Regional players likely to align in Lok Sabha
In an attempt at isolating the Congress and denying it the principal opposition space, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the Trinamool Congress and the Biju Janata Dal have begun talks for floor coordination in the new Lok Sabha. The three parties, commanding 91 seats (AIADMK: 37 in... read more »
California kidnap victim found 10 years after kidnapping
A woman who disappeared as a teenager a decade ago was reunited with her family after she went to police and told them her mother’s ex-boyfriend drugged and kidnapped her in 2004, forced her to marry him and fathered her child. Isidro Garcia, 41, was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping for rape,... read more »
Blast rocks capital of China’s Xinjiang region
Powerful explosions rocked a crowded open market in the provincial capital of China’s Muslim-majority Xinjiang region on Thursday morning, leaving an unknown number of people killed and injured. Authorities were working to establish the number of casualties, officials said an hour after the... read more »
Maruti Launches Celerio ‘Green’ CNG Model
India’s leading carmaker, Maruti Suzuki has now rolled out the popular Celerio with a CNG kit. Called as the Celerio Green, the new version will come up with a factory-fitted CNG kit, and will return an impressive 31.79km/kg (claimed) mileage. Powering the Celerio Green is the same 1.0-litre... read more »
Foreign currency worth Rs 40 lakh seized in Bihar
In poll related checking to curb misuse of money and liquor in the Lok Sabha elections, police personnel today seized foreign currency worth Rs 40 lakh from a SUV at Anjanpir Chowk in... read more »
Akhilesh Yadav confident about SP getting maximum seats in UP
Saifai: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday cast his vote from Saifai in Etawah district saying that he was confident that the Samajwadi Party would get maximum number... read more »
Karachi: 4 including Inspector Shafiq Tanoli killed in suicide blast
KARACHI: Four persons including a senior policeman Inspector Shafiq Tanoli were killed when a suicide blast occurred near old vegetable market Thursday morning, Geo News reported. According... read more »
Bad policy caused the ferry disaster, not bad culture
Moments of great tragedy often elicit national soul-searching. So it is with last week’s South Korean ferry disaster, which has triggered an outpouring of not only grief and anger, but... read more »
Nepal officials go to Everest to try to end crisis
With the Mount Everest climbing season increasingly in doubt, Nepalese tourism officials traveled to base camp Thursday to negotiate with Sherpas who want to walk off the job after an avalanche... read more »
