Everything you need to know about Fort St George: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Fort St George: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
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.
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.
New York, May 20 (ANI): Men are putting their best foot forward by kicking safe black socks to the curb in favor of bright colours and dashing prints.
London, May 19 (IANS) A custom-made guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison has sold for $408,000 at an auction.
Washington, May 17 (ANI): The Pentagon is planning to request the lowest-ever annual supplemental budget from the government, about 79.5 billion dollars, which is the lowest cost for anti-terror war ongoing since 2005.
Melbourne, May 19 (ANI): A guitar, once played by John Lennon and George Harrison of 'The Beatles,' was sold at 408,000 dollars, at an auction in New York.
Jaipur, May 18 (ANI): In a shocking incident, staffers of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) raped two deaf and mute orphaned girls who were undergoing treatment for speech therapy at the orphanage. .
London, May 18 (IANS) Singer George Michael, who was hospitalised after he suffered a head injury following a severe car crash, has been discharged.
London, May 18 (ANI): George Michael, who suffered non-threatening injuries following a car crash on Thursday, has now been released from the hospital.
London, May 18 (ANI): Millions of British holidaymakers and business travellers heading for the United States this summer are facing longer queues than ever for their applications to be processed by immigration.
London, May 18 (IANS) Singer George Michael was airlifted to a hospital after he was pulled out from a wreckage of a 70,000 pounds-worth Range Rover. He suffered head injuries in the car crash.
Sydney, May 18 (ANI): Australian women cricketers are set to take a major leap towards professionalism after Cricket Australia's (CA) expected announcement of a major improvement in pay and conditions for female players next week when it unveils the women's Ashes squad.
Washington, May 18 (ANI): Physicists in Switzerland may have created the smallest drops of liquid ever made in the lab.
Los Angeles, May 17 (IANS) Hollywood actor Tom Hanks says he took steroids to cure cold while working in Nora Ephron's Broadway play "Lucky Guy".
Chennai, May 16 (IANS) Two years after she stormed into Fort St.George, the seat of power in Tamil Nadu, with a massive victory, Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has a mixed bag of results to show so far.
Buenos Aires, May 16 (IANS) Football legend Diego Maradona has been accused of throwing stones at journalists and kicking a photographer following his arrival at Argentina's Ezeiza international airport.
London, May 16 (ANI): Enrique got his hands on a brassiere as he performed an intimate gig at Terminal 5 in New York.
Washington, May 16 (ANI): A new study into the incubation behavior of modern birds has shed new light on the type of parental care carried out by their long extinct ancestors -Theropods, a group of carnivorous dinosaurs from which birds descended.
Los Angeles, May 16 (IANS/EFE) Beetles, centipedes and tarantulas are among the insects that visitors to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, or NHM, can learn about.
New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): Finance Minister P. Chidambaram left today on a five-day three nation tour of UK, France and Qatar.
Rio de Janeiro, May 14 (IANS) Reigning FIFA Club World Cup champions Corinthians are set to sign Chile international midfielder Claudio Maldonado.
Dubai, May 13 (IANS) The Indian embassy in Riyadh has received around 15,000 passports of Indian workers in Saudi Arabia, facing cases of running away from their local sponsors and other violations, from that country's foreign ministry.
London, May 13 (ANI): John Lennon's childhood pal Joe Flannery has revealed that the late singer was looking forward to returning to Britain before he was murdered in December 1980.
London, May 13 (IANS) Singer Jay McGuiness says his fellow Nathan Sykes will always be a part of the band The Wanted irrespective of the fact that he sings or not.
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) When hundreds of cafes are striving to draw custom with their own specialties, it would be a blessing to find one stop place for any occasion - family dinner, get-together of friends, or as a hangout for couples or youth. This is where Uber Lounge scores.
Thiruvananthapuram, May 12 (IANS) Neera, a coconut water-based non-alcoholic drink, is awaiting the Kerala government's nod to become a money spinner for coconut farmers in the state.
