World Bank approves $81 mn for Bangladesh’s higher education sectorDHAKA - The World Bank Wednesday approved an $81 million interest-free credit to Bangladesh to improve the quality of teaching and research in the country’s higher education institutions. Corruption case filed against former Bangladesh PM’s sonDHAKA - Bangladesh’s anti-graft body has pressed charges against Arafat Rahman Koko, the younger businessman son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia, for money laundering. Lashkar aide arrested with hawala money in RajouriJAMMU - A financial coordinator of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was arrested and Rs 50,000 in hawala money recovered from his possession in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri District, police sources said here. Courage under crisis: stories of Bangalore’s brave womenBANGALORE - The cruel blows of fate have not broken their will, their resolve to fight. Widowed very early in life, or divorced after facing cruelty in their husband’s home, or raped and fighting a legal battle to get the rapists punished - these women from India’s tech hub have shown courage under crisis. Delhi has a long way to go for Commonwealth GamesNEW DELHI - In a startling disclosure, a Parliamentary Standing Committee Tuesday said Delhi was running far behind the schedule in preparing for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Pakistan might seek Kasab’s custodyISLAMABAD - Pakistan might seek the custody of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist captured after the Mumbai terror attack, if its investigations require this, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Saturday. Delhi High Court had only five minutes to hear a case last yearNEW DELHI -With a staggering number of 332,141 cases that came up before the Delhi High Court during 2007-08, each case barely got five minutes of hearing before the honourable judges, its annual report released here Tuesday said. Hong Kong schoolboy, 12, offers himself as gigoloHONG KONG - Police in Hong Kong Monday were investigating a 12-year-old schoolboy who posted naked pictures of himself online and offered himself as a gigolo for women as old as 45. Monks on mission, cycling across India for TibetNEW DELHI - Imbued with commitment to reversing the fate of the Tibetan community-in-exile, a group of nine young monks has set out cycling through India to raise awareness about Tibet. US offers India information sharing for maritime securityNEW DELHI - India’s ‘vast coastline’ posed a ‘very large challenge’ and the Indian and US navies can ’share an understanding of process’ to secure the country’s territorial waters, a top American military commander said Tuesday. Ashok Chakra citationsNEW DELHI - The following are the citations for the 11 posthumous Ashok Chakras President Pratibha Patil will award Monday on the occasion of Republic Day: US envoy Mitchell to visit Middle East: Israeli officialTEL AVIV - George Mitchell, the former US senator who has been named a special envoy to the Middle East, is scheduled to visit Israel and Palestinian-controlled territories in the coming days, an Israeli government spokesman said Sunday. Dinosaur fossils for sale seized in MexicoMONTERREY - Mexican authorities have said that they recovered 389 fossils, including the remains of dinosaurs and trilobites hundreds of millions of years old, that were illegally being offered for sale at an antiquities store in the northern state of Nuevo Leon. Nepal government bans `Chandni Chowk to China’KATHMANDU - Six years after Nepal banned a section of Hindi films due to erupting violence, the new Maoist-led government Thursday officially banned Bollywood’s first Kung Fu comedy ‘Chandni Chowk to China’ after continued public protests over its misrepresentation of the Buddha’s birthplace. High Court wants media to follow self-restrictionNEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Thursday asked the media to impose on itself certain restrictions on handling sensitive issues like Jamia Nagar shootout, which erupted six days after Sep 13 Delhi serial bombings. Obama joy warms nearly two million in sub-zero temperatureWASHINGTON - Nearly two million came, by plane, bus, train and car, on bicycle and on foot, just to say they were part of history. Taiwan arrests presidential aide for leaking documentsTAIPEI - Taiwan’s judicial authorities Wednesday arrested a Presidential Office official on suspicion of leaking confident documents, a spokesman said. Follow nature’s trail to solve universe’s mystery: Scientist-authorNEW DELHI - If the universe seems mysterious to you, try becoming a ‘cosmic detective’! For, nature has left behind many clues to unravel its mystery, says US-based award-winning scientist Mani Bhaumik who has just penned a children’s novel on the subject. US drone attack kills four Al Qaeda militants in PakistanISLAMABAD - Four Al Qaeda militants were killed and several others injured Thursday in a suspected US drone attack in northwestern Pakistan, an official and residents said. Chidambaram chairs first meeting of nodal intelligence cellNEW DELHI - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday chaired the first ever meeting of the Multi Agency Centre (MAC), which is to coordinate information sharing between state intelligence agencies, and asked all the agencies to ensure that terror related intelligence gathered by them reached MAC immediately. Bid to assassinate Bolivian president foiledLA PAZ - Bolivian intelligence officials have foiled a plot by right-wing extremists to assassinate President Evo Morales, the EFE news agency reported Tuesday. |
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