Month: December 2006

Baghdad — Saddam Hussein, who ruled Iraq with an iron fist for a quarter century, was hanged to death early Saturday, four days after an Iraqi court upheld the death sentence handed down after his conviction in the 1982 massacre …

New York — Former “Baywatch” star Pamela Anderson reportedly did not enjoy her recent date with millionaire Steve Bing.

Anderson’s friend Heidi Fleiss set up this date with Bing, who was previously involved with Elizabeth Hurley and has a son …

New Delhi — Sharad Pawar, the chief of the Indian cricket board, Friday submitted his nomination for the post of International Cricket Council (ICC) president after the four Test-playing Asian countries reached a consensus on the issue.

At a meeting …

London — Actress Uma Thurman has broken her wrist while filming for her latest movie “The Accidental Husband”.

Thurman is now nursing herself and will resume shooting when the injury is healed, reports contactmusic.com.

A source said: “She was jumping …

New Delhi/Ambala — An Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-29 crashed Thursday but there were no casualties as the pilot ejected to safety before the aircraft went down, officials said.

“The aircraft was on a routine training sortie. The pilot ejected …

Agra — Literary experts have demanded a fitting memorial to Mirza Ghalib in the Taj Mahal city of Agra, his place of birth.

Speakers at a Mirza Ghalib birth anniversary programme here also urged Uttar Pradesh Governor T.V. Rajeswar to …

New Delhi — Harvard and Wharton, America’s Ivy League schools, Wednesday got a most unlikely new teacher in Railway Minister Lalu Prasad as the cowherd-turned-politician held forth with typical élan on the “success story” of Indian Railways.

The classroom was …

London –“Casino Royale” has become the highest earner of any James Bond movie.

Its box office collection exceeded the $300-million mark in overseas ticket sales, becoming the fourth film of the year to surpass that limit.

Starring Daniel Craig, the …

Patna — Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) MP Prabhunath Singh’s troubles are far from over with the Patna High Court again ordering a probe into a complaint of kidnapping and murder against him.

Additional director-general of police D.N. Gautam was …

Kolkata — Bikash Bhattacharjee, who dominated the Indian art scene like a colossus for decades, died here Monday after a prolonged illness. He was 66.

Bhattacharjee, one of India’s most eminent painters, had been suffering for long and was confined …

Model-turned-actress Anupama Varma calls her departure from Sony’s game show “Bigg Boss” the happiest eviction ever.

“I desperately wanted to come out. Of course I was missing Aryan (Vaid) and wanted to be with him. But it wasn’t his absence …

Mumbai — “Kaante” and “Zinda” director Sanjay Gupta has returned from the Global Indian Film Awards (GIFA) in Kuala Lumpur raving about Suniel Shetty’s management skills.

Suniel’s Popcorn Entertainment was given the charge to look after the celebrity guests in …