Scotland Yard summons Pakistani cricketers

Pakistani players plunge deeper into the spot-fixing scandal as the Scotland Yard on Tuesday summoned team captain Salman Butt and fast-pacers Mohammed Asif and Mohammed Amir for questioning.

The three players, along with wicket keeper Kamran Akmal, were a

Downing a peg or two is good for you

Downing a peg or two a day could be good for you and give you a longer life than teetotalers, new research in the United States has found.

Researchers have found that good health among older people was linked to moderate drinking. The study examined data fr

Katy Perry to come up with own TV reality show

Singer Katy Perry is set to launch her own reality show and is said to be in talks with ITV2 channel.

“ITV have been trying to sign Katy for ages. They think that she is brilliant for the channel, a real bull’s eye,” dailystar.co.uk quoted a source as sayin

Supermodel Kate Moss goes nude for jewellery ad

Supermodel Kate Moss has shed her clothes for a new ad campaign for a jewellery line.

In a candid photo shoot for jeweller David Yurman, the 35-year-old catwalk queen is seen lying on her front wearing only a heavy chain necklace and bracelet. In another sh

James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ re-release fails at US box office

Acclaimed Hollywood filmmaker James Cameron’s re-release of sci-fi epic movie “Avatar” has been reported a flop at the US box office at the weekend.

The horror film “The Last Exorcism” topped the box office chart, debuting with $21.3 million in earnings, fo

Michael Jackson’s kids finally join school

London, Late pop legend Michael Jackson’s children have finally joined school for the first time thanks to their grandmother’s efforts.

Jackson’s son Prince Michael, 13, and daughter Paris, 12, were sent by their grandmother Katherine, 80, after she compla

India asked to speak up against Roma expulsion by France

Ujjal Dosanjh, former Canadian health minister and top Indo-Canadian leader, has condemned France for en masse expulsion of Indian-origin Roma people and urged India to speak up against the French action.

The Roma people – also called gypsies – claim th

Tony Blairs now buy house for daughter Kathryn

Former British prime minister Tony Blair and wife Cherie have bought a three-bedroom house for their daughter Kathryn in central London, a media report said.

The maisonette in a Georgian townhouse in central London becomes the eighth home in the Blairs’ see

The angler fish that ‘walks’ in water

The angler fish, which is mostly found in the ocean depths, appears to saunter along on four legs on the ocean floor, new pictures have revealed.

But the angler fish’s leg-like appendages are just the fins that help him balance himself on the sea bed. He se

British Airways Pilot presses wrong button causing mid-air scare

A British Airways (BA) pilot caused a mid-air scare when he pressed a wrong button, triggering an announcement that the aircraft was about to make an emergency landing on water.

The mistake activated an automated female voice that said: “This is an emergenc

Scientists have created ‘Dry water’ that soaks up carbon faster

Scientists have created ‘dry water’ that soaks carbon three times better than water, and hence help combat global warming.

Each particle of dry water, a substance that looks like powdered sugar, contains a water droplet surrounded by a sandy silica coating.

Olympic gold medallist Francesco Porzio held for beating wife

Naples (Italy) : A member of the Italian national water polo team that captured the gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona has been arrested in the southern city of Naples on suspicion of beating his wife, as well as other acts of abusive behaviour.

‘Ocean’s Eleven’ cast voted best heist movie crew

The stars of “Ocean’s Eleven” that includes George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon has been named the best heist movie crew in a new poll.

In the survey conducted by MovieTickets.com, “Ocean’s Eleven” beat actor Mark Wahlberg’s “The Italian Job” to land t

British pop singer Charles Haddon jumps to death

British pop singer Charles Haddon climbed up a 60-foot mast and plunged to his death after having a sold out gig.

Dailymail.co.uk reports that Haddon, 22, was apparently feeling “very down” after Friday’s gig at the Pukkelpop festival in Belgium, which at

Britain’s favourite countryside poems stirs controversy

A search for Britain’s favourite poem on the countryside has stirred a controversy as it has left out literary icons like Shakespeare and Wordsworth.

The National Trust has shortlisted 10 poems that include lesser known poems but has omitted those of Willia

Police shut down 9/11 plotters’ mosque in Hamburg

German police Monday shut down a mosque in Hamburg which gained notoriety as a meeting place for several plotters of the Sep 11 attacks on New York in 2001.

A city spokesman said that the Arabic cultural organization backing the Taiba Mosque in the city had

425 million-year-old sea creature revealed in 3D

It might not look like much, but a bizarre green blob that lived in the ocean approximately 425 million years ago was one of the earliest living creatures on earth.

A 3D computer mode of a primitive Drakozoon has been created from the only known

Blast near Ahmadinejad’s convoy: Report

A blast occurred Wednesday near the convoy of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, news reports from the region said.

Several people were injured when a grenade was thrown at the convoy near Hamedan airport in western Iran, Lebanese radio and Arab news ch

Men in red more attractive to women

Women find men more appealing when they are either pictured wearing red or framed in red.

Red is known to increase the compatibility of women to men and has also been shown to enhance performance in sport. But this is the first time researchers h

I won’t apologise for Pakistan terror remark: David Cameron

Prime Minister David Cameron has refused to apologise for his comment that Islamabad is “exporting terror”, said a government source who insisted that “he meant it”.

Daily Mail quoted government sources as indicating that Cameron would not withdr