Washington, March 5 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has planned a $3.9-trillion budget for the 2015 fiscal year, which will be used to fund infrastructure upgrading, education and other social programmes, according to the budget plan posted on the website of the White House Tuesday. Obama has budgeted a deficit of $564 billion for 2015, or […]
Los Angeles, March 5 (IANS) Actress Winona Ryder says she is so “out of the loop” that she thought “Fifty Shades of Grey” was about “economy”. The 42-year-old actress admitted she had a bizarre encounter with author E.L. James about her erotic thriller but was left confused about its subject matter, reports contactmusic.com. “This is how […]
Birmingham, March 5 (IANS) Women’s doubles specialists Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa failed to make the main draw of the $400,000 All England Open Badminton Championships at the National Indoor Arena here Tuesday. It turned out to be a bad day for Indian shuttlers at the 104th edition of the championships as all others also lost […]
Los Angeles, March 5 (IANS) Actor Jared Leto might have won an Oscar for his performance in the movie “Dallas Buyers Club”, but he still hasn’t seen the film. The 42-year-old, who picked up best supporting actor for his role as a transsexual AIDS victim in the movie at the 86th Academy Awards, plans to watch […]
Manama, March 5 (IANS) Bahrain has arrested 25 suspects in connection with Monday’s bomb attack that killed three policemen, Xinhua reported citing an interior ministry statement. A remotely detonated bomb exploded Monday night in the Daih village, west of the capital Manama, killing three policemen including an Emirati officer. “These terror acts are premeditated murder and […]
St. John’s (Antigua), March 5 (IANS/CMC) Former West Indies captain, Sir Richie Richardson, is encouraging the youth in Antigua & Barbuda to emulate the achievements of cricket legends who were knighted here Friday. Richardson and two other former international Antiguan cricketers, former fast bowlers Sir Andy Roberts and Sir Curtly Ambrose, received knighthoods during the first […]
Islamabad, March 5 (IANS) Pakistani peace negotiators Tuesday said that terror attacks after the Taliban ceasefire could harm the dialogue process. The negotiators met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and reviewed the status of the talks following a deadly suicide attack on a court in Islamabad that killed 11 people Monday, Xinhua quoted the PM office as […]
Sanaa, March 5 (IANS) A high-ranking officer of the Yemeni navy forces escaped an assassination attempt in the southeastern province of Shabwa Tuesday evening, a security official said. “The motorcade of Admiral Qasim Laboza, commander of the Second Armored Brigade in Shabwa, was attacked as he passed through an area near the Belhaf port on the […]
Birmingham, March 5 (IANS) Indian shuttlers failed to make an impact in the $400,000 All England Open Badminton Championships qualifiers at the National Indoor Arena here Tuesday. Mumbai’s Anand Pawar was upset by Indonesian Andre Kurniawan Tedjono 18-21, 21-13, 21-19 in the first round of the men’s singles qualifiers while Thane girl Saili Rane lost to […]
‘Queen’ starring Kangana Ranaut and Rajkumar Rao is all set to hit the screens coming Friday (7th March). Some industry people have seen the film and can’t stop praising it. And now the makers of the film have come up with a motion poster featuring Kangana Ranaut.