Chennai, Nov 18 (IANS) Belying expectations of chess fans across the world for a positive result, Norwegian world chess champion Magnus Carlsen and title challenger Viswanathan Anand Tuesday decided to split points in 41 moves in the eighth round of their title match at Sochi in Russia. At the end of this round, Carlsen leads […]
Canberra/Melbourne, Nov 18 (IANS) India and Australia Tuesday marked a new synergy in bilateral relations as they agreed on a framework for security cooperation to boost defence, civil nuclear and economic ties even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi ended a hectic five-day, four-city visit. The two countries signed five agreements, including one on exchange of […]
When the entire Opposition castigated Manmohan Singh for not putting his foot down and stopping the 2G and coal scams, few questioned the basic honesty of the UPA prime minister. Will cricket fans treat Narayanswamy Srinivasan, the sidelined president of the Indian cricket board, in a similar manner, ignoring his failure to prevent the squalid […]
Helsinki, Nov 18 (IANS) Finnish mobile communications company Nokia announced its first Nokia-branded Android tablet Tuesday. The company made the announcement, which means its re-entry into the consumer electronics market, at the Slush 2014, a technology and start-ups event held in the Finnish capital city. The tablet, running on Android 5.0 (Lollipop), using Nokia’s own […]
Madrid, Nov 18 (IANS/EFE) The Spanish police have arrested 50 people across the country as part of an ongoing operation against an Indian network accused of tax fraud and other crimes in its commercial dealings, sources close to the investigation said Tuesday. Some 150 houses in different Spanish regions were being searched, while authorities have […]
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) An eclectic array of musicians from Colombia, Brazil, Palestine and Mali, along with India’s shining stars, will perform at the third edition of Amarrass music festival in the capital beginning Nov 21, said the organisers Monday. The two-day music festival would showcase unknown voices from different countries presenting new, cross-cultural […]
Kolkata, Nov 17 (IANS) The CBI Monday filed its second chargesheet in the Saradha scam, naming company chairman Sudipta Sen, his close aide Debjani Mukherjee, and top police officer-turned-Trinamool Congress leader Rajat Majumdar. Businessmen father-son Sajjan Agarwal and Sandhir Agarwal, East Bengal club official Debabrata Sarkar and Assamese singer-filmmaker Sadananda Gogoi were also among the […]
Abu Dhabi, Nov 17 (IANS) Caterham Monday announced that Japanese driver Kamui Kobayashi will race for them in the season finale Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this weekend. The 28-year-old has raced 14 times this season but was dropped for the Belgian Grand Prix in August. “I am happy to be racing with the […]
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The government Monday said it is creating a new ‘National Industrial Corridor Development Authority’ to carry out project development activities, sanction projects, and implement and coordinate all central efforts for industrial corridor development. The new government scheme and reform was announced by Shatrughna Singh, additional secretary, department of industrial policy […]
Abuja, Nov 17 (IANS) Firing shots in the air, gunmen attacked a school in central Nigeria’s Niger state Monday, police told Xinhua but declined to give details of casualties. The gunmen, who are yet to be identified, stormed the premises of Limawa Primary and Secondary School in Minna, the provincial capital, state police spokesman Ibrahim […]