New Delhi, Nov. 27 : Former Defense Minister George Fernandes and Rajya Sabha member has appreciated the 5th Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet which was held in Rome between November 18 to 19 this year.

Writing in the latest issue of ‘the OtherSide’, Fernandes that it pleased him to notice the 5th Convention being underway since he had established the first such group in India.

New Delhi, Nov 15 : The National Investigative Agency (NIA) is all set to question Rahul Bhatt and his three friends for their alleged links with the Lashkar operative, David Headley.

As the Headley terror plot investigation is getting momentum, the intelligence agencies are gathering details of the people who came in contact with him during his stay in Mumbai.

Headley, who stayed in Mumbai for five day prior to 26/11 attack also met a son of a distributor apart from Rahul.

After more than two months of hectic negotiations and intermittent periods of strike by junior doctors, both from Jammu and Kashmir regions, the government has said the talks between the two have failed.

"After repeated assurances that grievances of the doctors will be looked into positively, the striking doctors have refused to resume work in hospitals where the general public is facing great difficulties," said Abdul Rahim Rather, finance minister in a hurriedly called press conference to apprise people about the status of the talks.

Event:Sean "Diddy" Combs, Ashton Kutcher and Malaria No More Host the Annual White Party
Venue & Location:Beverly Hills Private Residence / Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Event Date:07/04/2009
Photographer:Chris Hatcher / PR Photos

Event:2009 BET Awards - Pre Awards Dinner - Arrivals
Venue & Location:Drago Centre / Los Angeles, CA, USA
Event Date:06/27/2009
Photographer:Ken McCoy / PR Photos

Event:63rd Annual Tony Awards - Press Room
Venue & Location:Radio City Music Hall / New York City, NY, USA
Event Date:06/07/2009
Photographer:Sylvain Gaboury / PR Photos

Harare  - President Robert Mugabe on Thursday appealed to international investors to come to Zimbabwe, saying laws limiting foreign ownership of businesses had not been understood.

"Foreign direct investment is most welcomed as it brings new technology, capital and new markets," Mugabe told an investment conference in the capital Harare.

The two-day event is being attended by foreign fund managers, financiers, investors and entrepreneurs from many countries such as South Africa, Ukraine, Kuwait, Britain and the United States.

Zagreb - China President Hu Jintao and Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Saturday signed several agreements on economic cooperation in Zagreb.

Hu, in his first visit to Croatia since the Balkan country's independence in 1991, was accompanied by 220 leading Chinese businesspeople, who participated in a economic forum with Croatian partners.

The forum was setup to allow opportunities for cooperation in the fields of investment, health and aviation and tourism.

The visit took place under strict security.

Event:Sara Watkins in Concert at The Abbeypub - May 8, 2009
Venue & Location:The Abbeypub / Chicago, IL, USA
Event Date:5/8/2009
Photographer:Daniel Locke / PR Photos

Los Angeles  - The Charlotte Bobcats beat the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night, but it came with a price.

Bobcats forward Gerald Wallace was diagnosed with having 30-40 per cent of his left lung collapsed and a non-displaced fracture of the fifth rib following a CT-Scan at Centinela Hospital in Los Angeles, the team announced.

Wallace had a chest tube inserted into the lung to help restore it to functional capacity, but will remain in the hospital over the next 48 hours for observation. Additional information about his progress and a timetable for his return will be updated in the coming days ahead.

Event: Stephen Sprouse Tribute Hosted by Louis Vuitton at the Bowery Ballroom in New York on January 8, 2009
Venue & Location: Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street / New York City, NY, USA
Event Date: 1/8/2009
Photographer: Sylvain Gaboury / PR Photos

London, Jan 7 : Scientists have observed asteroid dust in and around a handful of dead stars, that is made up of similar materials as the Earth, which suggests Earth-like planets may be common in the Universe.

According to a report in New Scientist, six white dwarfs, the burned-out embers of Sun-like stars, showed heavy elements, or metals, in their atmospheres.

Champagne Indage Ltd, India’s oldest & largest wine company, has changed its name to ‘Indage Vintners Ltd’.

