Spain’s unemployment rate rises
Madrid, April 26 (IANS/EFE) Spain’s unemployment rate hit 27.16 percent in the first quarter of this year, with the number of jobless people topping…
UP minister to cut short US visit
Lucknow, April 26 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Minister Mohammad Azam Khan has decided to cut short his US trip after his “long and humiliating frisking”…
VVIP chopper deal: Singling out an individual is wrong (Comment) (With Image)
In the ongoing investigation of bribery and corruption in the VVIP helicopter deal, the Central Bureau of Investigation, or CBI, appears to have made…
Sunil Tripathi’s family seeks privacy after body identified
Washington, April 26 (IANS) Sunil Tripathi’s family has sought “privacy” for itself and “for our love for Sunny” after forensic dental examination confirmed that…
Asteroid could fly 8,600 km from Earth in 2026
Moscow: A celestial body 20 metres in diameter will pass dangerously close — 8,620 km — to the Earth’s surface in 13 years, an…
India protests detention of UP minister at Boston airport
Washington, April 26 (IANS) India has formally protested to the US over the brief detention of Uttar Pradesh Urban Development Minister Mohammad Azam Khan…
Smoking near kids equal to violence, says Latvia
Moscow: The parliament of the northern European republic of Latvia has passed a bill that would make smoking in the presence of children equal…
Man changes name to Jesus Christ
Moscow: A man from Russia’s Chelyabinsk city has changed his name to Yeshua Ben Maryam Al-Masih, which means in Hebrew “Jesus Son of Mary,…
60 fall ill after drinking polluted water in Lebanon
Beirut, April 26 (IANS) Over 60 students were hospitalised in Lebanon’s northern port city of Tripoli after drinking contaminated tap water, state-run National News…
Boston bombing suspects targeted New York City
Washington, April 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The two brothers suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombing planned to follow up the attack by detonating…