Nuremberg’s Timm Klose moves to Wolfsburg
byBerlin, July 2 (IANS) Swiss international Timm Klose has moved from Nuremberg to join league rivals Wolfsburg until 2017. Klose joined Wolfsburg with immediate…
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Halil Altintop joins German side Augsburg until 2015
byBerlin, July 2 (IANS) Turkish international Halil Altintop has signed a two-year contract with Augsburg, the club announced. The 30-year-old striker dissolved his contract…
ISRO helped during Uttarakhand floods
bySriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), July 2 (IANS) The Indian space agency extended a helping hand during rescue operations in calamity-hit Uttarakhand by taking photographs and…
Successful satellite launch a milestone: PM
byNew Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said the successful launch of India’s first navigation satellite is an important milestone in…
Snowden applies for asylum in Russia
byMoscow, July 2 (IANS/EFE) Former US government contractor Edward Snowden has applied for political asylum in Russia, a Russian diplomat said Monday. British attorney…
Cash, jewels worth Rs.200 crore seized in Mumbai
byMumbai, July 2 (IANS) A courier consignment of cash, gold and diamond jewellery, estimated to be worth a staggering Rs.200 crore (about $33 million)…
Spain takes down Chinese sex-trafficking rings
byMadrid, July 2 (IANS/EFE) Spanish police Monday busted two rival Chinese prostitution rings that operated in Madrid and kept 25 women. In the operation,…
India plans string of satellite launches
bySriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), July 2 (IANS) The Indian space agency has lined up a string of launches, including the silver jubilee flight of the…
Virtual reality may encourage women to lose weight
byWashington, July 2 (IANS) Watching an “avatar”, or a computer-generated image, that performs weight-loss actions in a virtual community might help women shed weight…
New York embraces bikes for the summer
byNew York, July 2 (IANS/EFE) New York City’s famous yellow cabs will have to share the streets with the blue rental bicycles that have…