New Delhi, Feb 5 - Indian cuisine is drawing global celebrities, its latest aficionado being Arnold Schwarzenegger who was reported missing his appointments to gorge on king-size naans and tandoori prawns at Bukhara at ITC Maurya.

The unique journey of Indian cuisine, on show at The Imperial, actually began being chronicled when two famous British landscape artists, Thomas and William Daniell, set about experiencing the rich culture and the culinary traditions of India's landmark locations in 1786.

Agra, Feb 4 - Visiting the Taj Mahal always tops the must-do list of any international celebrity arriving in India, and Arnold Schwarzenegger was no exception either. But the simple wish proved to be a mission impossible for actor as the monument to love was closed for the day.

The Hollywood star paid a brief visit to the Taj Mahal Friday afternoon but had to enjoy the beauty of 17th century marble marvel from the external periphery as the Taj is closed on Fridays.

New Delhi, Feb 3 - He came, he spoke and he conquered! Hollywood action man Arnold Schwarzenegger may have visited the capital just for a day but his generosity and warmth overwhelmed his fans who met him at the 12th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit.

New Delhi, Feb 3 - Spicy Indian food has found a fan in Hollywood action man Arnold Schwarzenegger. The actor relished some spicy Indian dishes and naan during his day-long visit to the capital for the 12th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit.

"Arnold Schwarzenegger seems to be a big foodie. I overheard him asking people for some good local cuisine and spicy food," Rajiv Chhibber, manager corporate communications TERI, the organizers of the summit, told IANS.

New Delhi, Feb 2 - Hollywood action star Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is here on a short trip, wants to know about the capital's good restaurants.

"Does anyone have some good restaurants or other tips?" Schwarzenegger tweeted and also posted a picture saying: "This is how they greeted me in Delhi." He landed here Tuesday night.

The former governor of California is in the capital to attend the 12th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated Wednesday.

Australian actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who last appeared in the 2010 film The Expendables, is reportedly planning a comeback to the films after a long gap. During his recent conversation with director of The Expendables, Arnold expressed his interest in focusing on more serious issues like global warming. But the 63-year old actor, made another contradictory statement during his interview with Krone website.

Authorities have said that residents were racing to their cars and fleeing as a wildfire advanced toward a neighborhood in Palmdale, Calif.

The Los Angeles Times reported on Friday that the Crown fire, which started on Thursday, has burned more than 13,000 acres and destroyed several structures. Water-dropping helicopters were being used in the battle to keep the flames from entering the Rancho Vista subdivision as the fire jumped the California Aqueduct north of Los Angeles.

A union official has said that California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is ordering unpaid furloughs for most state workers until a state budget is adopted.

He wants to pull a water bond issue scheduled for voter consideration off the November ballot, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has said.

The Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday that the governor said the proposal as written has a slim chance of passing in light of California's present dire economic straits and he wants to focus his attention on the budget.

According to the official reports, a former member of the Charles Manson family has had his parole recommendation denied by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The Los Angeles Times has reported that in January, Bruce Davis, 67, serving two life sentences for the 1969 killings of Spahn movie ranch farmhand Donald "Shorty" Shea and musician Gary Hinman at his Topanga Canyon home, had been recommended for parole.

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a bill, which would have banished smoking in all state parks and beaches, calling it an inappropriate interruption of administration into people's lives.

Arnold, an avid smoker who even set up a special smoking tent outside his office, thinks that such steps should be assigned to cities, regions and local park functionaries.

He also thinks that the step will not help much in controlling litter on California's immeasurable boundaries.

The state presently has 278 state parks and 64 beaches.

Washington, Jan 11 : California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has said that his fellow Republicans are wrong in attacking President Barack Obama’s response to the failed Christmas Day bombing of the Detroit bound US airliner.

Obama is doing everything that he can, Schwarzenegger said. “Democrats, a lot of times get the rap get they are not strong on security and those things.”

“He has talked about the issues. I think he has been fighting for the issues,” Politico quoted the governor, as saying.

“This was an unfortunate situation of what happened over Christmas. And I think it’s a total failure in the communication within the departments, that when you look back at all of the instances that are happening.

On the back of the many state budget cuts that were imposed about 6 months back, nearly 3 million California residents lost their health benefits or access to any health care and additional thousands ended up losing their jobs, as per figures shared by a report released on Thursday.

The report has been released by a healthcare advocacy group known as health Access California, and it analyzed the effects of about $2 Billion in yearly funding cuts that were employed by the state's health care system.

Copenhagen, Dec 15 : Arnold Schwarzenegger, Al Gore, Wangari Maathai, Desmond Tutu and a host of other celebrities descended on the climate summit Tuesday, rubbing shoulders with NGOs dressed as angels, penguins and trees.

As television crews chased celebrities around the sprawling summit venue - the Bella Centre - and scrums broke out to enter the rooms where they were speaking, the relatively few NGO representatives allowed inside found innovative ways of spreading their message to halt global warming.

London, Nov 27 : Hollywood star-turned-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has come under the scanner of tax officials, as he allegedly owes them nearly $80,000 in unpaid charges.

The "Terminator" star, who has been Governor of California since 2003, is said to have fallen behind in his payments from 2004 and 2005, reports imdb. com.

According to papers filed at Los Angeles County Superior Court, Schwarzenegger owes America's Internal Revenue Service (IRS) $39,047 from 2004 and $40,016 from
2005.

Washington, November 19 : Arnold Schwarzenegger has hinted that he will quit politics after his final run as Governor of California finishes in late 2010.

The Austrian-bon Republican insisted that he did not looked at himself as a politician.

"I have never labelled myself as a politician, so I am not going to run for anything else," Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

He had earlier sparked rumors of running for U. S President after challenging the country’s rules on the nationality of those who seek election for the highest post.

Sacramento, California  - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger visited US troops Monday in Iraq.

The former Hollywood action star was previously in Iraq in 2003.

He met with hundreds of troops at Camp Victory in Baghdad, signing autographs and handing out cigars, the Los Angeles Times reported. (dpa)

London, Nov 8 : Hollywood veteran Kirk Douglas was stunned to be presented with a top movie award by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Thursday night because he coached the muscleman on his first ever film.

Douglas was handed the Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment at the 2009 BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards in Los Angeles and he was touched to receive the honour from Schwarzenegger, as he has fond memories of working with the star on the 1979 movie "The Villain", reports imdb. com.    

San Francisco - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger first made his name as a Hollywood action superstar with his blunt verbal style.

But his latest barrage triggered a new scandal Thursday after a letter he sent to a legislator was revealed to contain a subtle code that told the pesky lawmaker: F? You.

The incriminating code was revealed by a local paper, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, which published a copy of an official Schwarzenegger letter to a bill from Assemblyman Tom Ammiano. In the veto message, the first letter of each line spelt out the crude curse.

London, Oct 27 : Arnold Schwarzenegger''s wife Maria Shriver has again been caught violating California''s traffic laws.

TMZ. com has posted a video that shows her Cadillac Escalade parked in red zone as she visited a doctor''s office in Santa Monica for nearly an hour, reports the Daily Express.

The video comes just two weeks after the website had posted her photos and a video showing her violating the state''s hands-free mobile phone law.