Mumbai, May 7 (IANS) India’s leading private airline Jet Airways launched its service to Bangkok from Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport early Wednesday. “Flying to Bangkok means good leisure traffic. Our success on Delhi-Bangkok and Kolkata-Bangkok routes has prompted us on to this new route,” Jet CEO Wolgang Prock-Schauer told IANS.
The new flight on […]
New York, May 7 (IANS) A lack of investment in agriculture over a long period and the use of precious natural resources for biofuel production have contributed to the current global food crisis, according to United Nations development experts. Kathleen Abdalla of the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) said at a […]
London, May 07 (ANI): American actor Gene Hackman has revealed that he is focusing more on his writing than acting.
The French Connection and Unforgiven star confessed that at the ripe old age of 78, his days on the big screen have ended.
Hackman has just published his third historical novel, Escape From Andersonville and he […]
DPA New York, May 7 (DPA) US stocks were led higher Tuesday by energy and financial shares as the price of crude oil reached another record high and restrictions were eased on government-backed mortgage lender Fannie Mae. Fannie Mae’s government regulator said it would drop its capital requirement for the largest US lender from 20 […]
Chennai, May 6 (IANS) At least Rs.1 million in cash went up in flames when the ATM machine of a private bank caught fire due to a short circuit here Tuesday evening. The fire occurred at the ATM of the Axis Bank in Avadi, a north western suburb.
“Two fire tenders doused the flames in […]
New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Tuesday expressed deep sorrow over the passing away of tabla maestro Pandit Kishan Maharaj.
In his condolence message the Prime Minister said that in the death of Kishan Maharaj, the nation has lost one of the finest tabla players whose career spanned over […]
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The Cell, a creative division of Network 18 that makes all the promotionals and campaigns in the television networks IBN and CNBC, has expanded its operations. It has entered the direct client-servicing sector as a large player, spreading its wings to tap the market potential.
The Cell has been […]
DPA Islamabad, May 6 (DPA) The Pakistan government Tuesday sanctioned the export of 50,000 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan to avoid food crisis in the war-torn country, officials said. The approval was given by Economic Coordination Committee (ECC), country’s highest economic-decision making body, in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani.
The 50,000 […]
Ahmedabad, May 6 (IANS) Ahmedabad citizens can now access revenue details with ease as a hi-tech information kiosk was inaugurated at the collectorate here Tuesday. Voters can also cross-check their names, constituencies, details about their voting booths and their land documents registration certificates like those known as 7/12, 8-A and any information regarding Right […]
Brussels, May 6 (IANS) The European Union Tuesday joined the debate on the reason for spiralling food prices worldwide, saying India and China were consuming more meat which was driving global food prices up. EU Commissioner for agriculture and rural development Mariann Fischer Boel said here Tuesday that the change of dietary habits in […]