New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): Listing the achievements of the UPA-II government, Prime Minsiter Manmohan Singh said that next year they will report directly to the people to seek a renewed mandate.

Starting on a philosophical note the PM said, UPA government has taken the country forward but we have many more miles to travel.

Manmohan Singh while unveiling UPA's report card began with the achievements of his government on the economic front.

The country saw an improved performance

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): Listing the achievements of the UPA-II government, Prime Minsiter Manmohan Singh said that in the coming year they will report directly to the people to seek a renewed mandate.

Starting on a philosophical note the PM said, UPA government has taken the country forward but we have many more miles to travel.

Singh while unveiling UPA's report card began with the achievements of his government on the economic front.

The country saw an improved performance

Guwahati, May 22 (ANI): A bamboo seminar has been educating craftsmen about new marketing techniques with the objective of promoting self employment and expand the outreach.

To educate the farmers, bamboo craftsman and forest department officials, a seminar was organised this week here.

The state government under the federal scheme, 'National Bamboo Mission' sought to promote the potential of the bamboo sector in India, through this seminar.

Seeking a solution to expand

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): On the occasion of the fourth anniversary of its second stint-in power, the Congress-led UPA-II government is celebrating with a grand party at the Prime Minister's official 7, Race Course Road Residence.

A wide variety of dishes are on offer, including Jodhpuri Bhindi, Aaloo beans Dry, Sabz Nizami Handi, Kadhai Paneer, Langar Wali Daal, Sbz Dum Biryani, Malabar Awail, Drums Stick Sambhar, Kasturi Murg Tikka, Murg Handi Lazeez.

Meanwhile, the Samajwadi

Darjeeling (West Bengal), May 22 (ANI): Tourists, both domestic and foreign, are making a beeline for Darjeeling, to escape the scorching heat of the plains.

Darjeeling, located in the Lesser Himalayas, with its varied landscape and spectacular beauty, has been a favourite and affordable destination not only for locals, but also for people across the globe.

Tourists seemed to enjoy the cool weather while taking photographs of the hilly terrain.

Raj Basu, a local tour operator

Jammu/New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): Opposition parties in India trained guns at the ruling Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) on Wednesday over rampant corruption, even as the latter completed the fourth year of its second term in power.

A series of high-profile scandals has eroded trust and stymied policymaking in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's administration in recent months.

The corruption saga has dented investor confidence and smothered reforms such as on land

Bhopal/Kanpur, May 22 (ANI): Anti-corruption protests in Bhopal and Kanpur marred the UPA-II Government's fourth anniversary celebrations on Wednesday.

A series of high-profile scandals have eroded trust and stymied policymaking in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's administration in recent months.

A string of billion-dollar scandals has sparked widespread public anger against the government.

The corruption saga has also dented investor confidence and smothered reforms

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday accused the central government of failing on all counts and called on the latter to self-introspect on its various acts of corruption.

Addressing a news conference here, senior BJP leaders, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley dissected the second term of the UPA-II government in all sectors, and claimed that it had lost the trust of the people.

Never has the country seen such an environment of gloom, pessimism, cynicism

Mumbai/New Delhi/Patna, May 22 (ANI): A senior official of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday placed the onus of catching bookies and others involved in the recent spot-fixing scam on the police.

BCCI vice-president and chairman of the IPL Governing Council Rajiv Shukla, said that it was not BCCI's job to probe who are the bookies and which Bollywood personalities are involved.

It is the job of agencies like Delhi police and Mumbai police to investigate

Hyderabad, May 22 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said he was confident that a Third Front would form the next government after the 2014 general elections.

Addressing media persons here, Naidu said that both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were worried about the possibility of a Third Front forming the next government.

If you go through both parties, one is the Congress, it is diminishing, the BJP is not picking up. Naturally,

Kolkata/New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): The Trinamool Congress Party, which rules in West Bengal, on Wednesday said that the UPA-II Government at the centre is in a state of disarray after completing the fourth year of its second term in power.

TMC leader Sultan Ahmed said in Kolkata that the UPA has been pursuing anti-people policies.

You can't call this government as UPA Government, because there is no unity, it is not united. DMK, TMC, MIM (regional parties) and many other small

Washington, May 22 (ANI): India has sought access from the US to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack convict David Headley and his accomplice Tahawwur Rana, both of undergoing sentence awarded by a Chicago court after being found guilty of terrorism charges.

While there was no official word from either side on the issues discussed in particular those with reference to Headley and Rana, officials said it was prominently raised by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde during his

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the 47th Jnanpith Award for the year 2011 on Dr. Pratibha Ray at a function at the Balyogi Auditorium here on Wednesday.

Speaking on the occasion, Mukherjee called upon schools and colleges to encourage the reading of the abundant prose and verse that has been published in India's vernacular languages.

He added that reading vernacular literature would educate our young about distant regions that they may not be aware

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday ruled that Bollywood actor Shayan Munshi and another witness in the Jessica Lal murder case will be prosecuted on charges of perjury for turning hostile during their deposition in the case.

Munshi, who had lodged the FIR in the case, had pleaded to the court not to prosecute him saying, He cannot be termed hostile as even the apex court had used part of his deposition in convicting the accused.

Munshi, the complainant in

Sydney, May 22 (ANI): Australian opener David Warner is expected to plead guilty before a Cricket Australia (CA) hearing via teleconference from India with regard to a series of hostile tweets that he directed at News Limited journalists Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn while playing for the Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Warner could face sanctions ranging from a fine, suspension, reprimand or counseling after being reported under CA's code of behaviour, News.com.au

London, May 22 (ANI): Liverpool is expecting to retain Luis Suarez for another summer, if Reds boss Brendan Rogers is to be believed.

Rogers said that every player has a price, but there is no certainty for the club to sell him as other clubs like Madrid and Barcelona eye to steal away the star from the Anfield side.

He plans to build that quality for Suarez because according to Rogers he comes in the bracket of 'world-class players'.

According to The Mirror, the club

London, May 22 (ANI): Former Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has described departing club coach Jose Mourinho as a failure, and added that Real Madrid will be glad to see him go.

According to report by The Sun, Real's current president, Florentino Perez, claimed that Mourinho could not cope with pressure, as it was easier for him to work in England.

Calderon said it was Mourinho's character that made it more difficult. (ANI)

Karachi, May 22 (ANI): Pakistan cricket team coach Dav Whatmore has backed captain Misbah-ul-Haq's batting skills.

PakPassion quoted Whatmore as saying that Misbah has inspired other batsmen with his efforts and performance, although rotation and change in the battiing order is always an open option.

Whatmore said that Misbah's enthusiastic zeal has motivated other players to bring the same passion to their batting.

Whatmore further said he believes Misbah has proved

Sydney, May 22 (ANI): Golfer Adam Scott will need to modify his putting stroke following a confirmed ban on anchoring the club by the Ancient Golf Club and the U.S. Golf Association.

The golf's governing bodies will implement the new rule 14-1b from January 2016 onwards, News.com.au reports.

According to the report, the ban will not allow the golfers to anchor a club directly against any part of the body and will rule out belly and chest putting that has helped in winning four

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday ruled that Bollywood actor Shayan Munshi and another witness in the Jessica Lal murder case will be prosecuted on charges of perjury for turning hostile during their deposition in the case.

Munshi, who had lodged the FIR in the case, had pleaded to the court not to prosecute him saying, He cannot be termed hostile as even the apex court had used part of his deposition in convicting the accused.

Munshi, the complainant in

Noida, May 22 (ANI): Amity University added yet another feather to its cap by launching free Physiotherapy OPD at the Amity campus in Noida on Wednesday.

Inaugurating the Physiotherapy OPD , Dr. Ashok K Chauhan- Founder President, Amity Group said that today's life abounds with stress and hectic schedules, which take a toll on a person's physical well being, including wrong postures used while sitting, working, walking and sleeping.

Dr. Chauhan, who is a true philanthropist

Sydney, May 22 (ANI): Cricket Australia (CA) has announced that the country's top female cricketers will now earn up to 80,000 dollars within a year.

The women team has won Women's World Cup and the T20 trophy, prompting CA to consider female cricket as professional, News.com.au reports.

CA chief executive James Sutherland compared the women's cricket team to the men's cricket club, saying that the association wants to see the female cricketers' strong commitment towards

Sydney, May 22 (ANI): Cricket Australia (CA) has said that it hopes for changes in the Citizenship Act by next month that will allow leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed to play his first Ashes Test in England.

The Pakistan-born spinner will have to wait for applying for a passport until any legislation change takes place in the four sitting weeks of parliamentary session before the election and the cricket series begins, News.com.au reports.

According to the report, the 16-member squad includes

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): A timber factory located on the outskirts of New Delhi was damaged on Wednesday by the fire.

As many as 23 fire tenders headed to douse the fire.

Fire fighters at the spot said that the situation was under control.

No loss of human life has been reported.

In most industries and residential dwellings across India, fire safety regulations are lax, rarely implemented and not periodically reviewed, which results in the breaking of major fire, resulting

Sydney, May 22 (ANI): England coach Andy Flower has prohibited England's cricketers from public discussions about the Ashes until next month.

The players will face disciplinary actions if they speak in interviews or write on Twitter about the two-test series against Australia, Sydney Morning Herald reports.

Sources said that Flower wants the players to focus on New Zealand series and the ICC Champions Trophy instead of getting involved in the media talks regarding the Ashes.

According

Kolkata, May 22 (ANI): Kolkata recently hosted a meeting on Tuesday to discuss measures that needs to be taken to increase cross border trade with Bangladesh.

Amit Kumar Roy, Commissioner of Customs said that expectations were high as India considered Bangladesh a friendly and compliant neighbour.

Compared to other countries, compared to Pakistan etc, Bangladesh is very friendly and very compliant. They are very good to us. So, the expectation is very high, said Roy.

Given

London, May 22 (ANI): Facebook is facing criticism regarding its content policy after videos showing people being beheaded were reported.

Facebook reportedly admitted that it does not always make the right decisions on banning violent content.

According to the BBC, the videos show a woman and two men having their heads cut off.

Donald Turvill, 16, termed the clips to be too shocking.

Young users across the site have the possibility to stumble across the videos and such

Sydney, May 22 (ANI): Following his recovery from an Achilles heel injury, South Australian pacer Ryan Harris says he is keen to make a comeback to be in contention for the Ashes campaign this summer in England.

Harris says he would be keen to play the five Test matches against England, news.com.au reports.

Harris said that if he is able to give a good bowling performance then he will choose to play in every match of the series, but acknowledged that the selectors and Cricket Australia

Sydney, May 22 (ANI): Twenty-one-year-old Mohammad Arifi's love for cricket convinced the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) to appoint him as their first multi-cultural ambassador.

According to news.com.au, Arifi will help (SACA) run multi-cultural cricket programs, including a Come and Try Day at Brahma Lodge Indoor Sports Centre on Sunday, especially targeting new arrivals.

Arifi said that he will achieve SACA's goal to include more people playing the game.

Stating

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), , completed the fourth year of its second term in power on Wednesday and the government said that it had ushered in several important decisions, while the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rubbished the former's performance.

In the matters of development or agriculture or food security or road transport or railways or medicine, this government has been lagging behind but when it comes to matters of inflation,

Panaji, May 22 (ANI): India today successfully test fired the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Navy's latest guided missile frigate INS Tarkash off the coast of Goa.

The missile performed the high-level 'C' manoeuvre in the pre-determined flight path and successfully hit the target.

Jointly developed by India and Russia, the BrahMos is capable of carrying a conventional warhead of 300 kg.

India is readying several different versions of the

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): A new antivirus and desktop security software by Appin Security is all set to be launched in June 2013 that will help users thwart all cyber attacks and plug existing loopholes.

The new antivirus software has been developed by Appin Security, which is one of the world's largest security solutions provider company. The software is expected to hit the market on June 15.

Appin Security's 'Fort Appin version 3.0' antivirus and desktop security software

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia de Rossi have reportedly spent a whooping 26.5 million dollars on a mansion in Santa Barbara.

The deal on the 10,522 square feet beautiful home, which has 6 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms and sits on 13 acres, went through last week, TMZ.com reported.

The house - located in Montecito -boasts of 9 fireplaces and even the pool's got an ocean view.

The famous chat show host owns several other properties in the LA area,

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Arnold Schwarzenegger has seemingly confirmed rumours that he's back with his estranged wife Maria Shriver after he was caught on video grabbing her butt last weekend.

The actor, who was attending daughter Christina's graduation at Georgetown with Shriver, can be seen cupping his wife's behind in the video footage, TMZ.com reported.

The 'Terminator' star has always been obsessed with Shriver's butt since he met her in the ྂs and he

Madrid, May 22 (ANI): A majority of elite athletes use drugs to achieve athletic success, improve performance or alternatively for financial gain, a new research has revealed.

The study by researchers at the Department of Physical and Sports Education at the University of Granada shows that athletes widely believe that the fight against doping is 'insufficient and biased' and the sanctions are 'not severe enough.'

The athletes consider doping substances as 'effective'

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): The shift away from paper records and the overt dependence on computers to boost proficiency has created new challenges for both the government and private companies, as they defend intellectual property, scrutinise fraud, and guard their reputations from external threats.

With cyber crime rife, a need is being felt that private players should be given the space to contribute to securing information at least as a support structure to the government.

Recently,

London, May 22 (ANI): Rihanna has given the green light to Miley Cyrus after the latter said that she would kiss her given the chance.

When Miley, who topped Maxim's Hot 100 poll, was asked who she should be at the no.1 spot in her opinion, she said that Rihanna should be on the top because she is sexy, the Sun reported.

At the time she was also asked if she would kiss Rihanna is she had the chance, Cyrus played it cool and said that she'll see.

However, she later took

Washington, May 22 (ANI): James Bond's wristwatch, which played a starring role alongside Sean Connery in the 1965 movie 'Thunderball' but was apparently lost after the film's shooting, has finally made a reappearance.

According to Sky News, the watch has been found after a person purchased it at a British equivalent of a flea market, Radar Online reported.

The unidentified buyer paid around 38 pounds for it two years ago, a UK tabloid noted.

Now Christie's,

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir), May 22 (ANI): Kashmir's Nageen Lake has got a new look following the construction of a state of the art Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), and due to a cleanliness drive that has attracted tourists and received applause from locals.

The Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) constructed the STP which has a capacity to treat 5.4 million litres of sewage per day.

Saqib, a resident, appreciated the state government's initiative, saying, it would

Karachi, May 22 (ANI): The reports of YouTube restoration in Pakistan turned out to be a rumour, as it was not restored even after a section of the media had announced the lifting of the ban, on Tuesday.

The announcement had spurred a glint of happiness amongst internet users, but when thousands of them tried to open the site it was found to be blocked, reports the Daily Times.

Concerned authorities, however, had not made any official announcement regarding the unblocking of the

Junagadh (Gujarat), May 22 (ANI): The trade of red chillies has been adversely affected in Gujarat by drought, forcing the prices to rise.

Gondal market yard in charge, Mahesh Vadodaria said production of chillies would be less due to scanty rainfall and drought.

