Model-actress Liz Hurley has reportedly broken off her engagement with Shane Warne because the former cricket star refused to set a wedding date.

The world’s biggest film studio is being built in the eastern Chinese coastal city of Qingdao as part of a multi-billion-dollar project at a cost of $5 billion by a company owned by China’s richest man.

The word’s out. It’s not The Lunchbox, the critically acclaimed debut film of Ritesh Batra, that’s heading for the Oscars. The Lunchbox, the front-runner for India’s entry, lost out to the Gujarati film The Good Road, a lost-and-found story of a small boy.

Sandra Bullock, who went into hiding when her marriage to Jesse James broke down in 2010 amid allegations that he cheated on her, says she never thought she will overcome the trauma.

Queen Elizabeth II is so fond of her corgis that she personally supervises their daily meal and pours the gravy for them herself, according to a new book on British royal pets since the 16th century.

Scientists have identified a protein that plays a crucial role in correctly measuring stress levels, and also makes sure the pathways of cell repair or cell death in the body are effective.

No life on Mars? Hopes of finding alien life on Mars may have been dashed after new data from Nasa’s Curiosity rover revealed that the Red Planet lacks methane gas, researchers, including one of Indian origin, say.

Legendary artist M.F. Husain’s landmark painting Bhopal, which depicts the horrors of the 1984 gas leak tragedy in the Indian city, is set to be auctioned here, with a pre-sale estimate of up to £300,000.

Singer-actress Selena Gomez has been denied a visa request by Russian officials reportedly because of her stance on gay rights. Gomez’s scheduled performances at St Petersburg’s Ice Palace and Moscow’s Olimiisky stadium later this September have been scrapped after she failed to obtain a visa.

Here is another reason to quit smoking — it can help you sleep better at night.
In a new study, researchers found that for each cigarette smoked total sleep time decreased by 1.2 minutes.