Indage Vintners Ltd (IVL) with its new name, plans to bring about various new developments and plans as part of the continuous process of setting up and developing Indage as a top global wine maker, which has its roots firmly in India.

The name change also brings into effect the discontinuance of the term ‘Champagne’ to respect IPR rights as part of the business’s merger into the worldwide trading community.

Bangkok - China will not attend the upcoming 14th summit of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) if it is held on February 27 to March 1, as tentatively planned, officials said Wednesday.

Thailand was initially scheduled to host the 14th ASEAN Summit in mid-December 2008, but had to postpone the regional meeting indefinitely because of political chaos at home that had led to the closure of Bangkok's two airports from November 26 to December 3.

Bangkok has proposed several new dates for the summit, with the latest being set for February 27 to March 1.

Tel Aviv  -  Palestinian militants fired mortar shells from the UN school in northern Gaza which was shelled by Israel and which killed more than 46 civilians, a military spokesman in Tel Aviv charged.

He said Israeli ground troops stationed on the outskirts of the Jabaliya refugee camp responded by firing mortar shells in the direction of the militants.

"This is not the first time that Palestinian militants have fired from within UN schools," he said.

Event:"The Spirit" Los Angeles Premiere - Arrivals
Venue & Location:Grauman's Chinese Theater / Hollywood, CA, USA
Event Date:12/17/2008
Photographer:Glenn Harris / PR Photos

New York  - The world's largest cruise line company Carnival Corporation on Thursday cut its profit outlook for the year as the economic downturn cuts into the budgets of holiday travellers.

For the 2008-09 business year, the company lowered its outlook to 2.25 to 2.75 dollars per share from an early 2.50-to-3-dollar prediction.

London, Nov 28 : Hip-hop star Kid Rock, 37, says that his divorce with Pamela Anderson has helped him reassess his life.

The singer admitted that his marriage to the former Baywatch babe was a “nightmare”.

He said that the divorce had helped him look at his life again, and determine what he cared about.

“My divorce made me look at my life and think of what I cared about,” the Mirror quoted him as saying.

“Well, I love music and rather than go off the deep end with girls and drugs, I locked myself in the studio and made the best record I could.

London - The next meeting of G20 nations to discuss the state of the global economy will be held in London on April 2 next year, Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Wednesday.

Future US President Barack Obama would attend the meeting of leaders of top industrial nations and emerging economies. (dpa)

Washington - The United States issued more visas in 2008 for students and other academic and cultural exchanges than any other year in history, the US State Department said Tuesday.

Citizens from China and nations in the Middle East accounted for the largest increases during the 2008 fiscal year, which ended September 30, the State Department said.

Event:New Leash On Life Presents 2008 'Nuts For Mutts" 7th Annual Dog Show
Venue & Location:Pierce College / Woodland Hills, CA. USA
Event Date:6/1/2008
Photographer:© Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos

Event:Hot 97 "Summer Jam" 2008 - Presented by Boost Mobile
Venue & Location:Giants Stadium / Rutherford, NY, USA
Event Date:6/1/2008
Photographer:© Jerry Livingston / PR Photos
 

Event:Fidelity FutureStage "The Future of Broadway is Now" - Arrivals
Venue & Location:New World Stages / New York City, NY, USA
Event Date:6/2/2008
Photographer:© Sylvain Gaboury / PR Photos

London, Aug. 10: The British Ministry of Defence has said that 150 apparent 'flying saucers' have been reported to it, the police and military bases in 2008 so far, compared to 135 in 2007 and 97 in 2006.

These figures were released under the Freedom of Information Act, and according to The Sunday Telegraph suggest that 2008 will be a bumper year for alien activity.

Berlin - Laura Garavini, 41, a Berlin-based Italian who campaigned among Italians abroad for a seat in parliament, welcomed Tuesday the new two-party set-up in Italy, even though her own side, Walter Veltroni's Democratic Party, lost.

Garavini was still waiting to see if she had gained a seat, since the postal ballots for the 12 lower-chamber and 6 senate seats reserved for Italians abroad had still not been fully counted when she spoke.

The allocation of seats for Italians abroad will not alter the overall result. She said the Democratic Party's defeat was "bitter."