Trump 'uniquely unqualified' to be US president: Obama

Orlando, Nov 2:US President Barack Obama today assailed Donald Trump for being "uniquely unqualified" and "temperamentally unfit" to be the next commander-in-chief as he asked Americans to recall how Republicans themselves were divided over having a "con man" as their presidential nominee.

"Donald Trump is uniquely unqualified to be President. He is temperamentally unfit to be commander-in-chief," Obama said at a well-attended Democratic rally in Columbus, Ohio.

"Don't take my word for it. Take the word of a lot of the Republicans who were saying this before they decided, politically, that it was convenient to support him. Then some of them decided, politically, it was inconvenient to support him again. They keep on doing backflips," he said.

Sensex plummets 288 pts on US poll fears

Mumbai, Nov 2 :The benchmark BSE Sensex crashed by 288 points and the NSE Nifty dipped below 8,600 mark in early trade as investors cut down their bets, tracking a weak trend in global market after a new US presidential poll showed Donald Trump ahead of market favourite Hillary Clinton.

The 30-share barometer plunged 288.06 points or 1.03 per cent at 27,588.55 with all the sectoral indices led by metal, realty and oil in the negative zone, falling by up to 1.73 per cent. It had lost 64.90 points in the previous two sessions.

Government planning platform for customer feedback on call drops: Minister

Communications Minister Manoj Sinha on Tuesday said the government is planning to set up a platform in the next one month through which subscribers can directly give their feedback on call drops.

"We are setting up a platform through which the consumers will be able to directly give their feedback to the government, especially regarding call drops," Sinha told reporters.

He was briefing media after holding a meeting with telecom service providers CEOs on the call drop issue.

About the 100-day plan floated by the operators where they had assured that 60,000 base transceiver stations (BTS) will be set up with an investment of Rs 12,000 crore, the minister said: "They have met the target of setting up 60,000 BTS... rather exceeded that target."

Bharti Airtel has installed 22,000 BTS, Idea Cellular, 25,382 and Vodafone, 13,870, the minister said, adding that Reliance Jio, which was not part of the 60,000 BTS plan, has additionally set up 35,000 BTS.

Amber Rose has been touched inappropriately on numerous occasions

Model-actress Amber Rose says she "cannot count" the number of times she has been touched by a "famous guy inappropriately".

The 33-year-old model revealed that she had been touched "inappropriately" on numerous occasions in an interview with Yahoo Style while commenting on the recently released tape of Donald Trump making comments about women, reports mirror.co.uk.

Tara Reid flaunts skinny figure in Halloween outfit

Actress Tara Reid raised eyebrows as she showed off her worryingly thin figure in a skimpy ensemble at an event here.

Reid turned into a sexy Santa Claus at the 6th Annual treats! Magazine Halloween Party over the weekend, reports aceshowbiz.com

Minaj kisses Mill amid Young M.A link-up rumours

Rapper Nicki Minaj has proved she and Meek Mill are still together following her link-up rumours with Young M.A. She has shared two videos in which she is seen cosying up to Mill.

The "Anaconda" hitmaker took to Instagram on Monday to share the videos, reports aceshowbiz.com.

Lisa Haydon excited to feature in web series

Actress Lisa Haydon, who is all set to be seen in "The Trip", says she is excited to be a part of the web series.

"Very excited to be a part of 'The Trip'. It's my first fiction series on the web with bindass. Love the story. Looking forward to shooting," Lisa said in a statement.

Ban Ki-moon hails agreement to cut greenhouse gases

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the adoption of the critically important amendment to cut production and use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), at a meeting in Kigali, Rwanda.

The amendment was agreed upon to the Montreal Protocol phasing-down production and use of HFCs, which are powerful, short-lived greenhouse gases that contributes to climate change, the UN chief said in a statement on Saturday.

"As HFCs are also the fastest-growing of all greenhouse gases, curbing their use will help limit near-term warming of the planet, " Xinhua news agency quoted the statement.

At the Kigali meeting on Saturday, nearly 200 nations approved a timetable to stop the use of gases whose elimination could reduce global warming by 0.5 degrees celsius by the end of the century.

Pakistan end Bravo vigil to regain command

Dubai, Oct 16 : Pakistan removed the obdurate Darren Bravo late on the third day of the first day-night Test to reinvigorate their cause after a dogged West Indies batting display in Dubai.

Bravo defied a potent bowling attack to score 87 during a 402-minute stay at the crease while Samuels made 76 as the West Indies closed on 315-6, still trailing Pakistan's first innings total of 579-3 declared by 264 runs.

Shane Dowrich was unbeaten on 27 with skipper Jason Holder 10 not out at the close of play.

West Indies need to reach 380 to avoid following-on, but the duration of their innings suggests Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-haq may not enforce it and bat again on Sunday.

Bravo and Samuels were engaged in a resolute 113-run stand for the third wicket as the Dubai stadium pitch did not offer much help to Pakistan's attack.

Adele earns 84,000 pounds a day

Singer Adele is reportedly earning around 84,000 pounds a day thanks to the huge success of her last album.

The star made an incredible comeback to the music industry with her album "25" last year, with it becoming the fastest selling in British history.

