Everything you need to know about Vanakkara Street: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Vanakkara Street: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
London, June 12 (ANI): DJ Toby Anstis, who was seen kissing Elvis Presley's former wife Priscilla earlier this year, said they went out three times.
Sydney, June 12 (ANI): News Corporation Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch has said shareholders have approved a plan to split the media company into two independent firms.
London, June 10 (ANI): Wayne Rooney underwent a 9-hour surgery at a private clinic this weekend for his second hair transplant.
Mumbai, June 8 (IANS) He must have played innumerable games with you in your childhood. Now, isn't it payback time? Take your dad out for a game of paintball this Father's Day June 16.
Washington, June 6 (ANI): A plurality of Americans support targeting and killing of citizens suspected of being part of terrorist groups living in other countries, a new poll has found.
Brussels, June 4 (IANS) NATO defence ministers convened Tuesday to examine cyber security as a collective defence issue amid mounting concerns over the threat posed by cyber attacks.
Los Angeles, June 2 (IANS) Actress Michelle Keegan has perfect curves thanks to her strict diet plan and eating habits.
Washington, June 1 (ANI): Former US presidential candidate Mitt Romney is looking ahead to how he can help in 2014.
Washington, Jun. 1 (ANI): American actor Dick Van Dyke has revealed that his head ache, previously described by his representative as a neurological problem, was actually a side effect from an earlier dental work.
New York, May 29 (ANI): Calvin Klein and his much-younger boyfriend Nick Gruber have reconciled, according to reports.
Sydney, May 26 (ANI): Google is believed to be deeply involved in a series of projects to build and operate wireless networks in emerging markets, including sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia.
Washington, May 28 (ANI): Heidi Klum has offered herself for a very special date on Oscar night next year at an auction that was held at the AmFar gala in Cannes last week.
Washington, May 28 (ANI): Heidi Klum has offered herself for a very special date on Oscar night next year at an auction that was held at the AmFar gala in Cannes last week.
London, May 26 (ANI): Prince Harry was reportedly spotted shopping for half an hour in the TK Maxx branch in Kensington High Street, Central London, last week.
Los Angeles, May 26 (IANS) Actress Michelle Keegan says she is in no hurry to be a mother, especially after playing a surrogate mother on Britain television soap "Coronation Street".
Washington, May 24 (ANI): Google has gathered images of the beauty and biological diversity of the Galapagos Islands for use on its Street View.
London, May 24 (ANI): Television's top shows have come under fire by health experts for the unhealthy lifestyles of their best loved characters.
Washington, May 24 (ANI): Nick Carter has signed a deal for writing his autobiography with 'Bird Street Books' publication.
London, May 23 (ANI): Google chairman Eric Schmidt has called for a more rational and predictable international tax system following widespread criticism over the company's failure to have a more transparent tax payment system.
Washington, May 20 (IANS) The board of web pioneer Yahoo has reportedly approved a deal to buy popular blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, according to various media reports.
London, May 18 (ANI): Rihanna is set to file a 5-million-dollar lawsuit against UK retail giant Topshop over alleged unauthorised use of her picture on their products.
London, May 18 (ANI): Russia has defended its arms sales to Syria, saying it is for purely defensive purposes.
Beijing, May 18 (Xinhua-ANI): U.S. stocks bounced back on Friday to end the week for a fourth straight gain, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S and P 500 closing at all-time highs.
Moscow, May 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Vladimir Putin will Tuesday hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the crisis in Syria, the Kremlin press service said.
Washington, May 13 (IANS) In another mass shooting incident in the US, gunmen opened fire on a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans, the largest city in Indian-American Governor Bobby Jindal's state of Louisiana, injuring 19 people.
Washington, May 13 (IANS) Gunmen fired shots during an informal Mother's Day afternoon parade in New Orleans in Louisiana state injuring 19 people, two of them children, according to police.