Red chillies over here are very popular and are also exported. Last year, 12000-quintal's of chillies were produced due to good rainfall and availability of water. But this year, we are witnessing drought and there is

Beijing, May 22 (Xinhua-ANI): The U.S. dollar advanced against most major currencies on Tuesday, but weakened against the euro after a U.S. Federal Reserve official indicated that the central bank may not taper its bond-purchasing program soon.

St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said at an event in Frankfurt that the Fed should continue with the quantitative easing to boost U.S. economic growth. He also said that the central bank can adjust the pace of bond-buying according

London, May 22 (ANI): Australia's ace spearhead Peter Siddle kick started an Ashes war of words by targeting England opener Nick Compton.

I am going to stick it up to the Poms, that's all I are working on, said Siddle.

Siddle, whose in-your-face style has earned him the nickname of 'Sid Vicious', has earmarked the England opener for some special attention this summer.

In the past Glenn McGrath targeted players he wanted awake at night worrying, and now, Siddle has

Beijing, May 21 (Xinhua-ANI): At least 15 people were killed and 90 others wounded in violent attacks across Iraq on Tuesday, said the police.

A car bomb went off near the Abu Ghraib Grand Mosque, a Sunni mosque in Abu Ghraib area, 25 km west of the capital Baghdad, on Tuesday evening, killing eight people and injuring 15 others, a police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

The explosion also caused damage to a number of civilian cars and buildings nearby, he added.

Earlier

Washington, May 22 (ANI): The amount of energy the killer tornado that hit US state of Oklahoma had dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that levelled Hiroshima.

On Tuesday, the National Weather Service gave it the top-of-the-scale rating of EF-5 for wind speed and breadth and severity of damage. Wind speeds were estimated at between 200 and 210 mph.

According to the New York Post, several meteorologists used real time measurements to calculate the energy released during the storm's

New York, May 22 (ANI): Nikki Sixx has slammed Kim Kardashian on Twitter for promoting her new make-up collection on Monday in the aftermath of the disastrous tornado that destroyed a suburb near Oklahoma City.

After the 'Motley Crue' bassist tweeted about the Red Cross relief for the ruined town, the reality TV star soon followed with her plug on her own makeup line on the website, the New York Post reported.

Love that I can gradually build the perfect bronzed glow I want

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath on Wednesday suggested it is time to project Rahul Gandhi as the prime ministerial candidate of the Congress Party for the 2014 elections.

I don't think the election is inevitable. The election will take place when it has to take place, at the scheduled time. As things stand now, there is no possibility, Kamal Nath said when asked for responsive to rumours of mid-term polls.

Describing Rahul Gandhi as the Congress'

Washington, May 22 (ANI): The Pentagon has asked Congress to give them more than 450 million dollars for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison, which President Barack Obama wants to close.

The details of the administration's budget request emerged on Tuesday and underscored the contradiction of Obama waging a political fight to close r the facility while the military calculates the financial requirements to keep the installation operating.

According to the Huffington

Beijing, May 22 (Xinhua-ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Myanmar from May 24 to 26 to boost bilateral economic ties, becoming the first prime minister to visit the Southeast Asian country in 36 years, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday.

During his visit, Abe, who will be accompanied by a group of Japanese business leaders, is expected to hold talks with Myanmar' s leaders and senior officials to discuss bilateral economic cooperation, said

Beijing, May 22 (Xinhua-ANI); At least 10 Australian soldiers were wounded Wednesday in a crash between military vehicles at an army base in Australia's southeastern Victoria state, local media reported.

Two Australian Light Armoured Vehicles (ASLAV) collided during a training exercise in the morning and four men were sent to the Melbourne hospitals, the report quoted an Ambulance Victoria spokeswoman as saying.

The remaining six people received treatments at the Puckapunyal base.

Beijing, May 22 (Xinhua-ANI): The United States and Myanmar on Tuesday signed a trade and investment framework agreement, announced the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in a statement.

The signing of the agreement came a day after U.S. President Barack Obama met with Myanmar President Thein Sein in the White House. Sein was the first president of Myanmar to visit the White House in 47 years.

The trade agreement, signed by Acting U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Victoria Beckham welcomed a Shar Pei puppy, Barnaby, as the new member to her family of 3 sons, a daughter and her husband.

The 'brunette beauty' introduced the pug to the world on Tuesday night, Contactmusic reported.

The wife of soccer star David Beckham wrote on twitter: My name is Barnaby and I'm a new member of the Victoria Beckham e-commerce team! X vb,

Along with the tweet, the 'spice girl' star posted the picture of the charcoal

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will undertake a three-day visit to Himachal Pradesh from May 23 to 25.

Mukherjee will address the Members of Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha on May 24. On the same day, he will inaugurate the Tagore Centre for the Study of Culture and Civilization and deliver the first Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Lecture at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla.

He will also attend the annual convocation of Himachal Pradesh University on

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Kristen Stewart has turned to her female friends including Taylor Swift to help her deal with her split from Robert Pattinson.

The 'Twilight' star was spotted visiting the country singer with another girl on Monday night, Us magazine reported.

A source told the publication that the 23-year-old star spent the whole day at Swift's house in Beverly Hills.

The actress has not been seen hanging out with Swift in the past but they have a mutual

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Drew Barrymore has put her Montecito, California home, where she got married to husband Will Kopelman, on the market.

The Chester Carjola-designed six bedroom house, with a detached, two-storey guest property, has been listed at 7.5 million dollars, Contactmusic reported.

According to RealEstalker.com, the actress purchased the 1937 built estate for 5.7 million dollars in 2010. (ANI)

New York, May 22 (ANI): The former girlfriend of O.J. Simpson, Christie Prody, has revealed that the retired footballer was so obsessed with his former spouse, Nicole Brown, that he mentioned her every single day during their long-term relationship.

In an interview with Inside Edition, Prody explained that her 12-year relationship was very hard to deal with because Simpson always compared her to Brown, the New York Post reported.

The duo started dating in 1996 after Simpson was acquitted

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Sports media giant ESPN has given pink slips to nearly 7,000 employees on Tuesday, the network said in a statement.

The Bristol, Connecticut-based company said it was looking at the financial bottom line.

In a statement the company said that they were implementing changes across the company to enhance their continued growth while smartly managing costs.

It added that while difficult, they were confident that it would make them more competitive, innovative

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Justin Bieber has finally left his monkey to become a German property.

The baby primate, Mally, was seized by German customs authorities in March and Bieber was directed to submit some papers such as vaccination and import records to get the capuchin back, Radar Online reported.

But customs representatives have said that they did not receive any of the mentioned documents by Friday which was the deadline.

However, Bieber still has six weeks to challenge

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday said that making laws in the country is not an easy task, and added that this has become even more difficult due to the legitimization of obstructionism as a parliamentary tactic in the coalition era.

Addressing a seminar on the 'Indian Financial Code' (IFC) which was framed by Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) with a view to update the laws and regulations dealing with the sector, Chidambaram

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Lindsay Lohan has been sued for 5 million dollars by a clothing company, DNAM

The erratic behavior of the actress made it difficult to promote and sell her 6126 leggings line for which the company is demanding 5 million dollars, Radar Online reported.

The company's lawsuit states that Lohan's leggings suffered in sales because the buyers were reluctant to associate themselves with her drug-addled image.

However Lohan's business partner,

London, May 22 (ANI): Apple has been defending itself against accusations that it avoided paying tax on tens of billions of dollars in profits.

Chief executive Tim Cook told a US Senate committee that Apple paid all the taxes it owed, complying with both the law, and the spirit of the law.

According to the BBC, he said last year the company paid six billion dollars to the US Treasury, a tax rate of about 30 percent.

The head of a Senate committee panel has accused Apple of

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): Addressing media persons in New Delhi, visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday said Kabul has given a wish list to India, but did not specify what the list contains.

Karzai said: We have a wish list that we have put before the Government of India. It is upto the government now to provide us according to their means.

Karzai also informed reporters about the content of his broad-based discussions with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President

Washington, May 22 (ANI): The United States has pledged to collaborate with India on developing a global approach to combat increasing terror threats.

After the India-US Homeland Security Dialogue in Washington, a joint communique said the two countries have also agreed to enhance bilateral co-operation to combat terror financing and currency counterfeiting.

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde led a high-powered Indian delegation for the dialogue. These dialogues followed President

Washington, May 22 (ANI): A Brooklyn gospel singer has sued McDonald's alleging her voice has been ruined after she swallowed a piece of glass that was in her chicken sandwich.

Jacqueline Simpson told the New York Post that the glass left her with a hoarse, rattly voice and unable to sing soprano like she used to, Radar online reported.

Simpson, who filed the lawsuit in Brooklyn Supreme Court, revealed she ate the sandwich containing the rogue piece of glass at a McDonald's

Washington, May 22 (ANI): The words zen and child may not exactly go together, but that hasn't stopped a growing number of parents from home schooling their kids in the art of yoga, meditation and relaxation.

A University of California, Los Angeles study found second- and third-graders who practiced mindful meditation techniques for 30 minutes twice a week for eight weeks had improved behavior and scored higher on tests requiring memory, attention and focus than the nonmeditators.

Another

New York, May 22 (ANI): The first order of business after a split is by getting involved in some casual sex, according to experts.

However, casual sex to some is fine only if the two have truly, emotionally, moved on, the Huffington Post reported.

It could be good idea, as it helps you to forget that you have been sleeping with a jerk before.

As long as it is protected there is problem at all. It's part of the moving on process.

Meanwhile, some believe it's hard

New York, May 22 (ANI): Bon Jovi has warned Justin Bieber that he risks being branded as an as***** for his disappointing behaviour earlier this spring.

In March, Bieber was booed after he turned up nearly two hours late for his London O2 Arena concert.

Bon Jovi told the London Evening Standard that every generation has people doing that and none of that is new.

The 51-year-old rockstar said that these people run the risk of disrespecting their fans who have worked hard to

New York, May 22 (ANI): Getting rid of belly fat is simpler than you might have thought.

With the right plan, it's actually easier to lose that stubborn lower-body fat or the seemingly impossible to tone back-of-the-arm flab.

Stick to a healthy diet and exercise guidelines, and you'll be slimmer and healthier by summer.

Obviously, you want to keep your calories in a healthy range and avoid meals that are high in saturated fat.

But research has also shown that

Peshawar, May 22 (ANI): The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has sought the help of an elderly pro-Taliban cleric to initiate peace talks with the militants, party officials have said.

The political party approached Samiul Haq, also known as the Father of the Taliban, after emerging from elections as the largest party in the troubled northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports The Express Tribune.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is on the frontline of a nearly seven-year domestic Taliban

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Justin Bieber has warned guests who attend his houseparties, to not talk about his bash or he will sue them for five million dollars.

According to a document obtained by TMZ, everyone must sign it before they enter his home in Calabasas, California.

The document - a Liability Waiver and Release - warns that anyone who talks about what happens inside the mansion will get sued for 5 million dollars in damages, TMZ.com reported.

The form also warns

Washington, May 22 (ANI): January Jones, who has kept the identity of her baby daddy a secret since announcing her pregnancy in April 2011, has refused to reveal his identity once again.

According to Radar Online, the actress said that it's her son's business, and not the public's.

The New York Times mentioned Matthew Vaughn, her married 'X-Men: First Class' director, and Michael Fassbender, who co-starred in the film alongside her, as two rumored possible prospects

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): The shift away from paper records and the overt dependence on computers to boost proficiency has created new challenges for both the government and private companies, as they defend intellectual property, scrutinise fraud, and guard their reputations from external threats.

With cyber crime rife, a need is being felt that private players should be given the space to contribute to securing information at least as a support structure to the government.

Recently,

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Children exposed to secondhand smoke in early childhood are more likely to become physically aggressive and antisocial as adults, according to a new study.

These findings were regardless of whether their mothers smoked while they were pregnant or their parents had a history of anti-social behaviour.

Moreover, exposure to this smoke at early childhood is particularly dangerous, as the child's brain is still developing, researcher Linda Pagani of the University

London, May 22 (ANI): The dispute between golfers Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods continued on verbal terms as the former reportedly made a 'racist' remark about Woods at the European Tour's gala players' awards dinner.

Garcia remarked that he will not prefer having Woods round for dinner during the US Open as he was quoted by The Guardian saying, We will have him round every night, and we will serve fried chicken.

According to the report, Garcia's statement was similar

London, May 22(ANI): Wayne Rooney denies having made any official request for his transfer and fears he is being forced for a way out of Old Trafford.

The now retired manager, Alex Ferguson had publicly insisted that Rooney had asked to leave the Trafford giants twice in the past three years. However the England striker is adamant that he was hoping to start discussions regarding a new contract but United appears to clearly want his exit from the club.

In a report by Mirror, it appears

Islamabad, May 22 (ANI): Pakistan's former Test captain, Aamir Sohail, has said that the country's chances in the ICC Champions Trophy depend on their adaptability to the conditions.

The Daily Times quoted Aamir, as saying that conditions will play a very important role in Pakistan's chances for this premier 8-nation contest. He said batting will be the key area in focus and if they do well, the team will have bright chances to reach the semi-final.

Misbahul Haq's and

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): Visiting Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday that he was happy to see a strong engagement between India and China.

Karzai, who is in India on a three-day visit, said: We are happy to see a strong engagement between China and India.

India and China on Monday enhanced their bilateral ties with the inking of eight significant agreements that cover a range of areas including trade, culture and water resources.

The agreements were signed

London, May 22 (ANI): The brother of paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius has been acquitted of culpable homicide over the death of a motorcyclist in South Africa.

A magistrate ruled that Carl Pistorius had not been negligent in the death of Marietjie Barnard in March 2008.

According to the BBC, the prosecution admitted it had been unable to prove the charges and said it would take no further action.

Instead, the magistrate ruled that Barnard, 36, had been driving excessively

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): Asserting that Pakistan is an important element in maintaining peace in Afghanistan, visiting President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday it would be difficult to fight terrorism without Islamabad's cooperation because it has influence over Taliban.

It would be difficult and cumbersome to fight terrorism without Pakistan cooperation because Pakistan has influence over Taliban, Karzai told reporters here.

He further said Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): As the Congress-led UPA ruling coalition completed its ninth anniversary and four years of its second stint in office today and is set to release its report card at its celebration dinner this evening, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has hit out at the government by calling it a complete failure.

Attacking the UPA government over a range of issues, the BJP said the UPA government has failed on all fronts.

The UPA-II has finished four years today. In the

Sydney, May 22 (ANI): Cricket Australia (CA) chief James Sutherland has said Australian Test batsman David Warner will not be scratched as a future captaincy candidate despite his social media outburst at journalists.

The 26-year-old is scheduled to appear by teleconference at a CA disciplinary hearing after being reported for an alleged breach of the body's code of behaviour.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, he is expected to arrive in Sydney from India, where he has been

New York, May 22 (ANI): A man from Tasmania, who set up a video camera to film ghosts in his home, caught his live-in girlfriend kissing and then having intercourse with his 16-year-old son.

