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Aniston flaunts sexy legs and sexier pooch at Love Happens LA premiere

Washington, Sept 18 (ANI): Jennifer Aniston is known for her super svelte body in Hollywood and world over. However, she made heads turn at Los Angeles premiere of “Love Happens” by sporting a bit of a pooch.

The 40-year-old, who was wearing a sequined mini on the Tuesday event, also drew attention because of her sexy [...]

Shiv Sena activists burn Pakistan national flag in Amritsar

Amritsar Sep. 13 (ANI): Outraged over the rocket firing incident by Pakistan on Friday night in Attari Sector of Punjab’s Amritsar district, a group of Shiv Sena (Hindustan) activists on Sunday burnt Pakistan’s national flag here.

The Shiv Sena (Hindustan) is a local outfit.

A number of activists assembled at the Hathi Gate Chowk of [...]

Airborne laser to shoot ballistic missile as part of flight test

London, September 12 (ANI): Soon, the Airborne Laser (ABL), built into a customized Boeing 747, is ready for flight tests, in which it will try to shoot a ballistic missile.

According to a report in New Scientist, the US Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA) [...]

Is Al-Qaida’s central leadership weakening?

London, Sep 11(ANI): Al-Qaida, known for its rigorous training camps for terrorists to carry out attacks around the World, is now undergoing a massive change as tales from six captured Al-Qaida terrorists belonging to immigrant communities in France and Belgium reveals another facet of the organisation.

According [...]

Militants kill two policemen in Rajouri sector of J-K

Rajouri, Sep 3 (ANI): Two police personnel, a constable and a Special Police Officer (SPO), were killed in an encounter between the police and the militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Wednesday night.

Acting on a tip off, a team of security officers had [...]

Cross-LoC firing kills army soldier in Jammu and Kashmir

Srinagar, Sep 1 (ANI): A soldier was killed in firing from across the border at a forward post along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch District in the wee hours on Tuesday, Army officials said.

According to reports, the soldier [...]

Disrupted Mumbai railway service resumes partially

Mumbai, Sep.1 (ANI): Train services along the Western Railway route resumed partially on Tuesday, hours after police had to resort to a baton charge and firing in the air to disperse irate passengers.

The Chief Public Relations Officer of the Western Railway, S.S. Gupta, told a television channel that police and railway officers were trying their [...]

Police fire in the air, baton charge mob at Mumbai railway station

Mumbai, Sep.1 (ANI): Police on Tuesday resorted to firing in the air and baton charging irate passengers near a Mumbai railway station.

According to preliminary television reports, the incident took place at the Nala Sopara Railway Station nin Thane District, as the passengers expressed their anger over the delay and disruption of local train services.

Police first [...]

Two killed, four injured in two separate strikes on CRPF in Srinagar

Srinagar, Aug 31 (ANI): At least two jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed and four others injured in two separate militant strikes in Srinagar on Monday.

In a first incident, militants opened indiscriminate firing in Lal Chowk area, killing two CRPF [...]

One killed in police firing during violence in West Bengal

Ramjibanpu (West Bengal), Aug 29(ANI): A student died in police firing after violence broke out following a road accident in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district on Saturday.

A motorbike driver was killed in a head-on collision with a truck and a group of enraged residents had set the truck and a police [...]

BJP top brass meets Advani, immediate change in party leadership ruled out

New Delhi, Aug.29 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) top brass met senior leader L.K. Advani at his residence late on Friday night for almost two hours.

Among those who met Advani were Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Venkaiah Naidu and Ananth Kumar.

Sources claimed that despite RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat chalking out a succession plan [...]

Indian farmers along Pakistan border in Punjab resent restriction

Amritsar, Aug 28 (ANI): Anguished Indian villagers in Punjab, whose farms lie across the fencing along the Pakistan border have staged a protest over problems faced in tilling their fields.

The protest was staged under the banner of the Jamhuri Kisan Sabha (Democratic Farmers Council) and [...]

26/11 trial: Judge expresses surprise over Home minister’s statement

Mumbai, Aug 26 (ANI): Judge M.L Tahiliyani who is presiding over the 26/11 trial expressed surprise on Wednesday over Maharashtra Home Minister Jayant Patil’s statement that the verdict will be delivered on September 15.

“Your Home Minister makes a statement that the case will be over by September 15 but his officer [...]

‘I have no discord with Flintoff,’ says Strauss

London, Aug.19 (ANI): England cricket captain Andrew Strauss has refuted suggestions and allegations of him having a discord with all-rounder Andrew Flintoff because of the latter’s omission from the fourth Ashes Test at Leeds, saying both players understood each other well, and would be going into the fifth [...]

Paula Abdul heading Down Under for ‘Australian Idol’?

Washington, Aug 15 (ANI): Rumours are abuzz that former American Idol judge Paula Abdul is in discussions either to host or judge Australian Idol, Australia’s version of the TV talent contest.

The rumours came in the wake of the firing of one of the Australian [...]

Another CCTV footage of Kasab to be played in court today

Mumbai, July 16 (ANI): Another CCTV footage of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist involved the terror attacks in Mumbai on November 26, 2008, will be played in court today.

Special prosecutor Ujjawal Nikam said the video of Kasab was retrieved from the Times of India building, facing Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway terminus (CST) railway [...]

Males’ sperm travel faster when females are attractive

Melbourne, July 10 (ANI): A new piece of research on red junglefowl, an ancestor of chickens, has shown that males can adjust the speed and effectiveness of their sperm, based on whether they find their mate attractive.

Published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the study adds to the growing body of evidence that [...]

Poppy cultivation in Kashmir

Jammu, July 9 (ANI): Satellite images of Jammu and Kashmir taken by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) have led to shocking revelations.

Tracts of forest areas and uncultivated patches of land in the region are found to be under illegal poppy cultivation. This [...]

J and K Government withdraws CRPF from Baramullah(Lead:Baramullah)

Srinagar, July 1 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir Government has decided to withdraw the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) from law and order duties in Baramullah district, following protests by local residents over the deaths of some of them.

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, in a late night development, [...]

Separatists call strike in Kashmir over Baramullah killings

Srinagar, June 30 (ANI): Roads in Srinagar wore a deserted look following the strike call given by the hardline faction of the separatist Hurriyat Conference Party over the killing of two youths in Baramullah district of the state.

“The call has been given by [...]