Aden, May 14 (IANS) At least six Al Qaeda militants were killed when their convoy was bombed by Yemeni military helicopters in Yemen’s south-eastern province of Shabwa Tuesday, authorities said. “Military helicopters struck an Al Qaeda weapon convoy composed of three pick-up trucks in Bayhan region on Shabwa’s outskirts, killing six terrorists at the scene,” […]
Ankara, May 14 (IANS) At least 20 miners were killed and around 300 others were trapped underground after a deadly explosion in a coal mine shaft in Turkey’s western province of Manisa Tuesday, the media reported. The accident took place in Manisa’s Soma district, Xinhua quoted the local Dogan news agency as saying. Turkish Energy […]
United Nations, May 14 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday announced resignation of Lakhdar Brahimi as the joint United Nations-Arab League Special Representative on the Syria crisis, terming it a “tragedy for the Syrian people” and a “failure” for the United Nations. Making the announcement personally at a press briefing at the UN Headquarters, Ban […]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) A post-election survey released Tuesday said the BJP was set to win a record 253 seats in the Lok Sabha and the Congress just 66, its lowest ever tally. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will win in all 303 seats, according to the LensOnNews survey conducted after each polling day […]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday issued notice to BSP parliamentarian Dhananjay Singh, accused for torturing his maid, on the plea of police seeking cancellation of his bail. Justice Sunita Gupta sought a response from Singh by May 21. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP was granted interim bail by trial court […]
Islamabad, May 13 (IANS) At least six people, including two security personnel, were killed in separate incidents of firing in Pakistan’s northwest and southern provinces Tuesday, Xinhua cited a local news report as saying. Two people were killed and one other was injured when unknown gunmen opened fire at a car in Dehli colony area of […]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday declined to entertain the plea by advocate seeking to put on hold the declaration of Varanasi Lok Sabha seat’s result as BJP candidate and prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi was not a resident of the constituency and was contesting from another place too. A bench of Justice […]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was given a standing ovation by his staff during a farewell hosted for him Tuesday, his last working day at his South Block office, when the cabinet also met and cleared the elevation of the Indian Army vice chief, Lt. Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag, as the new […]
Bangalore, May 13 (IANS) Delhi Daredevils captain Kevin Pietersen won the toss and elected to field against Royal Challengers Bangalore in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium here Tuesday. Rain had delayed the toss by 50 minutes. Squads: Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (captain), AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Yuvraj Singh, Mitchell […]
Brussels, May 13 (IANS) A new policy paper was adopted by the European Commission Tuesday outlining a new strategic framework to ensure that private sector operations in developing countries have a positive impact on society. The policy paper – or communication as it is officially known – proposes 12 concrete steps to improve the regulatory business […]