The Shyamal Sen Commission, set by West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee government to probe the Saradha group chit fund scam and recommend ways of returning money to the depositors, Monday ordered auction of the group’s three television channels so as to repay the investors. “Three channels of the Saradha group — Tara Muzik, Tara News and […]
Two people were shot at a movie theatre in the US state of Florida Monday afternoon, and a suspect is in custody, media reported. The shooting took place inside a movie theatre in Wesley Chapel, Pasco County, Xinhua reported citing local WTSP-TV. The Pasco county sheriff’s office said that both victims were airlifted to a […]
At least 19 people were killed and 61 wounded Monday as new acts of violence spread across Iraq, a source said. The largest attack occurred with the explosion of a car bomb parked near a mosque in the Bab Al Mohazam area on Baghdad’s north side, leaving five dead and 14 injured. Three similar attacks […]
India and Sri Lanka Monday released 52 fishermen each, as part of a goodwill gesture to tide over an issue that has caused tension in ties. The move was announced in New Delhi by External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin. The move comes ahead of the Tamil festival of Pongal and a meeting between the […]
The council, staff and friends of the National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA), would like to take this opportunity to welcome all our friends and supporters to 2014; we wish you all a prosperous year ahead and hope that your Christmas was a safe and enjoyable time with friends, family and loved ones. In this year NEDA will continue […]
Seven masked men robbed Rs.25 lakh from a dry fruit merchant’s shop in broad daylight Monday and stabbed an employee who resisted them, police said. The daring incident, which got over in 20 minutes, took place around 4 p.m. in Khari Bawli in Old Delhi. “The masked men entered Suresh Chandra Mittal’s shop and grabbed […]
With Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade back in India and a US diplomat sent back to America in a reciprocal gesture, India and the US look all set to resume business as usual. In fact, both sides are holding an event in the very place where it all started – New York. On Tuesday, the consulate […]
The Shiv Sena will observe “Pratigya Divas” (Pledge Day) on Jan 23, its founder-patriarch Bal Thackeray’s birth anniversary, at a mass rally in the Maharashtra capital, the party president said Monday. Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray said this year he has appealed to all party workers to join the mega-rally at Somaiya Ground in central […]
The Kalapakavadi family was informed Monday around 2 p.m. that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi would be over for lunch. “I asked my wife Susheela to see that a Syrian Christian lunch be ready in 45 minutes. She and the others set about getting the meal ready,” said Kalapakavadi. Gandhi was on a day’s visit […]
Customs officials in Goa have been unable to carry out anti-narcotics raids in the last two years because no one is coming forward with information on drug deals, state Customs Commissioner V.P.C. Rao said Monday. Goa is one of the top narco-tourism destinations in the country. Narcotics activity reaches its peak among tourists and locals […]