Washington, May 11 (ANI): A man from Montana, who thought that he would be dead within six months after being incorrectly diagnosed with brain cancer, has been awarded 59,820 dollars for the grief and stress it caused him and his family.
London, May 10 (IANS) British Prime Minister David Cameron has expressed his country's strong hunger for foreign investment to boost economic growth at the Global Investment Conference held in London.
Washington, May 10 (ANI): Former US President George W. Bush sent a personalized letter to an elderly newlywed couple, who had their honeymoon at the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Library.
London, May 9 (IANS) The acting president of wrestling's international governing body said two men's weight classes will be replaced by two women's weight classes so that the sport can retain its place in the Olympics.
Dubai, May 9 (IANS) Of about 60,000 Indian workers in Saudi Arabia who applied for emergency exit papers following a new labour policy in that country, 18,000 have got their documents processed.
Moscow, May 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has shared pictures of his relatives who fought in World War II to mark the May 9 Victory Day of the erstwhile Soviet troops.
London, May 9 (ANI): A teenage girl was sexually assaulted by a group of arrogant footballers, including the son of a Premier League manager while she was slept in a town in Britain, jurors heard.
Melbourne, May 9 (ANI): Buzz Aldrin, the US astronaut who became the second man to walk on the moon, has said that the US must lead the way towards building a permanent settlement on Mars.
New York, May 8 (ANI): A five-year-old from California can recite the full name of every US president, with a bevy of interesting facts about each one.
Port of Spain, May 7 (IANS) A terrified 46-year-old Indian-origin woman in Trinidad and Tobago is seeking security for her and her three children from this country's government following the unsolved killings of her husband and father-in-law and threats to her.
London, May 7 (IANS) Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Barry Hawkins 18-12 to win the world title for the fifth time at the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.
London, May 7 (ANI): Jennifer Lopez was left shaken after "gunshots" were heard on her music video's set on Sunday, but her quick-thinking minders rushed her to safety.
Moscow, May 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) TV channels in Russia should focus their attention on daily social and lifestyle issues, not on criminal reports as they currently do, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said.
London, May 06 (ANI): Beyonce, who is on her Mrs Carter Show World Tour, has revealed that she is looking forward to become a mum again.
Los Angeles, May 5 (IANS) Former Page 3 girl Leilani Dowding has shifted her attention to Scientology and reading a lot about it and it worries her friends.
Islamabad, May 4 (ANI): US Secretary of State John Kerry has named veteran diplomat James Dobbins as the new special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Washington, May 4 (ANI): Fossil remains found in northwestern China have been identified as a new species of small theropod, or meat-eating, dinosaur.
Sheffield, May 3 (IANS) Defending champion and local boy Ronnie O'Sullivan levelled his match 4-4 against compatriot Judd Trump at the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre here.
Sydney, May 3 (ANI): Australia's Twenty20 captain George Bailey, who has been newly appointed as the vice-captain for the ICC Champions Trophy squad, said that he has come out more stronger from the adverse results of the one-day series against England last year, which was clean-swept by their rivals 0-4.
Dubai, May 2 (IANS) In a bid to address the problems arising out of Saudi Arabia's new labour policy, Indian workers who have travelled to that Gulf nation legally will be allowed to regularise their visa status.
London, May 2 (ANI): Lisa Snowdon, who is a successful model, actress, TV presenter, has said that world will only remember her as George Clooney's former girlfriend.
London, May. 2 (ANI): Newly discovered human bones have proven that the first permanent English settlers in North America became cannibals to deal with the cruel winter of 1609-10, US researchers have said.
Rio de Janeiro, May 2 (IANS) Ecuadorian club Emelec will face Brazil's Fluminense next Thursday in the Copa Libertadores round of 16 first leg, to be played in Ecuador's southwestern city of Guayaquil.
London, May 2 (ANI): British tennis star Andy Murray has attacked the verdict of the Spanish doctor doping case as the 'biggest cover up in sports history'.
Sydney, May 2 (ANI): Newly promoted one-day vice-captain George Bailey has supported the inclusion of combative all-rounders Mitch Marsh and James Faulkner for Australia's ICC Champions Trophy campaign, to be held in England in June.