According to The Sun, she raked in around 30 million pounds last year through her company Melted Stone Limited, as per newly-released accounts - equalling 84,000 pounds a day, reports mirror.co.uk.

Her company Melted Stone Limited turned over 30.7 million pounds.

India, US would be "best friends" if elected as prez: Trump

Edison (New Jersey), Oct 16 : Terming India as a "key strategic ally", Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has promised that if voted to power India and the US would become "best friends" and have a "phenomenal future" together.

"India's is the world's largest democracy and is a natural ally of the US. Under a Trump Administration, we are going to become even better friends, in fact I would take the term better out and we would be best friends," Trump, 70, told a cheering crowd of Indian-Americans at a charity event organised by the Republican Hindu Coalition yesterday.

"We are for free trade. We will have good trade deals with other countries. We are going to do a lot of business with India. We are going to have a phenomenal future together," he said.

He praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking India on a fast track growth with a series of economic reforms and reforming bureaucracy, saying it was required in the US too.

19 killed, over 60 injured in Varanasi stampede

At least 19 persons, including 14 women, were killed and over 60 others, injured in a stampede during a religious procession here on Saturday, police said.

The stampede occurred at around 1.30 p.m. at the Rajghat bridge in the Ramnagar area, as thousands of people, who had turned up at a religious congregation organised by disciples of the late spiritual leader Jai Gurudev, took out a procession.

Ramanagar police station incharge Anil Kumar Singh told IANS that 19 people were killed in the stampede and over 60 injured.

Police attributed the stampede to the "impatience" among the participants due to the prevailing heat and humidity, and also noted that while the organisers had sought permission for presence of around 3,000 people, nearly 80,000 had turned up.

India's forex reserves slip to $367 billion

India's foreign exchange reserves dipped to $367.64 billion as on October 7, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said.

According to data released by the RBI on Friday, the reserves stood at around $367.64 billion as on October 7, as against $371.99 billion on September 30.

On October 7, the foreign currency assets stood at $342.39 billion, gold at $21.40 billion, special drawing rights $1.47 billion and the reserve position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at $2.36 billion.

Obama heckled in Cleveland by pro-Trump protester

Washington, Oct 14 : US President Barack Obama was heckled for the second consecutive day prompting him to say that the pro-Trump protester was paid.

The incident happened at an election rally in Cleveland, Ohio. Early in the speech as Obama noted that he'd promised to work as hard as he could, a man in the back started heckling.

"While you're not golfing!"

A moment later, the same man began shouting "Bill Clinton's a rapist! Bill Clinton's a rapist!" And he opened his jacket to reveal and T-shirt with Bill Clinton's image and the word "RAPE." There were other hecklers elsewhere in the crowd.

India, Russia seal big ticket defence deals

Benaulim (Goa), Oct 15 : India and Russia on Saturday sealed a number of big ticket defence deals including purchase of missile systems, frigates and joint production of helicopters besides deciding to deepen cooperation in a range of crucial sectors even as the two close allies resolved to fight the menace of terrorism unitedly

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin held wide-ranging talks covering the entire expanse of bilateral engagement following which the two sides signed a total of 16 MoUs and made three announcements to boost ties in sectors like trade and investment, hydrocarbons, space and smart cities

The two leaders also dedicated the unit two of Kudankulum nuclear power plant and witnessed foundation laying of its Unit 3 and 4

Rose McGowan claims being raped by Hollywood executive

Actress Rose McGowan has claimed that she was raped by a Hollywood executive.

The 43-year-old made the claim on Twitter as she shared her contribution to the trending hashtag #WhyWomenDontReport, reports mirror.co.uk.

The "Charmed" star alleged that she experienced the terrible ordeal at the hands of a "studio head".

Nicole Kidman felt lonely post her Oscar win

Actress Nicole Kidman, who won the Best Actress accolade at the 2002 Academy Awards for her role in "The Hours", says she realised how "lonely" she was when she didn't have "anyone to share" her Oscar with.

The Oscar win inspired Kidman to find a man to spend her life with, reports etonline.com.

No buyer for Twitter as Salesforce quits race

In a bad news for Twitter, its last potential buyer Salesforce has decided not to make a bid to buy the struggling micro-blogging website.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff told the Financial Times that he has "walked away" from making a bid to buy Twitter.

Earlier, Google, Apple and Walt Disney also decided not to bid for the website.

Twitter stocks fell significantly this week after Google and Walt Disney reportedly ruled out to acquire the struggling micro-blogging platform.

Some lovers preferred porn over me: Pamela Anderson

Actress Pamela Anderson says she has dated men who preferred watching pornography to having sex with her.

Anderson has launched a 'Sensual Revolution' campaign with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach to try and educate people on the dangers of online pornography, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

She says the volume of X-rated material is damaging men of all ages and she has been in relationships where her partners would lock themselves away in the bathroom to get sexual gratification from the internet rather than make love to her.

Emilia Clarke buys $4.64 mn home

Actress Emilia Clarke has spent $4.64 million to buy a new home in Venice, a beachfront neighbourhood in California.

Clarke, who was born and brought up in Berkshire, south east England and plays Daenerys Targaryen in popular American fantasy drama TV series "Game of Thrones", has bought the new house to live in during her increasingly frequent US work commitments, reports dailymail.co.uk.