Washington, March 22 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has praised the restraint demonstrated by Ukrainian forces in Crimea and commended Tenyukh’s leadership. The sentiments were expressed during a telephone conversation between Hagel and his Ukrainian counterpart Ihor Tenyukh Friday, Xinhua reported. Tenyukh updated Hagel with the situation in Crimea and throughout the country, Pentagon Press […]
United Nations, March 22 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Friday condemned “in the strongest terms” the deadly attacks that left over 50 civilians killed in Afghanistan this week. A bout of violence has rocked Afghanistan recently as a presidential election is two weeks away, including a suicide attack on a market in Faryab province, an attack […]
Beijing, March 22 (IANS) At least four miners were killed and nine went missing in a colliery gas outburst Friday in China’s Henan province, authorities said. The outburst occurred at 10.37 a.m. in a tunnel in Ruzhou City, where 250 miners were working underground, Xinhua quoted Li Yongsheng, a mine official as saying. Four miners were […]
Islamabad, March 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will lead a delegation to the Third Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) being held in The Hague, the Pakistani foreign ministry said Friday. The Third NSS (March 24-25) will be attended by leaders from 53 countries and the UN, European Union, International Atomic Energy Agency and Interpol. Like the […]
Los Angeles, March 22 (IANS) Known for her quirky style, actress Zooey Deschanel says during her teens she used to have a limited wardrobe as her parents wouldn’t allow her splurge on clothes. “My parents wouldn’t let my buy clothes willy-nilly. We’d get new clothes maybe twice a year, just practical things, so I started making […]
Los Angeles, March 22 (IANS) Singer Madonna has launched MDNA, a skin care line, and says it is the outcome of months of hard work. In a black-and-white video, the 55-year-old talked about the product, reports usmagazine.com. She said: “Having good skin is important to me, but so are other things. I’ve spent hours on it… […]
Riyadh, March 22 (IANS) Expatriate Indians in Saudi Arabia remembered Indian journalist and author Khushwant Singh who passed away Thursday aged 99 Shakeel Zaidy, an engineer, noted that Khushwant Singh would be remembered for enlivening writing in India, the Arab News reported Friday. “He was never hated, although there were people who did not like him […]
Beijing, March 21 (IANS) US First Lady Michelle Obama believes her trip to China will boost exchanges in culture and education between China and the US and propel bilateral ties to a new level, China Daily reported Friday. “We hope to understand more about Chinese culture and education through this trip, and spark more interest in […]
Moscow, March 21 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday signed into law legislation on the accession of Crimea after both houses of parliament unanimously approved it. “I signed several decrees today, including the decree on the formation of one more federal district, the Crimean federal district,” Putin said at the signing ceremony. “We have a lot […]
Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu), March 21 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Friday said the government has decided to set up an industrial park here for food processing, engineering and printing industries. She also questioned the DMK’s commitment to its promise of nationalisation and inter-linking of rivers as the party did not do anything towards that […]