Agents to protest against commission denial by foreign airlinesNEW DELHI - Travel agents across the country will launch a fresh round of protests Jan 30 against those foreign carriers which have refused to pay them commission, an agents body said Tuesday. Asian Tour condemns Australian PGASINGAPORE - The Asian Tour has strongly condemned the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) of Australia for announcing a new professional golf series that it plans to stage in the Asia Pacific region. Sentence upheld against armpit fetishist in SingaporeSINGAPORE - A 14-year prison sentence was upheld against a 37-year-old Singaporean with an urge to sniff and suck the armpits of women he molested, a newspaper reported Friday. Singapore announces multi-billion-dollar stimulus planSINGAPORE - The Singapore government Friday announced an 11-billion-Singapore-dollar ($7.3 billion) plan of financial schemes aimed at stimulating lending to a broader range of enterprises during the current economic downturn. Asian Junior squash: Indian boys in final, girls bow outCHENNAI - India entered the final in the boys section while the girls went down in the semi-finals of the Asian Junior Squash championship at the ICL Academy courts here Thursday. Lalu Prasad wants Japanese style high-speed trains for IndiaSINGAPORE - Flush from his exhilarating ride on a Japanese high-speed train, Indian Railway Minister Lalu Prasad said Saturday that he plans to introduce bullet trains to link major metropolitan cities in India. HSBC sees possibility of second quarter economic recovery in AsiaSINGAPORE - Asia’s economy might recover from the recession as early as the second quarter of this year, supported by the governments’ policy responses to the downturn and the sharp drop in commodity prices, a news report said Wednesday. Jeev all set for new season, keeps top-20 and Majors in sightSINGAPORE - Winning on the US Tour and doing well in the Majors will be the main goal in 2009 for Asian Tour No.1 golfer Jeev Milkha Singh. Man sets ablaze Singapore lawmakerSINGAPORE - A 70-year-old man Monday faced charges of grievously harming a Singapore legislator by setting him on fire during a Sunday afternoon community club event. Singapore firm to invest Rs.870 bn in IndiaNEW DELHI - Singapore-based Universal Success Enterprises Ltd (USEL) Monday said it has signed three agreements with the Gujarat government and will invest about Rs.87,000 crore (Rs.870 billion) in various infrastructure projects. Retail magnate gets kidney from executed murdererSINGAPORE - An ailing retail magnate who was jailed for one day last year for attempting to buy a kidney has received the organ legally from an executed murderer, according to a news report here Saturday. French bank BNP Paribas sees Asian economic recovery in 2010SINGAPORE - French bank BNP Paribas has predicted a faster Asian economic recovery next year, citing aggressive government spending and region-wide interest rate cuts, according to a news report Thursday. Father jailed for raping retarded daughterSINGAPORE - A Singaporean man was jailed for 16 years and is to be beaten with 18 strokes of the cane for raping his mildly retarded 11-year old daughter, the Straits Times reported Tuesday. Don’t abandon kids, women due to financial crisis: UnicefSINGAPORE - Governments should not abandon women and children who need their help most as tax revenues shrink because of the global financial crisis, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) warned Tuesday. Sameera plays rustic woman in Kukunoor’s ‘Yeh Hausla’MUMBAI - Glamorous Sameera Reddy says she connected with the late Smita Patil’s spirit while playing a rustic Dalit woman in Nagesh Kukunoor’s ‘Yeh Hausla’, walking bare feet in the mud in ghagra-choli with peacocks accompanying her. The actress says she finds the comparison with Smita ‘uncanny’. Rich Indians eyeing second homes abroadNEW DELHI - The realty industry is one of the worst-hit sectors globally following the financial meltdown, but for the well-heeled in India, this is excellent tiding. With real estate prices at an all-time low across borders, buying property abroad is suddenly making sense to affluent Indians. Singapore’s manufacturing output declinesSINGAPORE - Singapore’s manufacturing output in November declined by 7.5 percent compared with the same month last year, according to the Economic Development Board Friday. |
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