Trapped miners confirmed dead in central China

Trapped miners confirmed dead in central China

Beijing, March 28 (IANS) The bodies of six miners trapped after a rock burst at a coal mine in central China’s Henan province were found by rescuers Friday. The rock burst occurred at 11.18 a.m. Thursday, when 18 miners were working in a shaft of Qianqiu coal mine, owned by the Henan Yima Coal Industry Group. […]

South Korea, Japan, US to hold defence talks in mid-April

South Korea, Japan, US to hold defence talks in mid-April

Seoul, March 28 (IANS) High-ranking military officials from South Korea, Japan and the US will hold tripartite talks in Washington next month on defence coordination against the backdrop of nuclear and missile threats from North Korea. Col. Wi Wong-seop, vice spokesman at the South Korean defence ministry, told a routine press briefing that the sixth round […]

AAP wants to make Agra worthy of the Taj

AAP wants to make Agra worthy of the Taj

Agra, March 28 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will help to make Agra a heritage city if it wins the Lok Sabha battle here. Agra deserves a much better deal for its contribution to history and India’s secular ethos, its candidate Ravindra Singh told IANS. “Corruption-free governance is our top priority. But we also have […]

Satya Nadella brings Office to Apple’s iPad

Satya Nadella brings Office to Apple’s iPad

Washington, March 28 (IANS) In his first public appearance as the new Indian-American CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella made a break from the company’s long-standing Window-centric world view to unveil Office suite for rival Apple’s popular tablet iPad. “It’s a beautiful set of applications,” said Hyderabad-born Nadella, only the third CEO in the software giant’s 39-year […]

FIFA World Cup ticket demand hits 2.56 mn

FIFA World Cup ticket demand hits 2.56 mn

Rio de Janeiro, March 28 (IANS) Fans have already bought 2.56 million tickets for this year’s World Cup, according to football’s governing body FIFA. The demand for tickets has been highest among Brazilians, who have bought more than a million tickets for the June 12-July 13 tournament, reported Xinhua. Next are the US fans with 154,000, […]

Unidentified gunmen kill one, injure three civilians in Jammu

Unidentified gunmen kill one, injure three civilians in Jammu

Jammu, March 28 (IANS) One person was killed and three others injured Friday when unidentified gunmen wearing army uniforms fired at a private vehicle in Kathua district of the Jammu region. A senior police officer told IANS the unidentified gunmen stopped a Mahindra Balero vehicle at Dayala Chak in Kathua district on the Jammu-Pathankote national highway […]

And now, world’s first store for smart government apps

And now, world’s first store for smart government apps

Dubai, March 28 (IANS/WAM) As technology helps smart services become part of one’s life, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government has launched what it called the world’s first store for smart government applications on Android and iOS platforms. The store features over 100 smart applications developed by the UAE’s local and federal agencies to provide services […]

Aniston blames fiance for weight gain

Aniston blames fiance for weight gain

Los Angeles, March 28 (IANS) Actress Jennifer Aniston says that her fiance Justin Theroux cooks pasta very well and that she has gained weight ever since she met him. “Like, hello! Carbonara. It’s a killer. The last couple of years since meeting this man have made me gain a couple extra pounds. But it’s all worth […]

‘Credible lead’ shifts search for Malaysian plane

‘Credible lead’ shifts search for Malaysian plane

Canberra, March 28 (IANS) Authorities in Australian said Friday that the search area for the missing Malaysian airliner has shifted because of a “new credible lead”. The revised search area comes as the weather cleared in the southern Indian Ocean to allow planes to hunt for fresh clues to the fate of the Malaysian Airline flight […]

Zimbabwe on Ebola virus alert

Zimbabwe on Ebola virus alert

Harare, March 28 (IANS) Zimbabwe’s deputy health minister said Thursday that the southeast African country is on high alert to the deadly epidemic of Ebola virus in West Africa, which killed nearly 60 people in Guinea alone. Health and Child Care deputy Minister Paul Chimedza said since the virus spreads very fast, the threat is “always […]