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WASHINGTON: French finance minister Christine Lagarde on Tuesday clinched the top job at the IMF, keeping the international lender in the hands of a European at a time of growing concern over a possible Greek debt default. Lagarde will become the first woman to head the International Monetary Fund when her five-year term as managing [...]

MUMBAI: A day after Mumbai police claimed to have successfully cracked the J Dey murder case, they said the senior journalist was supposed to have met Dawood Ibrahim aide Iqbal Mirchi during his visit to England last month. However, they suspect, the meeting never took place. It has been reported that one reason fugitive don [...]

London, Sept 28 (ANI): The Europe and United States Ryder Cup teams have been asked to cease all their tweeting activity till the tournament ends. According to the BBC, Europe””s captain Colin Montgomerie and US captain Corey Pavin has confirmed the decision, saying that tweeting could lead to serious “trouble”. “Tweeting and social network sites [...]

London, Sep 28 (ANI): Reduced vegetable production in India is an outcome of decline in the pollinating insects and it may limit people”s access to nutritional diet, scientists have warned. Indian researchers said there was a “clear indication” that pollinator abundance was linked to productivity. They added that the loss of the natural service could [...]

Vienna, Sep 28 (DPA) Six radical Sikh men received heavy prison sentences Tuesday in Vienna for their involvement in the killing of a senior Indian sect leader last year in Austria’s capital, media reported. The May 2009 attack at the temple of the Dera Sach Khand sect had triggered widespread violence in India’s northern states [...]

London, Sept 27 (ANI): French politician Rachida Dati has had to issue an apology after she made an embarrassing blunder by confusing fellatio with inflation. Dati, 44, a former Justice Minister, who is frequently nicknamed “Rachida Barbie” because of her poor understanding of complicated political issues, made the mistake while talking on the national Europe [...]

London, Sept.27 (ANI): Europe’s Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie has stirred up a storm by claiming he would not select World No.1 Tiger Woods if he had the chance. The Sun quoted Monty, as saying: “Tiger hasn”t been himself on or off the course and it”s a matter of seeing what he does.” Asked who [...]

London, Sep 27 (IANS) A lift button swarms with nearly 40 times as many bacteria as a public toilet seat. A study carried out in hotels, restaurants, banks, offices and airports found 313 ‘colony forming units’ of bugs on every square centimetre of lift button. The equivalent surface area of toilet seat had only eight [...]

London, Sep 27 (IANS) The discovery of a faulty gene behind migraine – an extremely painful condition – offers a ray of hope to millions of sufferers. The finding potentially opens the way to a new class of migraine-busting drugs and shows how debilitating headaches can be passed from parent to child. Researchers from the [...]

London, Sep 21 (ANI): Living in a crowded city may not seem to be the right way to stay healthy, but it did help our ancestors protect their descendants from disease. Some people carry a genetic sequence, or allele, that provides immunity to leprosy and tuberculosis. Mark Thomas of the University College London, and Ian [...]

Chennai, Sep 21 (IANS) The $135 million US based information technology (IT) company CSS Corp is mulling an initial public offer (IPO) sometime in the future in India, said a top company official. ‘We can list the company in London, US or in India. However initial listing will be in India,’ CEO Nick Sharma told [...]

London, Sep 20 (ANI): Scientists have apparently discovered new genetic variants in five regions of the genome that affect the risk of ovarian cancer in the general population. The consortium, including scientists from the U.S., Europe, Canada and Australia, based the new work on their earlier research comparing 10,283 women with ovarian cancer to 13,185 [...]

Washington, Sep 20 (ANI): While rumours were abuzz that the long-distance romance of Kim Kardashian and Miles Austin was going ”stronger than ever”, the couple has apparently parted ways. However, sources have revealed that the decision was mutual. Evidently staying away from each other for the longest time was the only reason for the split, [...]

London, Sep 20 (IANS) Socialite Kim Kardashian has reportedly split from footballer Miles Austin. The 29-year-old beauty, who was said to be dating the Dallas Cowboys star since August, called off their relationship before heading to Europe with her mother Kris Jenner. ‘They broke up about a week ago. It’s typical after a break for [...]

London, Sep 14(ANI): England captain Andrew Strauss and coach Andy Flower will reportedly give a final chance to many youngsters to book an Ashes spot at a secret camp in Europe. According to The Sun, Strauss and Flower will take the players away after the ODI series against Pakistan. The camp has been designed to [...]

Lahore, Sept 14 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has announced the nomination of Dr Cameron Munter, who was earlier posted in Baghdad as the political-military adviser to the US ambassador, as their new envoy to Pakistan. While the current US ambassador to Pakistan- Anne W Peterson- would be quitting office in October, Munter’s final appointment [...]

Washington, Sept 13 (ANI): Teen Star Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are indeed dating again, reveals a source. The pair, who announced their split in August, was seen together on Saturday in Los Angeles. The duo spent some time at Cyrus”s Toluca Lake, Calif., house before running errands, with Cyrus behind the wheel. First, there [...]

New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Raised across the globe and living out of a suitcase, Indian origin actress Sarita Choudhury, best known for her role in ‘Kama Sutra’, wants to shift base to India to make her life ‘culturally rich’. She also wants to learn an Indian language but isn’t sure if Bollywood is the [...]

New York, Sep 13 (IANS) Singer-actress Miley Cyrus has reportedly reunited with Australian actor Liam Hemsworth. According to sources, the two spent some time at Cyrus’s Toluca Lake, Calif., house before running errands with Cyrus behind the wheel. First, there was a stop by Panera Bread in Studio City, where Hemsworth, 20, picked up food [...]

Lahore, Sept 9 (ANI): The international community is reluctant to dole out aid to flood survivors in Pakistan over fears that the funds donated for the purpose might be embezzled, said the Daily Times editor and senior political and economy analyst Rashed Rahman. The situation would work to the benefit of terrorists for increasing their [...]