Stockholm, Sep 15 (IANS) Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt announced his resignation Sunday night amid disappointing results of his centre-right government in the 2014 parliamentary election. Reinfeldt made the announcement in an address to his Moderate Party Sunday night when they were witnessing the disappointing results, Xinhua reported. “The election is over and the Swedish people […]
Mexico City, Sep 15 (IANS) Hurricane Odile Sunday intensified to Category 4 on the Saffir Simpson scale and was moving rapidly towards Baja California peninsula in northwest Mexico, the country’s National Meteorological Service (SMN) warned. SMN predicted that the hurricane could reach the southern tip of the peninsula with legions of luxury resorts late in the […]
Jerusalem, Sep 15 (IANS) The Israeli military Sunday sharply criticised a conscientious objection letter sent by 43 veterans of an elite intelligence unit who refused to serve their duty due to Israel’s surveillance and information gathering tactics. Military spokesperson Brig-Gen. Moti Almoz wrote online Sunday that the group used their military service “to express political opinions” […]
Los Angeles, Sep 15 (IANS) Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have reportedly spent 250 million pounds on a luxury yacht. They plan to spend a further 200,000 pounds to have the luxury vessel fitted to their own specifications. The floating palace will be decked out with the finest Italian marble and woodwork by Italian boat-makers Rizzardi. […]
Abuja, Sep 15 (IANS) Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency Sunday said that 44 bodies were recovered, while 130 people trapped in a collapsed church building were rescued in the country’s commercial city of Lagos. Spokesperson for the rescue agency Ibrahim Farinloye said in a statement that the number of dead people has risen to 44, Xinhua […]
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Two Manipuri students were attacked with a scissor, stones and iron rods by three people, two of them juveniles, when the northeastern youths objected to racist remarks against them, police said Sunday. The attackers have been apprehended. The incident took place around 9 p.m. Saturday at Babulal Chowk in Munirka area […]
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Manmohan Singh’s daughter Daman Singh Sunday said her book traces the journey of the former prime minister and his wife Gursharan Kaur’s life from the 1930s to 2004. Speaking after the release of the book “Strictly Personal”, Daman Singh said it talks not just about the two individuals but about the […]
Bangalore, Sep 15 (IANS) Hitesh Joshi emerged winner with 29 points in the 0-5 handicap category on the final day of the Toyota Karnataka Golf Festival at the KGA course, here Sunday. Joshi, who is also the president of Karnataka Golf Association, was the only participant in 0-5 handicap category in India’s largest four-day golf festival. […]
Kolkata, Sep 15 (IANS) Claiming that the Trinamool Congress’ protest demonstration against the CBI here was tantamount to contempt of court, the Congress Sunday said it will move the Supreme Court over the issue. Accusing the Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the centre of using the CBI as a political tool, Trinamool leader and West Bengal […]
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) A 14-month-old toddler was killed when a car crushed her in a parking lot in Delhi, police said Sunday. The accident was reported Saturday evening from Karawal Nagar area in east Delhi. Manisha was playing in the parking area when she was crushed. The car was being parked by an unidentified […]