However, when he confronted his 28-year-old girlfriend - who has been living with him for the past 11 years and is a mother of his young kid - she played down the October 2012 incident.

But his son admitted that he made love to her thrice in the preceding days.

In the following weeks, it

New York, May 22 (ANI): American actor Dan Aykryod has confirmed that Bill Murray won't be reprising his signature role in 'Ghostbusters 3.'

The 60-year-old actor said in 'Larry King Now' that that there will be a hole for Murray and if he wanted to walk in the door and be in the movie, the team will find a place for him, the New York Daily News reported.

Aykroyd then described that the new movie is based on new research that is being done in particle physics by researchers

New York, May 22 (ANI): 'Star Trek Into Darkness' screenwriter Damon Lindelof has apologized for the gratuitous scene that showed Alice Eve stripping down to her underwear.

I copped to the fact that we should have done a better job of not being gratuitous in our representation of a barely clothed actress, the New York Daily News quoted him as posting on Twitter.

Lindelof, who co-wrote the script with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, is under heavy criticism over a scene that

Islamabad, May 22 (ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has submitted an unconditional apology before the Supreme Court against the contempt of court charges framed against him in the Rental Power Projects (RPPs) case.

The apex court had issued notice of contempt to Ashraf for writing the letter with a request to transfer the investigation into the Rs 22 billion RPP scam from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to a commission by appointing Federal Tax Ombudsman

Quetta, May 22 (ANI): The NATO and US troops have started withdrawal of their equipment from Afghanistan after more than ten years of war.

The US and its allies invaded Afghanistan to oust Taliban government in the aftermath of tragic incident of September 11, 2001. They are set to withdraw all their forces by the end of 2014, reports The Express Tribune.

Pakistan is a key transit route for the NATO mission in landlocked Afghanistan, from where it is driven to the border from the

Chandigarh, May 22 (ANI): The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP combine has gained majority in the Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections in Punjab.

The SAD has captured about 90 per cent of the seats in both rural bodies in most of the districts in the region.

In Zila Parishad, ruling alliance has won 269 seats out of total 331 seats for 22 Zila Prishads, while Congress has won 23 seats and other parties has won 5 seats.

In Panchyat Samitis, ruling alliance has won 2,096

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Children who have suffered maltreatment are 36 percent likelier to be obese in adulthood, according to a new study.

The findings come from the combined analysis of data from 190,285 individuals from 41 studies worldwide.

In addition to the long-term mental health consequences of maltreatment, there is increasing evidence that child maltreatment may affect physical health.

Dr Andrea Danese, child and adolescent psychiatrist from King's College London's

London, May 22 (ANI): Heather Graham has said that women are still judged by society about their sexuality.

She said that it is expected from women to not be too sexy and sexual.

I don't think we have a healthy attitude in our society about women and sex, the Sun quoted her a saying.

The 43-year-old, returning to her tart-with-a-heart role as Jade in 'The Hangover Part III', is convinced that legions of women suffer because of trying to stifle their sexual side.

She

New York, May 22 (ANI): Champion skier Lindsey Vonn, who is dating Tiger Woods, is said to have turned to notorious drug doctor Bernd Pansold, who spends time in jail for his involvement in doping female German athletes with muscle-building drugs without their knowledge, to help with her fitness.

Each summer, the Austrian energy drink company organizes a rigorous conditioning program for Vonn, lodging her at an opulent resort hotel near Innsbruck and letting her work out at the Red Bull

London, May 22 (ANI): The founder of one of Britain's biggest dating website has now decided to take radical action to root out fake and sleazy profiles, after finding that many of the women who use the hook-ups section of his site are actually men in disguise.

Writing to members on Monday, Markus Frind, the Canadian founder of Plenty of Fish (POF), said that he had been forced to make a series of changes to its membership rules because too many male users are harassing women for sex,

New York, May 22 (ANI): Will Smith has revealed that rapper Kanye West has been pushing him to return to the music scene.

The 44-year-old actor told HipHollywood.com that he has been messing around with West and both of them have been to studio a couple of times, the New York Daily News reported.

Smith, who was a successful rapper before he made his way to superstardom as an actor, added that he is not going to return to music unless he gets truly inspired.

Smith's last

London, May 22 (ANI): A right group has said the number of women and girls in Afghanistan imprisoned for moral crimes has risen by 50 percent in the past 18 months.

Human Rights Watch said that many women are jailed for running away from home, often from forced marriages or domestic violence.

According to the BBC, the group said other women are jailed for alleged adultery, in truth often involving rape.

HRW said that the Afghan government should get tough on abusers of women

New York, May 22 (ANI): A teenage girl from Canada can rotate her leg 180 degrees after undergoing a lifesaving cancer operation.

In a video uploaded on YouTube, Jen O'Shea documents the reactions of pals, family and classmates to her new trick.

The video clip is part of a video appeal to Ellen DeGeneres, who asked her talk show viewers to send her their hidden talents as part of a contest.

Only for you Ellen would I show everyone just how weird I really am. Prior to you

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): The Centre on Wednesday asked the farming community to protect and conserve plant varieties to achieve higher and quality production in the agriculture sector.

Conferring the Plant Genome Saviour Community Award 2011-12 here today, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Tariq Anwar called for improvement and preservation of genetic resources of economic plants and their wild relatives particularly in the areas identified as agro-biodiversity

Washington, May 22 (ANI): A self-proclaimed Saudi cleric said that if women turn on air-conditioners at home in their husband's absence could lead to moral depravities.

The man claiming to be Salafist-Wahhibist cleric posted on Twitter that if any woman turns on the cooler ventilator in the absence of her husband, someone might notice her presence home and this might bring about immorality.

Salafists and Wahhibists are ultra-conservatives of Sunni Muslims hailing from Saudi Arabia

Islamabad, May 22 (ANI): Chinese premier Li Keqiang has arrived in Pakistan for an official visit from May 22-23, the Foreign Ministry has said.

It is the first visit of Premier Li Keqiang to Pakistan after he became premier of the People's Republic of China.

Premier Li Keqiang's visit will also provide further impetus to our strategic cooperation. The friendly ties and the friendship with China is the cornerstone of Pakistan's foreign policy, a Foreign ministry statement

Washington, May 22(ANI): Facebook is considered more a social burden than a loved networking site by its young users, a recent study has found.

The study conducted by Pew Research Center of children between the age group of 12 to 17 found Facebook was losing its crucial demographic, which long fueled its success.

According to the Huffington Post, teens are increasingly abandoning Facebook for other sites like Instagram, Twitter, MySpace where they tend to have more privacy, which

Gurgaon, May 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will lay the foundation stone for the Indian National Defence University (INDU) tomorrow at Binola, Gurgaon.

INDU would be a unique autonomous Institution of national importance.

It may be recalled that after the Kargil conflict, the government had set up a Review Committee, headed by eminent strategic expert K Subrahmanyam, which had recommended establishment of a university to exclusively deal with defence and strategic

London, May 22 (ANI): Microsoft has unveiled its latest video gaming console 'Xbox One' which is believed to transform games, TV and entertainment for the 21st century living room.

The latest console reportedly promises a vision of the future.

According to a report by the Mirror, 'Xbox One' will allow users to turn on the device with words like Xbox On, and snap will allow users to watch two things at once.

Skype, which was purchased by Microsoft in 2011 and installed

Geneva, May 22 (ANI): Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad met US Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius here yesterday to discuss matters relating to bilateral cooperation covered under the Indo-US Health Initiative launched in 2010.

Both the leaders expressed great satisfaction at the unfolding of collaboration and cooperation in different segments of healthcare.

Azad noted with appreciation that 35 meetings of the Working Groups and Task Groups under Indo-US

Washington, May 22 (ANI): A new research found that early-life exposure to traffic-related air pollution was significantly associated with higher hyperactivity scores at age 7.

The research was conducted by faculty members from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine's Department of Environmental Health in collaboration with Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

There is increasing concern about the potential effects of traffic-related air pollution on the

London, May 22 (ANI): The retired boss of Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson has started writing his autobiography.

The book, which will reveal everything about the years during which United won seven league titles and the Champions League in 2008, is set to release in October.

In a report by Daily Star, United's glorious years include the period when the fiery Scot had bust-ups with David Beckham, Jaap Stam and Roy Keane.

Ferguson has already written one best-selling

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Children with obstructive sleep apnea who had a common surgery to remove their adenoids and tonsils had notable improvements in behavior, quality of life and other symptoms compared to those treated with watchful waiting and supportive care, according to a new study.

However, there was no difference between both groups in attention and executive functioning, as measured by formal neuropsychological tests.

The Childhood Adenotonsillectomy Trial (CHAT) studied

London, May 22 (ANI): Former rugby player Mike Tindall has said that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will make great parents.

Tindall, who is married to the Queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips, said that Prince William would be outstanding as a father, while Kate is a natural mother, the Mirror reported.

The former England rugby captain said that the whole family is really excited about the baby. (ANI)

Washington, May 22 (ANI): It is believed that the mighty T. rex may have thrashed its massive head from side to side to dismember prey, but a new study has shown that its smaller cousin Allosaurus was a more dexterous hunter and tugged at prey more like a modern-day falcon.

Many people think of Allosaurus as a smaller and earlier version of T. rex, but our engineering analyses show that they were very different predators, said Ohio University paleontologist Eric Snively, lead author of

Islamabad, May 22 (ANI): Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf has rejected media reports which said that he has retired from international cricket.

The 38-year-old cricketer said that he is already out of the Pakistan team and haven't played top class cricket for a while now, so there is no need for him to announce any retirement, reports the Daily Times.

Yousuf last played for Pakistan in an ODI against South Africa in Abu Dhabi in November 2010.

He further said that he would

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): In a step towards enhancing transparency, the Central Governmnet has extended the facility of e-filing of RTI applications to ministries of Home Affairs and Agriculture.

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), which acts as nodal ministry for implementation of Right to Information Act, has launched www.rtionline.gov.in to facilitate e-filing of applications and payment of fees.

The portal, developed by NIC, is a facility for online filing of RTI

Washington, May 22 (ANI): US Vice President Joe Biden cracked a joke about Barack Obama's dependence on prepared text.

Biden had earlier asked that the teleprompter machine to be taken down, ahead of his remarks at a Jewish heritage event on Tuesday night, Politico reported.

He said that people couldn't tell Barack that the teleprompter's down, asserting that the standing joke in the office is that Barack is learning to speak without a teleprompter and he is learning to

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Brad Pitt, who is engaged to Angelina Jolie, has tried to avoid doing sexy scenes with anyone else except her since the couple met in 2004, a friend close to the actor has revealed.

Frank Pollaro told Esquire that the 49-year-old actor is crazy about her and Jolie is the same way about him, ABC reported.

Pollaro even recalled an incident when he walked in and the couple's daughter Zahara asked Pitt if he will start making out with her mom again, asserting

Geneva, May 22 (ANI): Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Dr Li Bin, Minister of Health and Population, People's Republic of China met here yesterday on the sidelines of World Health Assembly to discuss the strengthening of bilateral cooperation between the two countries in healthcare sector.

Congratulating Dr Li Bin for taking over as Health Minister of China, Azad stated that in view of her keen interest in the matters relating to health and population, bilateral cooperation

Karachi, May 22 (ANI): Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez, who is gearing up for the Champions Trophy clash against India, has said that any encounter between the rivals on the cricketing field is 'always very special'.

The Daily Times quoted Hafeez, as saying that the players were eagerly awaiting the match against India, as it would also determine their chances of qualifying for the knockout stage of the tournament.

Hafeez, who is Pakistan's T20 captain, said the match

Johannesburg, May 22 (ANI): An objection has been lodged over an error on the 2013 property valuation of a property owned by the well-connected Indian family in Johannesburg.

Spokesperson Kgamanyane Maphologela said the City objected to valuations on four out of 14 properties belonging to the Gupta family.

According to news 24, Maphologela was responding to a report in the Saturday Star that one of the properties' value dropped from 16.8 million rand on the 2008 valuation roll

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Missouri have found a way to create radioactive nanoparticles that target lymphoma tumor cells wherever they may be in the body.

Cancers of all types become most deadly when they metastasize and spread tumors throughout the body. Once cancer has reached this stage, it becomes very difficult for doctors to locate and treat the numerous tumors that can develop.

Michael Lewis, an associate professor of oncology in the MU College

Washington, May 22 (ANI): In a study by UC Irvine neurobiologists, children with autism showed significant improvement after six months of simple sensory exercises at home using everyday items such as scents, spoons and sponges.

They found that a treatment known as environmental enrichment led to notable gains in male subjects between the ages of 3 and 12.

Study co-authors Cynthia Woo and Michael Leon randomly assigned 28 boys to one of two groups, balanced for age and autism severity.

Mumbai, May 22 (ANI): Almost a week after he surrendered, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was shifted out of Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail and sent to Pune's Yerwada prison late last night.

He will spend the next 42 months here to complete his jail term.

Dutt, who has been convicted in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case for illegal possession of weapons, is no stranger to the Pune prison. He has served time twice here.

Dutt had earlier pleaded in court that he be allowed to surrender

Karachi, May 22 (ANI): Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf has said he hopes to serve the country in a coaching role as he distances himself as an active cricketer.

Yousuf, 38, who is out-of-favour for the national team since the UAE series against South Africa in 2010, made efforts to revive his international career but they bore no fruit. Last year in April, Yousuf, who has scored 7,530 Test and 9,720 ODI runs for Pakistan, attended the training sessions at the National Cricket Academy

Karachi, May 22 (ANI): Jimmy Shergill has said that Hindi and Punjabi films have a huge audience from Pakistan - especially in Canada.

It's been a super busy year for the Bollywood actor.

With over 50 Hindi and Punjabi films under his belt, Shergill has proven himself as the versatile actor he always dreamt of being, even if it took him 17 years.

While he loves to do Punjabi films, Shergill says that his bread and butter comes from Bollywood films.

While there aren't

London, May 22 (ANI): Researchers have claimed that mild iodine deficiency during pregnancy could be dimming the intellect of some babies born in the UK.

Their study of 1,000 families showed lower IQs and reading scores in primary school pupils whose mother had had too little iodine while pregnant.

Academics advise women of child-bearing age to maintain iodine in their diets by eating dairy products and fish.

Women were warned not to take seaweed pills, as they contain too

Washington, May 22 (ANI): A study has confirmed that collisions of coronal mass ejections (CMEs), emissions of magnetized ionized gas from the Sun, can be super-elastic.

CMEs can damage satellites and communication technology, so being able to predict where they are heading and how much energy they have is important in protecting this technology.

Sometimes two CMEs collide and bounce off each other like elastic balls, changing their directions and speeds. It has been suggested that

Mumbai, May 22 (ANI): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met the relatives of Dr. Dwarkanath Shantaram Kotnis in Mumbai.

China holds Dr. Kotnis in very high regard as he was one of the five Indian physicians who had provided medical assistance during the second Sino-Japanese war in 1938. During the special meeting with the Indian doctor's family, Premier Li recollected the contribution of Kotnis and said that the Indo-Chinese friendship has been strengthened by the contribution of late Dr.

