Buenos Aires, March 6 (IANS) The world soccer body Wednesday slapped fines on four Argentinean clubs and one Uruguayan team for illegally transferring players, Xinhua reported. FIFA said on its website that its disciplinary committee fined Argentina’s Racing, Independiente, Rosario Central and Instituto de Cordoba clubs, as well as Uruguay’s Institucion Atletica Sud America. FIFA accused […]
North Stand (Antigua), March 6 (IANS/CMC) England have survived a threatening century from Denish Ramdin to beat West Indies by 25 runs and clinch the three-match One-Day series two-one at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium here. Ramdin inspired a fantastic lower order fightback after a typical top-order batting collapse with a career-best 128 that almost denied […]
Dubai, March 6 (IANS) Iraq beat China 3-1 in a dynamic and fair encounter of a group C game of the Asian Cup group stage, but both teams advance to the next round the Asian Cup 2015 in Australia, Xinhua reported. Iraq took a 2-0 lead before the break and continued the tread on the Chinese […]
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) The makers of Hindi movie “Gulaab Gang” Thursday moved the Delhi High Court against suspension of the release of the movie, reportedly based on the life of activist Sampat Pal, who formed Gulabi Gang, a group of pink sari clad women vigilantes in Uttar Pradesh. The filmmakers of “Gulaab Gang”, set […]
London, March 6 (IANS) Singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham and Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling have joined hands to protect children in war zones. Along with British socialite Jemima Khan and other campaigners, they have signed an open letter to British government. The letter, sent on behalf of the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), urges British Foreign […]
Washington, March 6 (IANS) The US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said here Wednesday that the US plans to expand military cooperation with Poland and Baltic states to show “support” for its allies amid crisis in Ukraine. “This morning the Defence Department is pursuing measures to support our allies,” including expanded aviation training in Poland and increasing […]
Jerusalem, March 6 (IANS) The Israeli special forces Wednesday intercepted an Iranian ship in the Red Sea that ferried missiles for militants in the Gaza Strip, capping an intelligence operation that lasted months. Naval commandos raided the vessel on the maritime border between Sudan and Eritrea, approximately 1,500 km from the Israeli coast, while it was […]
Athens, March 6 (IANS) The outbreak of the flu in Greece has reached alarming levels with fatalities rising to 79 this winter, according to the latest data released Wednesday. In the last 24 hours five patients who had been diagnosed with the H1N1 flu strain, died from complications, Xinhua quoted health authorities as saying. According to […]
Dubai, March 6 (IANS) Dubai, March 6 (IANS) The UAE foreign ministry said Wednesday that it has exempted citizens of another 13 European Union (EU) member states from requiring a pre-entry visa to visit the country, Xinhua reported. The 13 countries that come under the new exemption include Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Hungary, Latvia, […]
By: Isha Sahni Pranab Mukherjee, President of India, in recent days has made it evidently clear that he was not going to be the Congress-led UPA government’s or any other government’s supporting system or their ‘yes man’. To those who have met him, he has said, his role in Rashtrapati Bhavan is strictly within the ambit of […]