Nairobi, April 25 (IANS) In a bid to monitor and stop the poaching of elephants and rhinos in all its 52 national parks and reserves, Kenya’s wildlife authorities have decided to deploy drones, the Guardian reported Friday. The government move follows a successful pilot project in major protected wildlife area, that saw drones reduce poaching […]
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal Friday accused BJP leader Narendra Modi of making false promises of cleaning the Ganga if he wins the parliamentary election from Varanasi. The claim was made by Modi in a blog post he wrote Thursday, the day he filed his nomination as a candidate from […]
Shimla/Dharamsala, April 25 (IANS) Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and his Lok Sabha member son Anurag Thakur were Friday formally charged in a trial court in Dharamsala with alleged wrongdoing in allotment of land to the state’s cricket association for constructing a residential complex for players near its stadium in Dharamsala. The […]
Dubai, April 25 (IANS) Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat against the Chennai Super Kings in an Indian Premier League clash at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium here Friday. The squads: Mumbai Indians: Michael Hussey, Aditya Tare, Ambati Rayudu, Rohit Sharma (Captain), Kieron Pollard, Corey Anderson, Chidhambaram Gautam, Harbhajan […]
Vienna, April 25 (IANS/WAM) The basket of 12 crude oils of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) stood at $105.20 a barrel Thursday, against $104.99 Wednesday, according to the OPEC Secretariat. The new OPEC reference basket comprises Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Oriente (Ecuador), Iran Heavy (Iran), Basra Light (Iraq), Kuwait Export (Kuwait), Es […]
Colombo, April 25 (IANS) Former Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu was appointed the head coach of the national cricket team Friday, following the resignation of Paul Farbrace earlier this week. “Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) wishes to announce that Marvan Atapattu has been appointed as the national team head coach and Ruwan Kalpage as the interim […]
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) A CRPF officer was shot at and critically injured by two people, including his brother-in-law, near his house here while he was on a morning walk, police said Friday. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Inspector Vikas Tomar, 34, who is posted in Delhi, was shot at by two motorcycle-borne people […]
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) At least eight people were injured and over a 1,000 hutments reduced to ashes after a fire broke out in a slum cluster in south Delhi’s Vasant Kunj area Friday morning, an official said. Two more incidents of fire were reported in the city but there were no casualties. The […]
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) India should contribute to broader efforts against malaria as it is a leading producer and exporter of anti-malarial medicines, health experts have said. India, which has one of the largest burdens of malaria in the world, should also initiate national corporate engagement initiatives against the disease as a strong member […]
Warangal (Andhra Pradesh), April 25 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday promised to develop Warangal as the second information technology hub of Telangana after Hyderabad. “Telangana’s second IT city will be Warangal,” he told an election meeting at Madikonda in Warangal district. To counter the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), which has promised to waive […]