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Bangalore, Sep 8 (ANI): World Billiards champion Pankaj Advani arrived here on Tuesday morning after pulling off a surprise win over nine-time winner Mike Russell in the final of the world championships in Leeds, UK.

On Sunday night, the 24-year-old Advani scripted a brilliant 2030-1253 win over Russell to win his maiden World Professional Billiards title [...]

London, Sep 8 (ANI): A bizarre heirloom of the Royal Family has emerged in the form of a pair of oversized knickers belonging to Her Majesty Queen Victoria.

The linen “split drawers”, which had been hidden in a private collection for 100 years, measured 52 inches around the waist, and were sold at auction for 600 [...]

London, Sep.8 (ANI): New evidence put before a British jury during a retrial of three Brit Muslim convicts suggests that the men used code words to discuss their plans with an al-Qaeda fixer based in Pakistan.

The e-mails and conversations suggest that the plot was in its final stages, possibly days away from execution in [...]

Kathmandu, Sept 4 (ANI): Nepal’s former Crown Prince Paras Shah has refuted the Indian media reports that suggest that he is involved in a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket.

In a press statement, Paras, who was in Singapore recently, has condemned the reports as’ false and malicious.’ [...]

Washington, September 1 (ANI): Former Miss California Carrie Prejean has slapped the state organization with a lawsuit, alleging it discriminated against her religious beliefs and caused her emotional distress, her lawyer has said.

The 22-year-old, who was controversially stripped off her crown due to her anti-gay marriage activism, turned to Los Angeles Superior Court against K2 [...]

Surat, Aug 31 (ANI): A temple committee in Surat have decorated idol of lord Ganesha with diamonds worth millions of rupees during the ongoing 10-day Ganesha festival.

During the Ganesha Chaturthi festival, devotees offer prayers to appease the deity and seek his blessings.

“Every year we decorate Lord [...]

London, Aug.28 (ANI): Jenson Button launched into a furious f-word rant over his title bid last night.

The Formula One championship pacesetter was fuming after his desire to win the title was questioned, reports The Sun.

Asked to react to claims his recent form suggested he [...]

Tripoli (Libya), Aug.22 (ANI): Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi, the man accused of perpetrating the bombing of a Pan Am Flight 103 that claimed 270 lives in 1988 in Lockerbie, southern Scotland, has once again proclaimed his innocence.

In an interview to The Times at his house, in the Dimachk area of Tripoli, al-Megrahi who was [...]

London, Aug 19 (ANI): A music teacher in Britain has confessed that she had a lesbian relationship with a teenage pupil.

Helen Goddard, who is called Jazz Lady by her students, could now face a 14-year prison sentence for it.

The 26-year-old woman taught the trumpet to girls at the City of London School for Girls, when [...]

London, Aug 14 (ANI): A Brit teacher allegedly groomed a 13-year-old girl on an Internet chatroom before having sex with her.

A court heard on August 13 that science master Matthew Knott, 24, who taught physics and chemistry lessons at Elton High School in Bury, Lancs, swapped emails with the girl, even though she was not [...]

London, Aug 13 (ANI): Gosford Park star Charles Dance has branded Paris Hilton’s new show British Best Friend as “a show for airheads, starring an airhead”.

The 62-year-old actor is livid after the socialite’s reality show replaced his university drama Trinity on ITV2.

The series scheduled [...]

New York, Aug 12 (ANI): Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza is set to appear topless in the September issue of men’s mag Maxim.

The magazine will hit newsstands just as she relinquishes her crown Aug. 23 at the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas, reports the New York Post.

Last year, Mendoza caused a minor uproar when it was [...]

London, August 12 (ANI): A priest, tagged as “the devil in a dog collar” by one of his victims, is facing jail for sexual assault on schoolboys over 36 years.

Father David Pearce, who was a headmaster at a school, confessed indecent assaults on five Roman Catholic pupils.

The 67-year-old was said to have attacked his final [...]

Dubai, Aug.12 (ANI): The ICC Champions Trophy 2009 will be launched in Johannesburg on Thursday.

A number of current and former South Africa cricket players, as well as South African champions from other sports, are expected to be in attendance at the launch, an ICC [...]

Brisbane, Aug.11 (ANI): A Brisbane judge has ruled that former Bundaberg and Indian-born surgeon Jayant Patel will face six charges in a single trial.

In the Queensland Supreme Court on Tuesday, Justice Peter Lyons ruled Patel, 59, would face the three manslaughter and two grievous bodily harm charges at the one trial.

According to the Sydney Morning [...]

London, August 8 (ANI): A court in England let a man go scot-free after over 20,000 pounds were wasted prosecuting him over the “theft” of a 25p Banana.

A jury heard that James Gallagher, 23, was caught grabbing the banana off a table [...]

Melbourne, Aug 1 (ANI): Fosters Group is set to launch one of the ‘poshest’ beers in Australia.

Priced at 70 dollars, the so-called luxury beer has traces of vanilla and curry leaf, with hints of honey and passion fruit.

Despite the ongoing credit crunch, Fosters execs are convinced with the success of country’s ‘poshest beer’, the [...]