New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday instructed the health ministry to set up mechanisms for ensuring more accountability for doctors and health officials in the public sector. “In order to achieve the desired goal of health for all, there is need to substantially improve the efficiency of existing mechanisms and schemes,” […]
Islamabad, Jan 9 (IANS) A man strangled his five children to death Friday in Pakistan’s Sindh province. The incident took place in Matiari district, Geo News reported. The children were between the ages of one and 12 and were sleeping when their father strangled them one by one. The accused was apprehended by neighbours and […]
Los Angeles, Jan 9 (IANS) Supermodel Tyra Banks has put her two-bedroom apartment on the market for a whopping $3.8 million. “The Next Top Model” hostess is hoping to make a cool $1.7 million profit on her Nolita home in New York City after she gave $2.1 million for it back in 2005. Banks’s representative […]
Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) With the FTA in Services and Investments with Asean yet to be operational, the trade between India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations region is unlikely to reach $100 billion by 2015, an expert said here Friday. Speaking at the Indian Chamber of Commerce organised event “Look East” to “Act […]
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 9 (IANS) A shop in Malaysia’s Bandar Baru Bangi town, near capital Kuala Lumpur, has been found selling militant merchandise, media reported Friday. The shop is filled with militant-themed flags, T-shirts and caps, and also sells clothes bearing the symbols of militant groups, especially the Islamic State (IS) and the Taliban. “I […]
Guwahati, Jan 9 (IANS) A rights group Friday urged Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to stop illegal buffalo and bulbul (songbirds) fights ahead of the Bihu festival in the state. “The illegal practice of animal fighting, be it with buffaloes or bulbuls, involves immense cruelty that ultimately results in distress, injury and painful death of […]
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Dating app Vee has launched a contest that gives its users an opportunity to win a coffee date with Mr.India Prateek Jain and former Miss India Vanya Mishra. The users need to install Vee and like their profiles, which in turn will be communicated to Prateek and Vanya. The duo […]
Mumbai, Jan 9 (IANS) Actor Arjun Kapoor, who’s film “Tevar” released Friday, says that now he wants to do only one film at a time, to put all his efforts into that project. Arjun was present along with his co-star Sonakshi Sinha to promoter their film here Thursday, when he was asked to comment on […]
Sydney, Jan 9 (IANS) Former Australian all-rounder Tom Moody has emphasised the need for Australia to deploy a specialist fielder at the short-leg fielding position where, in the ongoing Test series against India, several catches have been dropped by the home team. Joe Burns, one of the newest members in the Australian squad, dropped Indian […]
Paris, Jan 9 (IANS) French police Friday surrounded a building in a town northeast of Paris where two men who killed 12 people at the office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, are said to be holding a hostage, BBC reported. Shots were fired and several people are said to have been wounded as the […]