At least 15 people were killed and 130 injured Saturday when a fire broke out in a hotel in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Medina, state-run media reported. The fire occurred at 2.30 p.m. at the hotel located in the central area of the holy city, Xinhua quoted Medina district authorities as saying in a […]
Shoddy shot selection and poor umpiring cost India dear as they lost the first cricket Test to New Zealand by 40 runs on day four at the Eden Park here Sunday. The decision to give Ajinkya Rahane (18) lbw when he had edged the ball just before tea put India on the backfoot. But captain […]
Internet facility on mobile phones and dongle appliances was Sunday suspended across the Kashmir Valley to prevent spread of rumours by anti-social elements, official sources here said. Although service providers such as BSNL, Airtel, Aircel, Idea and Reliance remained tight-lipped about the suspension of services, official sources said internet access on mobile phones and dongle […]
obEducation is the route to eradicate poverty and every child in India must be educated, BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi here Sunday. Speaking at the 9th convocation of the SRM University near here, Modi said: “This is an era of knowledge. This is the only potent route to fight poverty. We have to review […]
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Sunday arrived in Odisha on a two-day tour. Hundreds of Congress workers and leaders greeted him and gave him a rousing welcome when he landed at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here. Gandhi is scheduled to address a public meeting, interact with party leaders and workers and hold road shows […]
Following an assurance by union Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh, residents in old and crumbling buildings in Mumbai’s north-western suburbs see a ray of hope for their redevelopment proposals stuck due to the absence of a no-objection certificate from the defence ministry. Minister Singh Saturday assured them that a solution would soon be […]
Separatist leader Muhammad Yasin Malik was arrested here Sunday as he was taking out a protest march on the first anniversary of December 2001 Indian Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru’s hanging. Malik, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), along with dozens of his supporters tried to take out a protest march from […]
By Isha Sahni Migrants or Asylum seekers are generally people who move from one country to another to seek refuge of better living conditions. Australia has international obligations to protect the human rights of all asylum seekers and refugees who arrive in Australia, regardless of how or where they arrive and whether they arrive with or without a […]
‘Drishyam’, a Malayalam flick starring Mohanlal is one of the biggest hits in Kerala and now there are remakes of the film being made in different languages. Kamal Haasan will be playing the lead role in the Tamil remake of the film. The lead actor of the movie portrays the role of a father of […]
‘Hasee Toh Phasee’ released yesterday and the film had taken a slow start at the box-office. In the morning and noon shows, the occupancy was around 25% at multiplexes and single screens started lower than that. However, the positive reviews helped the film to grow in the evening and nights, but the growth was only […]