Woman, daughter jump off moving truck in UP, die
byLucknow, May 25 (IANS) A mother and her three-year-old daughter were killed in Uttar Pradesh late Friday after they jumped off a speeding truck…
May, 2013
Brigadier injured in Pakistani firing in Kashmir
by Hill Post WireSrinagar: A senior Indian army officer and two soldiers were injured near the Line of Control (LoC) yesterday evening after Pakistani troops resorted to heavy…
Russia plans four spacecraft launches in 2014
by Hill Post WireMoscow, May 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia’s Energia Rocket and Space Corporation will make four launches next year from the Pacific Ocean-based Odyssey platform under…
Whose cat is beautiful: Chechen leader vs TV celebrity
by Hill Post WireMoscow, May 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov entered into a bizarre public row with a Russian socialite over whose cat was the…
Foreign defence officials visit Russian military base
by Hill Post WireMoscow, May 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Members of foreign delegations attending an international conference on European security visited a military base near Moscow that has…
Liquor production in Russia drops 23 percent
by Hill Post WireMoscow, May 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Production of vodka and other spirits in Russia dropped 23.3 percent in the first four months of 2013 year-on-year…
North Korea’s bid to return to n-talks welcomed by Moscow
by Hill Post WireMoscow, May 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia regards as a “positive development” reports that North Korea is willing to return to six-party talks on the…
Italy to scrap public funding of political parties
by Hill Post WireRome, May 25 (IANS/AKI) The Italian government has agreed to abolish public funding of political parties, Prime Minister Enrico Letta announced. “In the cabinet,…
Russian social network blacklisted by mistake
by Hill Post WireMoscow, May 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Vkontakte, Russia’s biggest social networking website, was put on a state registry of blacklisted websites by mistake Friday, an…
Italian held in Thailand in $8 mn fraud case
by Hill Post WireBangkok, May 25 (IANS/AKI) An Italian national, suspected of defrauding Italian lenders of over $8 million, has been arrested in Thailand and will be…