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Mumbai-Jeddah Flight grounded Airport since Monday
A Mumbai-Jeddah Saudi Arabia Airlines flight has been grounded here since Monday morning due to a technical fault, airport sources said Tuesday. Flight SV-744, scheduled to depart Monday around 8 a.m., is yet to
Read More »Zambia expects to earn over $400 mn from tourism
Zambia, home to the spectacular Victoria Falls, expects to earn about $412 million this year from tourism, President Rupiah Banda has said. Banda said the prospect for growth of the tourism industry was immensely
Read More »Reddy brothers’ rise: Riding cycles to rattling BJP leadership
From struggling businessmen who could once afford only bicycles to now owning choppers and almost bringing down Karnataka’s chief minister, the Reddy brothers have had a meteoric rise in both riches and political clout.
Read More »Dust storms likely in Delhi
Tuesday started on a sunny note, but dust storms and light rains are likely towards the evening in some parts of Delhi. The maximum temperature is forecast to take a slight dip and be
Read More »Turkmenistan sets up National Space Agency
Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has signed a decree authorising the creation of a National Space Agency. The document, signed Monday, stipulates that the agency is being set up “to ensure the implementation of scientific
Read More »Heavy storms leave 100,000 people without electricity in Michigan
More than 100,000 people in Michigan went without electricity Monday due to a series of storms. The storms, with winds in excess of 130 km per hour, mainly affected the city of Battle Creek,
Read More »Zimbabwe’s ugliest man Austin – crowned by women
Zimbabwe’s Austin Mbewe has been crowned the country’s ugliest man after he beat eight other hopefuls in a nationwide contest for the Mr. Ugly title this year. The judges were all women. Mbewe, 30,
Read More »35 people, including 22 foreigners hurt in Haryana accident
Around 35 people, including 22 foreigners, were injured Tuesday morning in Haryana after their tourist bus collided with a truck, said the police. The accident occurred at around 5.30 a.m. on the national highway.
Read More »Foreign policy props up Obama approval
US President Barack Obama’s performance on national security and international affairs and his image as a strong leader appear to be behind his rising approval rating, according to a new poll. Obama’s approval rating
Read More »Four young children drown in Colombian pond
Four siblings, aged between four and 13 years, drowned while playing in a pond near the town of Susa in the central Colombian province of Cundinamarca, an official said Monday. Susa mayor Jimmy Oswaldo
Read More »Agra varsity’s private exams cancelled
The Uttar Pradesh government has cancelled the private examinations being conducted by Agra University on grounds of irregularities, sources said Tuesday. More than a lakh students, whose exams were to end June 18, have
Read More »Bollywood music – cruising on the wings of change!
With bold numbers like “The mutton song”, “Karma is a bitch” and now “Bhaag D K Bose”, Bollywood music has turned a new leaf. The popularity of the numbers, replete with punchy, unconventional and
Read More »US court sets Sep 21 for pre-trial in 1984 riots case
A US Federal Court has set Sep 21 for pre-trial oral arguments in a case against Indian Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath and India’s Congress party for their alleged role in the November 1984
Read More »Russia joins NATO in submarine rescue drills
A task force from the Russian Black Sea Fleet, led by diesel submarine Alrosa, is taking part in NATO naval drills off the coast of Spain, the Russian Defence Ministry said. Bold Monarch is
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