Nepal on Wednesday signed a MoU with Petro China in order to import all kinds of fuel from China, ending a long-held monopoly of buying fuel from the Indian Oil Corp (IOC). Nepal Oil Corp (NOC) and Petro China signed the pact in Beijing following an unofficial trade and fuel embargo from India against Nepal […]
FTII students who went on strike on June 12 against the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as its chairman returned to their classes on Wednesday but said protests against the BJP member will go on. Meanwhile, three FTII alumni returned their National Awards to join the agitation. The Film and Television Institute of India students said […]
Buffalo meat was the most sought-after dish at Delhi’s Kerala House after it found its way back on the menu on Wednesday, a day after it was pulled off. The buffalo meat curry was sold within an hour at the Kerala state guest house. “Beef curry and beef fry usually gets sold out by 2 […]
Tens of thousands of people, including many women, stood in serpentine queues at polling stations since early Wednesday to cast their ballot in the third phase of the staggered Bihar assembly elections. Around 12 percent polling was recorded in the initial hours in the assembly elections being held at 50 constituencies. No violence has so […]
Mumbai-born British businessman Lord Ghulam Kaderbhoy Noon, who earned the moniker ‘Curry King‘ for popularising Indian chicken tikka and curry in Britain and survived the 26/11 terror attacks in Taj Mahal and Palace Hotel in Mumbai, has died in London. Born in Mumbai on January 24, 1936, the 79-year-old Noon breathed his last — in […]
Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta was on Wednesday detained for filing a false complaint that beef was being served in New Delhi’s Kerala House canteen, triggering a controversy. “Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta has been detained today (Wednesday). He was taken to the Parliament Street Police station for questioning,” a senior police official told IANS. […]
From brewing and selling country liquor to weaving exquisite fabrics and also finding a market in neighbouring Bhutan, the women of Chatra, a remote village in Assam’s Nalbari district, have not just elevated themselves to a respectable profession but have changed the image of their village for the better. Chatra, located about 20 km from […]
An Indian restaurant was demolished in Malaysia although it renewed the operating licence every year, the media reported. The restaurant, in Kuala Lumpur’s Ampang district for 16 years, was razed by officers from the district council on August 12, The Star online reported. Restaurant owner P. Subramanian said he was surprised because he had all […]
A court here on Tuesday convicted a 39-year old man of robbing, raping, burning and killing a techie from Andhra Pradesh in January last year. Women Court special judge Vrushali Joshi finding Chandrabhan Sudam Sanap guilty and will pronounce the quantum of sentence on Wednesday. Mumbai Police spokesperson Dhananjay Kulkarni said that the prosecution successfully […]
Permanent seats for India and an African representative in the UN Security Council and fighting terrorism were among issues raised and discussed in the ministerial meeting of Indian and African foreign ministers on the second day of the third India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) on Tuesday and in the bilateral meetings that followed. Addressing the ministerial […]