The Ukrainian parliament elected a new parliament speaker and acting interior minister during its emergency session Saturday even as President Viktor Yanukovych reportedly left Kiev and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was released from jail. Alexandr Turchinov, an ally of Tymoshenko, was elected speaker after predecessor Volodymyr Rybak resigned due to health reasons, Xinhua reported. […]
India has to increase its turnout of quality maritime personnel and its ship-building capacity if it has to emerge as a major economic power, President Pranab Mukherjee said here Saturday. Delivering his address at the convocation function of Indian Maritime University. he said: “If India is to emerge as a major economic power in future, […]
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday demanded that the central government hike the dearness allowance of state government employees whenever they extend such benefits to their own staff. “The central govenement hikes the DA of its employees from time to time. But the state government does not have money. So it cannot effect a […]
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Delhi experienced a cloudy Saturday with the maximum temperature recorded at 22 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average. the met department has forecast a clear Sunday. “The day will start with a shallow fog in the morning while the skies will be partially cloudy but will get clear later […]
Yes. It’s possible as engineers have developed a way by which your smart phones battery would recharge itself without the need for an electrical cord. Incorporated directly into a cell phone housing, the team’s nano-generator could harvest and convert vibration energy from a surface into power for the phone. “We believe this development could be […]
Soon, get your favourite shoes or that wedding dress deliver right in your car irrespective of wherever your vehicle is moving or parked! Swedish auto maker Volvo has created a single-use digital key which postal or delivery services can use to locate a vehicle and open it. “The system would allow consumers to have shopping […]
Relatives have left for the east Ukrainian city of Kharkov to meet her. Timoshenko will be also met by representatives of the European Parliament, Timoshenko’s daughter, Yevgeniya, told Verkhovna Rada, the country’s parliament. The parliament had voted for her release Friday after she was sentenced to jail in October 2011 over an alleged corruption case […]
Kiev, Feb 22 (IANS/ITAR -TASS) Former Ukraine prime minister Yulia Timoshenko was released from jail Saturday, a media report said. Relatives have left for the east Ukrainian city of Kharkov to meet her. Timoshenko will be also met by representatives of the European Parliament, Timoshenko’s daughter, Yevgeniya, told Verkhovna Rada, the country’s parliament. The parliament had […]
Ranchi, Feb 22 (IANS) Two opposition parties Saturday called a shutdown March 2 to seek special status for Jharkhand on the lines of that to be given to Seemandra after Telangana is carved out of Andhra Pradesh. The opposition parties wanted to pass a resolution in the assembly, condemning the central government move to grant special […]
Kabul, Feb 22 (IANS) Two policemen were killed and three others wounded when a roadside bomb struck a police van in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz Saturday, police said. “A mine planted by militants on a road in Khanabad district of Kunduz province struck a police vehicle at 1.30 p.m. today killing two police personnel […]