Archive for ‘March, 2011’

Leaders of World meet to intensify pressure on Qaddafi

Leaders of World meet to intensify pressure on Qaddafi

World leaders will meet on Tuesday in London to make a way out of Libyan crisis and plan ways to put pressure on Muammar Qaddafi as fighting has intensified between government and rebel forces in many Libyan towns. The conference is expected to be attended by more than 40 foreign ministers from regional groups, they include [...]

More Afghan Civilians killed in NATO lead air raids

More Afghan Civilians killed in NATO lead air raids

  A number of civilians have been killed and many injured when coalition force led NATO air raids targeted two vehicles, they believed the vehicles carried Taliban fighters. The number of dead and injured has not yet been released as the coalition said in a statement, it said that it was investigating the incident. NATO [...]

3 killed and many injured as train hits bus in China

3 killed and many injured as train hits bus in China

3 people were killed and dozens injured when a bus carrying passengers across a railway track was hit by a train on Thursday morning in China, reported Xinhua. The accident occured in China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and the passengers also included schoolchildren who were on their way to school, the agency said. The police [...]

SENSEX UP BY 156 POINTS; AUTO, METAL, REALITY ADVANCES

SENSEX UP BY 156 POINTS; AUTO, METAL, REALITY ADVANCES

Sustained buying in Auto, Reality, Metals and capital goods stocks helped the Indian market to closed higher for the third consecutive days on Thursday with SENSEX gaining more than 500 point in three days. Market experts feels that the current moment is towards positive side and it seems that all the negative seems to be [...]

No threat to India from Tsunami in Japan.

No threat to India from Tsunami in Japan.

Indian government on Friday said there was no Tsunami threat to India in the wake of the massive earthquake that rocked Japanfollowed by tsunami. The PM Manmohan Singh expressed solidarity in a letter to his Japanese counterpart Naoto Kan. There was no report of any damage to 25,000 strong Indian community in Japan. The Hyderabad-based Indian [...]

Bangladesh shocks England by two wicket victory.

Bangladesh shocks England by two wicket victory.

  Bangladesh boys stunned England with a two wicket victory on Friday in a race to book their place in quarterfinals. This match was a do or die match for the Bangla Boys to keep their hopes alive for qualifying for quarterfinals from Group B. Batting first England set up a decent target of 225 [...]

Earthquake strikes Japan, tsunami triggered

Earthquake strikes Japan, tsunami triggered

The massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan (Japan earthquake) on Friday, sweeping away cars, boats, homes and people as widespread fires burned out of control. Japan’s NHK television reported many injuries and showed pictures of major tsunami damage in the north, with buildings being inundated by waves of water in Onahama city in Fukushima prefecture. Up [...]

Counter Attacks raises fear of Civil war in Libya.

Counter Attacks raises fear of Civil war in Libya.

Loyalists troops of Muammar Gaddafi launched counter-offensives against libyan rebels fearing Libya heading for a civil war rather than swift change in governments as seen in Egypt and Tunisia. The resistance of Loyalist troops and their counter-attacking abilities has raised concerns that oil exporting nation of Libya is heading towards a directed conflict. The rebel forces [...]

Protestors in Cairo attacked with Swords.

Protestors in Cairo attacked with Swords.

According to reports, a mob of plainclothed men attacked Pro-democracy protestors with swords and petrol bombs.   The demonstrators were faced by dozens of men armed with iron weaponry at Egypt’s state security Headquarters. This is believed to be the first attack on protesters after the ousting of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak last month. [...]

Gold rises to a new high of Rs.21,270.

Gold rises to a new high of Rs.21,270.

The yellow metal rose to a new high of Rs.21,270 per 10 grams on the bullion market on Wednesday amid heavy buying by stockists for the ongoing marriage season. It has exceeded all previous levels, among ongoing firm global trends. The metal crossed its last record level of Rs. 21,240 set on February 24 this year. [...]