Kingston (Jamaica), April 2 (IANS/CMC) Jamaica and India are to sign an agreement to have flood lights installed at Sabina Park. The news comes after months of discussions between several government ministries and entities and officials from the Indian High Commission, CMC quoted a report from The Jamaica Observer. Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) president Wilford Heaven […]
Washington, April 2 (IANS) The Obama administration should conclude its years-long review of US policy on anti-personnel land mines with a decision to ban the weapon and join the international ban treaty, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. “It is nonsensical that the US has spent billions of dollars to clean up the mess caused by land […]
Kabul, April 2 At least six policemen were killed Wednesday in a suicide bomb attack at the country’s interior ministry office, the ministry confirmed in a statement. “One suicide bomber wearing military uniform tried to enter alongside visitors to the ministry of interior building at around 2.30 p.m. (local time),” Xinhua quoted the ministry as […]
New York, April 1 (IANS) The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) will open with Anurag Kashyap’s “Ugly”, a sensational tale of corruption, indifference, and systemic violence that begins with the disappearance of an aspiring actor’s 10-year-old daughter. Celebrating its 14th year, NYIFF, widely recognised as the oldest, most prestigious Indian film festival in the US […]
Washington, April 1 (IANS) No one is buying the American story that the resignation of US ambassador in India, Nancy Powell, was unrelated to recent tensions between the two countries, but as yet there is no definitive word about her likely successor. A section of the Indian media has speculated that Powell may be replaced by […]
Tehran, April 1 Iran has dismissed allegations about inteferring in Yemen’s internal affairs, an official said Tuesday. “It is noteworthy that such remarks are made despite the ongoing meddling and moves by some regional countries in Yemen contrary to the country’s interests and security,” Iran’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said. “The falsity of these […]
Kiev, April 1 Ukraine’s parliament Tuesday passed a resolution to disarm illegal armed groups that have sprang up across the country during its political crisis. According to the resolution’s explanatory note, military and security officials should carry out the immediate disarming of illegitimate armed formations due to the worsening criminal situation in Ukraine, Xinhua reported. […]
Brussels, April 1 NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen Tuesday said there was no sign of Russia pulling its forces back from the border with Ukraine, CNN reported. “Unfortunately I cannot confirm that Russia is withdrawing its troops,” Rasmussen was quoted as saying at the opening of a two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers in […]
Suva, March 28 (IANS) Fiji announced Friday that general elections in the country, which has a large ethnic Indian population, will be held Sep 17. Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, the country’s attorney general and minister responsible for elections, said at a press conference here that the election day would be a paid public holiday, Xinhua reported. Acting permanent […]
Washington, March 28 (IANS) South Carolina’s Indian American Republican Governor Nikki Haley is getting ready for a November rematch with Democrat Vincent Sheheen banking on lower joblessness and a record of bringing jobs to the state Haley, born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa to Sikh immigrant parents from Amritsar, India, and Democratic state Senator Sheheen both signed up […]