Chennai, Aug 22 (IANS) A teenager in Tamil Nadu whose left hand was chopped off by a man from his village for sitting crosslegged is recovering in hospital, police said Friday. “The boy is recovering after undergoing an amputation operation. We did recover the severed hand but the doctors said it was too late to stitch […]
Bangalore, Aug 22 (IANS) Renowned Kannada writer and Jnanpith awardee U.R. Ananthamurthy passed away here Friday after a brief illness. He was 82. Ananthamurthy, who was admitted in a private hospital last week for treatment following infection and fever, was put on multi-support system as his condition turned critical earlier in the day, hospital sources said. […]
Cairo, Aug 22 (IANS/EFE) At least 70 members of the Islamic State (IS) Sunni extremist organisation have been killed in two days of clashes with the Syrian Army over al-Tabaqa military airport, the only bastion still in the hands of the government in al-Raqa province in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said […]
Baghdad, Aug 22 (IANS) At least 32 people were killed and 12 others wounded Friday in incidents of violence in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, police sources said. Five people were killed and 12 others injured, all of them Shias, when three roadside bombs exploded in Himreen area in northern Diyala, a police source told Xinhua. […]
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Doordarshan will Aug 24 host the 13th International Asia Pacific Robot Contest (ABU-ROBOCON) that aims to encourage scientific temperament of under-graduate engineering students in the Asia-Pacific region. Information and Broadcasting Minister (Independent Charge) Prakash Javadekar will inaugurate the contest at the Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune. ABU-ROBOCON that began in 2002 in […]
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday questioned the central government over the issue of appointing a leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, and said it will give a larger interpretation to the concept of the opposition leader if the government failed to resolve the issue. Days after Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan ruled […]
Islamabad, Aug 22 (IANS) The Pakistan military Friday said that Afghanistan-based militants attacked a border post in southwestern Balochistan province and killed a soldier. “Today about 70 to 80 terrorists intruded from Afghanistan side into Pakistani territory in Muslim Bagh sector in Balochistan,” the military sources said. The sources said Pakistani troops confronted the intruders and […]
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Japan from Aug 31 to Sep 3, it was announced Friday. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said Modi will reach Japan on the evening of Aug 31, hold a series of meetings there on Sep 1-2, and is expected to fly back home […]
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) India-based Apollo Tyres, who are one of the sponsors of Premier league giants Manchester United, have set up a training pitch made from recycled rubber at the Old Trafford in an endeavour to encourage the next generation of budding footballers. The tyre company, which is headquartered in Gurgaon, has used 100 […]
Panaji, Aug 22 (IANS) The national media should not have gone on and on about the usage of the word ‘Negro’ (wrongly spelt as ‘Nigro’) in documents tabled in the state assembly Wednesday, especially after Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar apologised for it, a BJP spokesperson said Friday. “A section of the media went overboard,” BJP’s state […]