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Emerging evidence continues to point to a major cosmic impact 12,800 years ago as the primary cause for the tragic loss of nearly all of the remarkable large animals that had survived the stresses of many ice age periods, including mammoths, mastodons, giant ground sloths, American camel and horse, and saber- toothed cats.

About 12,800 years ago when the Earth was warming and emerging from the last ice age, a dramatic and anomalous event occurred that abruptly

Washington, May 22 (ANI): University of Cincinnati researchers have identified a number of biomarkers for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which could help with earlier diagnosis and intervention in those who have not yet shown symptoms.

This finding was made possible by using the Department of Defense Serum Repository (DoDSR).

The DoDSR is a biological repository operated by the U.S. Department of Defense and contains over 50 million human serum specimens, collected primarily from

Washington, May 22 (ANI): A class of pharmaceuticals can both prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease in mice, researchers at USC have found.

The drugs, known as TSPO ligands, are currently used for certain types of neuroimaging.

We looked at the effects of TSPO ligand in young adult mice when pathology was at an early stage, and in aged mice when pathology was quite severe, said lead researcher Christian Pike of the USC Davis School of Gerontology.

TSPO ligand reduced measures

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Researchers have found that an important genetic risk factor for pulmonary fibrosis can be used to identify individuals at risk for this deadly lung disease.

The team including physicians and scientists at the University of Colorado School of Medicine looked at a fairly common variant of the gene for mucin-5B, a protein that is a component of the mucous produced by the bronchial tubes. While this variant of the MUC5B gene is fairly common, pulmonary fibrosis is

Washington, May 22 (ANI): In a surprising discovery, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture.

The finding suggests that vitamin C added to existing TB drugs could shorten TB therapy, and it highlights a new area for drug design.

TB is caused by infection with the bacterium M. tuberculosis. Infections that fail to respond to TB drugs are a growing

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): India has assured its full support to Afghanistan in the critical period of transition, development and nation-building.

The visiting Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai called on President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here last evening.

During the meeting, Mukherjee said India would stand by the Government and the people of Afghanistan in the critical period of transition, development and nation-building.

India is proud to partner the

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): Agriculture and Food Processing Industries Minister Sharad Pawar will confer awards on four farming communities for their outstanding work in conservation of genetic resources, in a ceremony here today.

These awards, carrying a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakh each, have been instituted by the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Right Authority (PPV and FR).

In addition, 10 farmers will receive award and cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh each. Fifteen farmers

London, May 22 (ANI): A plumber has built a vehicle that could be the world's fastest toilet.

33-year-old Colin Furze's loo, which has a 140cc engine under its seat, can reach 55mphl; it also has a place to perch a newspaper, the Sun reported.

Furze, from Stamford, Lincolnshire, built the vehicle in a month for a laugh. (ANI)

Washington, May 22 (ANI): A corporate attorney has said that AEG Live LLC did not conduct any background checks on Dr Conrad Murray, who has been convicted of killing Michael Jackson.

Jurors were told by AEG Live General Counsel Shawn Trell that no legal or financial checks were done involving Murray or anyone else who worked as an independent contractor on the 'This Is It' shows, Fox News reported.

He said that a background check would have been appropriate for people working

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Activating an enzyme known to play a role in the anti-aging benefits of calorie restriction delays the loss of brain cells and preserves cognitive function in mice, a new study has found.

The findings could one day guide researchers to discover drug alternatives that slow the progress of age-associated impairments in the brain.

Previous studies have shown that reducing calorie consumption extends the lifespan of a variety of species and decreases the brain

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Rapid climate change during the Middle Stone Age, between 80,000 and 40,000 years ago, sparked surges in cultural innovation in early modern human populations, a new study has revealed.

The scientists from Cardiff University's School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, the Natural History Museum in London and the University of Barcelona, studied a marine sediment core off the coast of South Africa and reconstructed terrestrial climate variability over the last 100,000

London, May 22 (ANI): Cricket commentator Ian Botham has said that England's opening bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad will make the Ashes series even more difficult for the Australians.

The combination of Broad and Anderson with their skills and abilities will prove tough for the Australians as while Broad uses his pace and height to devastating effect; Anderson uses his swing and his craft to keep batsmen guessing, the Mirror reports.

Botham said that if Broad and Anderson

London, May 22 (ANI): The public has a right to know that London Mayor Boris Johnson fathered a child during an extramarital affair, the appeal court has ruled.

Three senior judges decided on Monday that voters were entitled to be told that Johnson conducted a 'brief adulterous affair' with the woman who later gave birth to their daughter, now aged three.

According to the Guardian, the mother Helen Macintyre, a professional art consultant, has previously lost a legal battle

London, May 22 (ANI): US drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal regions are an ineffective solution to the problems they try to address, according to a new report.

The US has used drones since 2004 to target militants in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), a restive semi-autonomous region on the country's border with Afghanistan.

According to an Obama administration official, at least 20 of al Qaeda's 30 top leaders were killed by CIA-led drone strikes

London, May 22 (ANI): A woman from Newport, South Wales, has developed a peculiar condition in which she cleans and tidies the house while she is still sleeping.

Claire Bartlett, 50, has an odd habit of doing the dishes, dusting and even shining the windows in a deep slumber, the Sun reported.

It started in October 2012, but since she does such a good job of cleaning up, neither she nor husband Crispin, want to seek a treatment for her problem.

She asserted that she doesn't

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Robert Pattinson, who was photographed moving his possessions out of on-off girlfriend Kristen Stewart's LA house on Monday, enjoyed a night out with friends soon after.

An onlooker told People magazine, that the 'Twilight' star was all smiles when he stepped out at Teddy's at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood.

The actor, who wore jeans, a white T-shirt, a black leather jacket and a backwards red Indiana Hoosiers baseball cap, arrived with a

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will present the report card of UPA-II today in which he is expected to list the schemes such as Direct Benefit Transfer and FDI in retail.

Dr. is also expected to unveil plans related to National Food Security Bill and the Land Acquisition Bill.

According to television reports, after presenting the report card of the UPA government's performance on its fourth anniversary, Dr. will host dinner for the allies and supporting

London, May 22 (ANI): One of Iran's most reform-minded presidential candidates has been barred from contesting next month's presidential election.

The conservative Guardian Council barred Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from contesting election leaving just eight men on the ballot paper, all of whom are considered hardliners.

Rafsanjani, 78, served as president between 1989 and 1997, and according to the Guardian Council was rejected on the basis of his age.

Council spokesman

London, May 22 (ANI): Tulisa Contostavlos has confirmed that she will not be returning to the X Factor this year.

The former 'N-Dubz' singer announced on her Twitter page on Wednesday that she will not be reprising her judging role on the talent show and is keen to get to work on something different, the Sun reported.

Just wanted to let you all know that I won't be part of the X Factor panel this year. I've had a great time on the show, but this year it's time to do

London, May 22 (ANI): Police have been waiting to ask George Michael, who is in hospital following an accident, to find out how he catapulted from a car at 70mph.

Officers are piecing together what happened in the seconds before the singer crashed on to the M1.

Questions are being asked about whether the star, who has previously battled drugs and depression, fell from his Range Rover or may have jumped of his own accord, the Mirror reported.

The car company has refused to be

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Brad Pitt has revealed that there was a time in his life when he was afraid that his history of hard living and drug use had ruined him for good.

He told Esquire magazine that for a long time he thought he did too much damage damage to himself with drug usage.

The problem, he said, was that he was looking for inspiration in all the wrong places.

At that point-about a decade ago, which would have been when he was still married to ex-wife Jennifer

New York, May 22 (ANI): Oscar De La Hoya has won round two of his legal battle against a former Maxim model, with the appeals court calling her 5-million-dollar assault suit baseless.

A five-judge panel at Manhattan's Appellate Division ruled that Angelica Cecora's claims - where she accused the retired welterweight of imprisoning her in his Ritz Carlton hotel room during a kinky, cocaine-fueled tryst in 2011 - were without merit, the New York Post reported.

Cecora challenged

London, May 22 (ANI): Robert Pattinson has fueled speculation that he's split from girlfriend Kristen Stewart again after he was spotted driving away from her home in a truck packed with suitcases and bags.

The hunky star was spotted driving away from the property in the Los Feliz neighborhood of LA on Sunday afternoon, the Mirror reported.

The 'Twilight Saga' star arrived at the house in and left after about 45 minutes with some belongings including a bike and his two dogs.

The

London, May 22 (ANI): A row between golfers Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods has resurfaced as Garcia has accused Woods of lying.

The feud between Garcia and Woods had erupted at the Players Championship when

Garcia claimed that Woods caused crowd noise to disrupt his swing, the Mirror reports.

Garcia said that he always attempts at telling the truth and though Woods has touted Garcia as a whiner, he retorted that Woods has possibly said the truth in 15 years.

Garcia also

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Phosphatidylserine - a natural food supplement produced from beef, oysters, and soy - improves the functioning of genes involved in degenerative brain disorders, including Parkinson's disease and Familial Dysautonomia (FD).

This is the finding made by a team headed by Prof. Gil Ast and Dr. Ron Bochner of Tel Aviv University's Department of Human Molecular Genetics.

Widely available in pharmacies and health stores, phosphatidylserine is proven to improve

London, May 22 (ANI): Andy Murray has withdrawn from the French Open starting Sunday, due to a chronic back injury which provoked him to leave Rome Masters last week in the second round match.

The World No. 2 struggled with his injury during the clay-court season in 2012 and revealed that he has been experiencing constant pain for the past 18 months, the Mirror reports.

According to the report, Murray had met with medical specialists to assess his health conditions for the second

Washington, May 22 (ANI): An international team of scientists have revealed that a total of 14 different crocodile species existed and at least seven of them occupied the same area at the same time about five million years ago.

But today, the most diverse species of crocodile are found in northern South America and Southeast Asia. Though as many as six species of alligator and four true crocodiles exist today, no more than two or three ever live alongside one another at the same time.

The

Washington, May 22 (ANI): An international team of scientists have revealed that a total of 14 different crocodile species existed and at least seven of them occupied the same area at the same time about five million years ago.

But today, the most diverse species of crocodile are found in northern South America and Southeast Asia. Though as many as six species of alligator and four true crocodiles exist today, no more than two or three ever live alongside one another at the same time.

The

Washington, May 22 (ANI): An Indian origin cardiologist has argued that the current dietary advice on added sugar is in desperate need of emergency surgery.

In 2003 the World Health Organization stated that added sugars should contribute no more than 10percent of total energy intake. This was in line with the UK government's Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy (COMA) recommendations.

This nutritional advice has formed the basis of UK food labelling since

Washington, May 22 (ANI): The decisions about where to live and how to get from home to work happen simultaneously, a research has suggested.

A commuter living in a part of the city with higher population density, a mix of residential and commercial land use, and good access to public transit is 13 to 14 percent likelier to use public transit than someone living further away, a new study has suggested.

Zachary Patterson, an assistant professor in Concordia University's Department

London, May 22 (ANI): Football star David Beckham's eldest son Brooklyn Beckham is reportedly training with Queens Park Rangers (QPR) following David's retirement.

Brooklyn, 14, had started playing at Tottenham HotSpurs when he was as young as four, spent time with the Under 14 team at LA Galaxy and will join David in training at Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), the Mirror reports.

QPR that has recently been relegated from the Premier League confirmed that the 14-year-old has not

New York, May 22 (ANI): Lars von Trier's hardcore erotic film 'Nymphomaniac' will feature Shea LaBeouf's porn body double for un-simulated sex scenes, according to producer Louise Vesth.

She told The Hollywood Reporter that the team filmed the actors pretending to have sex and then had the body doubles, who really did have sex, and will digital-impose the two, the New York Daily News reported.

Vesth asserted that above the waist it will be the star and below the waist

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma was named as the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG).

The President of India has appointed Shashi Kant Sharma, IAS, as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, in terms of Article 148 (1) of the Constitution of India, the External Affairs Ministry said in a statement.

The 1976 Bihar cadre officer will succeed Vinod Rai, who superannuates tomorrow after five and a half years of eventful tenure

Patna, May 21 (ANI): Controversial former lawmaker, Pappu Yadav exited from prison in Patna after being acquitted by a court in the 1998 murder case of a regional communist leader.

Yadav, also known as Rajesh Ranjan, was sentenced to life imprisonment for ordering the killing of a rival politician in 1998, lawyers said.

Ranjan was convicted for ordering assassins to shoot dead Ajit Sarkar, a popular leftist legislator, as he was going home after a rally in Bihar, said Sunil

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): A planned initial public offering of Vodafone Group Plc's Indian unit is unlikely this year, says the unit's Chief Executive Marten Pieters in New Delhi.

Pieters said the company would wait for clarity on rules around airwaves and cellular permits before going ahead with the Initial Public Offering (IPO).

It is impossible to do the IPO (initial public offering) if we not have not achieved more certainty around the spectrum pricing for the next years.

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Vice President Hamid Ansari today left on a four-day visit to Uzbekistan during which the two nations will discuss issues of cooperation in counter-terrorism, Afghanistan and development projects in the region will come up for discussion.

Ansari is travelling with a high-level delegation to Tashkent where he will meet Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov.

Issues relating to Afghanistan will come in for serious discussion in the backdrop of withdrawal of US

Itanagar, May 21 (ANI) I had predicted that China has already won the trade war against India, given that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has sought better access to Bangladesh and Myanmar markets through infrastructure development in India's North East, even as the two countries agreed to maintain peace on the border.

This clearly indicates China's expansionist agenda, albeit through trade and infrastructure, against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's plea to balance out trade as the

Noida (Uttar Pradesh), May 21 (ANI): Delhi High Court judge Mr. Justice Sudershan Kumar Misra on Tuesday released the Hindi version of a book titled Legal Language, Legal Vocabulary and Legal Writing authored by Amity Law School Professor Dr. Kavita Surbhi at the Amity Campus here.

The book release was done in the presence of Dr. Ashok K Chauhan- Founder President, Amity Group, Dr. Rahul Dev- Eminent Journalist, Amitabh Srivastav- LexisNexis Publications and Major General Nilendra Kumar-

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Brad Pitt has said that he is happier than he has ever been after reducing the number of his friends and concentrating more on his family.

Pitt, who is father-of-six with fiancee Angelina Jolie, has admitted that he has never felt more content as when he spends time with his family and immediate relatives, Contactmusic reported.

During a new interview with US magazine Esquire, the actor said that he has a handful of close friends and family, and he hasn't

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Cara Delevingne reportedly snubbed Leonardo DiCaprio at the after party for his new flick 'The Great Gatsby' in Cannes, last week.

The 26-year-old model is also said to have refused his invitation to attend a private celebration.

A source told the Sun newspaper that all DiCaprio has to do is look at a girl and they fall at his feet, but Delevingne was having none of it.

The insider asserted that he spent the night chasing after her and she blew

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Winona Ryder is apparently looking forward to growing old and is eagerly awaiting the onset of wrinkles on her face.

The actress, who made her film debut at the age of 15, was one of the hottest young stars in Hollywood during the 1980s and 90s.

The 41-year-old insists that she is not distressed about holding on to her youth.