Sydney, May 2 (ANI): Australian chairman of selectors John Inverarity has sent a bugle call for leaders of the next generation to step forward and showcase their credentials for the role of following Test captain Michael Clarke, ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy squad.
Melbourne, May 1 (IANS) Australia have named their 15-man squad for this year's ICC Champions Trophy to be held in England and Wales from June 6 to 23.
Sheffield, May 1 (IANS) Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan took a dominant 7-1 lead over Stuart Bingham in the quarterfinals of the World Snooker Championship here.
Leeds (England), May 1 (IANS/CMC) West Indian left-hander Chesney Hughes narrowly missed out on a 117-year-old record when he stroked a monumental unbeaten double hundred for Derbyshire here at Headingley.
Singapore, May 1 (IANS) One of Singapore's largest public universities has rejected an appeal by an Indian-origin associate professor of journalism for tenure, triggering a row.
London, May 1 (ANI): A video of a woman motorist attempting to park her car has gone viral with over one million views in just five days on Youtube.
Los Angeles, May 1 (IANS) Singer Kerry Katona, who recently got engaged to former rugby player George Kay, is confident her third marriage will work. She feels she has finally found "the one".
Washington, April 30 (ANI): A private spaceship designed to carry space tourists made its first rocket-powered test flight Monday morning from California's Mojave Air and Spaceport.
Washington, April 30 (ANI): Eva Herzigova has welcomed her third son with longtime boyfriend Gregorio Marsiaj.
London, Apr. 29 (ANI): An ex-girlfriend of deceased Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev has told how he tried to brainwash her into becoming a Muslim fanatic who hated America.
Houston, April 28 (IANS) Storms dumped rains and hail on the Greater Houston area in the US state of Texas, flooding streets and causing power outage, Xinhua reported.
Havana, April 27 (IANS) Cuban pugilists will participate for the first time in the World Boxing Series (WBS), Cuba's boxing chief Alberto Puig said here.
London, April 27 (ANI): American country singer George Jones, who had a string of number one songs between the 1950s and 1990s, died on Friday. He was 81.
Washington, Apr. 26 (ANI): Republican Tom Cotton has expressed grave doubts about the Obama administration's counter-terrorism policies and programmes.
Melbourne, Apr 26 (ANI): Gwyneth Paltrow has said that she's thrilled to be picked by People magazine as World's Most Beautiful Woman for 2013 but it's "obviously not true."
Washington, Apr 26 (ANI): Bill Clinton joked that he's jealous of new grandpa George W. Bush for beating him to the race of becoming a grandfather, at the dedication ceremony for the new Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas on Thursday.
Washington, April 26 (IANS/EFE) Former US President Bill Clinton has joined Twitter and attracted more than 400,000 followers within 24 hours on the social network.
Washington, Apr. 26 (ANI): George W. Bush has said that both U2 rocker Bono and he were sceptical of each other in the beginning, but became friends later.
Washington, Apr. 25 (ANI): Former U.S. President George W. Bush has said he is still 'very comfortable' with one of the most controversial decisions of his presidency-the invasion of Iraq.
Washington, Apr. 25 (ANI): George W. Bush has said that painting has been a life-changing experience for him.
Washington, April 24 (ANI): A Fox News Poll has found that nine out of ten American respondents were satisfied with the application of law enforcement during the recent terror bombing on the Boston Marathon.
London, Apr. 24 (ANI): George W Bush's presidential library opening will be like a wedding without alcohol.
Washington, April 24 (IANS) The Boston Marathon bombing "is the fifth case", including the case of David Headley, a key plotter of the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, where potential terrorists have survived the American security scrutiny, according to a key US lawmaker.
Thiruvananthapuram, April 24 (IANS) In Kerala where politics revolves around various allies of the rival fronts, three of four factions of the Kerala Congress have been in the news for some time now. There is the possibility of a fifth faction coming into existence ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
Washington, Apr.23 (ANI): Former U.S. President George W Bush has said that he does not feel the need to justify himself as history will judge his actions.