New York, May 11 (ANI): America's biggest bank, the JPMorgan Chase has accused reporters from media giant Bloomberg LP of using confidential client data to keep tabs on the bank's employees and get the inside track on stories.
Warsaw, May 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia has no plans to supply Syria with weapons beyond the current contracts that Moscow is honouring, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday.
London, May 7 (ANI): Dame Helen Mirren, who recently shouted at drummers after they disrupted her theatre performance, has said that she would do it all over again.
Washington, May 2 (ANI): Osvaldo Quiroz-Lopez, an alleged costumed cad accused of violently shoving a toddler as his Indian-origin mother did not give him a tip, is continuing to fight his misdemeanor reckless endangerment case rather than take a no-jail plea.
London, May. 2 (ANI): Helen Flanagan has been named the UK's Sexiest Woman by FHM Magazine.
London, May 2 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Britain have discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in different fields, especially in politics, economy and investment sectors.
Damascus, May 1 (IANS) Two people were killed and 28 others wounded Wednesday in twin blasts in the Syrian capital, a local media report said.
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Street vendors associations from across the country Wednesday hailed the government for assurance that it will during the current budget session move the bill to protect the livelihood, dignity and human rights of millions of vendors.
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Street vendors associations from across the country Monday urged the lawmakers to pass a bill in the ongoing budget session that will protect the livelihood, dignity and human rights of millions of vendors.
London, Apr 29 (ANI): Despite being separated for 80 years, the lives of brothers Ron and Fred Boyes have been eerily similar.
Her father Mitch has also been working on a statue to be put up in Camden, and her family has also confirmed there will be a docu-film about her short life. Now, the late singer could also be immortalised with a road named after her, reports thesun.co.uk.
New York, Apr. 26 (ANI): The New York Times has reported a sharp decline in its first-quarter earnings, mainly because businesses it sold last year were not included in the latest results.
London, April 26 (IANS/EFE) A rare blue diamond weighing 5.3 carats sold for 6.2 million pounds ($9.4 million) at an auction in London, auction house Bonhams said.
London, April 24 (ANI): Helen Flanagan has confided in her close friends that she has finally split up with millionaire soccer star Scott Sinclair.
Islamabad, April 23 (IANS) Pakistan's apex court has released a list of journalists who were allegedly paid by the information ministry through a secret fund, a media report said.
Washington, April 23 (IANS) The surviving Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, arrived on Boylston Street near the finish line about five minutes before the deadly April 15 explosion that killed three people and injured over 180, according to the US case against him.
Washington, Apr 24 (ANI): Google has been asked to pay 145,000 euros in fine by a German data protection agency for illegally recording information from unsecured wireless networks.
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Street protests in the national capital continued for the second day as hundreds of people came out to demonstrate Sunday against the barbaric rape of a five-year-old undergoing treatment here.
Moscow, April 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Three people were killed and four others injured in a gas explosion and fire in a high-rise building in Moscow, the emergencies services said Saturday.
Washington, Apr 19 (ANI): Micro blogging site Twitter can easily teach people about social movements such as Occupy Wall Street and even entice them to participate, a new study has revealed.
Melbourne, April 19 (ANI): A man from Caboolture has reported multiple sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects just 2km out from the main town centre.
Washington, April 17 (IANS) An Indian-American marathoner and his family escaped unhurt from Monday's deadly Boston Marathon bombings. But they suffered hours of anxiety as they searched for each other after the twin blasts.
Washington, Apr 17 (ANI): A top tech website has claimed the PC era is over, and Microsoft Windows is coming to a dead end.
Washington, April 17 (IANS) An Indian-American marathoner and his family escaped unhurt from Monday's deadly Boston Marathon bombings, but only after hours of anxiety as they searched for each other after the twin blasts.
Boston/Washington, April 16 (IANS) Three people, including an eight-year-old boy, were killed and 144 injured as terror returned to the US with two powerful explosions striking the world's oldest annual marathon in the city of Boston. President Barack Obama vowed that those responsible would feel the "full weight of justice".
