Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary was commemorated in Slovenia with a wreath-laying ceremony in the city of Slovenj Gradec, an international city of peace which has installed in its central park a statue of the apostle of peace. Wreaths and flowers were laid by city mayor Andrej Cas and his councillors, citizens and members of the […]
The jurors in the trial of an Indian-origin doctor in the British city of Leicester, accused of sexually assaulting a male patient in his chamber, were discharged after they failed to reach a verdict. The jury of seven women and five men, after more than eight hours of deliberations on 52-year-old Bharat Shikotra’s sexual assault […]
An Indian-origin woman, who has been under arrest since Sunday after a counter-terrorism operation, will appear in a London court Thursday. Kuntal Patel, 36, who was arrested after police and counter-terrorism officers searched three places in the British capital over Saturday and Sunday, will appear at Westminster Magistrates Court, media reported Thursday citing Scotland Yard. […]
India should use its position in the field of education to spread goodwill in South Asia, said former Pakistan diplomat Sajjad Ashraf, who hoped it would help improve ties Pakistan. “India should take advantage of its superior tertiary education and use it as an instrument for spreading goodwill in the South Asian region,” Ashraf told […]
Seven militants were killed late Wednesday in an army raid over the hardline hideouts in Egypt’s north Sinai province, an army statement said Thursday. “Seven dangerous jihadist elements loyal to the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group were killed in southern Sheikh Zuweid city,” Xinhua quoted army spokesman Ahmed Ali as saying in a statement posted on […]
Paresh Barua, leader of the anti-talk faction of the ULFA, is among the 14 people awarded the death sentence by a Bangladesh court Thursday in connection with a 2004 arms smuggling case. A special court in Chittagong handed the death sentence to Barua and 13 others, including Jamaat chief and then industries minister Motiur Rahman […]
GVK BIO, a leading small-molecule contract research organization (CRO), has announced acquisition of US-based Aragen Bioscience, Inc., a pre-clinical CRO specialising in high-value biologics services. The Hyderabad-based company Wednesday said it entered into an agreement to acquire the capital stock of Aragen Biosciences. It, however, has not disclosed financial details of its first overseas acquisition. […]
The mother of a three-year-old Indian-origin boy, whose body was recovered two days after his disappearance from Scotland’s capital Edinburgh earlier this month, has appeared in court for a second time on charges of murder and attempting to defeat the ends of justice. Mikaeel Kular went missing from his home in Edinburgh Jan 15 and […]
pakPakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Wednesday announced the formation of a four-member team to hold negotiations with the Pakistani Taliban. Addressing a session of the national assembly, Sharif accepted the invitation of the Taliban to hold a dialogue and said the government wanted to give peace another chance, Dawn online reported. Sharif said Interior Minister […]
An Indian family in Saudi Arabia, which could not return to India during the amnesty period granted by the country’s authorities to illegal expatriates last year, has finally been repatriated. Members of Zahid Hussain’s family, hailing from India’s Maharashtra state, have been deported and have reached home, the Arab News reported Wednesday. Zahid, however, was […]