New Delhi, Dec. 9 : Rajiv Mathur has been appointed as the new Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB).

He is currently Special Director of the Intelligence Bureau.

Mathur is an IPS officer of 1972 batch of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

He replaces P C Haldar on his superannuation on the 31st of this month.

Mathur has been appointed as an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Intelligence Bureau with immediate effect.

"Mathur has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the IB with immediate effect," an official spokesperson said

New Delhi, Dec. 9 : The second part of the winter session of Parliament will begin from December 10. The session perhaps would be the last one before general elections, which are slated for April-May next year.

The Congress led UPA is on a high after its stupendous performance in the recent state assembly polls.

The Congress is set to form government in three states out of five which went to polls.

However, the main opposition Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) would be looking to counter the Government on issues such as terror and inflation.

New Delhi, Dec 9 : A love-struck man was fined 30 dollars after he was caught trying to sneak into an explosive detection X-ray machine to show his heart to her ladylove.

Zhang's girlfriend was angry as he was constantly looking at beautiful girls on the street as they strolled together after dinner on Nov 25, reports the China Daily.

Scared by her threats to leave him and to make her happy, this migrant worker in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, decided to give his ladylove a look at his heart.

To show his girlfriend that his heart only belonged to her, Zhang attempted to sneak into the scanner situated in a secure area.

New Delhi - Police killed at least five suspected separatist rebels in India's north-eastern state of Manipur, a news report said Tuesday.

A group of militants in a vehicle opened fire at police on patrol in central Thoubal district late on Monday night, the PTI news agency reported.

Five rebels were killed in the ensuing gunbattle that lasted nearly half an hour, official sources told the PTI. Arms and ammunition were recovered from the scene.

Police said the slain militants belonged to the People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak.

New Delhi, Dec 9 : A Chinese woman has filed for divorce after discovering that her husband was keeping a check on each of her move via satellite.

Zhang has complained that her husband, surnamed Wu, used a satellite positioning system to monitor her movements in Enshi, Hubei province.

She also accused Wu of frequently inquiring about her whereabouts, and that too with seemingly prescient insight.

She said that Wu had secretly activated a cell phone satellite positioning function to monitor her travels in August, reports the China Daily.

The special case has been accepted by a local court, which is now arranging a public hearing.

New Delhi, Dec 9 : Hollywood actress Katie Holmes has sparked pregnancy rumors after she was spotted with a slight baby bump.

According to reports, Holmes was spotted wearing extra loose clothes and carrying a long scarf to hide the baby bump, reports China Daily.

"Katie looked glowing and happy and kept placing a protective hand over her stomach. Even though she was trying to keep it covered, you could definitely see the beginnings of a bump,” a source said.

Recently, the ‘Mad Money’ actress’ husband Tom Cruise, who has a daughter Suri with her, revealed his plans of expanding his brood.