00 a.m. and it was detected to have spread from the ghee godown. Ghee worth thousands of [...]
US model Shanna Moakler stands up for gay marriage
Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): American model Shanna Moakler has decided to make it very clear that she was “hurt and upset” by first runner up in Miss USA 2009 pageant Carrie Prejean’s comment about gay and lesbian marriage. Moakler, 34, was upset by Prejean saying that a “marriage should be between a man and a [...]