Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) Actress Aditi Rao Hydari, who did a bold scene in "Yeh Saali Zindagi" and had a string of kissing scenes, is open to doing dare bare roles but says she will think a lot before giving the nod. More » I won't do bold scenes just like that: Aditi
Los Angeles, May 16 (IANS) Rapper Jay-Z, who is married to Beyonce Knowles, has no plans to head back to the recording studio any time soon as he wants to spend time with his four-month-old daughter Blue Ivy. More » Jay-Z wants to hang out with daughter
Madrid, May 16 (IANS) Spain's football coach Vicente del Bosque has hinted at carrying uncapped players in the squad to the Euro 2012 Football Championships in Poland and Ukraine. More » Del Bosque hints at taking uncapped players to Euro 2012
Los Angeles, May 16 (IANS) Actress Elizabeth Banks says she is so thin that she would not like to talk about her weight. More » Thin Elizabeth Banks won't mention her weight
Ranchi, May 16 (IANS) A Ranchi court Wednesday sentenced Jharkhand assembly speaker C.P. Singh to one-month jail in a seven-year-old case related to a protest against the central government's decision to dissolve the Goa assembly in 2005. More » Jharkhand assembly speaker sentenced to one-month jail
Berlin, May 16 (IANS) German Bundesliga football side Bayer Leverkusen has agreed with coaches Sascha Lewandowski and Sami Hyypia on a contract extension until 2015. More » Leverkusen extends contract with coaches
Los Angeles, May 16 (IANS) Socialite Kim Kardashian admits now she is not very comfortable about her televised wedding to Kris Humphries, who she dumped just 72 days later. More » Kim embarrassed by her wedding
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) India is creating a 'coherent and comprehensive' security policy to deal with the 'anarchic new world' of cyber threats, National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon said here Wednesday. More » India creating architecture to ensure cyber security: NSA
New Delhi/Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) Air India Wednesday implemented its contingency plan to salvage its international operations by clubbing flights to destinations in Europe and the US as the pilots' strike continued for the ninth day, leading to cancellation of only one flight. More » AI's contingency plan in place, only one flight cancelled
QINHUANGDAO, China (Reuters) - Ireland's boxing queen Katie Taylor booked her place at the London Olympics without throwing a punch at the women's world championships on Wednesday. More »Ireland's Taylor books London boxing berth
LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense spending cuts are putting an increasing strain on relations between the United States and its European allies in NATO, sharpening transatlantic battles over issues ranging from financing Afghan security forces to missile defense. More »Austerity to strain transatlantic ties at NATO Chicago summit
LONDON (Reuters) - David Beckham will help bring the Olympic flame to Britain on Friday after he takes part in a formal handover ceremony in Athens, London 2012 organisers said. More »Beckham to help bring Olympic flame to Britain
May 16 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates National Bureauof Statistics released the following April consumer price datafor the Gulf OPEC member on Wednesday. More »TABLE-UAE April inflation at 9-mth high of 0.8 pct y/y
London, May 16 (IANS/CMC) The West Indies look set to have a fully fit seam attack for the opening Test against England starting at Lord's here Thursday. More » Windies seam attack fully fit for Lord's opener
The Blancos legend admits his exit from the Spanish giants was "a bit hasty", but vowed to return to the club in an official capacity at some point in the future More »Raul pledges Real Madrid return
PARIS (Reuters) - France's Total said it had succeeded in stopping the gas leak at its well at the Elgin platform in the North Sea after it pumped heavy mud into it. More »Total says stops Elgin gas leak
LONDON/VIENNA (Reuters) - Facing an imminent toughening of sanctions, Iran is hinting at a readiness to give some ground in its long nuclear stand-off with world powers, but any flexibility could split their ranks and lead to protracted uncertainty about how to respond. More »Iran nuclear concession would test big power unity
(Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa has spoken to Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and would like to move to an English Premier League club, the Japanese international said on Wednesday. More »Dortmund's Kagawa speaks with Ferguson, wants Premier League move
(Adds additional reporting credit; story text unchanged) More »Iran nuclear concession would test big power unity
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Less than two days after it passed a resolution against disruptions, the Rajya Sabha was adjourned thrice Wednesday for various issues, including the plight of weavers. More » Rajya Sabha disrupted over weavers, Tamil Nadu road
* Oil prices fall with shares, euro as risk appetitedeclines More »UPDATE 4-Oil falls on euro zone, WTI at six-month low
Ugandan camp offers refuge for thousands crossing border as violence surges in east of war-torn nation. More »Refugees flee DR Congo fighting
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's national search and rescue agency has found a black box flight recorder from a Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 that crashed during a demonstration flight killing all 45 people on board, an agency official said on Wednesday. More »Indonesia finds black box from crashed Russian Sukhoi
LONDON (Reuters) - Fears of a Greek exit from the euro zone worsening the debt crisis facing other European nations gripped financial markets on Wednesday, sending shares and other riskier assets lower as investors shifted funds into safe havens like the U.S. dollar. More »Greek political turmoil heightens euro exit fears
May 16 (Reuters) - Egyptian commodity purchasing enterpriseMeditrade has bought 34,000 tonnes of sunflower oil and 6,000tonnes of soyoil, a trader said on Wednesday. More »Egypt's Meditrade buys sunoil, soyoil-trade