Beijing, May 29 (IANS) China’s stock index futures opened higher Thursday with the contract for settlement in June, the most actively traded, opening 12.4 points higher at 2,175.4. The contract for settlement in July went up 10 points to open at 2,163. The September contract opened 13 points higher at 2,170, and the December contract gained […]
Washington, May 29 (IANS/EFE) US President Barack Obama’s decision to postpone the completion of the deportation policy review until August, was received with criticism by activists and scepticism by Republicans. “Now isn’t the time to be playing politics with immigration enforcement or our national security,” Michael Steel, spokesman for Republican House Speaker John Boehner, said Wednesday. […]
Islamabad, May 29 (IANS) Five Hindu children were kidnapped from Pakistan’s Balochistan province by unidentified armed men, media reported Wednesday. The children aged between five to ten years were abducted late Wednesday from Dera Allah Yar area while coming back from school, Dawn online quoted an official as saying. The kidnappers shifted the children to Sindh, […]
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) It was a humid Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded a notch below average at 26.3 degrees Celsius. The Met Office has forecast a clear day. “The skies will remain clear with the maximum temperature likely to hover around 42 degrees Celsius,” said an official of […]
Lucas Street (Barbados), May 29 (IANS/CMC) Captain Kraigg Brathwaite’s sixth first class hundred and fast bowler Miguel Cummins’s four-wicket haul, helped West Indies High Performance Centre (HPC) crush Bangladesh A by 351 runs under three days, in their opening four-day “Test” here. The right-handed Brathwaite made 164 (15X4, 1X6) to propel his side to 351 for […]
Washington, May 29 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has laid out a new doctrine of using “military force unilaterally” without permission when its own interests are at stake, but turning to “collective action” when Washington is not directly threatened. America would still lead using “military force unilaterally if necessary”, he told graduates at the US Military […]
Hyderabad, May 29 (IANS) The day-long shutdown called by TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao Thursday protesting the Centre’s ordinance to hand over 200 villages of Telangana to Andhra Pradesh for Polavaram irrigation project, affected normal life. Buses of state-owned Road Transport Corporation (RTC) went off the roads in all 10 districts including Hyderabad. Shops, hotels and […]
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry called up External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to congratulate her, an official said Thursday. “The US secretary called up Sushma Swaraj late last night (Wednesday). He congratulated her and the party (BJP) on its election victory,” Syed Akbaruddin, spokesperson, ministry of external affairs told IANS. […]
Moscow, May 29 (IANS/EFE) Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with French counterpart Francois Hollande in Paris June 5, a day before attending a ceremony to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings operation in World War II. “The two leaders will discuss major international and bilateral issues, including the crisis in Ukraine,” Russian presidential […]
Rio de Janeiro, May 29 (IANS) The head coach of Brazil’s national football team has voiced praise for star striker Neymar who according to him has emerged a stronger and more mature player after his first season at Barcelona. “Neymar is better now than during last year’s Confederations Cup, when he led Brazil to victory by […]