London, March 15 Hollywood star John Travolta's actress-wife Kelly Preston asked him to wear jeans to the Oscars last week.

London, March 15 English singer Robbie William's father Pete Conway has revealed, the singer is in no rush to marry girlfriend Ayda Field.

London, March 15 'Hannah Montana' star Miley Cyrus has revealed her mother had a crush on her boyfriend Liam Hemsworth.

London, March 15 British supermodel Kate Moss wore a dress woven from recycled mosquito nets.

Chandigarh, March 15 The Punjab assembly Monday unanimously passed a resolution seeking Punjabi be accorded first language status in the union territory (UT) of Chandigarh.

Nairobi/Abuja, March 15 (DPA) Two car bombs shook a government building hosting amnesty talks in the southern Nigeria oil town Warri Monday, minutes after militants issued a bomb threat.

New Delhi, March 15 A 17-year-old leader of a juvenile gang, which burgled houses and then set them on fire, escaped with 26 others from a remand home in northwest Delhi, police said Monday.

Patna, March 15 Over a month after violent protests in the Bihar capital against fleecing by private coaching institutes, in which two students were killed, the state government Monday gave a clean chit to these institutes, drawing protests from the opposition.

Gandhinagar, March 15 A 'careless' conversation led Kashmiri terror suspect Bashir Ahmed Baba, who was nabbed in Gujarat Saturday night, straight into the hands of waiting policemen.

Ahmedabad, March 15 Rajasthan Royals made 141 for six in 20 overs against Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera here Monday.

Chennai, March 15 With student interest in science subjects waning fast, due largely to poor teaching and absence of lucrative career opportunities, it is time to take some drastic measures like appointing a brand ambassador, Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) officials said.

New Delhi, March 15 The 'greatest bond' between two countries torn apart by politics and religion is sports, is what the upcoming film 'Lahore' which deals with kickboxing and takes a ring-side view of India-Pakistan relations hopes to portray.

Lucknow, March 15 Rail traffic on the busy Lucknow-Delhi route was disrupted Monday after eight wagons of a goods train were derailed in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district, officials said. No one was reported injured or killed in the accident.

Taipei, March 15 (DPA) Taiwan is offering 1 million Taiwan dollars ($30,000) to anyone who can come up with a slogan which persuades Taiwanese women to have more babies.

London, March 15 Ashok Kumar, a prominent British MP of Indian origin, was Monday found dead at his home in northern England, his office said.

Mumbai, March 15 The final arguments in the trial of Pakistani terror accused Mohammed Ajmal Amir alias Kasab, and two of his associates are likely to be completed this week.

New Delhi, March 15 Nearly 2,500 professors and administrative staff of the Jamia Millia Islamia university Monday assembled at Jantar Mantar, a stone's throw from Parliament House in New Delhi area, to press their demand for recognition of the varsity as a Muslim minority educational institution.

Chandigarh, March 15 Former union minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and sitting Rajya Sabha member Naresh Gujral Monday filed their nominations for the March 26 elections to the upper house of parliament after Punjab's ruling Akali Dal named them as its candidates.

Gandhinagar, March 15 The Gujarat High Court will Tuesday hear the plea of 79 accused in the Godhra train burning case, challenging a designated court's decision to consider the confession of the accused as evidence.

New Delhi, March 15 Strengthening the economic revival story, financial sectors made a beeline to hire students from Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode (IIM-K). The elite B-school Monday said that a whopping 39 percent of their students got placed in this vertical.

The bill, cleared by the cabinet in December last year, was tabled in the Lok Sabha Monday

New Delhi, March 15 A working group set up by the finance ministry to review foreign portfolio investment policy will submit its report in April, a finance ministry official said Monday.

New Delhi, March 15 Protection of ancient monuments and archaeological remains climbed a notch higher up the government's agenda with the Lok Sabha Monday unanimously passing an amendment to the law safeguarding such sites.

New Delhi, March 15 With the opposition fiercely pitted against the nuclear liability bill, the government has denied any US pressure to push the legislation. The bill, sources said, has been designed to strike a fine balance between the interests of the victims of a potential nuclear accident and the security of investors.

Paris, March 15 (DPA) A 38-year-old French woman admitted in court Monday that she had killed six of her children immediately after their birth, wrapped them in plastic bags and then hid them in her cellar, French media reported.