Jerusalem, April 6 (IANS) The Israeli military conducted airstrike on five targets in the Gaza Strip Sunday in retaliation to continued rocket fire towards Israel. Among the targets were five “terror sites” in Gaza, the army said in a statement, adding that pilots reported direct hits, reported Xinhua. The retaliatory airstrike, the second in three days, […]
Chandigarh, April 6 (IANS) She is not the conventional politician. Gul Panag, a Bollywood actor with a pronounced dimple, rides a Royal Enfield 350 cc bike, jogs at the Sukhna Lake to meet people, walks in parks and shares a quick bite of rajma-chawal with students at Panjab University’s popular haunt. Miss India, model, actor and […]
Managua, April 6 (IANS/EFE) A 110-year-old Nicaraguan who knew Augusto C. Sandino, saw the rise and fall of the Somoza dictatorship, and lives in a deserted old station of his country’s defunct railway, revealed his secret of longevity: “knowing how to live.” Hector Gaitan, a former telegraph operator, miner, guerrilla, artist and railroad employee, said he […]
Bangkok, April 6 (IANS) Tens of thousands of people from across Thailand joined a pro-government rally in Bangkok Saturday to express their support for caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Bangkok Post reported. Shinawatra’s supporters gathered along Aksa Road in the capital’s Thawi Watthana district, where the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) intends to […]
Los Angeles, April 6 (IANS) Singer Kimberley Walsh and Justin Scott won’t tell anyone the name they choose for their baby until the little one is born as they don’t want to hear any negative opinions. The former Girls Aloud singer and her beau are expecting their first child together. “Giovanna and Tom Fletcher (McBusted singer) […]
Berlin, April 6 (IANS) Augsburg’s Sascha Moelders inflicted Bayern Munich the first loss after an unbeaten streak of 53 games while Dortmund came from behind to shock Wolfsburg 2-1 Saturday. Newly crowned champions Bayern Munich lost their first match since October 2012 as Pep Guardiola trusted in a second string side. The Bayern coach made seven […]
Tehran, April 6 (IANS) A Pakistani fleet of warships docked in southern Iran is to hold a joint drill with the Iranian navy in the strategic strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian commander said Saturday. The flotilla arrived Saturday in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas where it will stay for four days, said Iranian […]
Cairo, April 6 (IANS) At least 23 people were killed and more than 30 others injured in overnight tribal clashes in upper Egypt’s Aswan province, official MENA news agency reported Saturday. The overnight gunfight erupted Friday evening and renewed early Saturday morning between two big tribes, Bani Helal Tribe (Halayla) and Nubian Daboudiya Tribe, in eastern […]
Madrid, April 6 (IANS) FC Barcelona supporters Saturday voted in favour of the remodelling of their World famous Camp Nou Stadium to increase its capacity to 105,000. The vote saw 118,000 club members given the option to vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’ on the proposal to remodel the stadium over a four-year period between 2017-2012, which will […]
Sao Paulo, April 6 (IANS/EFE) Some 2,700 Brazilian troops seized control Saturday of the Mare slum complex, Rio de Janeiro’s last major drug-gang stronghold. The previously announced operation began at 5:00 a.m. when armored cars and tanks rolled into the main “favelas,” or shanty towns, that make up the complex, home to roughly 120,000 people. After […]