Melbourne, Apr 19 : Pop queen Madonna was rushed to hospital after she fell off her horse while horseback riding in the Hamptons.

Although injuries were not serious, the Material Girl was taken to the hospital for precautionary measures, reports TMZ.

Madonna was at the home of photographer Steven Klein at the time and was reportedly wearing full riding gear, including a helmet, when she fell, reports Daily Telegraph.

Basti/Mangaldoi (Assam), Apr 19 : The Congress party is facing attacks from both the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Addressing a rally in Basti of Uttar Pradesh, BSP president Mayawati blamed Congress leaders for wooing low-castes and poor with fake promises.

Without naming Congress party general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who had visited poor and downtrodden in the past, Mayawati said dining and sleeping with low-castes would not wipe out their poverty and unemployment.

Lahore, Apr. 19 : Bollywood beauties Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra may have an unending list of fans, and the now the list also includes the name of former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf.

In an interview to a television channel Musharraf admitted that the two most famous Bollywood actresses, Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra, were his favourites.

Musharraf said he is enjoying life after retirement, and is attending weddings and visiting restaurants, as he does not feel any danger to his life in the country.

Sydney  - Fijians in Australia Sunday condemned the imposition of military rule in their homeland and called on the Australian government to put pressure on the regime to restore democracy.

All of Fiji's judges were sacked last week after three Australian judges sitting as the Court of Appeal ruled that the military government of Voreqe Bainimarama, who seized power in the December 2006 coup, was illegal.

Washington, Apr. 19 : President Barack Obama is "deeply disappointed" by Iran''s sentencing of a US journalist, the White House has said.

An Iranian court has held Iranian-American freelancer Roxana Saberi guilty of spying, and awarded her an eight-year jail term.

The United States is demanding Saberi's release, and her lawyer will appeal against the sentence, Sky News reported.

The former beauty queen holds citizenship of Iran and the United States. Tehran, however, does not recognize dual nationality.

Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies), Apr. 19 : Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez who once famously referred to former US President George W Bush as "the devil," put his animosity towards Washington on the backburner and presented gifts to Bush's successor Barack Obama on the sidelines of the fifth Summit of the Americas meeting here on Saturday.