Paris, Feb 26 (IANS) Three Al-Jazeera journalists were arrested in Paris after flying a drone from a park on the edge of the city, a judicial source said. “The first was piloting the drone, the second was filming and the third was watching,” the source said. The arrests were made Wednesday after multiple drone sightings […]
Mumbai, Feb 25 Gangster Abu Salem was slapped with life imprisonment for killing Mumbai builder Pradeep Jain in March 1995 by a court here Wednesday. Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said that besides Salem, his associate and co-accused Mehndi Hasan, was also given life imprisonment in the sensational case. Extradited from Portugal 10 years ago, […]
Mumbai, Feb 25 A benchmark index of the Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), was trading up 200 points or 0.69 percent during Wednesday’s afternoon session. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) also made gains during the afternoon trade session. It was trading up 59.85 points or 0.68 percent […]
Dhaka, Feb 25 A court here Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, scrapping her bail in two cases filed by the country’s anti-graft body. Dhaka’s Third Metropolitan Special Judges Court scrapped bails for the former prime minister after she failed to appear for a hearing of the Zia Orphanage Trust and […]
The year 2015 has marked the return of volatility to the financial markets. We have seen huge moves in the foreign exchange and bond markets in response to the European Central Bank’s Quantitative Easing program, the “Grexit” debate, the surprise move by the Swiss National Bank to abandon the Franc’s peg against the Euro and […]
LABOR’S INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN: TAKING THE HILLS AND WESTERN SYDNEY FOR GRANTED…AGAIN Baulkham Hills State Liberal MP David Elliott, Seven Hills Liberal candidate Mark Taylor and Blacktown Liberal candidate Raman Bhalla said Labor’s 10 year Infrastructure Plan once again demonstrates they’re taking the Hills and Western Sydney for granted. “After 16 years in Government and four […]
Sydney, Feb 24 Niall Horan is reportedly dating singer Samantha Jade, who served as the opening act for his band One Direction’s On the Road Again tour in Australia. According to a source, the duo have been secretly dating over the last few weeks and Jade, 27, has pleaded with Horan, 21, to make their […]
Mumbai, Feb 24 Don’t take your skin for granted, says actress Katrina Kaif, who believes in the use of sunscreen, right intake of water and ensures that her makeup is removed well. The brand ambassador of the skincare range of L’Oreal Paris also says that women must take care of their body and skin according […]
New Delhi, Feb 24 After successfully hosting “Festival of India” in China, South Africa and Japan, the ministry of culture Tuesday revealed that the next destinations to showcase India’s cultural heritage would be South Korea, Australia, Mauritius and Myanmar. In a video conference with the ambassadors and high commissioners of respective countries, Culture Secretary Ravindra […]
Brussels, Feb 24 The European Commission (EC) said Tuesday that the list of reforms the leftist Greek government of Alexis Tsipras has agreed to undertake in return for more financial assistance for Greece appears to be “sufficiently comprehensive”. “In the view of the Commission, this list is sufficiently comprehensive as to be a valid starting […]