Just days after taking down body bullies who dared to criticize her weight, actress Danielle Fishel looks more than confident rocking a bikini. Of course, those online bullies seemed to the farthest thing from the former "Boy Meets World" star's mind as photographers snapped photos of the actress and new husband Tim Belusko while on their honeymoon in Hawaii on Saturday. The 32-year-old, who is about to reprise her role as Topanga Lawrence on Disney's "Girl Meets World," married her boyfriend...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Taylor Swift is the top nominee for the American Country Awards. A Tuesday news release says Swift received eight nominations, including top honor artist of the year. Blake Shelton and Florida Georgia Line are next with seven apiece. The fourth annual fan-voted ACAs will be broadcast Dec. 10 from Las Vegas on Fox with NASCAR driver Danica Patrick and country singer Trace Adkins serving as co-hosts. Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan join Swift, Shelton and Florida Georgia...

Hrithik Roshan seemed to be in a jovial mood when he visited the national capital recently to promote his upcoming film Krrish 3. When Priyanka Chopra said that her role in Krrish 3 has a duality - with both positive and negative sides, Hrithik Roshan, who was also present chipped in: related stories "Basically, her true nature will come out and you won't know whether to desire her or be afraid of her." Later, when a kid asked if he can find Jaadu (a character from the Koi Mil Gaya, the first...

visit to Afghanistan. According to an ABC report, Abbott while speaking at a special ceremony at the Australian-run base in Tarin Kot in Uruzgan province on Monday, said "Australia's longest war is ending. Not with victory, not with defeat, but with, we hope, an Afghanistan that is better for our presence here."  Describing the Afghan war as complicated, he further said that?the imminent withdrawal of Australian troops was "bittersweet". "It's bittersweet because hundreds of soldiers...

 Though Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is facing flak for his statement that Pakistani secret agency ISI was in touch with victims of the Muzaffarnagar riots, he has received support from unexpected quarters — the Shiv Sena. On Monday, Sena mouthpiece Saamna, which is edited by party president Uddhav Thackeray, said Rahul, whose statements were mostly “laughable”, had “unknowingly spoken the truth”. “There is no need to be shocked about the truth the Yuvaraj has spoken about the fundamentalist...

 Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has taken to Twitter to explain his outburst against 'Bigg Boss 7' contestant Kushal Tandon. Salman slammed Kushal for being rude to housemate Tanisha and his attempt to escape the reality show house over a fight during a task this weekend. But, many of Salman's fans believed that the actor was a bit "unfair" on Kushal by taking Tanisha's side. However, Salman, who had claimed that Kushal's action may force him to not return as Bigg Boss host next season,...

 Officers of Intelligence Bureau and Gujarat Police made BJP's PM candidate Narendra Modi delay his arrival at the venue of his rally by 40 minutes to ensure that he stayed out of harm's way. According to sources, Modi, who had touched down at Patna airport at 12.08 pm and insisted on addressing the rally even as bombs continued to go off, relented to the persuasion of the officers to defer his arrival at the rally ground. The precaution was taken because of the apprehension that the bombers...

According to a new TMZ report, Justin Bieber’s inability to keep his bodily fluids to himself may land him in some hot loogie. After a recent tantrum in which the pop idol got so cranky that he spit up at his neighbor’s suggestion that he refrain from speeding in a cul-de-sac, the L.A County Sherrif’s Dept. will now most likely recommend that criminal battery charges be filed against the dyspeptic, droopy drawer-d, dipwad. Reportedly, the 19-going-on-three-year-old took his Ferrari for a spin...

The opposition Left in Kerala has denied that its workers were involved in the attack on Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who is in a hospital following injuries after stones were pelted at his car yesterday evening. "It is our belief that Left workers were not involved, but let's wait for a probe," the CPM leader MA Baby told NDTV. "The attack is unfortunate, but out agitation against the state government in the solar scam will continue," Mr Baby said. The ruling Congress alliance has rejected...

 The Iraqi capital Baghdad continues to reel under a fresh wave of car bombings, adding to the carnage that the embattled city — once a showpiece of affluence and stability in the Arab world — has suffered in recent months. At least 41 people were killed, following coordinated strikes during rush hour on Sunday, the first working day of the week in the region. The attacks targeted areas where there was a heavy concentration of Shias, mainly markets and a bus stations. Apparently, these blasts...

