Kevin Spacey does 'Lungi dance' with Deepika at IIFA
Tampa Bay: Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey surprised the audience as he donned a lungi on stage and danced to the beats of the popular 'Lungi Dance' track alongwith actress Deepika Padukone. The 54-year-old actor handed the Entertainer of the year award to Deepika, who had four back-to-back hits last year including 'Race 2', 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani', 'Chennai Express' and 'Ram-Leela'. On the insistence of hosts Shahid Kapoor and Farhan Akhtar, the

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Oscar Trophy is a filthy mess: Jared Leto
London: 'Dallas Buyers Club' star Jared Leto has revealed that the Oscar trophy does not mean much to him. The 42 year-old actor, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as transgender drug addict Rayon in the film, said the coveted

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Indian-origin tech CEO ducks jail despite beating girlfriend 117 times
  Los Angeles: Indian-origin internet advertising mogul Gurbaksh Chahal has escaped jail despite beating and kicking his girlfriend 117 times, according to a media report. Chahal, 31, pleaded misdemeanor, domestic violence and battery charges l

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Letter written aboard Titanic sells for 200,000 USD
London: A letter written by a passenger on the Titanic describing the "wonderful passage" hours before the ship hit an iceberg has sold at auction for 119,000 pounds (200,000 USD). Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said the handwritten note was bo

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UK to recruit Indian doctors through Skype interviews
London: The UK is mulling recruiting around 50 doctors from India to tackle a staffing crisis, days after a court ruled against Indian-origin doctors, who alleged bias in Britain's medical examination system. Health officials here will interview doze

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Obama nominates 3 Indian-Americans to advisory commission
Washington: US President Barack Obama has announced his intent to appoint three Indian-Americans to his 14-member advisory commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). The Indian-Americans include, US Air Force officer Lt Col Ravi Cha

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Sikh man barred from jury duty in California
Washington: A Sikh American is being prevented from doing jury duty in Sutter County in Northern California because of his kirpan, the ceremonial dagger worn by Sikhs as part of their religion. Gursant Singh, who is scheduled for jury duty next week,

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Kejriwal pips Modi in TIME 100 readers' poll
New York: Aam Aadmi Party founder Arvind Kejriwal has won Time magazine's readers' poll of most influential people in the world, beating heavyweights including BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, a survey that turned out to be a "co

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Stakes high for Congress, BJP as over 18 crore to vote for 117 LS seats tomorrow
New Delhi: Stakes will be high for Congress and BJP and a number of other parties like AIADMK, DMK, NCP and Shiv Sena when 117 constituencies will go to polls on Thursday in yet another substantial round of polling in the Lok Sabha elections.  O

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