British actress Liz Hurley is to be granted a “quickie” divorce from husband of three years, Indian businessman Arun Nayar, that will allow her to keep her $21 million fortune, according to British media reports. The 45-year-old Austin Powers actress had announced that she and Nayar, also 45, separated for “private reasons”, after

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was granted bail on Thursday by the high court in London, which rejected an appeal against him being released under stringent conditions.

Scientists are developing what they call a “supergun” which could obliterate a target 160 km away using a bullet fired at eight times the speed of sound.

Scientists are developing what they call a “supergun” which could obliterate a target 160 km away using a bullet fired at eight times the speed of sound.
The gun, which was tested recently at the Naval Surface Warfare Centre at Dahlgren, Virginia, has been described as the most powerful in the world.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange continues to remain behind bars as Swedish prosecutors have decided to appeal against the bail granted to him by a British court on strict conditions in a case related to charges of sexual offences.

Web-obsessed Britons spend an average of 16 minutes surfing social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter while lying in bed, says a study.
The survey, conducted by Travelodge, found that over 70 per cent of adults update their social networking profiles lying in bed, spending an average of 16 minutes per night checking social networking sites.

A clinical psychologist has stated that it takes just seven seconds for us to judge another person when we first meet them.
Linda Blair, clinical psychologist and author of Straight Talking, said that we subconsciously do it, as it is a part of our survival instinct. “It takes only seven seconds for us to judge another person when we first meet them,” the Daily Mail quoted her as saying.

A unique project has been launched by the University of Cambridge to provide public access to languages in India and elsewhere that are endangered and are part of the world’s disappearing spoken tradi

Late rock legend Jim Morrison has won a posthumous pardon for charges of indecent exposure brought after a drunken gig 41 years ago.

Anarchists are planning to wreck the royal wedding of Britain’s Prince William and his long-time girlfriend Kate Middleton next year, a media report said.