Los Angeles, April 20 (IANS) Rapper Andre Johnson was reportedly under the influence of drugs before he allegedly attempted suicide. Johnson (Christ Bearer) used PCP, which is also known as Phencyclidine or Angel Dust, before jumping from the second floor of North Hollywood building Wednesday, a source told eonline.com “Johnson was already on the balcony […]
Beijing, April 20 (IANS) One more case of bird flu in humans has been confirmed in China’s Jiangsu province, health authorities said Saturday. A 35-year-old woman surnamed Lu, who was confirmed to have the infection Saturday, is in critical condition, Xinhua quoted the local health department as saying Jiangsu has reported 7 human H7N9 cases […]
Dubai, April 20 (IANS) With the real estate sector in the Gulf Arab emirate Dubai showing no let-up in expanding, the construction sector here is all set to witness a shortage of 500,000 workers by 2015, a media report said here Saturday. According to a survey initiated by the Dubai international academic city (DIAC) and […]
Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) At least 27 people, including five women and two children, were killed and 20 others injured when a passenger van hit a trailer in Pakistan’s south Sukkur district Sunday, media reports said. The accident took place near Pano Akil town of the Sukkur, a district in the country’s south Sindh province, […]
Bhubaneswar, April 20 (IANS) Three Congress workers were arrested in Odisha’s Kendrapada district in connection with the Friday post-poll violence that left one person dead and four others injured in the region, an official said Sunday. “We have arrested three people so far. All belong to the Congress party,” District Superintendent of Police Rabi Narayan […]
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Delhiites will have a clear Sunday and the maximum temperature will hover around 33 degrees Celsius, said the Met Office. “The sky will remain mainly clear throughout the day,” said an official of the India Meteorological Department. The minimum temperature settled at 19.2 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s […]
What’s “puncher” got to do with “shock observer”? Well, one explanation is that since the car’s shock absorber was defective, the tyre punctured when the vehicle went over a pothole! Two signs on adjacent shops in a rather eclectic market. But let’s face it – they graphically conveyed what they were meant to. But then, […]
New York, April 20 (IANS) New York police have arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with an attack on a Sikh professor last September and charged him with a hate crime. Christian Morales was charged with aggravated harassment and committing a hate crime in the attack on Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs […]
Beijing, April 20 (IANS) The number of advertisement companies in China increased 17.9 percent in 2013 from the previous year, authorities said. The State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) also said the number of employees working in the advertisement sector rose 20.4 percent in 2013 year-on-year to 2.62 million, Xinhua reported Gan Lin, deputy […]
Pune (Maharashtra), April 20 (IANS) The sensational murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar is yet to be solved eight months after he was was gunned down while on a morning walk here, creating a nationwide furore. Two dozen probe teams and investigations across Maharashtra and neighbouring states are yet to yield any results. Despite assurances by […]