The retreat ceremony at the Wagah land crossing, the main immigration and trade point between India and Pakistan, has been taking place daily since 1959. Soldiers on both sides stomp around in a synchronized drill that climaxes in a shutting of the double gates, while crowds gather on either side to watch the show. Their […]
Madrid, Nov 9 (IANS) Spanish football giants Real Madrid beat Rayo Vallecano 5-1 to remain top of the BBVA Primera Liga. Real Madrid’s strike trio of Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo all scored in an entertaining game Saturday night, where Rayo probably deserved a better result given that they controlled the ball as much […]
Athens, Nov 8 (IANS) Kenyan runner Dennis Kimetto says he is keen to participate in the Athens Marathon Sunday, and add to his burgeoning trophy cabinet. “May I return to Greece and be awarded again? All the marathon runners want to compete in the Classic Marathon in Athens,” Xinhua quoted him as saying. Kimetto and compatriot […]
Madrid, Nov 8 (IANS) Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said young striker Jese Rodriguez is close to completing his recovery following an injury to his cruciate knee ligament earlier in the year. Jese had begun to earn a regular place in the side prior to his injury and was even being talked of as a possible […]
Mogadishu, Nov 7 (IANS) A Somalian environmentalist has won the 2014 UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) Champions of the Earth award for her fight against illegal charcoal trade, an official said Friday. UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner said that Fatima Jibrell, 67, has joined the ranks of global icons who made history for championing environmental sustainability, Xinhua […]
Helsinki, Nov 5 (IANS) A Finnish woman will face murder charges in a case of five dead infants found in June in Oulu, north Finland, a media report said. Five deceased near-term foetuses or new-born babies were found in a cellar of an apartment block in Oulu with a 35-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of murder […]
You would be forgiven if you thought that Varanasi, one of the oldest cities known to man, which is now Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency, would be a sight for sore eyes. Sadly for me, what lies in “the city of Shiva” only managed to make the soreness worse. It was one of […]
Malom (Manipur), Nov 2 (IANS) “Iron Lady” Sharmila Chanu completes Sunday 13 years of hunger strike that she began after the massacre of 10 people by Assam Rifles at a bus stand here. Over the years, the “Malom Massacre” memorial at the bus stand in Malom, around six kilometers from Manipur capital Imphal, bears a deserted […]
Dharamsala, Nov 1 (IANS) When Kurdish filmmaker Mano Khalil came across an apiarist named Ibrahim Gezer, he knew that his was a story that must be told. The result was “The Beekeeper”, which was screened at the ongoing Dharamsala International Film Festival (DIFF) here. The 107 minute-long documentary gives a heart warming illustration of Gezer, a […]
Baghdad, Nov 1 (IANS) A total of 1,273 Iraqis were killed and 2,010 others were injured in terrorist attacks and violence in October in Iraq, according to a statement issued Saturday by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). The statement said that 856 civilians, including 139 policemen, and 417 Iraqi security forces personnel were killed, […]