Washington: Dust found in a house with dogs may help protect children against a common respiratory virus linked to the development of asthma. “We found that exposing mice to dust from homes that have dogs protected them against a childhood airway infectious agent, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV),” said study co-author Kei Fujimura from the University [...]
Filmmaker Karan Johar says the next season of Koffee With Karan will happen only next year. Asked if viewers will get to catch up with the spice on Bollywood stars’ lives through the show this year, he said. “Next year only!” For now, Johar’s hands are full as he is busy with his next directorial [...]
Blake Lively and Salma Hayek were a pair of stunning visions at their LA premiere of Savages on Monday evening. Blake channeled old Hollywood glamour in her strapless Zuhair Murad gown, while Salma showed off her curves in green. The two ladies were joined by their costars for the Oliver Stone drama, including Taylor Kitch, [...]
Taapsee has opted out of Sundar C’s upcoming film Mada Gaja Raja starring Vishal. Surprisingly, six days ago, she had officially confirmed that she’s indeed going to be part of the film; however, she has cited lack of dates as the reason for opting out of the film. “Unable to allocate all d required dates [...]
Jennifer Lopez and Kelly Clarkson weren’t the only ones rocking out at Brazil’s Pop Music Festival this weekend in São Paulo.Paris Hilton made her big-time professional DJ debut at the bash, playing a one-hour set for thousands of concert goers. “I had so much fun deejaying at the Pop Music Festival,” the 31-year-old heiress exclusively [...]
S S Rajamouli’s upcoming film Eega has cleared all hurdles for its worldwide release on July 6. The film has already been censored and Rajamouli revealed that the film has got a U/A certificate. “Censor done and eega is given clean U/A certification.no cuts….:) The officer explained even U/A was due to smoking shots. (sic),” [...]
After directing Shah Rukh Khan in Ra.One, Anubhav Sinha is all set to make his comeback as a producer with a horror franchise called Warning. The 47-year-old filmmaker says he has been inspired by several horror franchises from all over the world and has bought remake right for the first in the series. “I am [...]
NTR, Kajal starrer Baadshah is all set to roll from July 1 onwards in Italy. Sreenu Vaitla and NTR have teamed up for the first time and for the past few months, Sreenu Vaitla and his team had been working on Baadshah’s script and other finer nuances. A Mumbai-based stylist was roped in to give [...]
Zach Galifianakis has reportedly got engaged to his girlfriend Quinn Lundberg. The couple have already sent out invitations to their upcoming nuptials on August 11, reports Celebuzz. A source said: “The wedding invite is very Zach. While it has the formal and standard details of who, what, when, where – including Zach’s full name, Zachary [...]
From Rezaul H Laskar Islamabad, Jun 27: Dashing hopes for release of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh within hours of reports that he was being freed, Pakistan today clarified that it had taken steps for the release of another Indian prisoner named Surjeet Singh who has been jailed for three decades. Pakistani media, which had gone [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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The final kick-off for passion
Tonight the football season will finally come to a close with the Champions League final being played at Wembley stadium. It’s been a tumultuous season for all the wrong reasons. The four big leagues were wrapped up early: Manchester United in the EPL, Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Juventus in Serie A and Barcelona in [...]
Earlier this week, I received an email about the Gayatri Mantra being proven to be the most divine and powerful hymn in the world. An American scientist called Dr Howard Steingeril is said to have collected hymns, prayers, mantras and invocations from all over the world and from all religions. He tested these for sound [...]
Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers
A flower is most beautiful when it is in the garden, like a deer or a lamb seen in its natural habitat. If this wisdom is known to the mayor and the GHMC, they would not have wasted several hundred lovely flowers at the function declaring the GHMC’s plan to open 14 biodiversity parks on [...]
Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary. Few will doubt this considering what he did to give Hyderabad a modern face, and many of his welfare schemes are now implemented (of course, renamed after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi). But many could not understand his logic of asking for a ban of `500 and `1,000 [...]
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