US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke predicted that the US economy will fare better in coming quarters. He was addressing the annual meeting of the American Economic Association held in Philadelphia, the US state of Pennsylvania, Xinhua reported Friday. He said: “The combination of financial healing, greater balance in the housing market, less fiscal restraint, […]
Internet calling and messaging service Skype said that user data is safe after the Syrian Electronic Army momentarily took control of the company’s Twitter feed and Facebook page. The SEA, a group of hackers who support Syrian President Bashar Assad, launched a cyberattack Wednesday to protest against Skype owner Microsoft’s cooperation with the National Security […]
Pele says Lionel Messi is the player that most reminds him of himself among football’s current generation. In an interview with the FIFA Weekly magazine published Friday, the Brazilian legend suggested the 26-year-old Argentinian deserved to win the Ballon D’Or for a fifth time despite an injury-wracked 2013, Xinhua reported. “[Franck] Ribery, [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic and […]
Agra recorded its coldest night at 0.1 degrees Celsius Friday, the weather officials in Lucknow said, adding the Taj city was the coldest in Uttar Pradesh. “Today (Saturday) there is a cloud cover, but last night it was cold as hell,” said insurance agent Sudhir Gupta who was returning back from the railway station. Bankey […]
Singer-actress Jennifer Hudson has purchased a new house for her assistant Walter Williams to show her gratitude for his support over the years. Williams was shocked, reports contactmusic.com. Hudson shared his reaction in a video posted on social networking platform Instagram, with the caption: “My assistant Walter’s reaction when he found out I was buying […]
A total of 823 North African and Asian migrants were rescued by Italian Navy Friday in the Sicilian Channel when attempting the island of Lampedusa, Italian Navy said in a statement. The migrants, including 23 women and 46 minors, were picked up from four rickety boats in the “Mare Nostrum” (Latin for Our Sea) operation. […]
A road accident involving a minibus carrying Christian pilgrims left 13 people dead Thursday night in Cote d’Ivoire’s Central-Western region of Oume, Xinhua reported Friday. Eyewitnesses said the Christians coming from the neighbouring region of Divo where other Christians had gathered for prayers died after their vehicle plunged in a pothole. The driver of the […]
After spending Christmas and New Year in a judicial lock up, Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal will be produced in a court here for a bail hearing Saturday. Tejpal, who was arrested Nov 30, 2013, after a junior colleague accused him of sexual assault during a conference held at a Goa resort, has already spent over […]
Three Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) militants were arrested Friday in connection with the recent Jalpaiguri blast and the firing on a bus in Malda district of northern West Bengal. A married couple – Santosh Roy and Jaimoti Roy – were nabbed from Salsalabari of Alipurduar in Jalpaiguri district, police said. The district court later sent […]
An Indian IT professional in New Zealand alleged that he faced racism on New Year’s Eve at a bar, a media report said. Sandesh Gopal, 30, a software project manager from Bangalore, said a bouncer stopped him and his friend from entering a bar at Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour on New Year’s Eve without giving a […]