It’s been three weeks since his blue-eyed baby debuted in this world, but Thomas Beatie – better known around the world as the Pregnant Man – can already say this about his daughter’s personality: “She’s easygoing and mellow and intelligent.”
On June 29 at 8:55 p.m., Beatie, 34, a former female beauty Read the full story

Only Mexican-grown raw jalapeños and raw serrano peppers have been linked to the salmonella outbreak, a spokesman for the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. Mexican officials said the findings were “premature,” even as the FDA issued an advisory stating that a contaminated jalapeño pepper originated in Mexico. Read the full story

First Sanjay Gupta replaced his good friend Sanjay Dutt with Irrfan Khan in his autobiographical film “Alibaug” and now is he set to scrap the love song that was recorded in the Munnabhai actor’s voice. We’ll have to get it done by a professional playback singer now. It won’t be correct to have Sanjay’s voice for Irrfan,” Gupta told IANS. So what happens to the footage and song featuring Sanjay? Read the full story

Manoj Tiwari, host of reality show “Chak De Bachche”, had a heated argument with the judges - Raveena Tandon and choreographer-director Ganesh Acharya - for not paying attention to the contestants from the team of ‘Desi Dhurandhars’. The incident took place Monday when Manoj told the audience that they should not go by the judges’ verdict and instead apply their common sense while voting for ‘Desi Dhurandhars’ team, said a source. Read the full story

Jamaica’s Asafa Powell cruised to victory in the 100m at the London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace to complete his preparations for the Beijing Olympics.

The ex-world record holder won in 9.94 seconds ahead of Trinidad’s Marc Burns, with Britain’s Craig Pickering eighth. Gold medal favourite Phillips Idowu won the triple jump with a 17.42m leap. Read the full story

Bollywood actress Nisha Kothari has replaced Malavika in the controversial bilingual film “Karthigai”. Malavika had alleged sexual harassment by the producer of the film for refusing to do dance steps due to her pregnancy. Malavika had allged that producer Anjaneyulu and director Veera tried to harass her sexually, but the charges were denied.
Later, she offered to complete the film provided she was assured of “appropriate behaviour” and “personal safety” from the producer and director, sources close to the actress said. Read the full story

Breaking away from the trend of designing sets with the help of computer graphics, documentary filmmaker Madhureeta Anand has planned hand-painted sets for her first feature film “Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye”. She is also using handcrafted props in her film, which is about how to turn dreams into reality. Raima Sen, Randeep Hooda and Arbaaz Khan are leading the cast. Read the full story

I thought my husband was crazy. When our 2-year-old daughter had hernia surgery, he insisted on seeing the surgeon minutes before to remind him that the hernia was on her right side, not her left. The nurses weren’t happy; it wasn’t protocol to have the surgeon meet with parents immediately before a procedure. Read the full story

When I first heard about digital mammograms, my first thought was, “This could be good.” I thought of my daughter’s new digital camera and all the really cool things it could do — it takes great, easy snapshots, crops those images, colors them, even makes them look like an Andy Warhol print. It produced perfect pictures pain free. Pain free is the key phrase here. Read the full story

A brilliant display by Andy Murray saw him beat Novak Djokovic for the first time to set up a semi-final clash with Rafael Nadal in the Toronto Masters.

The British number one had lost his four previous matches against the world number three, the defending champion, but his battling approach paid off. Murray’s tactics were spot on as he clinched a 6-3 7-6 (7-3) victory. Nadal lost a marathon first set against Richard Gasquet in his quarter-final but went on to win 6-7 (12-14) 6-2 6-1. The Spanish world number two has now won 27 successive matches. Read the full story