Category: Foreign News

Madras HC permits TESO meet at YMCA grounds

The Hindu DMK President M. Karunanidhi along with (from left) DMK Treasurer M.K. Stalin, Nava Sama Samaja Party president Wikramabahu Karunaratne, Lok Jana Sakthi president Ram Vilas Paswan and DMK General Secretary Anbazhagan ahead of the TESO Conference at the Accord Metropolitan Hotel in Chennai on Sunday. Photo: R. Ragu The Madras High Court on […]



Police identify father and daughter killed in collision on HWY. 427

From left: Brian Wijeratne, 19, his sister, Eleesha, 16, and his parents — Antonette, 50, and Jayantha, 49. Jayantha and Eleesha were killed in a head-on crash. Antonette suffered serious injuries. TORONTO, Ont. – Police have identified the man and his 16-year-old daughter killed in a two vehicle crash on the eastbound QEW ramp to […]




Madhura back home after her 15 minutes of fame

Christened by the media as the “Olympic mystery woman” after she gatecrashed the athletes’ march on the inaugural day of the 2012 London Olympics, Madhura Nagendra, back home in Bangalore, says that it was an “error of judgment” that led her to walk beside Indian flag-bearer Sushil Kumar. […]



Hundreds of millions without power in India

Hundreds of millions of people have been left without electricity in northern and eastern India after a massive power breakdown. More than half the country was hit by the power cuts after three grids collapsed – one for a second day. […]



Train coach catches fire, 47 aboard Tamil Nadu Express killed in Nellore

At least 47 passengers were charred to death and 25 others injured when a fire broke in a coach of the Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu Express near Nellore early this morning after a suspected short circuit. Twenty-six passengers were rescued from the coach S 11 which was completely gutted, Nellore Collector Sridhar said. […]




Pranab elected President of India

NEW DELHI: President-elect Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday thanked the people for his election to India’s highest office and said it would be his responsibility to defend and protect the Constitution. […]





Rajesh Khanna passes away

Rajesh Khanna is no more after being critically ill from last few months. He breathed his last in the presence of his ex-wife Dimple Kapadia, daughters Rinkie and Twinkle, son-in-law Akshay Kumar, grand children and close relatives. […]