Damascus, May 13 (IANS) At least four people were killed Tuesday when a suicide car bombing ripped through a pro-government district southwest of the Syrian capital Damascus, Xinhua quoted the official SANA news agency as saying. The explosive-rigged car exploded near a school complex in al-Arin neighbourhood, which is mostly populated by soldiers and security men, […]
Berlin, May 13 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stood by Germany’s foreign policy in the wake of the Ukraine crisis and stressed the importance of a peaceful settlement of the conflict, Xinhua reported Tuesday. “The crisis cannot be solved by military means,” Merkel told German newspaper Westfalenpost, noting that Germany had been pursuing a “triad […]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) A court here Tuesday pulled up the CBI for not probing “crucial aspects” regarding the alleged roles of government officials in allocating coal blocks to a Hyderabad-based company, which was charge sheeted in the case. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Gaurav Rao directed the investigating officer (IO) of the case to conclude […]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) There are 2-6 crore Bangladeshi migrants living in India – the largest illegal migration from one country to another, a former senior officer of India’s border guards said Tuesday. “Nobody can verify the trend of Bangladeshi migrants in India but our estimation is no less than 2 to 6 crore of […]
Lucknow, May 13 (IANS) A massive turnout was recorded in the 11 polling booths across three Lok Sabha constituencies in western Uttar Pradesh where a re-poll was held Tuesday on the orders of the Election Commission on basis of reports filed by observers, officials said. The turnout in the re-polling at polling booth 57 under Bidhna […]
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Maharashtra executive committee will meet and take stock of the post-election and post-results scenario here Wednesday. The meeting will be chaired by state BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis and attended by all the top leaders in the state. Among other things, the first executive meeting after the Lok Sabha […]
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday paid homage to former president Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, on his 109th birth anniversary, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. Mukherjee paid floral tributes at a portrait of the late president in the presence of Ahmed’s family members as well as officers and staff of Rashtrapati Bhavan. Born […]
The NSW Government has major concerns over the Commonwealth’s Budget, with what appears to be ‘cost-shifting’ in health and education services. NSW Treasury estimates the state is being asked to find an extra $1.2 billion over four years in our health budget. NSW Treasurer Andrew Constance acknowledges this is a tough blueprint designed to future-proof […]
Riyadh, May 13 (IANS) Three well-known imams in Saudi Arabia have been banned for life from delivering sermons in mosques and religious camps for their Muslim Brotherhood links. The three imams maintained direct contact with the Muslim Brotherhood in a number of Arab countries, the Saudi Gazette reported Monday. The three imams were well-known in […]
Chennai, May 13 (IANS) Japanese electronics giant Sony hopes to double the sale of its mobile phones to four million units and rake in around Rs.5,500 crore this fiscal, said a senior company official. “We are targeting to sell four million mobile phones this fiscal and earn around Rs.5,500 crore. Last year we sold two […]