New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Farmers on a sit-in here for the past six months seeking enhanced compensation for land acquired by the Delhi government Saturday threatened to intensify their agitation. The current market price of the land is over 15 times what they were offered in 2005, they say. (more…)
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 13 (IANS) A Malaysian lawmaker and two journalists have been detained in connection with allegedly racist remarks made during the campaign for the parliamentary by-election that opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim won last month. (more…)
Kathmandu, Sep 13 (IANS) Concerned at the recent decision by Nepal to crack down on Tibetans without valid documents, the New York-based International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) has asked the Maoist-led government of Nepal to resume issuing identity cards to the thousands of refugees whose applications for documents have been pending for years. (more…)
Abhayapuri (Assam), Sep 13 (IANS) For just Rs.400, organised criminal networks smuggle Bangladeshi citizens to India despite the barbed wire fence that separates the two countries along much of their border, officials said Saturday. (more…)
Santiago (Chile), Sep 13 (IANS) At least 30 people have been injured and 234 arrested during nationwide annual demonstrations denouncing the military coup of 1973 that launched the dictatorial regime of Augusto Pinochet and to honour its victims, EFE reported Saturday.
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Toronto, Sep 13 (IANS) Fed up with repeated detentions at American airports for seven years, a Canadian businessman, whose name figures mistakenly on the US ‘no-fly’ list, has changed his name to dodge airport security. (more…)
Washington, Sep 12 (IANS) A US federal grand jury has indicted an Indian national and a firm on charges of supplying complex electronic instruments used in missile delivery systems to India’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC). (more…)
New York, Sep 12 (IANS) A Sikh body is mobilising opinion against forcing prisoners of the community to cut their hair following the case of Florida prison authorities forcibly cutting the hair of a Sikh inmate, Jagmohan Singh Ahuja. (more…)
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) A consumer commission has imposed a fine of Rs.10 million on mobile service providers Airtel and entertainment TV channel Star Plus for “unfair trade practice” during the game show “Kaun Banega Crorepati”. (more…)
Johannesburg, Sep 12 (Xinhua) South Africa’s high court Friday dismissed the corruption charge against Jacob Zuma, leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), news agencies reported. (more…)
