Kolkata, Nov 14 (IANS) Kolkata was yet again shamed as power failure led to a 12-minute disruption in the Indian Super League match between Atletico de Kolkata and Chennaiyin FC at the Salt Lake stadium here Friday. The black-out occurred 36 minutes and 30 seconds into the floodlit match with the two sides locked 0-0. […]
Lucknow, Nov 14 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Travel Mart 2015, the biggest outreach by the state government to tap the possibilities to enhance its tourism potential, would be inaugurated in New Delhi Saturday, officials said Friday. The travel mart will be launched by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. The objective of the travel mart is to ensure […]
London, Nov 13 (IANS) An Asian-origin smuggler serving jail sentence for bringing 100 million pounds (157 million dollars) worth of gold into Britain has been ordered to repay 4.3 million pounds (about 6 million dollars) of the tax he dodged, if he wants to avoid spending additional 10 years behind bars. Chaudry Ali, 52, was […]
Paris, Nov 13 (IANS) World football governing body FIFA Thursday cleared Russia and Qatar of their controversial winning bid for hosting the 2018 and 2022 World Cup, respectively. Hans-Joachim Echert, adjudicatory chamber chairman of the FIFA Ethics Committee, said in a statement that no proof was found of corruption or bribery after a review of […]
Rabat, Nov 13 (IANS) The Moroccan authorities arrested four French “Islamic extremists” suspected of having links with terrorist organisations in some hotbeds of tension Thursday in the cities of Marrakesh and Laayoune, the Moroccan interior ministry said in a statement. “Acting on the basis of information provided by intelligence services, the national brigade of the […]
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Announcing an end to the impasse over the WTO accord to ease global customs rules, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Thursday said an agreement has been reached with the US on the issue of food stockpiling. The deal opens the way for a consensus on the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) which […]
Srinagar, Nov 13 (IANS) A gunfight took place Thursday evening between security forces and holed up guerrillas in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Acting on a tip about the presence of militants in Chanigam village, police from Kulgam and a battalion each from the Rashtriya Rifles and the Central Reserve Police Force […]
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday directed the Ahmedabad-based trial court to complete within three months the trial over the 2002 post-Godhra Gulberg Society massacre, in which 35 people including former Congress parliamentarian Ehsan Jaffri were burnt alive and 31 people went missing. The bench of Chief Justice H.L. Dattu, Justice Madan […]
Patna, Nov 13 (IANS) Janata Dal-United legislator Anant Singh Thursday described Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi “mad” for reportedly calling upper castes as foreigners and demanded that Manjhi be sacked. Manjhi reportedly said Tuesday that upper castes were descendants of the Aryan race and hence foreigners. He added that Dalits and tribals were the […]
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Thursday met Flipkart co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Sachin Bansal and assured him that the government will provide full support to resolving issues related to logistics and connectivity. “I was delighted to meet the young man Sachin Bansal who started the e-Commerce giant #flipkart# in […]