Georgetown (Guyana), April 16 (IANS/CMC) Guyana police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of leading sports administrator, Orin Joseph, who was shot outside his home here.
Washington, April 16 (IANS) The American media reacted with horror to the twin blasts at the Boston Marathon that once again brought the nation face to face with the threat of terrorism and showed "how vulnerable the US homeland still is".
Boston, April 16 (IANS) When the smoke cleared after the twin blasts at the Boston Marathon finish line, dozens of victims lay in the street, some unconscious, some grievously injured, according to various eyewitness reports. Blood and broken glass covered sidewalks in the area after the bombings at about 2:50 p.m. local time Monday afternoon in downtown Boston.
Washington/Boston, April 16 (IANS) At least three people were killed and at least 141 others were injured as two powerful explosions rocked the Boston Marathon finish line in a potential terrorist attack Monday afternoon.
Washington, Apr 15 (ANI): Now, software giant Microsoft has also joined rival tech firms Apple, Samsung and LG in the race to develop a smart watch, a report has said.
New York, Apr. 13 (ANI): Executives of Wall Street are paying extra money to get their shoes polished at a Financial District shop, which is staffed by female workers clad in skimpy shorts and tank tops.
Washington, Apr.12 (ANI): Around two-thirds of the population in America favours a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, a recent poll has revealed.
Sydney, Apr 12 (ANI): Software giant Microsoft is planning to launch a 7-inch tablet to take on rivals such as Apple, a report has said.
London, April 12 (IANS) More than 2,000 people are being invited to attend the ceremonial funeral for former British prime minister Baroness Thatcher next Wednesday, an initial list released by Downing Street said Thursday.
Melbourne, April 11(ANI): A South Australian couple has been busted having sex on the side of the road by a Google Street View car.
London, April 9 (IANS) A fan of British band One Direction got hit by a lorry in a bid to meet the members.
New York, Apr. 8 (ANI): The Japanese photo craze hadouken, where people imitate midair fight from video game 'Street Fighter,' is the latest meme to hit the Internet since the 'Harlem Shake.'
Moscow, April 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Spelling an unpleasant end to the winter, a woman was found stabbed to death in Moscow, with the corpse apparently having spent weeks in the street, covered by snow.
London, Apr 5 (ANI): Size does matter to some men, as hundreds of British fellas every year are having surgery to give them an extra inch or two downstairs.
London, April 4 (ANI): Prince Harry's new lover Cressida Bonas is all set to get royal protection as the couple's romance heats up.
Washington, Apr. 3 (ANI): Apple's new iPhone, which is similar in size and shape to its current one, could be launched this summer.
London, Apr. 3 (ANI): Jane Henson, co-creator of 'Muppets' died at her Connecticut home following a battle with cancer on Tuesday. She was 78.
Washington, Apr 2 (ANI): Foreign workers, including Indians, in Saudi Arabia stayed away en masse from their workplaces as the government launched a crackdown on illegal residents in the country.
Washington, Apr 1 (ANI): A subsidiary of Japanese electronics giant Panasonic is facing probe by U.S. authorities for allegedly paying overseas bribes to secure business contracts.
Washington, Apr. 1 (ANI): A former adviser of Ronald Reagan has slammed George W. Bush and his previous boss, saying that their policies bankrupt the country.
London, Apr 1 (ANI): In an elaborate April Fool's prank, Internet search giant Google has asked users to hunt for buried treasure using a new pirate-style "treasure mode" on its maps.
London, March 31 (ANI): US music producer and pioneer of digital recording Phil Ramone has passed away in hospital after fighting from aortic aneurysm for several weeks. He was 79.
Islamabad, Mar. 30 (ANI): Many big cities in Pakistan have fallen under the control of the Taliban over the past year, according to residents and officials in the areas.
London, Mar 29 (ANI): BlackBerry has reported a surprise profit in the fourth quarter due to a radical cost-cutting plan the smartphone maker is undertaking.
