London, May 10 (IANS) Expressing disappointment over stoppage of the facility of issuance of liquor permits by the Indian mission in Britain for their visits to Gujarat, overseas Gujaratis have sought the intervention of the high commissioner for its restoration. The issue was raised by the National Congress of Gujarati Organisations (NCGO) earlier this week at […]
Nay Pyi Taw, May 10 (IANS) Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have started arriving in Myanmar Saturday to attend meetings that will focus on many issues including Thailand’s political crisis, an official said. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, who will be the next chair of the Southeast Asian bloc, will lead a […]
London, May 10 (IANS) The British teenaged girl who attacked an 80-year-old Sikh pensioner in a city centre in Britain’s Coventry last year has been jailed for two years by the Warwick crown court. Coral Millerchip, 20, attacked frail pensioner Joginder Singh at the city centre in August last year, an act which was captured on […]
Damascus, May 10 (IANS) After a period of two years of conflict, residents of Syria’s Old Homs city have finally returned to their homes after the city was declared “secure” and “free of arms and gunmen”, media reported Saturday. Governor Talal al-Barazi Friday announced that the Old City of Homs has evacuated all rebels as a […]
Baghdad, May 10 (IANS) At least seven security personnel were killed and 20 injured Saturday in a suicide tanker bomb attack in Iraq, an official said. The attack occurred when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden tanker into an army checkpoint in Salahudin province, the official told Xinhua. The suicide bomber targeted the checkpoint while a […]
New York, May 10 (IANS) The age-old East-West debate has just got a new twist as a study suggested that if you come from a culture that values independence and individualism, it may be because you belong to a region that has traditionally cultivated wheat. The opposite is true for people in the rice growing regions; […]
London, May 10 (IANS) BBC’s TV show “BBC Breakfast” temporarily went off air and the staff were forced to evacuate the building during a fire scare. An alarm was set off at the broadcaster’s buildings in Salford Friday and those both in front and behind the cameras on “BBC Breakfast” had to leave the studio and […]
London, May 10 (IANS) Don’t get depressed if she has refused to go on a date with you owing to your short height. Tell her you are going to stay longer on earth for better chances knocking on your door! According to research on Japanese men, shorter men are more likely to have a protective form […]
Toronto, May 10 (IANS) If you could not make sense of a childhood story that your parents and neighbours related, you are not alone; childhood memories do fade and researchers have found that growth of new cells in brain could erase old memories to make way for new ones. Newly-formed neurons in the hippocampus (an area […]
Islamabad, May 10 (IANS) A court in Pakistan Saturday asked police to submit details of the case of an agent of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), who was arrested for carrying ammunition at an airport. Police said Joel Cox was arrested Monday evening while attempting to board a domestic flight in the port city […]