New Delhi | 21 hours ago
Kenya Airways launches Nairobi-Delhi flight
New Delhi, May 16 - To capture the growing traffic between India and Africa, Kenya Airways Wednesday launched a direct Nairobi-New Delhi flight with one-way fare of Rs.22,000-Rs.28,000.We have waited long to start this route. We are confident this flight will be very profitable. We are focusing on Asia and India in particular, Evanson Mwaniki, chairman of Kenya Airways, told IANS. New Delhi is the ... read more

Chennai | 1 day ago
Cooperate for development, Jayalalithaa says
Chennai, May 16 - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday sought the cooperation of all political parties to develop the state.Speaking in the assembly on the first anniversary of her AIADMK government, she also appealed for their support to reinforce the state's rights vis-a-vis the central government.She thanked both those who praised her government for its achievements in the past o ... read more

New Delhi | 1 day ago
8,000 cyber attacks warded off during CWG: NSA
New Delhi, May 16 - A staggering 8,000 cyber attacks were warded off during the 2010 Commonwealth Games, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon said Wednesday, pointing to India's capabilities.'There were over 8,000 attacks during the Commonwealth Games on ticketing and other systems. This was pure malice. I can't see any advantage in targeting ticketing and other networks,' Menon said.He was ... read more

Paris | 1 day ago
New French president's first flight struck by lightning
Paris, May 15 - A plane carrying new French President Francois Hollande to Germany was forced to return to Paris Tuesday after it was struck by a lightning, BBC reported.Hours after taking oath as new French president, Hollande was on his way to hold talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Hollande later took another plane and headed for Berlin where he was expected to reach at 19.30 hours GM ... read more

New Delhi | 1 day ago
India mulling free trade pacts with African countries
New Delhi, May 15 - India is exploring possibilities of entering into free trade pacts with regional groupings of African countries such as the 19-nation Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa -, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia said Tuesday.A joint working group has been constituted with COMESA for examining the feasibility of a free trade agreement or prefe ... read more

New Delhi | 1 day ago
Apex court issues notices on Kalighat temple entry
New Delhi, May 15 - The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notices to the central and West Bengal governments on a petition that devotees be permitted to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the Kolkata-based Kalighat temple to pay obeisance to the deity.An apex court vacation bench of Justice Deepak Verma and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhyay issued the notice after it was told that devotees were not allowed to ente ... read more

Washington | 2 days ago
Tilting cars on assembly line to protect autoworkers
Washington, May 15 - Letting autoworkers sit as they reach a car's interior could help prevent shoulder and back strain - but another solution might be to tilt the entire car so that workers can stand up.That's the finding of two recent studies, which tested two ways to protect auto workers from injury. Sitting on a cantilevered chair reduced the stress on the workers' backs and shoulders for thre ... read more

2 days ago
Russia warns against training Syrian rebels in Kosovo
Moscow, May 15 - Russia has urged international bodies operating in Kosovo to prevent the region from turning into a training ground for Syrian rebels, RIA Novosti reported.A delegation from the Syrian opposition visited Kosovo in April to allegedly make a deal on exchanging experience in guerilla warfare against ruling authorities.So far, the opposition has been unable to form a steady front agai ... read more

Bhubaneswar | 4 days ago
Centre's charge on Maoists wrong: Patnaik
Bhubaneswar, May 12 - Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday dismissed the central government's charge that the state had failed to check Maoist activities.The allegations are incorrect, Patnaik told reporters here, referring to the home ministry's letter which said Odisha was not taking necessary counter-measures against the guerrillas.He said his government would reply to the letter Monda ... read more

Pune | 4 days ago
NCERT advisor's office ransacked over cartoon
Pune, May 12 - Republican Party of India activists ransacked the office of an NCERT advisor, Suhas Palshikar, here Saturday, a day after he resigned in the wake of a row over a cartoon on B.R. Ambedkar in a school textbook, police said. Three people were detained.Around 10 people went to his first-floor office on the University of Pune campus and shouted slogans against him and the NCERT -. They ... read more