At least six people died in Spain Saturday following a fire in a house in Burgos province, Xinhua reported. The six victims, who all come from the same family, were staying in a holiday home in Tordomar village when the tragic incident took place, thought to have been caused by a spark from a chimney, […]
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski Saturday tweeted that there was no coup d’etat in Kiev, in response to Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych’s claims of a coup, Xinhua reported. The Polish minister said the government buildings in Kiev were abandoned. The speaker of the Rada (parliament) was elected legally. He underlined that President Yanukovich had 24 […]
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto confirmed the capture of the world’s most wanted drug lord, Joaquin Guzman Loera, known as El Chapo, in the Pacific resort of Mazatlan Saturday morning. “I recognise the work of the Mexican state’s security institutions for detaining Joaquin Guzman Loera in Mazatlan,” Pena Nieto tweeted after the drug lord’s arrest, […]
Ukrainian former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, freed Saturday from prison by parliamentary vote, arrived here Saturday and addressed a huge crowd of tens of thousands of opposition demonstrators gathered at Independence As soon as the 53-year-old politician was released from prison in the eastern city of Kharkiv, she announced that she would run in early […]
Turkish riot police Saturday evening dispersed more than 1,000 protesters in Istanbul against new internet censorship law. The demonstrators took to the streets in Istanbul to protest against Turkish President Abdullah Gul’s approval of the new law tightening internet censorship, Xinhua reported. Backed up by armoured water cannon trucks, thousands of riot police were deployed […]
South African authorities Saturday launched a crackdown on illegal initiation, rescuing over 80 initiates. In the operation jointly conducted by police and a team of local government officials, an illegal initiation school in the Sannieshof area of North West province was swooped upon, Xinhua reported. More than 80 initiates were rescued. Many of them, including […]
Leaders of the Venezuelan Opposition and students’ representatives led a massive demonstration here and announced a list of demands for the government that includes freedom for political detainees. Opposition leader Henrique Capriles, governor of Miranda state, led a march during which he denounced violence, called on people not to protest at night or block the […]
The Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) woman employee, who went missing last week and was later found dead, could have been murdered, said police Saturday. Police are investigating the suspected murder of Uma Maheshwari as the post mortem report revealed a deep wound, said a police officer. Maheshwari, 24, was reported missing since Feb 13 evening […]
Three men were arrested with 54 kg gold, valued at Rs.16 crore, at the Kempegowda international airport here late Saturday, police said. “We trapped the accused and seized the gold on a tipoff from Kolkata police that they were on way to Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) via Bangalore by a SpiceJet flight,” Deputy Commissioner of Police […]
Washington, Feb 22 India’s has played a keyrole in the global fight against piracy that has resulted in a remarkabledrop in piracy off the coast of Somalia. The county was hailed by United States of America and European Union officials for the same. “India is a very important member” of the Contact Group on Piracy […]