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 […]
Riyadh, June 5 (IANS) Saudi Arabia’s health ministry has recruited 1,800 Indian nurses to work in various government hospitals, a media report said. The new nurses would assume their duties within a month after completing their recruitment procedures, the Saudi Gazette quoted Ilham Sindi, director of the ministry’s nursing department, as telling the Makkah daily Wednesday. […]
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The increasing rape incidents in Uttar Pradesh led to charges and counter-charges between the BJP and the SP with Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti Thursday accusing the state’s ruling party of “protecting rapists” while Dimple Yadav put up a spirited defence of her husband and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. “…this (Uttar […]
Rio de Janeiro, June 5 (IANS) After seven years of planning and billions of dollars spent on infrastructure, Brazil is finally dismantling ubiquitous scaffolds and applying finishing touches to a myriad of FIFA World Cup projects. Among them are sparkling new stadiums, airport upgrades and telecommunications, electric power and security initiatives. But is Brazil ready to […]
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his council of ministers and senior leaders, including BJP patriarch L.K. Advani and Congress president Sonia Gandhi were among the members of the newly-elected 16th Lok Sabha who took oath Thursday. Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath, who was sworn-in Wednesday by President Pranab Mukherjee as the pro-tem […]