Astley replaces Boy George

September 14th, 2009 LONDON - Supermarket giant Asda is set to launch an Asian clothing range, which will include the traditional Indian garments. The store chain would sell garments such as salwar kameez suits and khurta tunics under the George range.

June 11th, 2009 British nursery worker charged with sexual assaultLONDON — A female nursery worker has appeared in a British court to face charges of sexually assaulting and disseminating indecent images of children. Members of the public spat and jeered at 39-year-old Vanessa George at her first court appearance Thursday in Plymouth, 238 miles (380 kilometers) southwest of London.

June 5th, 2009 Michelle Obama replaces chief of staffWASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama is replacing her chief of staff with a longtime friend and adviser from Chicago. Jackie Norris will become a senior adviser to the Corporation for National and Community Service.

May 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Air Marshal PK Barbora, presently Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Air Command has been appointed the new Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS). He will assume charge as the VCAS from June 1, 2009.

April 30th, 2009 LONDON - Looks like Jack Tweed is having a tough time facing another celebrity inmate in prison-he fled from jail showers with lightning speed after three encounters with naked gay star Boy George. The 21-year-old was taken aback when he saw the Culture Club icon in the wash block of the nick where they are both serving sentences.nd shy Jack, whose Big Brother star wife Jade Goody died of cancer last month, had repeated encounters with beefy George after he was sent to cushy Edmunds Hill jail in Suffolk.

April 25th, 2009 LONDON - Jack Tweed is reportedly headed to the same jail that holds Boy George prisoner. Jade Goody's widower is allegedly being shifted to Edmunds Hill, Suffolk from Chelmsford jail, Essex after receiving threats.

April 7th, 2009 LONDON - Rocker Pete Townsend is reportedly set to divorce his wife of 40 years Karen Astley. Karen Astley will allegedly be granted a decree nisi by a family court judge, in a bid to end the marriage, reports The Sun.

March 22nd, 2009 BANGALORE - Kevin Pietersen, former captain of the England cricket team, is going to be the skipper of the Bangalore Royal Challengers team at IPL Twenty20 tournament this year, team owner Vijay Mallya announced Saturday. Pitersen replaces Rahul Dravid as the Royal Challengers captain for the second season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

March 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Mohan Bhagawat was Saturday named the new chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He replaces K.S.

March 15th, 2009 LONDON - American pop girl group Pussycat Dolls has laid down some vocals on a remix of A.R. Rahman's Oscar-winning song 'Jai Ho' from 'Slumdog Millionaire'.

February 14th, 2009 LONDON - Pop divas Mariah Carey, Faith Hill and Gwen Stefani are sharing their love for music with fans on new, exclusive one-of-a-kind iPods. The divas have filled iPods with their own downloaded delights as part of a fundraising effort to benefit Music Rising, an organisation that replaces lost or destroyed instruments in the hurricane-affected Gulf Coast region, reports contactmusic.com.

February 2nd, 2009 TORONTO - Even as their US counterparts have been slammed for their ``shameful'' behaviour by President Barack Obama for taking billions of dollars in bonuses, top Canadian bank CEOs have opted for big cuts in their packages amid the economic gloom. Gordon Nixon, CEO of the country's topmost Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) which reported 17 percent fall in its profit to $4.56 billion, has taken a 30 per cent cut in his bonus.

January 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The central government Thursday appointed M.N. Prasad, a 1972 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official from the Bihar cadre, as secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).

January 13th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - K.J. Mathew, a 1975-batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service, was Wednesday appointed the new chief secretary of Kerala.

January 13th, 2009 NEW YORK - Australian actress Melissa George will quit hit medical drama 'Grey's Anatomy' just three months after signing onto the show. Imdb.com reports that the actress agreed to a short-term deal to star as intern Sadie Harris in November, and was widely expected to become a regular fixture.