Six people were killed and six wounded when a bomb exploded at a New Year party in a remote village of Philippines’s Basilan province, security official said Wednesday. The improvised explosive device exploded Tuesday night around 9 p.m. near a parish church at Tumahubong village in Sumisip town, Xinhua reported quoting Jefferson Somera, public information […]
Latvia became the 18th country to join the single currency union Wednesday, as New Year’s Day fireworks erupted at midnight in Riga, the Latvian capital, Xinhua reported. As part of celebrations marking Latvia’s entry to the eurozone, Valdis Dombrovskis, Latvia’s acting head of the government, withdrew an euro bank note from a local bank machine, […]
Two children were beheaded in the Central African Republic’s (CAR) capital as violence touched a “vicious new low”, the UN has said. About 16 children had been killed in Bangui since Dec 5 and an increasing number of them are being recruited into armed groups, BBC reported citing the UN. There were “unprecedented levels” of […]
People in different parts of the world Wednesday marked the beginning of the new year 2014, with New Zealanders being among the first to celebrate. People in New Zealand’s Auckland city were among the first to celebrate. In Australia, hundreds of thousands gathered for a spectacular fireworks display around Sydney’s Harbour Bridge, BBC reported. East […]
Police in Australia Tuesday nabbed and charged two suspects over a vicious assault on two Indian students, one of whom is now lying in coma. The victim, Manriajwinder Singh, 20, of Reservoir, a suburb in Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria, was nearly beaten to death by a gang in a city park Sunday. […]
Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Abheek, the second fast patrol vessel of the coast guard designed and built by the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), was commissioned here Tuesday by Defence Minister A.K. Antony. Antony said that as the resources on land were getting depleted at a rapid pace, nations are turning to oceans for sustenance. […]
In the past one year, if there is one political party that has sent the entire political spectrum into a tizzy it is undoubtedly the Aam Aadmi Party. With barely a year since its launch, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party is set to take Delhi’s political circles by storm in the upcoming 4 December elections. While there are […]
Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) will expand its base here through research and innovation parks, an official release said Monday. The move aims at merging industry and academia as well as fostering international collaborative studies. The hubs would give scope to young scientists from the institute to not only enhance their academic prospects but also […]
A benchmark index of Indian equities was trading flat at 21.81 points or 0.10 percent up during the pre-noon trade Tuesday. Good buying was observed in the oil and gas and auto sectors while selling pressure was seen in banking index (bankex) sector. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), […]
Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan Justice Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan Monday administered the oath of office to Justice Ashraf Jehan, the first woman judge to be appointed to the Federal Shariat Court in the country. The ceremony was held at the Sindh High Court in Karachi, the Associated Press of Pakistan […]