Meghna Malik who is prevalently known as the ardent and rude Ammaji of Naa Aana Iss Des Laado is quite happy with the success of her show.

On being asked to express her views on being part of a show which is based on a social issue, she says “I am extremely blessed that I am part of a social drive. I am happy that I am able to spread across a message through my character and that it is been accepted by people out there.”

Event:   National Television Awards 2011 - Arrivals
Venue & Location:   O2 Arena / London, UK
Event Date:   01/26/2011
Photographer:   Landmark / PR Photos

London, Apr 5 : Uncle of Mercy James, the four-year-old girl Madonna wants to adopt, has condemned the judge who stopped the singer from adopting the Malawian girl.

Peter Baneti told The Telegraph: "We don''t understand the judge''s reasoning. We as a family discussed this and agreed that it is in the best interests of Mercy to have her adopted, so why should the judge stop this if the family is OK with it?"

London, Oct 24 : One of the photographers to reach the site of Princess Diana’s fatal car crash in Paris, called out to another photog, “She's dead, hurry up,” her inquest has heard.

According to eyewitness, Frenchman Yannick Chenna, the man jumped off the back of a scooter and opened the door of Diana’s Mercedes.

The second photographer, who was riding a scooter, then approached the Mercedes, Chenna, told the High Court in London.

Paris - Six police officers and soldiers have been killed and 14 people injured in clashes with terrorists belonging to the al- Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) group, Algerian media reported Saturday, citing security sources.

The clashes took place over the Muslim weekend, or Thursday and Friday, the reports said.

In the spa resort of Aftis near Jijel, a group of 30 AQIM fighters who had been cornered by the military split into three commandos and tried to fight their way out of the area.

Four members of the security forces were killed when the first commando attacked their vehicles.

The second commando attacked a sentry, while the third attacked police officers called as reinforcements.

Moscow - Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi, speaking Saturday on the first full day of his visit to Russia, said the visit was giving a fresh impulse to relations between Moscow and Tripoli.

Cooperation in the energy sector was of particular importance at the moment, he was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying during a meeting with president Dmitri Medvedev.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was meanwhile quoted as saying talks on arms sales to Libya would take more time.

Event:2009 Human Rights Campaign Los Angeles Gala
Venue & Location:Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel / Century City, CA, USA
Event Date:03/14/2009
Exclusive / Restrictions:Non-Exclusive Rights Managed Image
Photographer:Chris Hatcher / PR Photos

Event : 67th Annual Venice Film Festival - Opening Ceremony and "Black Swan" Premiere - Arrivals
Venue & Location : Palazzo del Cinema / Venice, Italy
Event Date : 09/01/2010
Photographer : Insidefoto / PR Photos

The S&P futures brushed aside negative unemployment data, piecing together an impressive rally on the back of better than expected existing home sales and manufacturing data.  The economic crisis began with the collapse of America’s housing market, so stabilization in housing gives investors hope the worst of the economic crisis may be behind us. 

Munich - Giant German electronics group Siemens AG said Tuesday it had reached an agreement with US-based private equity group Gores to takeover a 51 per cent stake in its troubled call-centre equipment unit.

Gores is to hold a 51 per cent stake in Siemens' SEN offshoot, while Siemens will retain a 49 per cent stake in the group. (dpa)

The Versova police have questioned Bollywood actor-director Aditya Panscholi on the whereabouts of self-styled Ayurveda doctor Munir Khan who is accused to defrauding pati-ents and making crores of rupees.

Talking to HT, Panscholi denied any knowledge of here Khan was. “My mother, a cancer patient, was in critical state for which I consulted Khan in September last year. I was touched by his gesture of attending to us as even though there was large queue at his clinic, and later, he even came home to treat her,” said Panscholi adding that they later became friends.

London, Oct.22 : Blood flowing through the brain may affect the way nerves transmit signals to other parts of the body, and if this is proved to be true, scientists says it could be used to treat brain diseases including Alzheimer's, schizophrenia and epilepsy.

According to scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, blood may actually influence nerve function and help to regulate information passing through the brain.

Other studies have shown that changes in blood flow affect the activity of nearby neurons, altering how they transmit signals to each other.

Beirut - Syria will deploy more troops along its border with Lebanon in a move aimed at combating smuggling between the two countries, the Lebanese Army said Thursday.

Lebanese Army chief Jean Kahwaji and his Syrian counterpart Ali Habib discussed the deployment of Syrian Army units along the eastern border over the next few days, an Army statement said.

"This deployment comes in the framework of measures to stop smuggling and prevent the movement of people illegally across the borders," it said.

Dabtori, Oct 30 : They considered him one of their own, and when 'Chhotu', a monkey, died the residents of an Uttar Pradesh village gave him a funeral according to vedic traditions.

Residents of Dabtori village in Badaun district, some 250 km from here, lit Chhotu's pyre Thursday evening along the banks of Aril river. Villagers, both men and women, turned up in huge numbers as the last rites were performed.

The S&P futures did in fact break below our 1st tier uptrend line yesterday, proceeding to retest May highs and June lows in one swoop.  Yesterday's weak long-term purchases data sent up a red flag and only exacerbated investor fear that declining foreign interest in U.S. debt could compromise the economic recovery taking place due to higher governmental borrowing costs. 

Despite the size of the pullback compared to the sideways action as of late, the futures still manage to avoid a retest of 900.  In fact, the S&P futures were edging up this morning after better than expected economic sentiment from the EU coupled with a higher than anticipated PPI number from Britain.

Melbourne, Mar 9 : The Sound Relief concert organised in Melbourne to raise funds for Victorian bushfire victims have become the largest-ever paid event in Australia.

Several international acts will perform and some legendary Australian bands have also reformed for the bushfire aid concerts to be held side by side in Melbourne and Sydney on March 14.

More than 78,000 tickets have been sold for the sell out Melbourne event, which will feature the likes of Kings of Leon and Kylie Minogue.

Event:"Observe And Report" Los Angeles Premiere - Arrivals
Venue & Location:Grauman's Chinese Theater / Hollywood, CA. USA
Event Date:4/6/2009
Photographer:Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos