Agra, April 5 (IANS) Environmentalists have demanded an audit of the total expenditure, including the foreign loans received, for cleaning the Yamuna river and appealed to candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election to include the issue in their agendas. “The latest loan of Rs.937 crores provided by the Japan International Cooperation Agency will also go into […]
Washington, April 4 President Barack Obama is nominating Sunil Sabharwal, an independent Indian American investor in the payments sector, to a key job as US Alternate Executive Director at International Monetary Fund. “I am grateful these accomplished men and women have agreed to join this Administration, and I’m confident they will serve ably in these […]
Mumbai, March 28 (IANS) Actress Kirti Kulhari, who is busy promoting her forthcoming movie “Jal”, says it’s not an art film but a complete Bollywood masala entertainer. The movie, directed by first-timer Girish Malik, has done its rounds at various film extravaganzas, including the Busan International Film Festival. This, Kirti believes, must not paint a wrong […]
Bogota, March 27 (IANS) Colombian police authorities announced Wednesday they had captured Hector Alonso Castro, believed to be the country’s largest distributor of synthetic drugs, the media reported. There were no details as for when or where Castro, 38, was caught. Castro was also accused of charges including ordering several killings, Xinhua quoted RCN Radio network […]