A New York-based Imam, who had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during the probe into the Najibullah Zazi terror plot case, has left the US for Saudi Arabia.

Pregnant R&B star Alicia Keys gave fans a scare during her performance at the Essence Music Festival when she fell on her backside while on stage.

The stars of Twilight Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner are reportedly being paid a whopping $25 million each for the final two movies in the vampire series.

Pop icon George Michael was reportedly arrested after his car crashed into a shop on the night of London’s Gay Pride Parade.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his childhood friend Sakshi Singh Rawat during their wedding ceremony in Dehra Dun late on Sunday night. PHOTO: PTI

India is all set to roll out its indigenous naval Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) at the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) facility in Bengaluru on Monday, which will be witnessed by defence minister A.K. Antony.

India and China on Monday discussed new ideas aimed at taking forward the bilateral ties keeping in view mutual concerns and interests, as Beijing sought a “healthy, stable and dynamic” relationship with far-reaching significance to the two nations, Asia and the world at large.

After a positive trend in April India’s apparel export, impacted by events in Europe, dropped by an annual 6.8 per cent to $820 million in May.
The slump in the garment exports was in contrast to about 35 per cent growth in the country’s total outward consignments.
“We are getting less orders from the European as well as the US markets,” the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) chairman, Mr Premal Udani, said.
Europe accounts for over 30 per cent of the country’s total garment export.
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Pitching for telecom PSUs BSNL and MTNL, the telecom minister, Mr A Raja, has approached the finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, seeking reimbursement of the Rs 29,598.33 crore paid by them for spectrum.

The group of ministers, which is reviewing the recovery path of Air India, will meet next month to discuss the turnaround strategy and the infusion of Rs 1,200 crore as equity.