Islamabad, June 5 (IANS) A court in Pakistan Thursday ordered registration of murder cases against two former chiefs of the US’s CIA stationed in Islamabad for their alleged role in US drone strikes in the country’s tribal region, lawyers and anti-drone campaigners said. Kareem Khan, a resident of North Waziristan tribal agency, lost his teenaged son […]
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Towards overhauling road safety-control following the fatal car accident of BJP leader Gopinath Munde, the government Thursday vowed to bring in new legislation upgrading road safety norms in-line with global standards. Briefing reporters after a meeting with officials to review road safety standards, Roads Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said: “An umbrella […]
London, June 5 (IANS) A London skyscraper, said to be western Europe’s tallest standing tower at more than 1,000 feet, was evacuated Thursday following reports of smoke in its basement. Seven fire engines with 50 firefighters reached the scene after the fire brigade was called to investigate the Shard tower at 10.30 a.m. this morning, the […]
Moscow, June 5 (IANS) Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov will return to his duties after attending the inauguration of President Petro Poroshenko, a senior Russian official said Thursday. “The decision is made that the Russian ambassador will return to Kiev, return to his duties and will attend only the official part of the inauguration ceremony,” […]
Jerusalem, June 5 (IANS) An El Al Israeli airlines passenger flight from Tel Aviv to Munich made an unplanned landing at Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, early Thursday after an outburst by a violent passenger, media reported. According to a report in the Ha’aretz daily, the passenger, a 30-year-old German, started cursing the people around him […]
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) In a show of solidarity with victims of sexual assaults in India, students of Indian origin graduating from Ivy League universities in the US wore a red tape on their graduation caps during convocation ceremonies this week. Later, several students from Columbia University, Harvard University and Brown University participated in a […]
Patna, June 5 (IANS) A Bihar court Thursday convicted eight people including two police officials of murdering three teenage students in a fake encounter 12 years ago in Patna, a lawyer said. The fast track court headed by Judge Ravi Shankar Sinha pronounced the order and found them guilty. “Two police officials including then station house […]
Sydney, June 5 (IANS/EFE) A population of marsupials called northern quolls was discovered in the remote island of Molema, north Australia, media reported. These animals are similar to cats and have been listed as a species on the verge of extinction. “Northern quoll populations have declined sharply across most of their former range in northern Australia”, […]
Tokyo, June 5 (IANS) The Japan Football Association (JFA) Thursday named veteran football striker Kazuyoshi Miura as its ambassador for the FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The 47-year-old, known as Kazu, played for Japan and was the first Japanese recipient of the Asian Player of the Year award in 1993. He played for several Brazilian clubs […]
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) A 55-year-old man was Thursday shot dead in Delhi by two unidentified assailants riding a bike, police said. Om Prakash Oberoi, sales executive at an ad agency, was attacked in north Delhi’s Subhash Park area around 11.30 a.m. He had gone to deposit a cheque at a bank. An eyewitness told […]