 President Barack Obama was told about monitoring of German Chancellor in 2010 and allowed it to continue, says German newspaper Obama 'approved tapping Merkel's phone 3 years ago' Mr Obama was told of the secret monitoring of Mrs Merkel by General Keith Alexander, the head of the NSA, in 2010, according to Bild am Sonntag, a German newspaper.  President Barack Obama was personally informed about secret US monitoring of Angela Merkel three years ago, according to latest reports on...

Till now no one from the government has gone to see the victims of the Patna bomb blast. CM should resign and President Rule should be impose in the state," says Ashwini Chaubey of BJP. 7.45 pm: LJP chief Ramvilas Paswan has slammed Bihar government over the bomb blasts in Patna. He says the incident has "exposed" what law and order exists during the JD (U) rule. "Bihar earlier never witnesses this kind of bomb blasts. The incidents expose all his claims of "Susashan" (good governance). What...

Kim Kardashian had plenty of reasons to celebrate last night. The official cause for the Tao festivities in Las Vegas was her 33rd birthday, but as most people know by now, Kim also got engaged to Kanye West this week. And it's been a big year overall for the reality star, who also welcomed her first child with now-fiance West, baby Nori, in June. Kardashian posted the following photo to her Instagram account upon arrival to Sin City: Later, Kim changed into a sexy white lace number and posted...

Williams, who claims to be exhausted near the end of a long season, reacted with fretful worrying, and sometimes distracting behaviour while struggling to a 6-4 2-6 6-4 two-hour win over Jankovic. It included weeping into her towel, gesticulating and arm-waving, bending over and slumping, yelling and calling out, and both moving during the rallies and conducting the game at different speeds. "I never saw her do this when she's leading,'' Jankovic said of Williams' go-slow moments. "You know,...

Three days after Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi made stinging allegations against the BJP for fanning communal violence and called himself a "victim of terrorism", BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in a massive rally in Udaipur said the "Shehzada" was spinning out "family serials" to win popularity and dismissed his revelation of ISI getting in touch with the relatives of riot victims in Muzaffarnagar as a "story" heard in passing. In a rally organised by the tribal cell of...

Don't act like you're not impressed that "Anchorman 2" could receive an alternate cut made up of entirely new material. That's what writer/director Adam McKay is planning in conjunction with the comedy sequel's hotly anticipated December release. McKay told Empire magazine that the project has so much to work with that there's enough for a second version. “We did so much improv on this one that we can literally replace every single joke in the movie and put in alt scenes and alt improv runs,"...

Even without the rest of the Jackass crew, Johnny Knoxville scored with his latest irreverent prank movie, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, which topped the chart on Friday with an excellent $12.6 million. The film, which cost Paramount about $15 million to make, is expected to gross $30 million this weekend. Not a bad return on investment! Audiences issued the film a lukewarm “B” CinemaScore grade. Bad Grandpa‘s success meant that Gravity finally had to give up its spot atop the chart. Warner...

She plays reluctant warrior Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games. And Jennifer Lawrence is certainly proving she deserves her action hero title. The 23-year-old is shows off her impressive martial arts skills wearing a skintight bodysuit in a new teaser for X:Men: Days Of Future Past, released on Thursday on Instagram.  In the four-second clip, Jennifer, who plays mutant shapeshifter Mystique, first appears crying a solitary tear. Her face is painted blue and she sports piercing yellow...

A retired New York radio personality has been charged in a sting operation with trying to transport a 7-year-old girl to the U.S. Virgin Islands for sex. David Herman, 77, of Airmont, N.Y., and St. Croix, was arrested Thursday at the St. Croix airport, where federal authorities said he had expected to meet the girl and her mother flying in from New York. Herman thought he'd been corresponding online with a woman about her child but was actually talking to an undercover officer from Bergen County...

Actress Anna Friel says she was terrified when while shooting a wildlife documentary in Africa, a gorilla charged at one of her crew members. The 37-year-old headed to Uganda in August this year to make a film highlighting the plight of mountain gorillas, but the Trip almost ended in a nightmare for her when a silverback primate turned on one of the members, reports contactmusic.com. A Gorilla Scares Anna Friel Away! "We got charged by a silverback, which was, erm... okay! We were told to...