Washington, April 23 (ANI): Cutting back on sleep could harm blood vessel function and breathing control, a new study has found.
London, April 22 (ANI): Justin Bieber has come under fire again after his sick grandfather spoke out about his famous family member, claiming that the star has never helped him out financially.
New York, Apr 21 (ANI): Celebrities often go under false names or what you would say stage names, rather that abiding by their original.
London, April 21 (ANI): Pop Star Janet Jackson's new billionaire husband, Wissam Al Mana, had a steamy love affair with a former playboy stripper.
New York, Apr 21 (ANI): Zooey Deschanel got quite the shock when she was mistakenly identified as one of the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings on a local Fox News station.
Melbourne, Apr 21 (ANI): Australian golf legend Greg Norman has praised Masters-winning golfer Adam Scott, saying that if Scott continues his form of the past two years then he has a legitimate shot to become the No.1 player in the world.
London, April 21 (ANI): Danny Cipriani believes the "bad boy" image he has been lumbered with by the less-forgiving rugby community is much harder to shake off in his sport.
Washington, Apr 20 (ANI): Two young boys from Quincy, Massachusetts have left police and residents baffled with their mysterious and potentially grisly finding.
Washington, April 19 (ANI): Amanda Seyfried, who played the role of a dumb blonde Karen Smith in the 'Mean Girls' movie, has revealed her wish to star as Regina George in the possible stage adaptation of the film.
Nairobi, April 19 (IANS) Two Kenyan participants of the 117th Boston Marathon returned home, relieved at having escaped the two bomb explosions that overshadowed their achievements.
London, April 19 (ANI): Jedi master Yoda will reportedly appear in his very own 'Star Wars movie spin-off'.
Melbourne, Apr 19 (ANI): People are travelling from as far as Townsville to get their locks cropped, as topless hairdressers have set up a shop in Brisbane's Central Business District.
Washington, Apr. 19 (ANI): Singer Christina Aguilera has made it to the list of 100 Most Influential People list by Time Magazine this year.
Sydney, Apr 18 (ANI): Australian golf ace Adam Scott, who won the recent US Masters at Augusta, has said that he is confident that World No.1 Tiger Woods will break golf legend Jack Nicklaus's 18 Majors record.
Kochi, April 18 (IANS) To serve the investment needs of non-resident Indian investors in Saudi Arabia, Aloula Geojit Capital Co. (AGC) launched its NRI advisory service. An announcement to this effect was made by Ibrahim M. Al Gadah, CEO of AGC.
Rio de Janeiro, April 18 (IANS) Corinthians head coach Tite has denied receiving an offer to join Italian Serie A giants Inter Milan.
Los Angeles, April 17 (IANS) Singer Nathan Sykes is reportedly expected to undergo a throat surgery and people close to him are concerned about his future. It is also likely to effect the schedule of his band - The Wanted.
Washington, April 16 (IANS) Two bombs that killed three people and injured 176 at the Boston Marathon finish line Monday were pressure cookers filled with metal and ball bearings, according to various media reports.
Washington, Apr 16 (ANI): Women who have sufficient amounts of vitamin D are 32 percent less likely to develop fibroids than those who lack in the vital nutrient, a new study has found.
Boston, April 16 (IANS) "You heard boom-boom, then people screaming," said an eye-witness who recalled the horror of the twin Boston Marathon bombings that left three people dead and over 140 injured.
Washington, Apr. 16 (ANI): Former President George W. Bush, whose paintings are confounding his critics, has said that some people are surprised that he can even read.
New York, April 16 (IANS) The 2013 Boston Marathon is the 117th edition of the event, which was first held in 1897. It is the world's oldest annual marathon and one of six World Marathon Majors.
Los Angeles, April 16 (IANS) Singer Kerry Katona, who got engaged to George Kay over the weekend, took to social networking platform Twitter to show off her sparkling new ring.
London, Apr. 15 (ANI): Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand's infamous prank call has been named as one of the top ten radio moments of all time.
