Russia not to deploy helicopter carriers in Black Sea

Russia not to deploy helicopter carriers in Black Sea

Moscow, March 27 (IANS) Russia does not plan to deploy Mistral-class helicopter carriers in the Black Sea, Russian Navy said Wednesday, Xinhua reported. “There are no corrections to the earlier plans to deploy the Mistral-class helicopter carriers with the Pacific Fleet. No decisions to deploy these vessels in Black Sea have been made,” Interfax news agency […]

Osama’s son-in-law convicted of terror charges

Osama’s son-in-law convicted of terror charges

Washington, March 27 (IANS) Osama Bin Laden’s son-in-law Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a Kuwaiti national, was convicted of conspiring to kill Americans at a trial in New York city Wednesday, the media reported. The 48-year-old clergyman now faces a maximum sentence of life in prison, according to Russia Today. Federal prosecutors for the US government argued at […]

One Direction to get security of 100 bodyguards

One Direction to get security of 100 bodyguards

London, March 27 (IANS) Popular boy band One Direction members will have about 20 bodyguards each when they embark on their US tour next month. The bodyguards will protect the young singers from their fanatic fans, guarding their hotel rooms and stopping people from invading their stage. A total of hundred bodyguards for the five-member band […]

Egypt’s Sisi announces presidential bid

Egypt’s Sisi announces presidential bid

Cairo, March 27 (IANS) Egypt’s defence minister and armed forces chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisiannounced in a televised statement Wednesday night his bid for the upcoming presidential election, the media reported. “This is the last time to appear before you in the military uniform,” Sisi was quoted as saying by Xinhua. “I decided to resign from my […]

Technology inspires Rina Dhaka’s collection at WIFW

Technology inspires Rina Dhaka’s collection at WIFW

New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Fashion designer Rina Dhaka collaborated with lifestyle technology brand Nokia for her autumn-winter collection, which was presented here at the ongoing Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week 2014. The collection primarily focused on black and white colours, which she said was inspired by Nokia Lumia handset in same colour combination. The contemporary […]

WIFW: Shantanu-Nikhil present ‘shadows within’

WIFW: Shantanu-Nikhil present ‘shadows within’

New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Designer duo Shantanu and Nikhil took the audience through an architectural nostalgia of pre-independence era through their collection titled ‘The shadows within’ at the ongoing Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week here. “It is more about story telling. It is about imaginative character called Vanessa, who lived in the 1930s and 1940s […]

Kim’s fashion statement – flaunts lingerie

Kim’s fashion statement – flaunts lingerie

Los Angeles, March 27 (IANS) Reality TV star Kim Kardashian took her unusual choice of fashion to a new high by flaunting black lingerie beneath a lace sheer dress. For a meeting with Vogue editor Anna Wintour, Kim chose to expose her brassiere and underwear in a moss green midi dress, made of entirely see-through lace, […]

Egypt’s Sisi resigns as defence minister

Egypt’s Sisi resigns as defence minister

Cairo, March 27 (IANS) Egypt’s defence minister and armed forces chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who toppled Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last July, tendered his resignation Wednesday, the media reported. Sisi is expected to run for president in the upcoming presidential election, the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported. Quoting a military source, the daily said Sisi was expected […]

$140 bn lost in natural, man-made disasters in 2013: Report

$140 bn lost in natural, man-made disasters in 2013: Report

Geneva, March 27 (IANS) Global natural catastrophes and man-made disasters had brought as much as $140 billion economic losses in 2013, according to the latest report released by Swiss Re Group Wednesday. The Zurich-based insurance company noted that last year’s total loss was down from the $196 billion in 2012 and well below the 10-year average […]

Sardinia plans online vote on independence from Italy

Sardinia plans online vote on independence from Italy

Rome, March 27 (IANS) The autonomous island of Sardinia plans to hold an online referendum on independence from Italy, Russia Today reported Wednesday. Earlier, a similar referendum held from March 16 to 21 had revealed that 89 percent of the over two million people in Italy’s northeastern Veneto region were in favour of cutting ties with […]