London, March 27 (ANI): Kelly Brook has reportedly signed a deal as a new judge on the panel of ITV's Lorraine's High Street Fashion awards.
London, March 26 (IANS) Hollywood actor-comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is reportedly taking singing lessons as he is playing Freddie Mercury in a forthcoming biopic.
Washington, Mar 25 (ANI): The Obama administration has pressed the Iraqi authorities to cut off the flow of Iranian arms to the Syrian government, according to a report.
Sydney, Mar 25 (ANI): Online call service Skype is constantly exposes users' Internet addresses to the entire world, giving criminals chance to better target cyber attacks and rivals to locate people.
Sydney, Mar 25 (ANI): Apple has acquired a start-up, WiFiSlam that makes mapping applications for smartphones.
Washington, Mar 25 (ANI): Ford Motors India has apologized for an ad campaign that showed scantily-clad, voluptuous women gagged, bound and stuffed in the trunk of the car maker's Figo model.
New York, Mar 23 (ANI): The Chinese social media has welcomed the international debut of the new First Lady Peng Liyuan, who garnered even more attention than her husband Xi Jinping as embarked on his first trip overseas as China's president.
Melbourne, Mar 23 (ANI): According to a media report, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been helping select rebel fighters in Syria by feeding them information to try to make them more effective against government troops.
London, Mar. 21 (ANI): The Duchess of Cambridge was presented with her own "Baby on Board" badge, which allows pregnant ladies access to priority seating on the Tube, On Wednesday.
Washington, March 21 (ANI): Chairman and CEO of Xerox, Ursula Burns, has revealed that one of the keys to her success was marrying a great man 20 years her senior.
London, Mar 21 (ANI): Taiwanese mobile maker HTC has delayed shipments of its new flagship smartphone, HTC One.
Washington, Mar 20 (ANI): US authorities are probing tech firm Microsoft's ties with business partners that allegedly bribed foreign government officials in return for software contracts, it has emerged.
Dublin, March 20 (IANS/EFE) Irish budget airline Ryanair Holdings said Tuesday it has signed an agreement with Boeing to purchase 175 737-800 airliners for $15.6 billion (12 billion euros).
Washington, Mar 18 (ANI): Employees at The Wall Street Journal's China news bureau faced investigation for allegedly bribing officials for gaining information, it has emerged.
Los Angeles, March 17 (IANS) Actress Michelle Collins says her battle with bulimia early in her acting career left her looking so ill that a casting agent mistook her for being high on drugs.
London. Mar 16 (ANI): Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has failed to make it into a list of great names that will adorn the doors of the 170million pounds extension to the city's town hall.
London, Mar 15 (ANI): Helen Flanagan posed in her bra for a sexy new photoshoot while riding a horse.
Wellington, Mar. 15 (ANI): A man was captured receiving a hand job by a prostitute on Google Maps Street View in England.
Sydney, Mar 15 (ANI): Social networking giant Facebook is planning to adopt Twitter's iconic hashtag symbol, a report has said.
Washington, Mar. 13 (ANI): Hundreds of sparkly, glittery and heart covered letters addressed to country singer Taylor Swift were found in a Nashville dumpster this weekend.
London, Mar 13 (ANI): Helen Flanagan has apologised for her Twitter controversy, but said that she won't bow to trolls by deleting her account.
Washington, Mar 13 (ANI): Google has agreed to pay a group of states seven million dollars to settle complaints that it violated people's privacy while using its Street View technology.
New York, March 12 (ANI): Alex Rodriguez, who is on the hunt for a new Manhattan apartment, is looking at a series of high-end places, including Ichiro Suzuki's old digs.
London, Mar 12 (ANI): US President Barack Obama's most senior security aide has said that Beijing must take action to stop the 'unprecedented' wave of cyber-attacks against America.
Washington, Mar. 11 (ANI): Rebels led by Islamist groups, some with links to al Qaeda, are trying to strengthen their control in northeastern and eastern Syria along the Iraqi border.
