Sumangal group MD held for money laundering
The managing director of Sumangal Group, Subrata Adhikari, was arrested in Mumbai on the charge of money laundering, police said on Monday. “He was arrested by a team of Kolkata police from a guest house in Mumbai last night. He is being brought to Kolkata today and will be produced in a court... read more »
Seventeen coal miners die after blast in west China
Seventeen coal miners have died after being trapped by a weekend gas explosion in northwestern China, an official news agency reported on Monday. The miners were trapped Saturday by the explosion at a mine 120 km from Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region, the Xinhua News Agency said. It said... read more »
Seoul warns Japan not to undermine N Korea nuclear arms abandonment
Seoul: South Korea warned Japan on Thursday against undermining efforts to force North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons, after Tokyo announced the lifting of selected sanctions on Pyongyang.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said a number of unilateral sanctions would be revoked after progress... read more »
PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Udhampur-Katra rail link, calls first train &#...
I dedicate this ‘Shree Shakti Express’ to the nation, says PM Modi as he concludes his address. My priority is to win the hearts of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, says PM. People in the remotest parts of the country should be a part of national development, says Modi. J&K is... read more »
Germany Renews Diplomatic Effort to Ease Ukraine Crisis
BERLIN — Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany arrived Tuesday in Kiev on Berlin’s latest diplomatic effort to defuse the crisis that has seized the eastern region of... read more »
Body found in South Korean ferry as weather eases
Seoul: Divers found another body trapped in a sunken South Korean ferry today as the search for more than two dozen missing passengers resumed after strong winds and waves halted the effort... read more »
Boko Haram willing to negotiate release of Nigerian girls
Islamist extremist sect Boko Haram Monday said it is willing to negotiate with Nigeria’s government over the release of more than 200 schoolgirls it abducted four weeks ago. Hundreds of... read more »
BJP: Congress made a mockery of PM Manmohan Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesman Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said that the Congress Party has made a mockery of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, and in all probability, would blame... read more »
Congress core group to discuss post poll strategy this evening
After facing a difficult election, the Congress top brass, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party chief Sonia Gandhi, are expected to deliberate on Monday evening on the strategy... read more »