She Britain's Radio Times that she loves getting older and she was really excited to turn 40.

I feel like the older

London, May 21 (ANI): Protesters from the Kashmir National Party (KNP) demonstrated in front of the Pakistan High Commission in London against the recent killing of their leader Arif Shahid in Pakistan.

It was a targeted killing and the purpose was to get rid of Arif Shahid because of the struggle he was pursuing. He was a thorough nationalist and many people admire his struggle. He becomes a martyr in the freedom struggle since he was fighting against forceful occupation of our homeland,

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): In an exclusive interaction with a group of CII CEOs , President Karzai called for Indian Investment in prominent sectors including Healthcare, Agri business, Telecom and Capacity Building.

He briefed the Indian investors on emerging business opportunities in Afghanistan and take advantage of the business friendly regime and investment climate.

He highlighted that Agriculture is a priority sector in Afghanistan and provides basic means of livelihood

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth, who have co-stared in the upcoming flick 'Hunger Games: Catching Fire', almost caught fire at the Cannes Film Festival when a tray of candles fell on top of them at a party.

A source told JustJared.com that the pair, who is in Cannes to promote the second installment of the 'Hunger Games' series, was sitting on a sofa in the VIP section of the party when an 8-foot column holding a plate of lit candles toppled over

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Aziz Ansari has revealed that he gained weight to give voice to his character in the animated film 'Epic'.

During the red carpet interview at the premiere of the movie, the actor talked about his character, Mub the slug, Contactmusic reported.

Ansari, who has always got typecast in skinny guy roles, admitted that it was nice to play 'a larger character'.

The star also revealed that he put on weight for the role even though he is not on

London, May 21 (ANI): Real Madrid has waved off the 17 million pounds compensation and cleared Jose Mourinho to join Chelsea for free.

Mourinho and Madrid had been disputing over the clause in the contract for months which still has two years to run.

According to a report by Mirror, Real President Florentino Perez said that the club has decided to end the relationship with Mourinho by the end of this season.

The president thanked Mourinho for his immense hard work and wished

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, who have apparently ended their four-year long relationship, are reportedly allowed to date other people.

A source told HollywoodLife.com that the on-off couple is basically allowed to go on dates with others but Stewart is super depressed about the whole thing, Contactmusic reported.

The insider said that the 'Snow White and the Huntsman' star has absolutely no desire to date anyone and the thought of her former

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Paris Hilton's boyfriend River Viiperi aggressively pushed an overeager fan in Cannes on Friday after the woman got too close to the reality Tv star.

Hilton, who arrived in France last week, had to fight her way through crowds and paparazzi as she made her way to a party with Viiperi.

It was then that one female admirer pushed up against the star's arm in an effort to capture a photo with her idol, Contactmusic reported.

The fan's actions

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Justin Bieber surprised the young students of a Las Vegas primary school on Friday after he visited the place to declare that he had partnered up with Child Hunger Ends Here campaign.

The 19-year-old singer, who dropped by Whitney Elementary School ahead of his performance at Sunday's Billboard Music Awards, spent time giving food donations to the children as they shed tears of joy after meeting their idol, Contactmusic reported.

Bieber's trip was

New York, May 21 (ANI): For those secretly reading 'Fifty Shades of Grey' on your Kindles and iPads, the naughty literary work has been exposed in Cuff Me: The Fifty Shades of Grey Unauthorized Musical Parody.

This musical spoof - conceived by Tim Flaherty and co-written by him and several members of the Virginia-based sketch comedy troupe the Pushers - has its four-member cast singing along to prerecorded tracks for I Touch Myself, Call Me Maybe Like a Virgin and . . . Baby One

Itanagar, May 21 (ANI) I had predicted that China has already won the trade war against India, given that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has sought better access to Bangladesh and Myanmar markets through infrastructure development in India's North East, even as the two countries agreed to maintain peace on the border.

This clearly indicates China's expansionist agenda, albeit through trade and infrastructure, against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's plea to balance out trade as the

New York, May 21 (ANI): A high-end clothing line backed by Khloe Kardashian yanked a New York-themed t-shirt from its website Monday, hours after Gov. Cuomo's administration warned the item may be violating copyright law.

According to the New York Daily News on Monday, the administration was considering legal action because the design of the 35-dollar Rich Soil shirt looks almost identical to a state Department of Agriculture logo.

The state had sent a cease and desist letter

New York, May 21 (ANI): Sarah Michelle Gellar was really surprised to know that 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' was celebrating its 10th anniversary.

The show ended 10 years ago on May 20, 2003.

Series star Gellar is returning to TV opposite Robin Williams with 'The Crazy Ones,' a new comedy on CBS this fall.

At the CBS 2013 upfront red carpet last week, Gellar was surprised by how much time has passed since she last wielded a wooden stake on TV, the Huffington Post

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson has got big A-list fans like Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Lopez that swear by her high-energy , calorie burning workouts.

She's following up her fitness/beauty multiplex with another new endeavor - a meal delivery service.

The Food Program by Tracy Anderson (which launched in L.A. in April but will go national on June 1) was developed by the celebrity trainer to complement her intense workout method, loved by Paltrow and

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Simon Cowell will be surrounded by women when 'The X Factor' returns for its third season this fall on BIG CBS LOVE.

Grammy Award winning artist Kelly Rowland, international pop star Paulina Rubio and Demi Lovato join him as judges on the hit singing competition series, CBS News reported.

It's taken more than a decade but I'm delighted to finally be on a panel with three girls (I think!), he said. (ANI)

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Veena Malik was spotted distributing condoms in Mumbai's oldest red light area, Kamathipura, to promote her upcoming movie 'Zindagi 50-50'.

The actress also interacted with the prostitutes of the area to aware them about various sex related diseases.

Accompanied by her co-star Rajan Verma, the star looked stunning in a revealing red top and denim hot pants.

The bold and raunchy Malik, who features as a prostitute in the film, was also seen

London, May 21(ANI): Apple has been accused of evading taxes in UK by creating offshore entities that are not tax resident anywhere, a Senate committee has alleged.

On the other hand, the tech firm claims to have paid six billion dollars to the US Treasury in 2012.

According the Guardian, the scheme includes three subsidiaries, formed evidently in Ireland, that seem not to be designated as taxation proprietor anywhere.

Calling the companies 'iCompanies - I for imaginary,

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI-Business Wire India): Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL), a subsidiary of HMC, the fastest-growing automaker by brand and the official partner for International Cricket Council (ICC) today hosted an exclusive preview of the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 in Delhi at Ambience Mall, Vasant Kunj.

The Trophy Tour will commence from New Delhi and will be followed by Mumbai and Chennai.

With this initiative, Hyundai embarks the Trophy Tour in New Delhi from May 20- 22,

Karachi, May 21 (ANI): Irish all-rounder Kevin O'Brien, whose team will face Pakistan in the upcoming two ODI series at home, has said that Saeed Ajmal is a tricky customer as well as one of the best spinners in the world, but have admitted that they have no specific plans on how to tackle Ajmal in the upcoming matches.

The 29 year-old, who was also part of the side that knocked Pakistan out of the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies, said from a team point of view, defeating Pakistan

London, May 21 (ANI): Justin Bieber shared a quick smooch with girlfriend Selena Gomez at the backstage of 'Billboard Awards'.

The couple was caught in the act by Taylor Swift.

A backstage camera, which filmed the kissing scene, shows Swift sticking her tongue out in response to the quick kiss, the Sun reported.

The 'Beauty and a Beat' singer seemed unhappy to be shot by the TV crew and ordered his security guards to block the camera.

Bieber was honored with

London, May 21 (ANI): Justin Bieber, who grabbed three awards at the Billboard Music Awards, was booed by the audience as he went on stage to give his acceptance speech.

The shocked singer said that he is an 'artist' who should be taken seriously, the Sun reported.

He also said that at the age of 19, he thinks that he is doing a pretty good job and that it's his music and the craft that should be talked about.

The singer annoyingly asserted, This is not a gimmick,

London, May 21(ANI): Gereth Bale has committed himself to represent Tottenham Hotspur for the near future with improved terms, despite the club's failure to make it to the Champions League.

Missing out on Champions League has serious implications for Spurs' revenue streams and left the club vulnerable to bids for their better players.

The Guardian quoted Spurs' chairman Daniel Levy, as saying that giving Bale about 1,50,000 pounds a week is a serious statement of intent,

Washington, May 21 (ANI): A recent study has found that young drivers who typically got six hours of sleep or less each night are more likely to get into a car accident.

A study by Alexandra L. C. Martiniuk, M.Sc, Ph.D., of The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia, and colleagues suggests less sleep per night is associated with a significant increase in the risk for motor vehicle crashes for young drivers.

Questionnaire responses were analyzed from 19,327 newly

London, May 21 (ANI): The retiring Alex Ferguson at the League Managers' Association awards said that the day Manchester United signed a 23 million pound deal with Robin Van Persie on August 17th was the day he thought the crown was bound for Old Trafford.

Ferguson at the awards ceremony collected his trophies and said that he was glad the hard work was over.

Referring to the last match under his guidance against West Brom as one to be remembered and overwhelming, Ferguson suggested

Beijing, May 21 (Xinhua-ANI): At least four people were killed and 68 others wounded in deadly bomb attacks in war-torn Iraq on Tuesday, police said.

At least three people were killed and more than 43 others wounded when two car bombs exploded in the Hussein district in Tuz Khormato, some 170 km north of Baghdad, a police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

The blasts caused considerable damage to a number of houses and civilian cars nearby, the source said.

One civilian

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang called on President Pranab Mukherjee here at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.

Mukherjee expressed happiness over the fact that India was the first country Premier Li was visiting after assuming office. He said it reflects the importance attached to India-China relations by the Premier.

Asserting that India-China relationship is one of the most important in 21st century, Mukherjee said: Our vision for India-China relations is of a truly

Islamabad, May 21 (ANI): Former chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Lieutenant General (retired) Tauqir Zia, along a few former and current players and administrators, have serious reservations on the mechanism adopted by the PCB, and is demanding the imposition of ad-hoc on the board.

The Daily Times quoted Tauqir as saying that ad-hoc for at least three months is the need of the hour to fix issues.

Tauqir, who headed the PCB in the early years of 2000, also said that

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Union Minister for Steel Beni Prasad Verma, who reviewed the Quarter 4 and financial year 2012-13 performance of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) here today, advised SAIL to take corrective measures to complete the projects on time.

Verma was not satisfied with the performance of SAIL on the whole and advised the company to take corrective measures immediately.

He expressed his concern on the progress of modernisation and expansion and directed the

Washington, May 21 (ANI): The use of anabolic-androgenic steroids may affect one's mental health later in life, a new study has warned.

This is the main conclusion of a new study on elite male strength athletes that researchers from the University of Gothenburg.

Twenty per cent of the subjects in the study admitted steroid use.

Together with colleagues from Sahlgrenska University Hospital, they found a connection between abuse of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) and mental

Junagadh (Gujarat), May 21 (ANI): A two-year-old lioness died due to stomach and lung infection near Gir Wildlife sanctuary.

The carcass of the lioness was found in the mango farmland near the Girnar Mountain in Junagadh.

Riyaz Kadivar Veterinary Officer of Sakkarbuag Zoo in Junagadh said, The primary reason behind the lioness death was that she was suffering from stomach and intestine infection. We also found some worms in her stomach which had infected the entire body. Her immunity

London, May 21 (ANI): A driver has revealed that she had to slam her brakes hard in order to avoid hitting George Michael after he tumbled out of his Range Rover at 70 mph.

23-year-old Katherine Fox, who was driving behind a silver Range Rover behind Michael, said that she skidded to a halt as the singer, 49, slammed into the carriageway, the Sun reported.

Later Fox told the Sun that Michael was lucky that he didn't die.

Fox also gave details about the injuries that Michael

London, May 21(ANI): England's bowling coach David Saker has described Jimmy Anderson as the most skillful bowler in the world, following the latter's astounding display during the Lord's Test against New Zealand.

The ICC ratings place Steyn at number one, while Anderson languishes at sixth place, more than a hundred ranking points behind. But Saker admits that despite Steyn being an outstanding bowler, Jimmy has exceptional skills, which are mind blowing.

According to The

London, May 21 (ANI): Michelle Keegan, who was awarded Cleavage Of The Year by The Sun earlier this year, has said that she is embarrassed by her cleavage and struggles to understand her sex symbol status.

The 25-year-old actress told new! magazine that it was embarrassing but also flattering, the Mirror reported.

She said that she didn't wear tops that show her cleavage much, asserting that her mother joked about it.

Keegan also claimed that she doesn't watch her diet

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Arunima Sinha, who lost one of her leg's after she was thrown out of a moving train. two years ago, is preparing to conquer Mount Everest - the world's highest peak at 8,848 metres above sea level.

When I was undergoing treatment at AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) for four months, I could not do anything on my own. But then one day I decided to climb the Everest, Sinha said here Monday.

If successful, Sinha would become the first differently-abled

London, May 21 (ANI): Jeremy Clarkson has made light of Angelina Jolie after she had her both breasts removed because of a cancer risk.

The 53-year-old broadcaster said: Ooh, can I have them? the Daily Star reported. (ANI)

London, May 21 (ANI): Yahoo Japan faced a hack attack, which reportedly led to a theft of 22 million user ids that constitutes one tenth of its 200 million members.

A file of ID details was stolen from the administration system at Yahoo Japan, which was spotted late on 16th May.

In a report by BBC, the tech firm cut the net access as soon as it detected the attack. Although the firm was not sure if the data had been stolen, it did not 'deny the possibility'.

Though the

New York, May 21 (ANI): Antonio Banderas will star in 'The 33' as 'Super Mario' Sepulveda, who was the second miner to be rescued and the survivors' spokesperson following their 69 days trap in 2010.

The movie's producer Mike Medavoy made the announcement on Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival, the New York Daily News reported.

The film, which will be directed by Patricia Riggen, will include actors Martin Sheen and Rodrigo Santoro and its production is scheduled

London, May 21 (ANI): Jodie Marsh has revealed that once a star got so terrified seeing her dressed up in bondage gear that he became a bedroom flop.

Describing her adventures she said that she got the star on her bed, stuck a porn movie on and then went off to get dressed up, and when she came back from the bathroom in a full, kinky bondage gear, the star - known to be a player - got scared of what she was going to do to him, the Sun reported.

She told Zoo magazine that she couldn't

London, May 21 (ANI): Sven-Goran Eriksson is planning to tell all about his time as England's football coach in a new autobiography.

The Swede's memoir, Svennis, will talk about the time when he had affairs with Ulrika Jonsson, 45, and FA secretary Faria Alam, 47, the Daily Star reported.

The 65-year-old former player told the publication that there has been so much said about him that is not true, so he wants to take the opportunity to give his own view of everything that

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): During the last month, there have been a number of articles in the media which recalled 1986, when about 200 Chinese troops occupied the Sumdorong Chu area in Arunachal Pradesh, some seven kilometers into Indian territory. Then, the Indian Army deployed troops at heights above the Chinese troops, convincing the latter to withdraw.

