In what can be termed as a shocking incident, a mentally-challenged 15-year-old girl in New York was gangraped brutally by two boys in her classroom with her teacher standing only a few feet away. According to media report, the special needs student was allegedly sexually assaulted for 10 minutes as another student “hit her on the head whenever she tried to escape” at the time of a science class at a school in Elmont. The girl’s... 

Facing criticism from all quarters, Indian skipper MS Dhoni finally got a support and that too from former captain Sourav Ganguly. Ganguly believes that Team India has to cope up with this transition phase. When asked about Dhoni, he said: “It comes in every captain’s tenure. MS has to bide his time. It’s easy to comment from outside. You have to give the newcomers some time to settle down. Hopefully, they will do well in couple of... 

For all you Karan Johar fans, there is good news for you. Karan Johar has announced that his next production venture is going to be Hasee Toh Phasee, which will feature Siddharth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra as the lead pair. According to the sources, Dharma Productions will co-produce the film with Phantom Production. While the film is going to be directed by Vinil Matthew. Talking about lead pairs, this will be Siddharth’s second film with... 

Bollywood diva Katrina Kaif has got relief in the Rs 2.79-crore service tax case with tribunal of the view that this liability has been discharged by Katrina agent for the the modelling assignments she has done. “In this case, appellant (Katrina) has appointed Matrix as her agent to discharge her service tax liability on her behalf and the same has been discharged by Matrix,” said a ruling by the Mumbai bench of Customs, Excise and Service... 

Before sunrise tomorrow the first holy dip would have taken place at the Sangam. It would mark the beginning of the Mahakumbh, a once after every 12 years Hindu religious congregation at Allahabad. Initial signs are that ten crore people are going to visit the city in the next two months or so beginning with the first of the six ‘shahi snans’. The complete Kumbh area is plastered with toll-free helpline numbers of the police control room... 

Indian fast bowler S. Sreesanth is not going to visit the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, where Team India is going to battle it out against England in the second One-Day International (ODI). A friend of Sreesanth said: “He told me he won’t watch the match and remain at home.” Sreesanth, who comes from Kochi, last played a one day international when India defeated Sri Lanka to win the World Cup in 2011. From that moment, Sreesanth has... 

Bigg Boss 6 has its winner. And as per the past record, winner is once again TV actress. Urvashi Dholakia has won it this time around, defeating her nearest rival Iman Siddique. Widely been regarded as vamp of the small screen, Urvashi won the show by a narrow margin. Earlier, TV actresses Shweta Tiwari and Juhi Parmar had won season 4 and 5 of Bigg Boss, respectively. Urvashi has won Rs 50 lakh in prize. On the other hand, Colors channel gave Rs... 

Accepting the fact that the protests after the gangrape case were a “wake up” call, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit has taken on the Delhi Police for lack of faith the people have in them because of their “insensitive” approach. For the first time, Sheila said that PM Manmohan Singh’s message to the nation should have come much earlier. Delhi Chief Minister acknowledged that people tend to stay away from helping... 

Straight after the IAF chief statement that India may have to “look at some other options” if Pakistan keep on violating the ceasefire on the LoC with impunity, the latter today agreed to hold first Brigadier-level flag meet tomorrow. “Brigade Commanders’ flag meeting is being held tomorrow at Chakan-Da-Bagh LoC point in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir at noon,” pointed out Public Relation Officer (PRO), Defence,... 

Britney Spears is out of the The X Factor USA after just one season. Indications are that show boss Simon Cowell was about to fire Britney for being ‘boring’. The 31-year-old singer judging style had been heavily criticised. A source said: ‘Britney and her team knew it was unlikely she’d be asked back as a judge. ‘The producers have already been making other plans for next season over the holidays. ‘The reality...