Hyderabad | 8 days ago
Hyderabad-Mashhad flights likely from June 30
Hyderabad, May 11 - Direct flights between Hyderabad and Iranian holy city of Mashhad are expected to start from June 30, said Iran's consul general here.Aseman Airlines, a private carrier of Iran, would operate the bi-weekly flight, Hassan Noorian said. He was talking to reporters Friday night.With this, Mashhad will become the second Iranian city after Tehran to have direct air connectivity with ... read more

Rio De Janeiro | 11 days ago
Brazil set for Confederations Cup record crowd
Rio de Janeiro, May 8 - Brazil is on target to set a new attendance record for next month's Confederations Cup, world football's governing body FIFA said.More than 588,000 tickets have already been sold for the tournament, representing 71 percent of the total seats available, FIFA said in a statement Tuesday, reports Xinhua.The figure already exceeds the 584,000 that attended the 2009 event in Sou ... read more

London | 12 days ago
Indian-origin Ivan Menezes named Diageo CEO
London, May 7 - British liquor giant Diageo has appointed Indian-origin Ivan Menezes as its next chief executive officer.The Britain-based, world's biggest spirits group and maker of brands like Smirnoff vodka, Johnnie Walker scotch and Guinness beer, said in a statement Tuesday that Menezes would take over as CEO with effect from July 1 this year.Outgoing CEO Paul Walsh will step down from the co ... read more

London | 12 days ago
Indian-origin Ivan Menezes named Diageo CEO
London, May 7 - British liquor giant Diageo has appointed Indian-origin Ivan Menezes as its next chief executive officer.The maker of Smirnoff vodka and Johnnie Walker Scotch, in a statement Tuesday said Menezes would take over as CEO with effect from July 1 this year.Outgoing CEO Paul Walsh will step down from the company's board in the annual general meeting in September and will retire from the ... read more

15 days ago
Moscow ready to talk to Syrian rebels
Ljubljana -, May 4 - Moscow is ready to hold talks with all representatives of the Syrian opposition, including Salim Idriss, leader of the Free Syrian Army, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.Lavrov made his comment after Idriss said he would be ready to meet the Russian authorities to discuss paths to a resolution of the Syrian civil war.We are ready for talks with all of the Syrian opp ... read more

Rio De Janeiro | 24 days ago
Santa Cruz reveals interest in moving to Botafogo
Rio de Janeiro, April 25 - Paraguay international striker Roque Santa Cruz admitted he is considering a move to Brazilian top-flight football club Botafogo.His comments came less than a week after Botafogo confirmed they were in talks with the 31-year-old's representatives, reports Xinhua.I've heard that they are interested in me, Santa Cruz told Brazil's Lancenet Wednesday. My agent has taken a l ... read more

Rio De Janeiro | 28 days ago
Botafogo confirm talks to woo Santa Cruz
Rio de Janeiro, April 21 - Botafogo confirmed they are in talks to bring Paraguay striker Roque Santa Cruz to the Rio de Janeiro football club.Alvinegro officials met with the 31-year-old's representatives last week and both parties showed interest in a possible deal this European summer, reports Xinhua.I can confirm we are in negotiations but we have financial constraints and for that reason ther ... read more

Los Angeles | 29 days ago
Hall happy with decision to end 'Dexter'
Los Angeles, April 20 - Michael C. Hall, who plays the lead character in TV show Dexter, of which he is also the executive producer, is happy with channel Showtime's decision to conclude the show after as many as eight seasons.Showtime has no plans of renewing Dexter for another season, reports ew.com.I've been an advocate for having a dialogue with the writers and getting a sense of how to best b ... read more

Chennai | 1 month ago
Orchid transfers intellectual property to European firm
Chennai, April 18 - City-based Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has transferred the intellectual property - related to an antibiotic discovery programme to Europe-based Allecra Therapeutics, a top company official said Thursday.We have completed the in-house animal trials on the proposed drug. We have transferred the IP to Allecra in a cash-cum-stake deal. We will hold around 20 percent s ... read more

Islamabad | 4 months ago
PPP is 'poorest' party in Pakistan
Islamabad, Jan 10 - The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party - was among the poorest political parties in the country based on its assets, the election commission has said.The Election Commission Wednesday released details of assets of all political parties for the financial year 2010-11, the Dawn reported.The PPP, registered under the name of PPP-Parliamentarians, had only Rs.435,397 in its account till ... read more