Mallika Sherawat, the Bollywood empress of sensuality, turns 37 today. ApunKaChoice wishes her many returns of the day. For a girl from Rohtak, a small town in Haryana, it’s no easy feat to rub her shoulders with Hollywood glitterati, walk the red carpet at Cannes Film Festival (see photos), and court international media. Mallika has done that. The bold, feisty, outspoken, hot and fiercely self-independent Mallika Sherawat celebrated her 37th birthday with kids today. “Celebrating my bday with...

There were the routine chat sessions around the tables, but in hushed tones. The waiters served customers in their usual sluggish manner, but seemed markedly slower. For Kolkata's famous intellectual hub Coffee House was in mourning at the passing away of Manna Dey who rendered the famous song that for generations has been regarded as its anthem.  Thirty years back, Dey recorded 'Coffee Houser sei addata aaj ar nei' (The chat sessions at the Coffee House have faded away) capturing the 'golden...

The Bombay high court on Wednesday directed the Juhu police to record the statement of Rabia Amin Khan, mother of deceased actor Jiah Khan. Rabia believes her daughter did not commit suicide but was murdered. She has alleged that the police did not probe the case properly. In her petition, Rabia had said that she has strong reasons to believe the investigation has been hushed up at the behest of the police, who had carried out the probe in such a manner that the truth did not come out. The...

It was all laughs between former lovers Sandra Bullock and Matthew McConaughey, who goofed off on the red carpet at the 17th Annual Hollywood Films Monday night in Los Angeles. The one-time couple -- who dated after meeting on the set of 1996's "A Time To Kill" -- appeared friendlier than ever as they laughed and hugged it out with McConaghey's wife Camila Alves. (Bullock has forged her own friendship with Alves, even taking her son Louis out on playdates with Alves and her children.) Bullock...

Last year, NBC announced that it was passing on a pilot from Sarah Silverman entitled "Susan 313." For the first time, viewers can watch that pilot in full. The show would have marked Silverman's return to television after her acclaimed Comedy Central show, "The Sarah Silverman Program." Unlike that show, which had its roots in absurdist sketch comedy, "Susan 313" appears to have been conceived as a much more traditional sitcom in the vein of "30 Rock" or "New Girl." "This isn't like, 'Can you...

Stephen Lang is coming back to Pandora. According to Deadline.com, Lang will reprise his role as the villain in James Cameron's "Avatar" sequels. The slight problem that Cameron has to work out? Lang's character, Miles Quaritch, was killed at the end of the first "Avatar." "I'm not going to say exactly HOW we're bringing him back, but it's a science fiction story, after all," Cameron told Deadline.com when announcing the news. Lang wouldn't be the first actor to have their "Avatar" character return...

While most stars want to stand out on the red carpet, Gemma Merna made sure all eyes were on her when she attended the Inside Soap Awards. The Hollyoaks actress wore a racy, eye-catching dress while flaunting her ample chest to the max as she arrived at Ministry of Sound on Monday evening. The blonde beauty chose a yellow PVC number for the ceremony, which saw her co-star Danny Mac crowned sexiest male. The 29-year-old, who plays Carmel Valentine in the Channel 4 soap, flaunted her slim frame...

It’s not quite awards season yet but the stars aligned in Los Angeles on Monday. Celebrities gathered for the 17th annual Hollywood Film Awards at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills and Olivia Munn managed the almost impossible feat of standing out from the crowd. The Newsroom actress wowed in a quirky green leopard print dress as she walked the red carpet at the ceremony. Her strapless full length dress was eye catching, ensuring all eyes were on the brunette beauty. A number...

India may import onion to stabilise prices that have soared to Rs. 90 per kg in the national capital, commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma said on Tuesday. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of an event here, Sharma blamed hoarders for the recent spike in prices. “We will import onion if there are proposals and requirements so that we can stabilise the prices,” he said. However, the minister emphasised that there was enough stock of onion in the country. related story Onion at Rs 100...

India's ambitious space mission to explore planet Mars would be launched on November 5 from the spaceport of Sriharikota, ISRO announced on Tuesday. The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), 'Mangalyan', would be launched onboard PSLV C25 on November 5 at 3:28pm from the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, some 80 kilometres from Chennai, an ISRO spokesperson said. A decision on the launch date was to be taken on October 19 but postponed to Tuesday in view of bad weather in the...

