Travoltas launch kids fund in memory of deceased son

September 10th, 2009 LONDON - Encouraging your children to learn a guitar or piano can help boost their memory and intelligence, suggest researchers. The research team from University of London's Institute of Education has found that learning to play an instrument expand the left side of the brain, enhancing kids' memory power by almost 20 per cent, reports Times Online.

July 23rd, 2009 A unique blue-chip fund that invests in fundamentally strong and liquid large-cap stocks Birla Sun Life Insurance (BSLI), one of India’s leading life insurance companies and pioneer of Unit Linked Life Insurance plans in India, announced the launch of ‘Super 20’, its new fund offering today. ‘Super 20’, is a large-cap fund that will invest in 20 fundamentally strong large-cap stocks resulting in long-term capital appreciation for policyholders.

May 9th, 2009 PANAJI - A badly dismembered body of a 24-year-old Russian woman was found on a railway track in a Goa village, police said Saturday. Police officials identified the deceased as Elena Sukhnova, who they claim had arrived in Goa on a tourist visa.

May 3rd, 2009 BEIJING - Socialite heiress Paris Hilton is set to launch her own range of children's clothes. The actress and fashion designer, who already has her own lines of perfumes, jewellery, shoes, pet clothes and women's wear, is keen to branch out into a new lucrative market, reports China Daily.

April 28th, 2009 KOLKATA - The city-based residuary non-banking finance firm Peerless General Finance and Investment Co is likely to launch its own mutual fund next year, a senior company official said here Tuesday. 'We have got in-principle approval from SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) and within the next six months we hope to get the final approval.

April 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Thinking your memory will get worse as you become older may actually make it come true. Researchers found that the elderly who thought that seniors would perform poorly on memory tests scored worse than their counterparts who didn't buy this outlook.

April 18th, 2009 SYDNEY - Our memory performs better when the weather is gloomy, rather than bright and sunny, suggests a new study. Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) made the surprise finding.

April 17th, 2009 MELBOURNE - John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston reportedly jetted into Australia for a three-day visit. The Hollywood couple had previously been avoiding the spotlight after losing their 16-year-old son Jett, who died from a seizure during a family holiday in the Bahamas on January 2.

April 9th, 2009 CHENNAI - With its 24-hour Tamil kids channel Chutti TV becoming popular, Sun TV Network has decided to launch similar channels in Telugu and Kannada languages. In a statutory filing with the stock exchanges Thursday, the broadcaster said the new channels - Kushi TV (Telugu) and Chintu TV (Kannada) - would go on air April 12.

April 5th, 2009 LONDON - Canadian actor Seth Rogen admits he hates kids. The 26-year-old actor, who has lend his voice in animated film Monsters vs.

March 25th, 2009 LONDON - Bob Petrella, a 58-year-old Los Angeles TV producer, has the ability to remember just about anything that's ever happened in his life. Bob can remember up to half the days of his own life in shockingly vivid detail.

March 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher has decided never to move to America, as he doesn't want his kids to pick an American accent. Although Gallagher uttered his love for America, he didn't quite fancy the idea of having his kids grow there.

January 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday expressed shock at the death of five infants in a fire in a hospital in Punjab's Patiala town and has sanctioned compensation of Rs.100,000 each for the families of the victims. Manmohan Singh, who is recuperating after coronary bypass surgery, has sanctioned Rs.100,000 each for the families of the deceased from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, an official said.

January 9th, 2009 LONDON - The male nanny who was taking care of John Travolta's late son Jett was not qualified and was only a Scientologist photographer. According to thesun.co.uk, nanny Jeff Katherin is married and specialises in wedding and maternity pictures.

January 2nd, 2009 LOS ANGELES - The 16-year-old son of Hollywood star John Travolta died Friday while the family was vacation in the Bahamas. Jett Travolta, the son of John and his wife Kelly Preston, was found unconscious on the bathroom of the family's suite at the Old Bahama Bay Resort Friday morning, according to a police statement published by celebrity website TMZ.