The World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Cape Town, South Africa, this month has been cancelled owing to denial of a travel visa by the host country to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, a visiting Nobel laureate said here Wednesday. "The venue of the summit has been shifted out of South
Two explosions in quick succession went off in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul Wednesday. "The first explosion took place at 6.20 a.m. and it was followed by another blast at 6.32 a.m.," an official said. "The first blast targeted a government bus carrying security personnel in Kart-e-Char locality in western Kabul,"
The US has targeted two Pakistan-based terrorist organisations and frozen the assets of their leaders for providing financial support to Lashkar-e -Taeba (LeT) held responsible for the Nov 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. The action by the US treasury against the leader of Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HuM) and the LeT financial support networks came
P.V.Anandpadmanabhan On day twelve of the 17th Asian games India add to its medal tally with Vikas Gowda scalping a silver medal in Discus Throw Men, Laishram Sarita Devi & Pooja Rani clinching Bronze medals each in Boxing women’s Light & Middle weight respectively. Varsha Gautam and Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan get Bronze medal in Sailing -29
India's M.C. Mary Kom clinched the gold medal in the women's flyweight (48-51kg) boxing competition of the 17th Asian Games here Wednesday. Mary, a five-time World Champion, defeated Kazakhstan's Zhaina Shekerbekova 2-0, with one judge scoring the bout 38-38.
India's M.C. Mary Kom secured a berth in the women's 48-51 kg final while compatriot L. Sarita Devi was robbed of what could have been at least a silver or a possible gold in a controversial 57-60 kg category semifinal bout of the 17th Asian Games here Tuesday. Later in the day, Pooja Rani
P.V.Anandpadmanabhan The government proposes to finalize the Sagar Mala concept soon to implement the project. In his first address to the Parliament after the new government was formed the President of India on 9th June 2014, enunciating the policies of the new government stressed that the Government would evolve a model of Port-led development by
Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), the country's first greenfield airport in the public-private partnership mode, Wednesday handed over a cheque of Rs.17.76 crore to the Kerala government as its share of profits for the last fiscal. Excise Minister and CIAL Director K. Babu handed over the cheque to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, the
India's largest passenger car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki Wednesday reported a healthy sales growth of 4.6 percent in total sales, including exports, for September at 109,742 units. The company sold 104,964 units in September 2013. The company's domestic sales zoomed by 9.8 percent to 99,290 units during the month under review as
With international crude oil prices going below $95 a barrel, petrol prices were cut by 65 paise a litre with effect from midnight. Since the three rate cuts in August, petrol prices have continued to show a downward trend. "Thus a downward revision in selling price of petrol is being effected w.e.f midnight