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 […]
Beijing, Feb 21 Beijing, the capital city of China on Friday relaxed its birth control policy allowing couples to have a second child if either parent is an only child. An amendment to the Beijing Population and Family Planning Regulations was approved at a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal People’s Congress, […]
US President Barack Obama played dumb during his meeting with the Dalai Lama at the White House Friday, a leading Chinese daily said Saturday. “National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden reiterated that the US recognises Tibet to be part of China, but at the same time she emphasized US support for human rights and religious […]
An Egyptian court Saturday postponed till Feb 24 the trial of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and 130 others for storming the Wady al-Natroun prison and killing police officers during the 2011 uprising that toppled president Hosni Mubarak. Morsi and 21 other defendants were detained in the case, while the rest of the defendants were […]