Commentators in the media were keen that India should stand up to the Chinese. The impression is that India did not give in and

Itanagar, May 21 (ANI): The ruling Congress party swept the maiden elections to the Itanagar and Pasighat municipal elections, whose results were announced after counting today.

In Itanagar, of the 30 municipal councilor seats, Congress captured 21, including one uncontested, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) won four seats and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) three, leaving one seat each to People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) and Independent.

In Pasighat, of the 12 municipal

New York, May 21 (ANI): Edward Cullen may have sucked the life out of Bella Swan in Twilight series but in reality Robert Pattinson's heart is very much torn by the heartache caused by Kristen Stewart.

A source close to Pattinson told Us Weekly that the on-again-off-again couple reportedly argued about all the issues that have affected their love life since Stewart's July 2012 fling with director Rupert Sanders, the New York Daily News reported.

The recent disagreement of the

Washington, May 21 (ANI): A compound abundant in the Mediterranean diet takes away cancer cells' superpower to escape death, a new research has suggested.

By altering a very specific step in gene regulation, this compound essentially re-educates cancer cells into normal cells that die as scheduled.

One way that cancer cells thrive is by inhibiting a process that would cause them to die on a regular cycle that is subject to strict programming. This study in cells, led by Ohio

Washington, May 21 (ANI): People who learn two languages at an early age seem to switch back and forth between separate sound systems for each language, according to new research.

A lot of research has shown that bilinguals are pretty good at accommodating speech variation across languages, but there's been a debate as to how, said lead author Kalim Gonzales, a psychology doctoral student at the University of Arizona.

There are two views: One is that bilinguals have different

Washington, May 21 (ANI): A humanoid robot can receive an object handed to it by a person with something approaching natural, human-like motion, thanks to a new method developed by scientists at Disney Research, Pittsburgh.

The developed the new method in a project partially funded by the International Center for Advanced Communication Technologies (interACT) at Carnegie Mellon University and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

Recognizing that a person is handing something

Mumbai, May 21 (ANI): Vindu Dara Singh, the actor son of the late wrestler-cum-actor Dara Singh, was arrested here today for his alleged role in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scandal.

The Mumbai Crime Branch arrested him for his links with bookies.

According to television reports, his arrest follows the arrest of Ramesh Vyas, who was arrested on May 15. Vyas had links to key bookies Jupiter and others who were named by the Delhi police.

So far, 18 people

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a PIL seeking a stay on all remaining matches of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in view of the spot-fixing scandal.

The apex court, however, has asked the anti-corruption unit of the BCCI to submit its report on this matter within 15 days.

A bench of justices B S Chauhan and Deepak Misra rejected the PIL, which also sought setting up of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to look into the issues of match fixing and other

Sydney, May 21 (ANI): Australian Test batsman David Warner is expected to plead guilty during Cricket Australia hearing over his recent Twitter rant with two prominent journalists.

Senior Code of Behaviour Commissioner, Justice Gordon Lewis, will hear the case via teleconference.

According to news.com.au, Warner faces sanction ranging from a fine, suspension, reprimand or counseling after being reported under CA's code of behaviour.

Warner is alleged to have breached Rule

Wellington, May 21 (ANI): Sir Edmund Hillary - the first person ever to scale Mount Everest summit - has been called one of those great Britons by a conservative British newspaper.

Britian's Daily Telegraph bestowed the dubious title upon Auckland-born Hillary, who conquered Mt Everest with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay about 60 years ago, Stuff.co.nz reported.

The new nationality was given to Hillary in a small editorial on the first Briton, European Space Agency astronaut, Tim Peake,

New York, May 21 (ANI): Ke$ha nearly bared her bottom in a low-key dress during the 2013 Billboard Music Awards.

The 26-year-old pop-singer hardly had her backside under wraps in a bottom-skimming black dress with waist-high slits, the New York Post reported.

Ke$ha, who looked quite sophisticated in the high-necked ruffled dress with not even a hint of cleavage, showed off her naughty side by turning to the left with a huge piece of skirt cut out. (ANI)

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Victoria's Secret has rejected a woman's appeal for a survivor line of bras.

Allana Maiden wanted her mother to feel beautiful again after she'd undergone a radical mastectomy.

But the lingerie company, she hoped would design sexy lingerie for women who've had breast cancer surgery, has decided not to go ahead with the line.

The 28-year-old from Richmond, Virginia, was 6 years old when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and had

London, May 21 (ANI): Eva Longoria, who had a major wardrobe malfunction at the Cannes red carpet on Saturday, poked fun at her own embarrassment by flaunting her knickers in a sheer laced see-through dress on Sunday.

Here's my dress for tonight! No wardrobe malfunctions tonight!!! the Mirror quoted her as tweeting.

The 38-year-old actress was left exposed at Cannes, when she lifted her dress off the wet ground to reveal that she wasn't wearing any underwear. (ANI)

New York, May 21 (ANI): Archie Comics has sparked criticism with its new issue of 'Kevin Keller,' which features the titular openly-gay character kissing his boyfriend Devon.

The Riverdale teen finds his life turned upside down after locking lips with his boyfriend, Devon, in Pop Tate's diner, drawing the ire of at least one disapproving Riverdale mom, the New York Daily News reported.

The woman gets very offended and kind of pitches a bit of a fit, Dan Parent, who writes

Washington, May 21 (ANI): The ongoing dispute between golfers Tiger Woods and Sergio Gracia over whether the former inadvertently or maliciously disrupted the Spaniard's swing during this month's Player Championship where they were paired together, reportedly may not come to an end soon.

Woods, when asked if he planned to contact Gracia to make peace between the two, replied with a curt an immediate 'No'.

In a report by New York Post, Woods expressed his excitement for

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Seth MacFarlane has revealed on Twitter that he is too busy to host the Oscars in 2014.

The 39-year-old comedian wrote on the micro blogging site that he tried to make it work schedule-wise, but I need sleep, ABC News reported.

MacFarlane tweeted on Monday that the Academy Awards producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who produced this year's Oscar show, are among the best in the business.

The multitalented actor earned mixed reviews for his first

London, May 21 (ANI): Prince William has revealed that he cannot wait to be a father, after he was given another gift, a babygro with the words: My daddy is a hero, for his unborn child.

The Duke of Cambridge received the present during his visit to 'Help For Heroes' with brother Harry, 28, the Daily star reported.

Jenson Boggi, two, gave the prince the white romper suit as the two royals opened a new recovery centre for injured troops at Tedworth House in Tidworth.

The

London, May 21 (ANI): The new England football kit has been revealed and was instantly compared with West Germany's outfit in the 1960s and 70s by some fans.

The kit was sponsored by 'Nike', who opted for a simple design, with a rounded collar and navy badge, Sky News reported.

Fans took to social media to express their displeasure at the kit's likeness to England's great rivals.

One user wrote: The new England kit is absolutely disgusting, thought we were England

Tokyo, May 21 (ANI): The Land of the Rising Sun - Japan - attracts a large number of tourists from all over the world.

The country, which will host the 2020 Olympic Games, has a lot to offer to its visitors.

These tourists are being ferried from Takamatsu Airport to Setouchi Triennale 2013, a unique festival of contemporary art spread out and interlaced with the numerous islands dotting Japan's picturesque Seto Inland Sea.

We are from San Francisco. We are here for vacations

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Charlie Sheen's former wife Denise Richards has revealed that the duo enjoys spending time out together.

The 42-year-old actress told People magazine that she and the 'Anger Management' star remain focused on their daughters, Lola, 7, and Sam, 9.

One can feel one way and one can feel another way, and there's lots of feelings and emotions there, but at the end of the day we want our daughters to benefit by us getting along, she told the publication.

Richards

Washington, May 21 (ANI): New York City high school admissions policies are racially biased against black and Hispanic students.

A lawsuit filed in a federal civil rights complaint said that parents and activists have charged the school.

According to the New York Daily News, in the complaint, filed with the federal Office of Civil Rights, the parents and their lawyers call for a federal investigation and overhaul of a system that they claimed concentrates minority students in struggling

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Sacked iGate CEO and president Phaneesh Murthy has denied the charges of sexual harassment against him and claimed that it was a case of extortion. In an audio conference, and said that the all the charges against him were completely false.

This is without doubt a case of extortion. The same lawyer who had represented the woman in 2002 is representing the woman this time as well. You can spot the difference, said former CEO of iGate.

Regarding his relationship

Johannesburg, May 21 (ANI): Oscar Pistorius, the South African Paralympic champion who is charged with murdering his girlfriend, will not compete this year in any event as he awaits trial.

Pistorius stands accused of premeditated murder after the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at his Pretoria home.

According to sports 24, Pistorius will face trial in the North Gauteng High Court on 4 June.

EWN reported that Pistorius' coach Ampie Louw confirmed that they have turned

Sydney, May 21 (ANI): New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori is set to return to action in the second Test against England this week after Bruce Martin was ruled out of the rest of the tour with a calf injury.

Vettori has not played for the Black Caps for almost a year because of a hamstring injury and was left out of the squad for the two-Test series in England.

But with Martin sidelined by the injury that prevented him bowling during England's second innings of the first Test, there

London, May 21 (ANI): A blonde socialite has been questioned by detectives over her relationship with Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius, who has been accused of murder.

Erin Stear, 25, gave a statement to police, who questioned her about her meetings and flirty text exchanges with Pistorius.

According to the Sun, the London 2012 Paralympic star is on bail accused of murdering model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, 29, at his home in South Africa.

Pistorius said he shot her after

Sydney, May 21 (ANI): Former Test batsman Mark Waugh has said David Warner should develop a thicker skin, as he is facing Cricket Australia hearing over last weekends' Twitter rant.

Waugh said Warner should not be getting involved in Twitter stoushes and must learn from his rant.

According to news.com.au, Warner is facing a disciplinary hearing for his social media outburst at News Limited sportswriters Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn.

Speaking on SEN radio, Waugh said

London, May 21 (ANI): Barcelona are ready to make a 20 million-pound move for Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany.

The Spanish giants will step up their attempts to sign a player they have been linked with for months, after identifying Kompany as their No. 1 summer target to strengthen their defence, reports the Mirror.

Barca have been alerted by Kompany growing unhappy at City under now-sacked manager Roberto Mancini and will now test the deposed Premier League champions'

Johannesburg, May 21 (ANI): Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez has said that Jose Mourinho was not sacked, after he confirmed Mourinho's exit from the club at the end of the season.

Perez denied the suggestion that Mourinho was relieved of his duties by the club alone at the media conference where the announcement was made. He said it was a mutual agreement, reports Sports24.

Portuguese-born coach Mourinho's time in charge of the nine-time European champions has been littered

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang offered New Delhi a handshake across the Himalayas and said the world's two most populous nations could become a new engine for the global economy if they could avoid friction on the militarised border.

What we need is a handshake across the Himalayas, what we need is to stand at a higher level to have a birds-eye view of our relations. I am convinced that as long as we hold a holistic perspective and work together towards the future,

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Catherine Zeta-Jones has completed her ongoing treatment for Bipolar II disorder and will be returning home on Tuesday, her husband Michael Douglas has said.

The 43-year-old actress went into a 30-day medical treatment in April, People Magazine reported.

Douglas is currently busy promoting his film 'Behind the Candelabra' in Cannes. (ANI)

London, May 21 (ANI): Rihanna is in a legal tussle with Topshop after the firm printed her image on their t-shirts but her former boyfriend Chris Brown is now getting to know the heiress of the company.

Sir Philip Green's shoe designer Chloe, 22, split from the former husband of Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, back in April and just days later was seen partying the night away at the rapper's 24th birthday celebrations in Los Angeles, the Mirror reported.

Just weeks later, she

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Jennifer Lawrence has flaunted her incredible figure while getting under the skin of her 'X-Men' character Mystique.

The 22-year-old actress sports yellow contact lenses, a red wig, and blue body paint, in a shot tweeted by director Bryan Singer on Monday, Us magazine reported.

First look: #JenniferLawrence as a vengeful #Mystique. #XMen #DaysOfFuturePast he captioned the riveting photo.

In 'X-Men: Days of Future Past,' Lawrence is reprising

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Scientists at Cambridge's Department of Chemistry have been able to map in detail the pathway that generates aberrant forms of proteins, which are at the root of neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.

They believe the breakthrough is a vital step closer to increased capabilities for earlier diagnosis of neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and opens up possibilities for a new generation of targeted drugs, as

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Bendable tablet computer or an electronic newspaper that could fold to fit in a pocket may not be so far off.

Northwestern University researchers have recently developed a graphene-based ink that is highly conductive and tolerant to bending, and they have used it to inkjet-print graphene patterns that could be used for extremely detailed, conductive electrodes.

The resulting patterns are 250 times more conductive than previous attempts to print graphene-based

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Researchers who discovered that mouse hair has a circadian clock - a 24-hour cycle of growth followed by restorative repair - suspect that hair loss in humans from toxic cancer radiotherapy and chemotherapy might be minimized if these treatments are given late in the day.

The study found that mice lost 85 percent of their hair if they received radiation therapy in the morning, compared to a 17 percent loss when treatment occurred in the evening.

The researchers,

Lahore, May 21 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif, has told newly elected lawmakers that Pakistan has no other option apart from negotiating with the Taliban in the interest of peace.

The Express Tribune quoted Nawaz, as saying that the Taliban invitation for dialogue should be taken seriously. Nawaz said the bullet is not a solution, adding they want to use each and every option available and that every issue has to be brought to the negotiating table for a

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Three New York University researchers from China divulged results from a federally funded study to Chinese competitors in exchange for tuition, rent and other expenses.

Federal prosecutors said that Yudong Zhu, a U.S.-educated NYU professor, and Xing Yang, a lab engineer, were released on bail after appearing in federal court in Manhattan to face commercial bribery and other charges.

According to the Huffington Post, the third culprit, post-doctoral fellow

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin took to Facebook over the weekend to express her skepticism of global warming.

Palin argued that global warming was not happening, pointing that it was snowing in Alaska in May.

According to the Huffington Post, she wrote in a post on her Facebook page 'global warming my gluteus maximus'.

In her Facebook argument, Palin confuses weather with climate, a mistake frequently made by climate change deniers.

Palin

New York, May 21 (ANI): Mila Kunis has ranked highest among actresses adult-movie fans would most like to see in a porno.

In the latest Sex Tracker survey from XCritic.com and Vivid Entertainment, the 29-year-old actress, who obtained 38 percent of the votes, beat out Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence for the leading position, the New York Daily News reported.

Last month's chart topper, Lawrence claimed the second spot with 23 percent of the votes, while Sofia Vergara was placed

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): The Institute of Cost Accountants of India celebrated its Annual Day in which Mr. K. Rahman Khan, Minister of Minority Affairs was the Chief Guest and Mr. M.J.Joseph, Additional Secretary,Ministry of Corporate Affairs was the Guest of Honor.

Cost Accountants from across the country, other distinguished guest and luminaries attended the event which was held at Hotel Oberoi.

