Santiago, May 27 (IANS) A group of students discovered a 7,000-year-old mummy in northern Chile, the media reported Monday. The mummy was found in El Laucho beach at the foothills of Morro de Arica, La Tercera newspaper reported, according to Xinhua. The students were part of an archaeology workshop and were investigating the site of a […]
Washington, May 27 (IANS) The White House inadvertently revealed the name of the Central Intelligence Agency’s top officer in Kabul during President Barack Obama’s weekend trip to the Afghan capital. A list of 15 senior US officials, first provided to journalists traveling with Obama and then forwarded to other reporters on the White House mailing list, […]
Rome, May 27 (IANS) Italy’s former environment minister Corrado Clini Monday was put under house arrest on embezzlement charges, the media reported. Clini, 67, allegedly misappropriated 3.4 million euros (or $4.6 million) in public money for a water treatment project in Iraq, Xinhua quoted the ANSA news agency as saying, quoting police sources. The sources said […]
Abuja, May 27 (IANS) Nigeria’s military have acquired the location of abducted schoolgirls, but could not rescue them by force for fear of civilian casualty, the media reported Monday. Defence Chief Alex Badeh reportedly told News Agency of Nigeria that “the good news for the parents of the girls is that we know where they are,” […]
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The scene of action at the Rashtrapati Bhavan during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in Monday was a distant spectacle for the hundreds of media persons, including many from the print media, invited to cover the ceremony. With no giant screens to show the action going on in the front, the thousands […]
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will Tuesday meet his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif and other leaders from the Saarc countries in one of his first engagements after taking charge. Modi, who talked to Sharif Monday, tweeted about their conversation saying the Pakistani prime minister’s mother got emotional seeing his (Modi’s) meeting with […]
Islamabad, May 27 (IANS) Geo TV network and Jang media group Monday tendered apology to Pakistan’s armed forces and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for hurling allegations its chief Lt. Gen. Zaheerul Islam. In an apology letter in its publications – English daily The News and Urdu daily Jang, the media group clarified that they hold respect for […]
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif hit it off during their meeting Monday evening, with Sharif sharing “some very emotional things” with the new Indian prime minister. Modi took to twitter to recount his meeting with Sharif. Modi, who was sworn in as India’s 14th prime minister […]
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Even as Narendra Modi and his cabinet took oath Monday evening, there was no announcement about allocation of portfolios till midnight. There was no word from officials about the time of announcement of portfolios and why it had been delayed. Speculation continued throughout the day about the likely portfolios of cabinet […]
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) New union minister Uma Bharti committed a faux pas when she tweeted about the portfolio given to her – only to delete it later, saying she has no knowledge about her ministry as yet and that a member of her staff had mistakenly put out the tweet. Bharti, who took oath […]