Kareena Kapoor ends up splurging more than required whenever she shops online from the comfort of her home. "I am a voracious online shopper. I buy a lot of stuff via the internet because I don't get a lot of time to go to the stores and try on things. I have a wonderful experience," the actress said while unveiling Malabar Gold's online store on Monday. "It seems I end up buying more while shopping from the comfort of my home. So, sometimes you tend to buy a little extra, which is good, I...

Evicted from the reality show Bigg Boss 7, Shilpa Sakhlani says she’s happy that she is out of the house. “I didn’t want to make a mockery of the name I had earned for myself over the last 14 years,” says Shilpa, who only misses one thing right now: her husband Apurva Agnihotri. Shilpa, who enjoyed being part of the show, says that she was there for the experience. “I bear no ill will for any person in the house. I will meet them once they are outside,” claims the actor. “Armaan Kohli is one...

A day after the police registered a case against Ramdev's brother Ram Bharat on charges of abducting and manhandling a former employee, the yoga guru attacked the government and said it was an attempt to defame him. "There are headlines on television channels accusing me and my brother of abduction. These are all false and baseless allegations against me. This is a conspiracy by the Congress government, both at the Centre and in Uttarakhand, to defame me." Accusing the Congress of adopting a...

 RJD chief Lalu Prasad and JD(U) leader Jagdish Sharma have been disqualified as Lok Sabha members following their conviction in the fodder scam. While Prasad stands disqualified for a total of 11 years — five years of jail term and six years subsequent to his release, Sharma stands disqualified for ten years — four years in jail and six more years after that as per electoral laws. Theirs is the first disqualification from the Lok Sabha after the Supreme Court struck down a provision that...

Scientists have for the first time identified a protein in breast milk that neutralises HIV and may protect babies from acquiring the virus from their infected mothers. The protein, called Tenascin-C or TNC, had previously been recognised as playing a role in wound healing, but had not been known to have antimicrobial properties. The discovery could lead to potential new HIV-prevention strategies. Researchers at Duke University Medical Center found the TNC protein in breast milk binds to and...

In one of the worst incidents of ceasefire violations on the International Border (IB), firing continued for the fourth successive day Monday, with as many as 25 border outposts on the Indian side being targeted. Stating that this was the first time in over three years that the region has seen such heavy firing, Border Security Force (BSF) officials alleged that it could be cover for a large scale infiltration attempt. They said there have been as many as 36 ceasefire violations in the region...

Introducing Sachin in our dna, a series leading up to Tendulkar's 200th Test at Wankhede. Four weeks remain before Sachin Tendulkar’s illustrious career comes to an end at his home ground, Wankhede Stadium, against the West Indies. I have known Sachin for a long time and have spent a lot of time with him on the tours of New Zealand (1990), England (1990) and Australia (1991-92). He is extremely passionate about the game and simply cannot live without cricket. For him, cricket is everything. I...

The Unnao gold hunt has led to illegal digging at forts and temples rumoured to have hidden treasures in Uttar Pradesh. Shobhan Sarkar, the seer who had "dreamt" about 1,000 tonne gold buried under Unnao's Daundia Khera fort, had said the precious metal was hidden in Fatehpur's Adampur area as well. As the news spread, some people dug up the platform of an ancient Shiva temple near the Ganga's main ghat in Fatehpur. Reports said about two dozen places in ruins have been dug up. It was also rumoured...

A British national has filed a complaint with the Mumbai police that she was molested by a man outside a mall. The incident happened on Monday evening. In her complaint, the 27-year-old has said that when she got off an auto rickshaw at the Mega Mall in Lokhandwala, a man suddenly appeared and touched her inappropriately. The woman said that two of her friends, who was in the same auto, managed to raise an alarm which alerted policemen nearby. The accused was caught with the help of the policemen...

Pakistan has reacted strongly to Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid's statement on Kashmir, asking New Delhi to avoid negative propaganda. In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Mr Khurshid had on Sunday reiterated India's stand of Kashmir being its integral part. He said that no external intervention will be tolerated on the issue, and it is a "waste of time on the part of anybody to try to question it." Following is the full statement issued by Pakistan's foreign office: Expressing disappointment...