With a two-member committee of judges virtually handing the cricket control board-and its chief N. Srinivasan a clean chit on charges of match-fixing during IPL-6, it is very much on the cards that no action is likely on another clash of interest issue, involving India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the company that manages him.

BCCI vice-president Niranjan Shah on Sunday said N. Srinivasan could return as BCCI chief and chair the IPL governing council meeting on August 2 as the probe panel has found no evidence against his team Chennai Super Kings in the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal.

US singer-songwriter J.J. Cale, who was behind chartbusters like After Midnight and Cocaine, has died of heart attack at the age of 74.

Singer-actress Miley Cyrus has shocked fans by going totally nude for designer Marc Jacob’s Skin Cancer Advocacy. The 20-year-old’s image is being used as an artwork for fashion designer Jacob’s “Protect the Skin You’re In” campaign that raises funds for New York University’s Skin Cancer Institute, reported Aceshowbiz.

Even though he has high profile projects like Pirates of the Caribbean 5, Transcend-ence and Into the Woods in the pipeline, superstar Johnny Depp has revealed plans to quit acting for good. At only 50, the multi-millionaire US actor said he wants to retire to concentrate on other interests, reported Sun Online.

Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole surprised primary school kids by paying them a visit as they performed on one of her songs. While the kids at Tyneview Primary School in Newcastle were singing and performing on her song Fight for This Love, the 30-year-old singer walked in and surprised them, reported Sun online.

Actress Halle Berry intends to take a tiny break from her career for her pregnancy.
The Die Another Day star, who is expecting her first child with husband Olivier Martinez, is also raising her five-year-old son Nahla from previous relationship, reported Contactmusic.

Resea-rchers have developed a six-legged all-terrain robot that can run, leap, back-flip, climb and navigate its way over obstacles even bigger than itself.

India kept their quarter-final hopes alive in the junior hockey World Cup with a 2-0 win over New Zealand, riding on Manjit Kaur and Vandana Kataria’s strikes in the second half, on Sunday.

A 30-year-old man, accused of carrying out an acid attack on a 22-year-old married woman, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in the lock-up of a police station here, a few hours after his arrest on Saturday.