Ukrainian former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, freed Saturday from prison by parliamentary vote, arrived here Saturday and addressed a huge crowd of tens of thousands of opposition demonstrators gathered at Independence As soon as the 53-year-old politician was released from prison in the eastern city of Kharkiv, she announced that she would run in early […]
Turkish riot police Saturday evening dispersed more than 1,000 protesters in Istanbul against new internet censorship law. The demonstrators took to the streets in Istanbul to protest against Turkish President Abdullah Gul’s approval of the new law tightening internet censorship, Xinhua reported. Backed up by armoured water cannon trucks, thousands of riot police were deployed […]
South African authorities Saturday launched a crackdown on illegal initiation, rescuing over 80 initiates. In the operation jointly conducted by police and a team of local government officials, an illegal initiation school in the Sannieshof area of North West province was swooped upon, Xinhua reported. More than 80 initiates were rescued. Many of them, including […]
Leaders of the Venezuelan Opposition and students’ representatives led a massive demonstration here and announced a list of demands for the government that includes freedom for political detainees. Opposition leader Henrique Capriles, governor of Miranda state, led a march during which he denounced violence, called on people not to protest at night or block the […]
The Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) woman employee, who went missing last week and was later found dead, could have been murdered, said police Saturday. Police are investigating the suspected murder of Uma Maheshwari as the post mortem report revealed a deep wound, said a police officer. Maheshwari, 24, was reported missing since Feb 13 evening […]
Three men were arrested with 54 kg gold, valued at Rs.16 crore, at the Kempegowda international airport here late Saturday, police said. “We trapped the accused and seized the gold on a tipoff from Kolkata police that they were on way to Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) via Bangalore by a SpiceJet flight,” Deputy Commissioner of Police […]
Three-time former champions Australia and two-time runners-up South Africa will be the favourites to advance to the ICC Under-19 World Cup semifinals when they feature in Sunday’s quarterfinals. Australia, which won the title in 1988, 2000 and 2010, will take on 2004 finalists West Indies at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium here. South Africa, losing […]
India scored 221/8 in their 50 overs in the ICC Under-19 World Cup quarterfinal against England at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium here Saturday. India were reeling at 24/4 in the ninth over when skipper Vijay Zol (48) played a patient 85-ball knock to take his side to safety. The defending champions kept losing more […]
Former Indian cricketer Venkatesh Prasad, who is making his cinematic debut in upcoming Kannada-Telugu bilingual “Sachin…Tendulkar Kadu”, will be essaying an important role of a coach, says its director S. Mohan. “Prasad’s role is very important in the film. We haven’t roped him in to capitalize on his popularity, but because of the story. The […]
Harmeet Desai entered the final of the under-21 men’s singles final beating Brazilian Hugo Calderano 11-6, 11-4, 11-8, 11-5 at the $3.5 million Qatar Open Super Series Table Tennis Championships here. He will meet Frenchman Tristan Flore in the final Sunday. Flore defeated Benjamin Brossier in an all-French semifinal encounter 11-2, 11-9, 12-10, 11-3. Desai’s […]