Bangalore, Apr 17 : The multi-crore fake stamp paper accused Abdul Kareem Telgi was sentenced to seven years rigorous imprisonment by a CBI special sessions court here on Friday.
Washington, Apr 17 : Jamie Foxx may have apologised for mocking Miley Cyrus, but the teen sensation's dad doesn't think the comedian's jokes were funny.
Billy Ray Cyrus has said that Foxx's insults to his daughter were hurtful and hardly funny.
The 41-year-old funnyman had launched a crude attack on the teen sensation in an episode of his weekly radio show `The Foxxhole'.
"Make a sex tape and grow up!" Fox News quoted him as having said on the show.
Washington, April 17 : The discovery of an ancient flute in Xinglongwa, China, has suggested that Chinese musical instruments could be 3000 years older than previously calculated.
Traditional Chinese musical instruments are believed to have originated from the reign of Huangdi, or the Yellow Emperor, some two thousand years ago.
But, a flute made of bones, unearthed at the Xinglongwa Site in Inner Mongolian in 1986, has changed the timeline for musical instruments in China.
The ancient flute was made from the bones of bustard, a kind of bird usually seen in Northeast China. The tube is 18 centimeters long, with finger holes still evident.
Suva (Fiji), Apr. 17 : Fiji dictator Colonel Voreqe Bainimarama has claimed that his new "legal order" is the future of the island nation.
In an extraordinary speech to civil servants this morning, stuff. co. nz quoted him a saying that with the abrogation of the constitution "a new Legal Order has been created.
Washington, Apr 17 : A bacterial protein called SopB plays a very important role in letting the deadly bacterium Salmonella enterica invade cells lining the intestine, and also hijack cellular functions to avoid destruction, according to a new study.
Yale researchers have said that the discovery of this crafty protein may shed new light on the lethal tricks of Salmonella.
"In evolutionary terms, this hijacking of cellular machinery to diversify the function of a bacterial protein is mind boggling,'''' said Jorge Galan, senior author of the paper and the Lucille P. Markey Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis and Cell Biology and chair of microbial pathogenesis at Yale.
The Micro-Star International (MSI) has unveiled its latest feature-rich GX403 gaming notebook. According to MSI, the GX403 notebook is loaded with a slew of features for smooth and fast computing.
The GX403 notebook is ultra portable, with 2.2kg weight including battery. The notebook is sized 303 (l) x 231-255 (w) x 24-30 (h) mm. Offering ultra clear and bright vision, the notebook features a 14.1 inch LCD display screen with a 1280 x 800 high resolution and 16:10 ratio. The screen lets users enjoy games or movies with ultimate realism.