Paris, April 18 (IANS) The Cannes International Film Festival Organising Committee announced the finalists of this year’s Film Festival Thursday. Fifty films were selected, of which 18 films will be in the main competition, Xinhua reported. “After three years of absence, renowned French director Jean-Luc Godard will return to Cannes with the film ‘Goodbye language […]
Washington, April 18 (IANS) Calling India South Asia’s growth engine, a US official wondered whether the new Indian government will make the reforms necessary to attract investment and capitalise on opportunities ahead. “Those are the questions that India’s voters are asking as they cast their ballots and those are the questions that we want to […]
New York, April 18 (IANS/WAM) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has written to South Korean President Park Geun-hye expressing condolences over the sinking of the ferry “Sewol” in which at least 14 people were believed drowned. In a letter Wednesday, Ban extended sympathy to the bereaved family members and to the South Korean government and people. […]
Warsaw, April 18 (IANS) Krakow’s 2022 Winter Olympics bid committee Thursday appointed Warsaw’s deputy mayor as the new head after Jagna Marczulajtis-Walczak resigned amid a scandal last week. Magdalena Sroka’s appointment came during an extraordinary meeting as her predecessor stepped down Saturday after her husband was alleged to have offered money to the media in […]
Raipur, April 18 (IANS) An estimated 62 percent of about 4.6 million voters in Chhattisgarh cast their votes Thursday, amid rain and Maoist threats, in three Lok Sabha constituencies – Mahasamund, Rajnandgaon and Kanker – in the second round of polling in the state. The polling was by and large peaceful barring a few incidents […]
Imphal, April 18 (IANS) Around 74 percent of the 874,000 voters cast their ballot Thursday for the second Lok Sabha seat in Manipur, officials said. An Election Commission official said polling took place peacefully for the Inner Manipur seat, and no untoward incident was reported. “Balloting was completely peaceful,” he added. State Chief Electoral Officer […]
Kiev, April 18 (IANS) Dynamo Kiev coach Oleg Blokhin has announced his resignation after his team was defeated 0-2 by Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League. Wednesday’s loss put the club seven points behind leaders Dnepropetrovsk in the country’s top flight football league and buried their hopes of winning the trophy this year, reports […]
The Hague, April 18 (IANS) FC Utrecht coach Jan Wouters will leave the Eredivisie club at the end of this season. After a meeting Thursday between Wouters and club officials, both parties decided to end the collaboration, reports Xinhua. “It’s time for a new phase in my career. I want to take this experience with […]
Patna, April 18 (IANS) About 54 percent of more than 11 million electors cast their ballots in seven Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar that went to the polls Thursday. Ignoring a call by Maoists to boycott the election, people stood in the long queues in the scorching sun for several hours till the end of […]
London, April 18 (IANS) A suspected carjacker in Britain, who stabbed an Indian-origin man to death while he was trying to prevent his Mercedes from being stolen, has admitted to his crime. Harjinder Singh Bhurji, 32, who was accompanied by a female friend, was stabbed to death in the early hours of Sept 13, 2011 […]