Save horses, urges Miley Cyrus
Los Angeles: Actress-singer Miley Cyrus has organised a rally to save horses. She has taken to micro-blogging site Twitter for the cause. Cyrus voiced her…
23 killed in Pakistan road accident
Islamabad: At least 23 people were killed and over 30 injured in a road accident in Pakistan’s Punjab province early Saturday, police said. The accident…
5,000-carat emerald found in Russia
Beijing (RIA Novosti) A state-owned miner in Russia has claimed to have unearthed a unique emerald weighing 5,000 carats at a deposit in the Urals….
We walked out of assembly: Himachal Pradesh BJP
Shimla: The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday maintained that it had walked out of the Himachal Pradesh assembly Thursday. “We staged a walkout yesterday…
Parliamentarians seek pardon for Sanjay Dutt
New Delhi: A host of parliamentarians extended support to Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt who was sent back to jail by the Supreme Court Thursday in…
Activists discuss ways to save water
Agra (IANS) Social activists and environmentalists gathered here Friday to deliberate on the ways to save dwindling sources of freshwater on the occasion of World…
Kerala launches fresh initiatives to attract tourists
New Delhi (IANS) Kerala Tourism Friday launched two fresh initiatives to attract both foreign and domestic tourists to the state, an official said. The ‘Seaplane…
Congress becomes ‘laughing stock’ for Akalis (Punjab Newsletter)
Chandigarh (IANS) A series of election losses in the last one year, public bickering among top leaders, a legislator deserting the party, some disastrous political…
Faced no racism: Desi ‘American Idol’ contestant
New Delhi (IANS) ‘Turbanator’ Gurpreet Singh Sarin happens to be luckier than Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty. The young man of Indian origin, who made it…
Chinese NASA worker in US court over computer cache
Washington (IANS/RIA Novosti) A former Chinese contractor with the NASA has appeared in a US federal court after he was arrested following an attempt to…