Pop star Lady Gaga says she was scolded by her father for making a rude gesture at a baseball match. The Marry the Night singer was watching the New York Mets in 2010 when she stuck up her middle finger to photographers, which did not impress her dad Joseph Germanotta, reported Contactmusic.

Hollywood actor Tom Wilkinson admits he struggled to deal with the “enormity” of India while shooting for his film Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

Singer Rihanna is reportedly trying to set up Katy Perry with a new man to help her get over the split with Russell Brand. Rihanna is close to the Firework star and hopes to help her get over her marriage to Brand by getting her back on the dating scene.

In Goa to revive a flagging Congress Assembly election campaign, party president Sonia Gandhi assured on Saturday that the contentious regional plan would only be finalised after consulting all stakeholders.

National Commission for Women chairperson Mamta Sharma, defining the word “sexy” on Saturday, said girls should not take the word in the wrong way because “sexy means beautiful”.

Reacting sharply to defence minister A.K. Antony’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh for its statehood celebrations, China on Saturday said India should refrain from taking any action that could “complicate” the border issue.

The Orissa government on Saturday decided to regulate the visit of foreign tourists and researchers to the areas inhabited by the “Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups” (PVTRGs) such as the Bondas and Dongaria Kandhas.
According to an order of the chief minister’s office, no foreign tourists and researchers intending to visit the areas inhabited and frequented by the PVTGs will do so without the “permission” from the district magistrate.

With the home ministry asking Assam to remain alert on the growth of Maoist activities, the security agencies have unearthed a clandestine plan mooted by the Maoists to form a confederation of states comprising Northeast, parts of Burma and Sylhet area of Bangladesh to accommodate smaller nationalities of the region.

With the home ministry asking Assam to remain alert on the growth of Maoist activities, the security agencies have unearthed a clandestine plan mooted by the Maoists to form a confederation of states comprising Northeast, parts of Burma and Sylhet area of Bangladesh to accommodate smaller nationalities of the region.

With Punjab waiting for a new government, the power vacuum has thrown up an interesting confrontation, It all began when Punjab director-general of police (jails) Shashi Kant made a public statement that the “drug mafia” in the state has “political patronage”.