Chinese premier departs for India
byBeijing, May 19 (IANS) Chinese Premier Li Keqiang departed here Sunday for official visits to four nations, with India being the first stop. From…
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Rousseff opens Brasilia World Cup stadium
byRio de Janeiro, May 19 (IANS) Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff officially opened Brasilia’s Mane Garrincha World Cup stadium. Despite controversy surrounding delays and cost…
Bayer Leverkusen bid for Corinthians’ Romarinho
byRio de Janeiro, May 19 (IANS) Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen has reportedly made a bid to sign highly rated Brazilian playmaker Romarinho. The German…
Probe on in differently-abled girls’ rape case
byJaipur, May 19 (IANS) Two days after three hearing- and speech-impaired girls alleged rape and molestation by employees of a residential school here, statements…
Four electrocuted in Himachal village
byShimla: Four people were killed and five were critically injured after an electric current seeped into some houses in a Himachal Pradesh village, police said…
Kerala software engineer develops anti-piracy software
byThiruvananthapuram, May 19 (IANS) A Kerala-based software engineer has come up with an anti-piracy device to check recording of movies in theatres using sophisticated…
Two Andhra ministers charged in Jagan case may quit
byHyderabad, May 19 (IANS) Two cabinet ministers in Andhra Pradesh charged in the Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy’s disproportionate assets case are likely to resign following…
Bengal unveils draft industrial policy after long wait
byKolkata, May 19 (IANS) The West Bengal government has unveiled its draft industrial policy after a long wait to woo entrepreneurs by showcasing the…
Five Azerbaijan troops killed in road crash
byBaku, May 19 (IANS) At least five Azerbaijan soldiers were killed and six seriously injured when their vehicle rammed into a tree and overturned,…
Inmates flee Siberian prison via tunnel
byMoscow, May 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Over 2,500 police officers are engaged in search of four inmates, jailed for murder and burglary, who escaped from…