London, Feb 28 : Mark Ronson has disclosed he took singing lessons from Lady GaGa’s voice coach for his upcoming record. Ronson revealed GaGa advised him to take singing lessons from Don Lawrence while the two were recording in 2007. “We were working in the studio and I started singing and she said ‘take some lessons’.
Chennai, Feb 28 : The on going 24th edition of ZAK Jewellery Exhibition at Chennai has given an opportunity to jewellery manufacturers to showcase their latest creations. Organised by Zak Trade Fair and Exhibitions, the Zak Jewels 2010 Trade Fair is among the prime exhibitions of its kind for jewellery and precious stones. More than 50 jewellers are participating in this exhibition.
Chandigarh, Feb 28 : Scores of tourists and locals thronged the 38th edition of the three-day annual Rose Festival at Chandigarh. The rose festival, hosted by the Zakir Hussain Rose Garden, is considered the biggest flower show in Asia. The motive behind the festival is to encourage the people to enjoy the different type of rose blooms.
New Delhi, Feb 28 : Sparkling vintage beauties from bygone era rolled out on the streets of New Delhi on Sunday in the 44th Statesman Vintage and Classic Car Rally. Delhi’s Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna flagged off the rally in which around 130 cars are taking part. The rally commenced from the city’s majestic Statesman House building and the participants will drive all the way to Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh.
Rohtak/Narwana (Haryana), Feb 28 : Authorities in Haryana on Sunday imposed strict security measures across the state to prevent any untoward incident in the wake of protests by the followers of a Sikh sect agitating over the filing of a murder case against their chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. The followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda, a sub-sect of Sikhs, went on a rampage at several places in the state and also in Punjab on Saturday to voice their ire at their chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s name figuring in the murder case. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had booked Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh last week in connection with the murder of Faqir Chand in 1991.
Washington, Feb.28 : While Pakistani security forces have nabbed several top Taliban commanders hiding inside the country, including the Afghan Taliban’s second in-command Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, US officials are uncertain about what exactly has prompted Islamabad to romp up action against these ‘refugee’ extremist leaders. “We are not sure what these recent detentions have meant. There’s been multiple (detentions) over the years, but it’s been inconsistent,” a senior official in the Obama Administration said.
London, Feb 28: Israeli President Shimon Peres is among the many who owe their lives to the son of a founder of Hamas, according to a dramatic account to be published this week. Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef – Hamas chief since August 200, will reveal the heroics of how he became an informant for the Israeli domestic security service Shin Bet, as a top agent codenamed the ‘Green Prince’ and the risks he took during a decade as a spy for Israel. n his book, Son of Hamas, he describes his remarkable double life as a top Israeli agent, his conversion to Christianity and how he swapped the West Bank for the West Coast.
London, Feb.28 : Britain’s Chief of General Staff (CGS) General Sir David Richards has warned the establishment that defence budget cuts are having a “cumulative and corrosive effect” on soldiers and their families. In a confidential draft memo prepared for ministers, General Richards has claimed that soldiers are being treated very poorly after their return to Britain from tours abroad that it is threatening to undermine the war effort in Afghanistan. Marked “restricted”, the memo reports a summary of an internal “poll” of 5,000 soldiers and their families at units in Britain, Germany and Cyprus over the past four months, The Sunday Times reports.
Santiago (Chile), Feb.28 : Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet has revealed that the earthquake hitting her country on Saturday has so far claimed the lives of at least 300 people and affected over two million. “The power of nature has again struck our country,” Bachelet said in a nation-wide address, and declared that six of Chile’s 15 regions were now “catastrophe zones” in the aftermath of the 8.8-magnitude quake. “This is a catastrophe of immense proportions, so it will be very difficult to give precise figures,” The Telegraph quoted Interior Minister Edmundo Perez Yoma, as saying.
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