Railway Budget 2014-15: Highlights
No new increase in passenger fares and freight charges Bullet train in Mumbai-Ahmedabad sector Highest ever plan outlay of Rs. 65,455 crore for 2014-15 Expenditure in 2014-15 pegged at Rs. 149,176 crore. Diamond quadrilateral for high speed trains Plan to hike speed of trains... read more »
Former World Bank official Ashraf Ghani wins Afghan presidential election
Kabul – Afghanistan declared former World Bank official Ashraf Ghani the winner of last month’s presidential election run-off on Monday on preliminary results that threaten to split the country along ethnic lines. The Independent Election Commission said Ghani won the June 14 second round... read more »
Powerful typhoon smashes Japan’s southern islands
A POWERFUL typhoon is pounding the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa, as residents take refuge from destructive winds, towering waves and storm surges. Airports closed and residents were evacuated from low-lying areas and shorelines as Typhoon Neoguri passed over Okinawa, packing sustained winds... read more »
Iraq returnees lodge complaint against recruitment agents
A group of 28 Iraq returnees on Monday filed a complaint with the Chandigarh police against a manpower consultancy firm that also doubles as a travel agency for ‘duping and causing them substantial financial losses’. They have also threatened to protest in front of the Punjab Assembly, which... read more »
Google hopes test drives steer Americans to embrace its robot cars
Google Inc’s self-driving car technology likely will not be available for several more years. But the Internet company is already beginning the job of making the public comfortable with... read more »
Sonia Gandhi to host farewell dinner for Manmohan Singh today
Congress President Sonia Gandhi will host a farewell dinner for Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Wednesday. Dr. Singh on Tuesday bid his staff farewell, just days before he is scheduled... read more »
Turkey coal mine explosion: Death toll reaches 201, hundreds still trapped
Istanbul: At least 201 people were killed and hundreds more remained trapped underground after an explosion and fire in a coal mine in the western Turkish province of Manisa, the energy... read more »
Former Israeli Premier to Serve 6 Years for Bribery
JERUSALEM — Ehud Olmert, the former Israeli prime minister, was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison by a judge who likened him to a “traitor” for taking bribes while mayor of... read more »
Germany Renews Diplomatic Effort to Ease Ukraine Crisis
BERLIN — Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany arrived Tuesday in Kiev on Berlin’s latest diplomatic effort to defuse the crisis that has seized the eastern region of Ukraine after... read more »
