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Sea rescue authorities have credited an Esperance diver’s survival with his ability to remain calm after becoming stranded at sea overnight.
Peter Agnew, 46, was diving off the south-east coast on Friday, but when he surfaced his four-metre dinghy had drifted away.
He swam to Sandy Hook Island where he took refuge for the night, before swimming [...]

London, Sept 13 (ANI): Phillip Garrido, the “American Fritzl”, selected Jaycee Lee Dugard as his prey during a “child shopping” trip because she looked cute, his wife has told police in California.

Describing the precision that went into the abduction of the then 11-year-old Jaycee, Nancy told cops that they decided not to snatch the pretty [...]

New Delhi, Sep.2 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday evening said both Revenue and Forest officials of that area have been pressed into the search operations for the missing Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.Rajshekhara Reddy.

Addressing media persons, Chidambaram said: “Paramilitary and State [...]

New Delhi, Sept 2 (ANI): A Chinese man stabbed his wife to death after she paid no attention to his requests for dinner and continued surfing the net.

Liu Hailong has been accused of killing his wife and burying her body with the help of two [...]

London, July 5 (ANI): England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has found one place where he can still sneak a pint ahead of the Ashes series.

The new found place is Australian dressing room, where he is welcomed by Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke, among several others.

“In Australia I spent a bit of time in the changing-room with him. [...]

London, July 4 (DPA) Striker Michael Owen completed his free-transfer move to English football champions Manchester United Friday.
The 29 year old underwent stringent medical tests before signing a two-year contract on what is believed to be a pay-as-you-play basis with a basic weekly wage topped up by bonuses.
“Michael is a world-class forward with a proven [...]

MUMBAI: The Versova police have booked a small-time model for forcing her 17-year-old maid to solicit clients at various places across Mumbai, Pune and Surat. No arrest has been made yet.
The accused, Rajni Bharti, claimed to have acted in television commercials. A native of Delhi, she lived with her husband and two children in the [...]

Gwalior, May 27 (ANI): Faced with acute water crisis, residents in Gwalior are forced to queue from midnight at the community taps to collect water for their use.

Besides rising mercury level and surging temperature, improper timings of water supply has made life more miserable for them.

“There is no proper timings for the water supply. [...]

London, May 23 (ANI): ‘Spider Man 3′ star Lucy Gordan had left two suicide notes before hanging herself in the Paris flat, it has emerged.

The British actress has apparently left a letter for her parents and details of how she wanted her belongings divided up.

Lucy, who played reporter Jennifer Dugan in the film, was found [...]

London, May 22 (ANI): ‘Spider Man 3′ star Lucy Gordan was found hanging in her apartment in Paris on Wednesday.

The British actress, who would have turned 29 today, was found dead in a mansion flat she shared with her unnamed boyfriend.

He told cops that he went to bed the night before and found her dead [...]

Washington, May 21 (ANI): It was an overnight drinking session with filmmaker Quentin Tarantino that made Brad Pitt agreed to do his new movie.

The ‘Troy’ actor plays the role of a Nazi bounty hunter in Tarantino’s ‘Inglourious Basterds’.

And speaking at the film’s Cannes Film Festival press conference on May 20, Pitt revealed that he and [...]

London, May 21 (ANI): After staying away from the limelight as a couple for three months, actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were clicked together at the Cannes Film Festival.

Jolie, 33, who is suffering from a cold, arrived in Cannes on May 19 to be with Pitt, 45, at the premiere of Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Inglourious [...]

London, Apr 30 (ANI): A randy couple was arrested after being caught having a steamy sex session – on the Queen’s front lawn.

Crowds were shell-shocked as they watched the drunken pair stripped and got down and dirty on a private [...]

London, Apr 6 (ANI): American actress Whoopi Goldberg has revealed that she loves to get married, but her fascination dies after the ceremony.

The 56-year-old actress admits that she “just can’t commit”.

In an interview to TV host Jonathon Ross, Goldberg said that though she would happily tie the knot again, her fascination with marriage ends straight [...]

For her show on 5 April for Femina Kangana will be paying a tribute to two screen queens Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
And when she got to know that Priyanka Chopra too will be performing Kangana gladly gave over the Fashion songs to her colleague and friend.
Says Kangana, “When I got to know that [...]

London, March 9 (ANI): Former ‘Baywatch’ babe Pamela Anderson recently hired a top hairdresser to maintain her blonde locks for a new show.

Sources have revealed that she used the services of the much-sought Errol Douglas, whose previous clientele includes Uma Thurman [...]

New Delhi, Feb 9 (ANI): Hollywood actress Evangeline Lilly was so desperate to travel around the world that she began working as a flight attendant.

However, the job didn’t stand up to her expectations, as it was terribly grueling, thus she finally quit and ventured into Hollywood, reports China Daily.

“I had no money. I was living [...]