New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today said that diplomacy is at work resulting in Italy’s decision to send back two marines charged in the fishermen killing case and parried questions on Italian media reports that Congress President Sonia Gandhi influenced that government’s decision. Welcoming Italy’s decision to send back two marines, the minister [...]
New Delhi: Slamming Italy for its refusal to send back the two marines charged in the fishermen killing case, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today asserted that no country will be allowed to take India for granted. “The defiance of the Italian government on the question of the two marines and its betrayal of a commitment [...]
Rome: The mayor of Taranto, home of one of the marines at the centre of a row with India over the killing of two fishermen, has invited their orphaned children to study in the port town. “Our whole city is ready to welcome the unfortunate children of the fishermen to study here,” Taranto mayor Ippazio [...]
New Delhi: Italy today expressed confidence that the diplomatic row with India over its refusal to send back two Italian marines will be overcome. Describing the current standoff as “difficult moments” for the two countries, Italian Ambassador Daniele Mancini said he will not shy away from finding a solution. “I am confident that the two [...]
Holidays don’t necessarily have to be about lazing around in luxury hotels. If you’re willing to rough it out, strap on your hiking boots, hoist your backpack and walk out that door. The road goes ever on, and you never know where it’ll take you.
Washington: The UN has reported a “sharp slowdown” of world trade, attributing the decelerating global trade growth to “a declining import demand” in Europe and “anaemic aggregate demand” in the US and Japan. “Growth of world trade decelerated sharply during 2012, mainly owing to declining import demand in Europe, as the region entered into its [...]
The principal shooting of Prabhas, Anushka and Richa Gangopadhyay’s upcoming film is currently going on in Italy. Koratala Siva is directing this action and family entertainer. Devi Sri Prasad is composing the music. Vamsi and Pramod are producing it. The film is expected to hit the screens in December.
Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano started spewing lava and ash over the weekend and is not showing any signs of slowing down. But lava or smoke, it has not deterred tourists from travelling to these hotspots. Here are some of them.
Kochi: The Kerala High Court today extended till August 8 the stay on the proceedings before a Kollam court against two Italian marines facing murder charge for shooting to death two Indian fishermen off Kerala waters in February. The court had on July 24 stayed the proceedings till today. When the matter came up, Justice [...]
Some of nature’s greatest delights are elusive and rare, but when they happen, they make you realise the breathtaking beauty of planet you inhabit. Presenting a few places to see nature at its absolute best Morocco’s climbing goats The Morocco’s climbing goats are a fascinating sight to watch. On one Argan tree, whose oil is [...]
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Ajay Hotchandani As is the routine every morning, I wake up, toss and turn for about an hour trying to find the motivation to get out of bed. Somewhere between eating and showering, I check my email and have a glance at the news on Google. Later that day I had to go pick my [...]
According to a survey of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation officials, there are about 620 buildings and another 100 on the outskirts that need immediate demolition in the twin cities. The GHMC engineers’ wing has certified that these 700 old buildings including 200 in Secunderabad could fall any time. Do we need to lose a [...]
The forest department has taken to task many of Hyderabad’s fortune-tellers for the alleged torture and cruel treatment of parakeets under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Raids were conducted by the State Forest Department officials and members of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau in Chirkur, Kukatpally and Ameerpet areas that led to the rescue of [...]
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There are positive signals from the G8 summit regarding the plan of action that must be pursed in Syria. Russian leader Vladmir Putin, the man who is the main hurdle to the creation of some means formidable to bringing down Assad, has hinted that he may allow removing Assad provided there is a plan for [...]
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