In the inaugural session, Mr. K.Rahman Khan said that three institutes, namely,the

Srinagar, May 21 (ANI): The All Hurriyat Conference called for a complete shutdown and a protest march in Kashmir on Tuesday to commemorate the death anniversary of prominent separatist leader Mirwaiz Moulvi Muhammad Farooq.

Riyaz Ahmed, a local resident, said: On this date, when Mirwaiz Molvi Farooq was assassinated. At that time he was the Chairman of the Hurriyat conference when he was killed. So, to honour him we observe a shutdown. Normally we would march on the occasion but since

London, May 21 (ANI): The keyboard player and co-founder of rock band 'The Doors', Ray Manzarek, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 74.

The veteran, who suffered from bile duct cancer- also known as adenocarcinoma- for several years, was surrounded by his wife Dorothy and brothers in hospital in Rosenheim, Germany, when he passed away, the Independent reported.

The band's guitarist Robby Krieger said in a statement: I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing

Lahore, May 21 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has vowed his government would continue its work for the betterment of the people and would bring about positive change in the first 100 days of his government.

The Daily Times quoted Nawaz, as saying that the PML-N was all set to rid the country of all sorts of problems and crises, including energy shortage and terrorism, despite meagre resources and a heavy debt burden left by the previous government.

Nawaz

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Every foreigner leaving America from any of the country's 30 busiest airports will have to undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment senators have added to a new immigration bill.

Lawmakers called it a step towards a more expansive biometric system that would use identifiers such as fingerprints to keep track of immigrants and visitors exiting the U.S.

Currently no such system is in place, something viewed as a security weakness, particularly

Pilibhit, May 21 (ANI): At least six people were killed and 20 other injured when a bus carrying them fell in Khannaut river in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district.

The incident occurred last evening on Gola Bilsanda road when the driver lost control over the vehicle in an attempt to save a cyclist.

The injured have been admitted to the district hospital, many of whom are stated to be critical.

Further details are awaited. (ANI)

Chennai, May 21 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has reiterated that Katchatheevu, the fishing islet has to be retrieved back by India in an endeavour to provide a permanent solution to the problem of Indian fishermen.

In a letter to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today, Jayalalithaa has recalled the various instances in which fishermen were harassed for fishing near Katchatheevu, which is often counted as crossing the Indian borders.

Jayalalithaa in her letter also

Coimbatore, May 21 (ANI): To completely eliminate circulation of fake passports a new model of passport has been launched, which along with the actual image of the holder will also contain his ghost image.

The external affairs ministry has launched this new passport in Coimbatore.

Coimbatore's chief passport officer S. Sasikumar said the law will not create any confusion.

So whenever we issue a new system it is being communicated to all the concerned departments like immigration,

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Southampton have shown that blind and visually impaired people have the potential to use echolocation, similar to that used by bats and dolphins, to determine the location of an object.

The study examined how hearing, and particularly the hearing of echoes, could help blind people with spatial awareness and navigation.

The study also examined the possible effects of hearing impairment and how to optimise echolocation ability

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Video games that pit players against human-looking characters may be more likely to provoke violent thoughts and words than games where monstrous creatures are the enemy, a new study has found

It's important to think in terms of risk factors, Kirstie Farrar, associate professor of communication at University of Connecticut and the lead researcher on the study said.

The research clearly suggests that, among other risk factors, exposure to violent video

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Coleen Rooney and her footballer husband Wayne welcomed their second child to their family on Tuesday morning.

The pair has named the newborn Klay Anthony, Contactmusic reported.

Shortly after giving the birth, Coleen tweeted: At 2.11am our Beautiful Son .... Klay Anthony Rooney entered the world.

He weighed 7Ib 11.1/2 oz We're all so happy and doing well. X (sic), she wrote.

Coleen, who revealed over the weekend that she had passed her due

London, May 21 (ANI): Russian counter-terrorism agents have foiled a terrorist attack on Moscow, killing two of the plotters and arrested another.

The National Anti-Terrorism Committee said the terrorist group was located in a house in the town of Orekhovo-Zuyevo, east of the capital.

According to the BBC, the suspects are said to be Russian citizens who had undergone training in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.

Unnamed official sources told Russian news agencies the group

London, May 21 (ANI): David Moyes, the new boss of Manchester United will reportedly ask key striker to commit to Old Trafford, and if a hundred percent commitment is not forthcoming, may give a go ahead for the latter's exit.

The new boss does not want any uncertainty of slideshow as he takes on the huge job of succeeding Alex Ferguson.

The Sun reports that Moyes had given Rooney his full debut at Everton as a 16-year-old. Moyes has had differences with the player in the past,

Tokyo, May 21 (ANI): All Nippon Airways (ANA), the Japan's largest airlines, has announced plans to serve Ramen Noodles to its passengers from June 1, 2013.

Ramen dishes have been developed exclusively for the Japanese airline by Hakata IPPUDO, the famous Ramen Noodle chain based in Kyushu, Japan.

Operated and managed by Chikaranomoto Company Co., Ltd, Hakata IPPUDO has expanded its market to seven countries.

It is popular worldwide and has even been declared the most

London, May 21 (ANI): Sir Alex Ferguson has won the coveted 'Manager of the Year' award by the League Managers' Association (LMA) for a fourth time after guiding Manchester United to its 20th title.

Ferguson is the only person to secure the award four times.

In his final game in charge of United against West Brom, Freguson said he was happy that it was all over now, because it is hard work.

The BBC quoted Ferguson, as saying that West Brom Manager Steve Clark should

Washington, May 21 (ANI): A new study conducted by researchers at the Child Study Center at NYU Langone Medical Center found that men diagnosed as children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were twice as likely to be obese in a 33-year follow-up study compared to men who were not diagnosed with the condition.

Few studies have focused on long-term outcomes for patients diagnosed with ADHD in childhood. In this study, we wanted to assess the health outcomes of children

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Nearly 3 out of 4 pregnant women experience constipation, diarrhea or other bowel disorders during their pregnancies, a new study has found.

But such bowel disorders only minimally affect a pregnant woman's quality of life, according to the Loyola University Medical Center study.

The study by senior author Scott Graziano, MD, and Payton Johnson was presented during the 61st Annual Clinical Meeting of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Rawalpindi, May 21 (ANI): Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said that the people of Pakistan have defied and defeated unfounded dictates of an insignificant and misguided minority in the general elections.

The Daily Times quoted Kayani, as saying that in the recently conducted general elections, the nation has amply demonstrated that it can withstand any challenge.

Kayani said that as a nation, their commitment to moderation, prosperity and rule of law is total

London, May 21 (ANI): Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, who fled to the US last year, has said he thinks Washington should do more to protect the relatives he left behind in China.

Guangcheng caused a diplomatic row between the US and China after he escaped house arrest and sought refuge in the American embassy in Beijing.

Guangcheng, who exposed forced abortions and sterilisations in his home province of Shandong, said he felt let down by both the Chinese and American governments.

In

London, May 21 (ANI): UK Glamour model Vicky Antonia has bought a 20,000-pound designer wardrobe for her eight-year-old son.

Little Zak has all the top brands including D and G, Burberry, Ralph Lauren, Gucci and Prada, the Mirror reported.

He has more than 200 pairs of shoes and even his swimming trunks are from Armani.

Vicky, of Epping, Essex, is a single mother and has splurged 5,000 pounds on her son's shoes, 10,000 pounds on clothes and 5,000 pounds on accessories..

London, May 21 (ANI): James Bond's geiger-counter wristwatch from hit 1965 film 'Thunderball' was found at a car boot sale.

The Top Time model by the luxury Swiss watch firm Breitling watch was bought for 25 pounds but is set to be sold by Christie's at its South Kensington saleroom in a Pop Culture sale in London on June 26 for 40,000 - 60,000 pounds, the Independent reported.

The prop - one of the many gadgets used by the iconic British spy - was crucial to the film's

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Scientists have found that salamanders' immune systems are key to their remarkable ability to regrow limbs, and could also underpin their ability to regenerate spinal cords, brain tissue and even parts of their hearts.

In a new research, researchers from the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) at Monash University found that when immune cells known as macrophages were systemically removed, salamanders lost their ability to regenerate a limb

Washington, May 21 (ANI): An immune protein that has the potential to stop or reverse the development of type 1 diabetes in its early stages, before insulin-producing cells have been destroyed, has been identified by Melbourne researchers.

The discovery has wider repercussions, as the protein is responsible for protecting the body against excessive immune responses, and could be used to treat, or even prevent, other immune disorders such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Professor

Melbourne, May 21 (ANI): It's not watching too much television or playing computer games but spending too much time indoors that will ruin your child's eyes, according to a new study.

The five-year study by Sydney University researchers suggests children aged under six years should spend at least 10 hours a week outdoors in the sunshine to reduce their risk of becoming short-sighted or myopic.

Orthoptist Professor Kathryn Rose, head of the study, explained that exposure to

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Anti-Terrorism Day was observed throughout the country on Tuesday with employees in government offices, public sector undertakings (PSU) and other public institutions taking a pledge in this regard.

Minister of State for Home R.P.N.Singh administered the oath to the officers and staff of his ministry, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions at North Block this morning.

The day is observed to generate awareness in the country among all

Beijing, May 21 (Xinhua-ANI): The United States on Monday denounced Hezbollah for siding with the Syrian government forces in their battle against the rebels in Syria's central city of al-Qussair.

State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said his country condemned the direct intervention by the Shiite militant group in neighboring Lebanon, as its fighters were playing a significant role in the government's offensive in al-Qussair.

We reject Hezbollah's efforts to escalate

Beijing, May 21 (Xinhua-ANI): A powerful tornado attacked on Monday afternoon the southern suburbs of the Oklahoma City, capital of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, killing at least 51 people and injuring at least 140 others, including about 70 children.

According to local media reports, the tornado came with strong winds up to 200 mph (about 320 kmph), leveling the entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school. Local rescuers launched a rescue effort at the school, pulling children

Sydney, May 21(ANI): The 2013 Yellow Social Media Report has analyzed that a growing number of Australians are using social network at an addictive rate wherever they can, even in toilet cubicles!

According to the study, three out of every five internet users are accessing these sites more than five times a day, making it a total of seven hours a day.

In a report by News.com, the study found that the time spent by Australians for social media usage has gone up this year, as smartphones

Washington, May 21 (ANI): US President Barack Obama's administration has decided to give the Pentagon control of some drone operations against terrorism suspects overseas that are currently run by the CIA, according to several US government sources.

Obama has pledged more transparency on controversial counterterrorism programs, and giving the Pentagon the responsibility for part of the drone program could open it to greater congressional oversight, reports The News.

According

London, May 21(ANI): A team of former Nokia employees has come up with a new smartphone called Jolla, pronounced Yol-la, with the same operating system MeeGo, now renamed Sailfish, which was abandoned by Nokia in 2011 in favour of Windows Phone.

The phone, which will be sold only online, will be made available by the year-end.

According to the BBC, the phone has a 4.5-inch screen, 8 mega-pixel camera, supports 4G and is compatible for Google's Android apps.

Interestingly,

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Stressing on the need for increased people-to-people interaction between India and China, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday declared 2014 as the year of exchanges between the two nations to boost understanding and friendship.

Addressing captains of Indian industry at a function organised by FICCI here, Keqiang said: The year of 2014 will be to boost understanding and friendship between both countries.

Keqiang, who is in India on a three-day state visit,

Lahore, May 21 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has claimed that conspiracies hatched by national and international institutions led to the Pakistan Peoples Party's defeat in the general elections.

The News quoted Zardari, as saying that the PPP could have won 40-45 seats in the Punjab.

He added that his party would play the role of opposition with full vigour.

Zardari said he could not take part in the election campaign due to restrictions placed on the office

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Tainted Indian premier League (IPL) cricketers S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan faced a last round of questioning by Delhi Police on Tuesday before being taken to a court in the city.

The questioning of the trio, whose IPL contract with the Rajasthan Royals franchise has been suspended, came even as the Supreme Court fixed a 2 p.m. deadline to hear a plea seeking a stay on all the remaining IPL 6 matches in the view of the spot-fixing scandal.

Meanwhile,

Lucknow, May 21 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta Justice N.K. Mehrotra has indicted over 199 persons, including two former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ministers, for allegedly siphoning off Rs. 1,410 crore of public money for the construction of parks and memorials when former chief minister Mayawati was in power.

Justice Mehrotra on Monday submitted an 88-page report on the alleged anomalies in the construction of these memorials to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday.

Those indicted

Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh), May 21 (ANI): At least thirteen people were killed and 24 others injured in a road accident in the Sadar police station area of Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj District this morning.

According to reports, the incident occurred when a truck carrying a marriage party collided head on with a roadways bus at around 6 a.m on the G.T. Road national highway.

The injured persons have been rushed to district hospital, while others have been sent for treatment to Kanpur.

Karachi, May 21 (ANI): Pakistan's banned fast-bowler, Mohammad Asif, is yet to give his consent with regards to taking part in the anti-corruption rehabilitation program of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Following the Court of Arbitration's (CAS) decision to reject appeals of Asif and Salman Butt against their bans, the International Cricket Council (ICC) urged them to take part in a rehabilitation process, and while Butt was quick to give his consent, Asif is yet to inform the

Melbourne, May 21 (ANI): Broome pearl diver Will Hanigan has been keeping quiet about his rumoured relationship with Demi Moore.

Hanigan, 30, the rumoured toyboy of Demi Moore, was out and about at the Pinctada Cable Beach Polo VIP Marquee in Broome on Monday, News.com.au reported.

He hasn't confirmed whether or not he's dating the Hollywood superstar, who has had a highly public battle with her health since she was admitted to rehab after a drug overdose at her Beverly Hills

London, May 21 (ANI): Michael Jackson's estate has made more money through ticket sales in the four years since his death than the pop legend made during his lifetime, it has been revealed.

His posthumous sales are believed to amount to more than any single living artist during the same time period.

Jackson's estate has earned 600 million dollars since his death in 2009, the Independent reported.

Contributing factors include ticket sales for Cirque du Soleil's Michael

Geneva, May 21 (ANI): Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad and Minister of Health Switzerland Alain Berset held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of World Health Assembly at Geneva with the aim of giving further impetus to cooperation in the field of healthcare.

Speaking on the occasion, Azad said that friendship between India and Switzerland goes as back as Independence of India, strongly rooted as it is in shared values of multi-culturalism, democracy and

Washington, May 21 (ANI): After acquiring Tumblr for 1.1 billion dollars, Yahoo has announced major changes to its photo sharing service Flickr.

CEO Marissa Mayer announced the change to make Flickr 'awesome again'. On offer is a cleaner design, an Android app and more importantly a full free terabyte of storage, maximum compared to any other photo sharing service.

The new look of Flickr will be devoid of the white spaces and blue links. Instead, it will have space for large

Johannesburg, May 21 (ANI): A well-connected Indian family in South Africa has apologised for the controversy surrounding the landing a chartered plane at Waterkloof Air Force Base to carry guests for his niece's wedding.

The Gupta family said that it had only wanted to hold a memorable wedding, but realised that some bad decisions or misjudgments could have been made in the process to secure landing rights for the plane.

