New Delhi, Apr 14 : Loud applause greeted members of the Indian hockey team on their arrival here on Monday night after their resplendent win at the Azlan Shah Cup tournament in Malaysia.

Crediting the victory to team effort, Sandeep Singh, the team''s captain said, "It is the hard work put in by our team which we are seeing now. It is a joint effort of our coaches and the team members."

The coach of the team termed the victory a good beginning for Indian hockey.

New Delhi, Apr 13 : Around ten Tibetan students stripped and locked themselves on the barbed wire fencing surrounding the Chinese embassy here on Monday in protest against Chinese oppression inside Lhasa.

Chanting slogans of ''Free Tibet'', the protesters stood in the scorching sun outside the Chinese embassy demanding independence for their homeland, before being led away by the police.

New Delhi, Apr 13 : The Supreme Court on Monday postponed the hearing on the petition filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi challenging the Uttar Pradesh Government''s decision to slap the National Security Act (NSA) against him for his alleged hate speeches.

The Bench headed by Chief Justice K. G. Balakrishnan, who heard the matter, postponed the hearing till April 16.

On April 2, the Bench had sought an explanation from the Uttar Pradesh Government and the Pilibhit District Magistrate for slapping of the NSA against Varun.

After prolonged illness, the 97-year-old Vishnu Prabhakar, a famous Hindi literateur, died in a hospital in New Delhi on Saturday.

Prabhakar, who’s survived by two sons and two daughters, had been suffering from cancer for last one and half year.

Prabhakar had decided to donate his body to Organ Retrieval Banking Organisation, a division of All India Institute of Medical sciences (AIIMS) at New Delhi for good cause of best use of his corpse for medical research.

New Delhi, April 13 : Leona Lewis preserves her voice by speaking as little as possible.

The ''X Factor'' winner confessed that she went to extremes to make sure her vocal chords remained intact.

The 24-year-old revealed that her antics included being a ‘word-miser’ and missing out on nights out with pals, reports the China Daily.

New Delhi, Apr 13 : Pop star Lily Allen is planning to get a tattoo saying ‘Shut up’, which will remind her to stay quiet.

The 23-year-old crooner believes that the permanent reminder will make her life easy, reports the China Daily.

"In fact I''m getting a tattoo on my wrist that says, ''Shut up!'' Perhaps it will remind me to keep my mouth shut when I shouldn''t say certain things - that might make my life easier," she said.

The Smile singer hopes if she could learn not to reveal the intimate details of her life, people would stop being so interested in her.