Sensex trades flat during pre-noon session
Mumbai – A benchmark index of Indian equities markets was trading flat at 68.42 points or 0.32 percent up during the pre-noon trade Monday. Good buying was seen in capital goods, banking index (bankex), metal and consumer durables sectors, while selling pressure was seen in IT and technology,... read more »
‘Bheemavaram Bullodu’ funnier than my other films: Sunil
Chennai – Comedian Sunil Varma, currently enjoying the status of a lead actor, is confident that his upcoming Telugu romantic-comedy “Bheemavaram Bullodu” will be much more hilarious than most of his recent films. “I can confidently say that this film (‘Bheemavaram... read more »
Egypt forms panel to probe post-Morsi violence
Cairo – Egypt’s interim President Adly Mansour ordered to form a fact-finding committee to investigate the violence that broke out after the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi, a state-run website reported. Mansour issued a presidential decree and declared the formation of the new... read more »
Pussy Riot member released from prison
A jailed member of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, who was found guilty of hooliganism after a performance critical of President Vladimir Putin, has been released from prison, her lawyer said Monday. Maria Alekhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Yekaterina Samutsevich were found guilty of... read more »
Philippines mayor among four killed in Manila airport gunman attack
Washington – The mayor of a southern Philippines town, two members of his family and a young child have died after a gunman opened fire outside a terminal at Manila’s... read more »
Kendra Wilkinson wants `absolutely no pink` for baby daughter
Washington – Kendra Wilkinson, who is pregnant with her second child, has revealed that she won’t be dressing her daughter in pink when she’s born. During an interview with US OK!... read more »
Former Russian oligarch set for release from jail
Moscow – Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former chief executive officer of the now defunct Russian oil company Yukos, was set to be released from prison Friday after receiving a... read more »
India 31 for one at lunch; leads by 67 runs
Veteran Zaheer Khan polished off the South African tail taking three of the last four wickets, as India bowled out the home team for 244 thereby taking a first innings lead of 36 runs on... read more »
Delhi gang rape pained me, says poet Salman Khurshid
New Delhi – Pained at the brutal assault and gang rape of a young Delhi woman last year, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has penned some poems to pay “tribute to her soul and to... read more »
