-
Monday, 14 February, 2011
She has mesmerised millions of Bollywood fans with her screen performances, but Madhuri Dixit’s US-brought up kids realised their mother was a big Indian star only when they visited the sets of a dance reality show recently. “They didn’t know, but they are kind of realising now when they visited the
-
Monday, 14 February, 2011
By Madhusree Chatterjee - Michael ‘Mick’ Jones, the founder of the popular British-American pop-rock band Foreigner and a man whose ballads have sent three generations of listeners mooning for the last 35 years, says rock music has been facing a tough time for the past two decades.
“Music has had a
-
Monday, 14 February, 2011
Contrary to prevailing belief, invasive plant species — introduced by humans — can also have positive ecological effects, new research has revealed. Tomás Carlo, assistant professor of Biology at Penn State University, and Jason Gleditsch, graduate student in Biology, studied how invasive fruiting
-
Monday, 14 February, 2011
By Stephanie Griffith - A lifelong acolyte of exercise and fitness, Sandy Shaffer works out three times per week, eats a diet loaded with fruits and vegetables, and somehow finds time to teach a weekly aerobics class.
At five-foot, five inches (1.65 meters) and 320 pounds (145 kilograms), Shaffer a
-
Sunday, 13 February, 2011
The Sultanate of Oman will play host to the world’s most exciting sailing event as part of the Muscat Festival. The 2011 Extreme Sailing Series kicks off from February 20-24 with some of the world’s top sailor’s set to compete in Omani waters.
The Extreme 40 event is guaranteed to be a thrilling sp
-
Sunday, 13 February, 2011
Singer Miley Cyrus has revealed she has a gift for customising T-shirts by ripping them up. The 18-year-old singer-and-actress loves to customise her own T-shirts when she has the time and admitted it is the only thing she can do well besides “dance, sing and act”, reports contactmusic.com.
“I can
-
Sunday, 13 February, 2011
One day after pulling out of a benefit concert citing illness, Rihanna was spotted on Friday in rehearsals for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards and is apparently still on for the big show. Representatives for Rihanna could not be reached for comment, but the “Umbrella” singer Tweeted that she would be
-
Sunday, 13 February, 2011
By Jill Serjeant - Oscar-winning actress Elizabeth Taylor has been admitted to a Los Angeles hospital to treat congestive heart failure, the latest in a long history of serious medical problems. Taylor, 78, was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center earlier this week for what her publicist said was
-
Sunday, 13 February, 2011
Children in an intensive obesity programme that included exercise and coaching on health and nutrition for their parents were able to slim down and keep weight off a year after the programme ended, a US study said. Obesity programmes aimed at youth have generally not shown much long-term success, bo
-
Sunday, 13 February, 2011
By Dr Nishat Shams - As parents, we take pride in the things our children can do and achieve in life. And to start off with their journey, we take our children to an institution where we believe they will be able to provide the best education for them. Usually, when children reach the age of 4, we
