Bar criminals from contesting polls: Former CEC Quarishi (Interview)
byNew Delhi: People accused of rape, murder, kidnapping, dacoity and moral turpitude should be barred from contesting polls, former chief election commissioner S.Y. Quraishi…
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Last Soviet-era n-sub to be dismantled by 2014
byMoscow, April 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia’s Nerpa shipyard is to dismantle the last Soviet-era nuclear submarine by 2014, the yard said. The Project 949A…
Chief editor of Uzbek paper detained in Kyrgyzstan
byBishkek, April 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Police in Kyrgyzstan have detained the editor-in-chief of the country’s largest Uzbek-language newspaper on suspicion of his involvement in…
Anand Jon gets five years jail for molesting NY models
byNew York, April 3 (IANS) A New York court has sentenced Indian fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander to five years jail for admittedly forcing…
US needs 5-7 interceptors for Russian ICBM: Expert
byMoscow, April 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The US will need between five and seven Ground Based Interceptors (GBI) to intercept one Russian Topol-M intercontinental ballistic…
Liquor sales go down in Russia
byMoscow, April 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Sales of vodka and other spirits in Russia dropped almost nine percent in February year-on-year to 113 million litres,…
Kidnapped Ukrainian reporter returns to Syria
byMoscow, April 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ukrainian journalist Ankhar Kochneva, who was held captive by militants in Syria for five months before she escaped last…
Russia opens drifting Arctic base
byMoscow, April 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia has officially opened the Barneo-2013 drifting base in the Arctic, the Russian Geographical Society said. The society’s first…
Online petitions website launched in Russia
byMoscow, April 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An online portal to promote public petitions has been launched by the Foundation for Information Democracy in Russia. The…
Adam Levine won’t wed
byLondon, April 3 (IANS) Singer Adam Levine, who is currently dating model Behati Prinsloo, is happy to never tie the knot because he doesn’t…