New Delhi: Indian Bhangra singer Sukhbir Singh was on Sunday held up at the airport here after he was reported to be carrying USD 27,000, in excess of permissible limits, Pakistani media reported. A senior Customs official told PTI that Sukhbir reached the Allama Iqbal International Airport here at 11.30 am to catch a Dubai-bound flight. “However, before check-in the […]
» Read moreLondon: In a rare medical case, a 69-year-oldwoman in the UK has permanently lost some of the vision in her right eye after she caught chikungunya fever while vacationing in the Caribbean, doctors including one of Indian-origin say. A new report of the woman’s case suggests that vision problems may be an underreported effect of the mosquito-transmitted virus. “Sight-threatening visual […]
» Read moreKabul: A suicide bomber in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province has killed 29 people, mainly members of illegal armed groups that have clashed with security forces and the insurgents in the past, an Afghan official said Sunday. Heyatullah Amiri, district administrative chief of Khan Abad district, said a suicide bomber on foot targeted a meeting of criminal groups late Saturday. Twenty-five […]
» Read moreHyderabad: Independence Day celebrations in Andhra Pradesh this year will be special as the venue of the main function is the scenic Ramakrishna beach road in the port city of Visakhapatnam. “Probably, this is the first time in the country that the Independence Day is going to be celebrated on a beach road,” Parakala Prabhakar, Advisor (Communications) to the state […]
» Read moreSenior BJP leader P. Muralidhar Rao on Sunday said the issue of granting special category status to Andhra Pradesh is still under consideration of the Central government, days after a Union minister discounted such possibility in Parliament. “The issue of special status for Andhra Pradesh is still under consideration by Union government,” Rao, national general secretary, told reporters here on […]
» Read moreKathmandu: A mild quake measuring 4.1 on the Richter Scale rocked Nepal this morning, with tremors also felt in the capital Kathmandu. The aftershock was recorded at 7.55am with epicentre at Sindhupalchowk district, 110 km east of Kathmandu, according to the National Seismological Centre. On Saturday, two aftershocks with 4.1 and 4 magnitude were recorded at 9.25pm (Dolakha) and at […]
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