The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to continue its construction ban in 17 green belts of the town, an official said Sunday. “The cabinet last evening (Saturday) decided to continue with the ban on construction in the 17 green belts falling within the Shimla Municipal Corporation limits,” a government spokesperson told IANS. He said the […]
After Secretary of State John Kerry and Ambassador Nancy Powell, it was the turn of a celebrated school choir from the US to express regret at the ugly turn of events that led to the humiliation of an Indian diplomat, an incident that caused a major downturn in Indo-US ties at the end of last […]
The Border Security Force (BSF) will be entrusted the task of guarding the India-Myanmar border later this year, the paramilitary forces’s chief said Saturday. “From this year itself, we will start guarding the 1,624-km-long India-Myanmar border thar passes through the states of Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh,” BSF Director General Subhash Joshi told media […]
Polling stations in Bangladesh opened Sunday morning for the parliament elections boycotted by the main opposition party which enforced non-stop countrywide strike and blockade. Voting will continue from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at about 18,000 polling stations set in schools and other public buildings, Xinhua reported. More than 43.9 million voters are expected to […]
The rescue teams Sunday continued to rummage through the debris of an under-construction five-storeyed building, which collapsed Saturday afternoon at Canacona, 80 km from here, killing 14 onsite labourers. Police said a portion of the building, Ruby Residency, located in the Chawdi ward of Canacona, collapsed burying labourers working at the site. While nine labourers […]
Former Bayern Munich and Real Madrid midfielder Ze Roberto is being pursued by Brazilian top-flight club Santos, according to local media reports. The 39-year-old former Brazil international would be the latest in a series of high profile signings for Santos ahead of the 2014 season, Xinhua reported. Selecao striker Leandro Damiao joined the club from […]
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has requested the US Coast Guard’s icebreaker Polar Star to assist the Russian vessel MV Akademik Shokalskiy and the Chinese vessel Xue Long (Snow Dragon) which are stuck by ice in Antarctica, Xinhua reported. AMSA has identified the Polar Star as a vessel capable of assisting the trapped vessels. […]
Late pop star Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris doesn’t want to return to her boarding school in Utah. She spent Christmas holidays with her brother, Prince Michael, 16, half-brother Blanket, 11, and natural mother Debbie Rowe, in Hawaii and California. Now she doesn’t want to return to her $14,000-per-month therapeutic private school, where she is recovering […]
The Supreme Court has said that courts must carefully examine the evidence of a rape victim to ascertain its trustworthiness as it alone was sufficient to convict a rape accused and sentence him to life imprisonment. Holding that the rape victim’s evidence is placed on such a high pedestal that it alone was sufficient to […]
Days after clashes between the Karbi and Naga militants led to killing of four Naga villagers, Nagaland Police Saturday said they have discovered a mass grave containing nine bodies – with gunshot wounds – near the state’s commercial hub Dimapur. One of the nine bodies recovered from the grave found Friday night was identified as […]