Mirwaiz placed under house arrest in Srinagar
Srinagar: Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chairperson of the moderate faction of Jammu and Kashmir’s separatist Hurriyat Conference, was placed under house arrest today, a day…
Junior NTR gets film teaser as birthday gift
Chennai, May 20 (IANS) The makers of Junior NTR’s upcoming Telugu action-drama “Ramayya Vasthavayya” have released half-a-minute teaser of the film as a birthday…
Cleanliness freak Styles nicknamed Mrs. Mop
Los Angeles, May 20 (IANS) Harry Styles of One Direction is so obsessed with cleaning the band’s tour bus that it has earned him…
For the elderly in US, poetry blunts the pain of isolation
Chicago, May 20 (IANS) A woman in her seventies takes the microphone to recite a short poem, which, she warned the men present, was…
Sensex up nearly half a percent; auto stocks rally
Mumbai, May 20 (IANS) A benchmark index of the Indian equities markets was trading nearly half a percent up in the pre-afternoon trade Monday…
Mexican twice summits Everest in one climbing season
Kathmandu, May 20 (IANS/EFE) Mexican David Liaño Gonzalez Sunday became the first climber to double summit on Mount Everest, the world’s tallest mountain, in…
Pakistani daily hopes Sharif, Kayani work together
Islamabad, May 20 (IANS) A leading Pakistani daily Monday hoped that incoming prime minister Nawaz Sharif and army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani “can…
Have good manners: Chinese official to tourists
Beijing, May 20 (IANS) If you are a tourist in China, you better have “healthy and civilised” manners. Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang Sunday…
Three Tibetans protest outside Li’s hotel
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Tibetan activists Monday defied security and managed to stage a small protest near the Taj Palace Hotel here where…
Mexico aims to boost trade with Brazil
Brasilia, May 20 (IANS/EFE) Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Jose Antonio Meade visited his Brazilian counterpart, Antonio Patriota, with whom he agreed to promote a…