Gopika Kaul

LA judge ends Lindsay Lohan's probation, advises her to stop the nightclubbing and concentrate on work

Mar 30, 2012

A human Rights watch report published on Wednesday has interviewed women inmates in Afghan prisons. They are being held for moral crimes, such as running away from an abusive husband or resisting forced marriage.

Mar 30, 2012

JetBlue commander who had a meltdown aboard a flight from New York to Las Vegas has been identified as Clayton Osbon. He is now in FBI custody.

Mar 29, 2012

Australia has witnessed two successive La Nina conditions from 2010 to 2012. According to the Bureau of Meteorology the latest data shows that La Nina is gone.

Mar 28, 2012

A court in Tokyo has ordered Google to change part of its autocomplete function. A Japanese man has alleged that the terms associated with his name in the search box have ruined his life.

Mar 28, 2012

Drew Barrymore is all set to tie the knot this June. She's said to be frantically planning a wedding as she's pregnant and wants to wed before the baby arrives.

Mar 28, 2012

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been preliminarily charged with having links with prostitution rings in France. He's denied the charge and been let off on a 100,000 Euro bail.

Mar 27, 2012

Michael Clarke's management company is said to be in talks with the Pune Warriers of the Indian Premier League. The confirmation is yet to be made.

Mar 26, 2012

A Tibetan man has self-immolated himself in New Delhi on Monday at an anti-China protest rally. More than 600 protestors marched through the capital on Monday to show their dissent against China. The Tibetans are fighting for independence from Chinese rule.

Mar 26, 2012

Pope Benedict XVI has visited Mexico amid controversy and criticism. Former seminarians who have been victims of sexual-abuse by the influential Reverend, late Father Marcial Maciel, are upset that the pope did not address the issue or meet with the victims.

Mar 25, 2012

Madonna has spoken out sharply over a new law in St. Petersburg that threatens to ban the promotion or "propaganda" of homosexuality. She's not minced words in condemning this law and vowed to take up the issue when she visits the city as part of her tour this August.

Mar 24, 2012

Rovio, the maker of Angry Birds, has tied up with Wal-Mart for its latest game. It's a sort-of treasure hunt for clues to be found only in the merchandise sold at Wal-Mart

Mar 22, 2012

On Sunday, March 25th, thousands of pro-democracy campaigners will show their protest by marching down the streets of Hong Kong.

Mar 22, 2012

The man who is suspected to have shot dead four people at a French school in Toulouse is in an encounter with the French Police.

Mar 21, 2012

Jamie Waylett, the Hogwarts bully of Harry Potter films has been sent to two years in prison for his part in the London riots of August 2011

Mar 21, 2012

The two Italian men who were kidnapped from the eastern Indian state of Orissa are still not released. Rebels say their demands must be met.

Mar 21, 2012

Virat Kohli is India's new cricket hero. With staggering numbers that has the country enthralled, Kohli is being hailed as the next big thing in cricket.

Mar 20, 2012

Five suspected militants were shot dead in an encounter with the Indonesian anti-terrorism unit Detachment 88.

Mar 20, 2012

Brad Haddin has left the West Indies tour for personal reasons.

Mar 17, 2012

Between February and March this year, petrol costs have risen by 3%, causing a downward drift in the Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index. This has many economists worrying, as the fear of recession looms and unemployment figures do not look too uplifting either.

Mar 15, 2012