Panaji, Oct 27 (IANS) The Congress Monday denied its Goa unit or its leaders of having any connection with mining magnate Radha S. Timblo, named for stashing black money abroad, even as a spokesperson accused the BJP of selective targeting of individuals. Congress spokesperson Sunil Kawthankar told a press conference at the party’s state headquarters: “Instead […]
Madrid, Oct 27 (IANS/EFE) Juan Manuel Parra, the emergency doctor who attended Teresa Romero, the Spanish nurse who was infected with the Ebola virus, was discharged Monday from Madrid’s Carlos III Hospital, where he was kept in quarantine for 21 days. Parra, who was put in isolation after he had high-risk contact with the Spanish nurse, […]
Lagos, Oct 27 (IANS) A German construction worker was shot dead in southwest Nigeria’s Ogun state by unknown gunmen, his employer Julius Berger said Monday. The unnamed worker, a sub-contractor, was shot dead last Friday when several workers were traveling without their security escorts. Another staff of Julius Berger was abducted, the company confirmed to Xinhua, […]
Islamabad, Oct 27 (IANS) The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Jan Kubis Monday met with top Pakistani advisers in Islamabad and discussed the recent developments in Afghanistan and in Pakistan-Afghanistan relations, officials said. Pakistani leaders assured full “support for the United Nations in dealing with issues post-2014” as most of the foreign troops are on […]
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a plea by S. Nalini Srikaran, undergoing life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi killing, who had challenged a provision in the law that mandates the state government take prior consent of the centre before remitting the sentence of a convict whose offence was investigated by the […]
Kolkata, Oct 27 (IANS) Three people were killed and many others seriously injured Monday in political clashes in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, police said. The killings in Makra village under Panrui police station area came days after three policemen were injured when villagers hurled bombs at a police team that raided a hideout in the area […]
Jaipur, Oct 27 (IANS) French multinational Saint-Gobain Monday inaugurated its $185 million glass manufacturing unit in Rajasthan. State Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje inaugurated the World Glass Complex at Bhiwadi, Alwar district. The plant has a capacity to manufacture close to 1,000-tonne of glass per day and is a fully automated, futuristic (with state-of-the-art robotics), integrated glass […]
Srinagar, Oct 27 (IANS) The National Conference Monday launched a scathing attack on Congress leader and former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, saying giving it (NC) a full six-year term to govern Jammu and Kashmir after the 2008 elections was no favour. Azad had blamed the decision to let the NC hold the chief minister’s post […]
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) The AAP Monday accused the central government of being “selective” in revealing names of foreign bank account holders, asking it to make public all those with money stashed abroad. Addressing a press conference here, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal said the government was not disclosing all the names because […]
Beirut, Oct 27 (IANS/EFE) The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has intensified its airstrikes on anti-government forces over the past week, killing 500 people, 182 of them civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Monday. Between Oct 19 and 26, the government forces launched a total of 602 airstrikes, 326 by aircraft and […]