Gupta had earlier said that special permission to land

Sydney, May 21(ANI): Hours after Yahoo announced its acquisition of Tumblr for 1.1 billion dollars, the latter's users have started posting threats about exiting from the site.

Tumblr users describe the site where they got to be themselves with no ads, or tailored blogs to suit the interests of the users, if Yahoo acquires it, Tumblr is likely to undergo change and not remain the same ad-free site.

According to a report by News.com, the site records very little personal information

Washington, May 21 (ANI): A new research has found evidence of a major cosmic event near the end of the Ice Age, which resulted in a climate change that forced many species, including wooly mammoths, to die.

Something - global-scale combustion caused by a comet scraping our planet's atmosphere or a meteorite slamming into its surface - scorched the air, melted bedrock and altered the course of Earth's history. Exactly what it was is unclear, but this event jump-started what Kenneth

Washington, May 21 (ANI): A study has claimed that exposure to traffic during the prenatal period is associated with an increased risk of respiratory infection being developed in young children by the age of 3.

Lead author Mary Rice, MD, a pulmonary and critical care fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, said that their study extends previous findings by showing that proximity to a major roadway during the prenatal period is associated

Washington, May 21 (ANI): An infant has a fivefold increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) when they share their bed with their parents, according to an analysis.

The authors of this analysis estimate that around 88 percent of all SIDS deaths while bed sharing would not have occurred if it had been avoided.

The results show that even when neither parent smoked, and the baby was less than 3 months old, breastfed and the mother did not drink or take drugs, the risk of

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Bioengineers at the University of California, Davis have invented waterproof fabrics that whisk away sweat, using microfluidic technology.

The new fabric works like human skin, forming excess sweat into droplets that drain away by themselves, said inventor Tingrui Pan, professor of biomedical engineering.

One area of research in Pan's Micro-Nano Innovations Laboratory at UC Davis is a field known as microfluidics, which focuses on making lab on a chip

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Researchers have found that human kidneys discarded for transplant can potentially serve as a natural scaffolding material for manufacturing replacement organs in the lab using regenerative medicine techniques.

According to the researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and colleagues, more than 2,600 donor kidneys are discarded each year in the U.S.

With about 100,000 people in the U.S. awaiting kidney transplants, it is devastating when an organ

Rawalpindi, May 21 (ANI): Former Pakistan military chief and president Pervez Musharraf has been granted bail in the Benazir Bhutto murder case.

The court ordered Musharraf to submit two surety bonds of Rs 1 million each, reports The Express Tribune.

Musharraf's lawyers argued that this was a political case and the responsibility of Benazir's security lay with the officers on duty, not Musharraf.

Former premier Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in 2007.

Another arrested

Washington, May 21 (ANI): An 18-year-old Indian-American girl has created a device that can help recharge the dead battery of a cellphone in just 30 seconds.

As a results of her endeavour, Eesha Khare of Saratoga, California, won the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award on Friday in Phoenix as part of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, and a 50,000 prize, Fox News reported.

Her gadget may be able to fill the crucial need for energy-efficient storage devices

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has favoured mergers in the banking industry so that India can have two-three global sized banks.

Addressing the Annual Day function of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) here yesterday, he underscored the need for two or three world-size banks in an economy that is poised to become one among the five largest in the world.

Are our regulators well positioned to evaluate the consequences to competition in different

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Beyonce's husband Jay-Z has dismissed rumours that the former Destiny's Child member is pregnant.

Program Director Ebro Darden of New York's Hot 97, also known as Old Man Ebro, said that he emailed Jay-Z to offer best wishes on Beyonce's getting pregnant a second time, but the rapper responded back by saying that It's not true. The news is worse than blogs, ABC News reported

Rumours about pregnancy reached a feverish pitch after Beyonce cancelled

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who was inducted into the BJP's Parliamentary board in March this year, will attend his first board meeting here today.

According to television reports, the board is likely to clear the agenda for the two-party national executive slated to be held in Goa in the second week of June. The party will also review preparations for the 2014 elections.

The parliamentary board meeting holds significance it would sign and seal

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has taken a decision to award minor penalty of censure to four officers of DGCA namely James George, Assistant Director (Airworthiness), V.P. Massey, Director (Airworthiness), R.K. Yadav, Assistant Director (Airworthiness) and Rajiv Gaur, Assistant Director (AE) for non-intimation of employment of their dependents in the private airlines or any sector under Ministry of Civil Aviation.

Disciplinary proceedings were initiated against

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Asserting that India is a complete film making destination Union Tourism Minister K. Chiranjeevi has offered wide opportunities to foreign film producers in the country.

Speaking at the Cannes International Film Festival at Cannes, France, yesterday, the Minister said We try constantly for creating new opportunities for the international filmmakers, to access diverse Indian locations, and state of the art production and post-production facilities.

He said

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Increasing the amount of time that elementary schoolchildren spent in gym class reduces the probability of obesity, a new study from Cornell University has found.

The study represents some of the first evidence of a causal effect of physical education (PE) on youth obesity.

The research offers support for the recommendations of organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control, Institute of Medicine, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, all of which

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Sometimes the better part of wisdom is to know when to quit in a new business, a new study has concluded.

The study conducted in the Oregon State University found that even though persistence is a key to business success, entrepreneurs might be more successful if they not only knew when to start a business and take risks, but also knew when to abandon it and find something that provides a greater opportunity.

Researchers said that it may be human nature

Washington, May 21 (ANI): The old practice makes perfect adage may be overblown, a new study has argued.

The research led by Michigan State University's Zach found that a copious amount of practice is not enough to explain why people differ in level of skill in two widely studied activities, chess and music.

In other words, the finding suggests that it takes more than hard work to become an expert.

Hambrick said natural talent and other factors likely play a role in mastering

Karachi, May 21 (ANI): The British government has contacted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan with regards to his concerns for the safety of party workers in Karachi, his sister has said.

Khan's sister, Aleema, said that her brother was concerned about the safety of the PTI supporters protesting in Karachi, since supporters and leaders were receiving threats, reports The Express Tribune.

She further added that PTI supporters in Karachi were threatened not to leave

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Three planets - Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury will present a spectacular sky show during the last week of May.

So, look low in the west-northwest after sunset in late May, and you can watch Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury pirouetting through the tightest gathering of three naked-eye planets that the world will see until 2026.

Here's a beautiful chance to see three planets all together, said Alan MacRobert, a senior editor at Sky and Telescope magazine.

Add

Washington, May 21 (ANI): A Mediterranean diet with added extra virgin olive oil or mixed nuts seems to improve the brain power of older people better than advising them to follow a low-fat diet, according to a new research.

The researchers from the University of Navarra in Spain base their findings on 522 men and women aged between 55 and 80 without cardiovascular disease but at high vascular risk because of underlying disease/conditions.

These included either type 2 diabetes or

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Women who smoke during pregnancy increase the risk of both obesity and gestational diabetes, in their daughters, a recent study has found.

The study is by Dr Kristina Mattsson, Lund University, Sweden, and colleagues including Dr Matthew Longnecker from the National Institute on Environmental Health Sciences at the U.S.National Institutes of Health, North Carolina, USA.

While the relation of prenatal tobacco exposure to negative outcomes in childhood has

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Sir Anthony Hopkins is set to star alongside John Travolta in the much awaited movie about mobster John Gotti.

The film's international distribution is up for grabs at the Cannes Film Festival and executives at IM Global have announced that Hopkins has signed up, although his role is still a mystery, Contactmusic reported.

Travolta was picked up as the lead of 'Gotti: In The Shadow of My Father' in 2010, while Nick Cassavetes was roped in to direct

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Both air and noise pollution may increase an individual's risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to a study in which both factors were considered simultaneously.

Using data from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall study, an ongoing population study from three neighbouring cities in the Ruhr region of Germany, study leader Barbara Hoffmann, MD, MPH, a professor of environmental epidemiology at the IUF Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine

London, May 21 (ANI): A university graduate from Britain thinks that her slim figure, attractive face and glossy hair made her a target for sleazy advances from male colleagues and bitchiness from jealous females.

Laura Fernee, 33, who studied science and medical research, said that her good looks have caused massive problems for her when it comes to employment, so she has made the decision that employment just isn't for her at the moment.

Workplace bullying and harassment left

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): The nation on Tuesday paid homage to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 22nd death anniversary.

President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and the departed leader's widow and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi were among the first to pay floral tribute to the late leader at 'Veer Bhumi', his memorial.

The children of Gandhis, Congress vice president Rahul and Priyanka along with her husband

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): The Anti-Terrorism Day is being observed throughout the country today.

It was on this day in 1991, that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a team of Sri Lankan Tamil terrorists.

The day is observed to generate awareness in the country among all sections of people, about the danger of terrorism and violence and its effect on the people, society and the country as a whole.

The objective behind the observance of Anti-Terrorism Day

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, who is in India on a three-day visit, will meet Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here this evening.

Security, infrastructure development and peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan are likely to figure prominently during their talks.

This is Karzai's second visit to India in the last six months.

President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday conferred Honorary Doctorate to Karzai at Phagwara in Punjab. Karzai will

Washington, May 21 (ANI): A new research has suggested that frequency of candy consumption is not associated with weight or certain adverse health risks.

According to a recent data analysis, adults who consume candy at least every other day are no more likely to be overweight nor have greater risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) than moderate consumers (about once a week) or even less frequent candy eaters (less than 3 times per month).

Almost all adults reported eating

Washington, May 21 (ANI): People who are consistently exposed to both wood smoke and tobacco smoke are at a greater risk for developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and for experiencing more frequent and severe symptoms of the disease, as well as more severe airflow obstruction, than those who are exposed to only one type of smoke, a new study has found.

Although previous studies have shown a definite link between wood smoke exposure and the development of COPD, those studies

Washington, May 21 (ANI): A man from Chicago rode Ferris Wheel for more than two days - 384 times, up and around - to break the existing world record.

Clinton Shepherd, a park operations manager of Chicago's Navy Pier, who spent 48 hours, 8 minutes and 25 seconds riding Navy Pier's Ferris wheel over the weekend, said that he thought that Chicago - birthplace of the ride - should have the title, People magazine reported.

Shepherd was allowed by Guinness World Records to have

Washington, May 21 (ANI): American singer Mary J. Blige has been slapped with a 3.4-million-dollar bill by Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

The IRS filed a federal tax lien against the 42-year-old singer, claiming that she failed to pay all her income taxes for 3 years 2009 (574,907.30 dollars), 2010 (2,203,743.53 dollars) and 2011 (647,604.60 dollars), TMZ.com reported.

Meanwhile, the State of New Jersey has claimed that she owes 901,769.65 dollars to them in back taxes.

She

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Michael Jackson's personal physician Conrad Murray, who is currently serving time for involuntary manslaughter, never received any money from the superstar's concert promoters as the late singer died before signing on the medic's contract.

Murray's employment conditions have come under heavy scrutiny as the King of Pop's mother, Katherine Jackson, has allegedly claimed that Aeg executives were responsible for hiring unqualified doctor to treat her

London, May 21 (ANI): Miranda Kerr bared her boobs while shooting an ad for her new make-up range 'Kora Organics' on Miami Beach, Florida.

The Victoria's Secrets beauty, 30, was spotted giggling as she struck a pose, the Sun reported.

However, an assistant covered the Aussie star, who is married to actor Orlando Bloom. (ANI)

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Justin Bieber's hit single 'Baby' has helped him beat Sir Elton John to the title of the highest-certified song in US history.

The singing sensation's famous track, which has gone platinum 12-times since its release in 2010, has won over the Rocket Man's 'Candle in the Wind/Something About the Way You Look Tonight', which went 11 times platinum in 1997, Contactmusic reported.

The teen icon's newest achievement came after the officials

London, May 21 (ANI): Rihanna's father, Ronald Fenty, is convinced that the Barbadian recording artist and Chris Brown will eventually get back together.

Fenty also believes that the two will reconcile before it's too long, the Sun reported.

He told the publication that he is still Brown's No1 fan and still likes him.

Fenty said that the duo has a very passionate relationship but if they split up, it does not mean that it's for ever with them.

He said that

London, May 21 (ANI): Miley Cyrus has stripped off to a sexy and revealing swimsuit to promote her comeback single.

The singer, who appears in a promo shot for new track 'We Can't Stop', can be seen posing seductively in a black plunging one-piece while staring sideways at the ground, the Sun reported.

The 20-year-old beauty announced the title of the song, which is from her upcoming fourth studio album and produced by Will.i.am, at Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): The annual report of the Australia-India Institute-Australia India Youth Dialogue Partnership was launched at the Australian High Commission here last evening in the presence of Australian High Commissioner Patrick Suckling and Australia-India Institute (AII) Director Professor Amitabh Mattoo.

The event was held in the Murray Harris Room of the Australian High Commission.

Speaking on the occasion, High Commissioner Suckling highlighted the various aspects

London, May 21 (ANI): Discrimination against Jews and Muslims is on the rise around the world, according to a new report in the US.

The annual US Department of State report for 2012 has revealed an increase in anti-Islamic sentiment in Europe and Asia.

The report also said there was growing anti-Semitism, especially in Venezuela, Egypt and Iran.

According to the BBC, the International Religious Freedom Report noted that in Egypt, anti-Semitic sentiment in the media sometimes

Allahabad, May 21 (ANI): The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday rejected Noida-based dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar's plea for examination of 14 more witnesses ignored by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

According to television reports, the couple, who is facing trial for the murder of their teenage daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, had moved the Allahabad High Court on March 15 to challenge a CBI court order rejecting their request for examining a number of

New York, May 21 (ANI): Words can play a powerful role in marriages. They can cut you, heal you, inspire you, and stop you from certain actions.

Learning the language of marriage takes time and diligence, but saying some words regularly may cause irreparable damage.

Huffington Post came up with five words that are destined to cause damage to your marriage.

The first word is never, which implies a sense of hopelessness and finality.

When you use never, you're telling

London, May 21(ANI): England middle order batsman Ian Bell is expected to recover from tonsillitis and play against New Zealand in the second test match starting from Friday.

Bell's illness got him a score of 31 runs for 133 balls during the second innings at Lord's, and England's medical team is confident that there will not be a relapse this time.

The Independent reports that once Bell is fit, there won't be any changes to the team.

Kevin Pietersen, who is recovering

New York, May 21 (ANI): Traveling can lead you to let loose and get a little crazier than usual.

Travel guide website Triposo conducted a survey to learn more about crazy tourist behavior abroad.

They asked respondents to confess to their own travel sins-which included everything from public drunkenness to cheating on significant others-and also to report on the misbehavior of others.

When asked about their goals for travel, 14 percent of the men surveyed admitted that they

Beijing, May 21 (Xinhua-ANI): At least nine people were killed and 53 others wounded in bombing attacks against two Shiite mosques in Iraq's southern city of Hilla on Monday, a police source said.

A suicide bomber wearing explosive vest blew himself up at Al- Wardiyah mosque in Hilla, some 100 km south of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, and about five minutes later a bomb exploded in the nearby Al-Galagh mosque, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

The two attacks targeted