Новости за 12.08.2015

The BJP-led Union government and the AAP government in Delhi may be at loggerheads on most issues but they have, surprisingly, decided to launch a special purpose vehicle for Yamuna together.

Huge explosions at a warehouse for dangerous materials in the northeastern Chinese port of Tianjin killed at least 17 people, injured hundreds and sent massive fireballs into the night sky, officials and witnesses said on Thursday.

Thailand's junta leader Prayut Chan-O-Cha has said he may appoint his brother as the country's next army chief, one of the most powerful jobs in the coup-prone kingdom.

A group of nearly 20 locals stormed a gurdwara in Southall and forcibly stopped an ongoing inter-faith wedding of a Sikh bride with a non-Sikh groom last weekend, a media report said.

A set of behind-the-scenes photographs from Princess Diana's wedding to Prince Charles is going up for auction in Boston next month.

A set of behind-the-scenes photographs from Princess Diana's wedding to Prince Charles is going up for auction in Boston next month.

Bangladesh wildlife officials are mulling a ban on access to the Sundarbans after an alarming rise in poaching of tigers that live in the world's largest mangrove forest, rangers said on Tuesday.

A group of over 20 men stormed a gurdwara here and stopped an inter-faith wedding between a Sikh bride and non-Sikh white groom.

The two share screen space in Kanal

Police recovered a nearly 400-year-old copy of the Quran, one of the oldest so far found in India, from a ten-member gang on Monday.

Cops were left on toes and parents worried with the recovery of 268 live cartridges outside a school in Ludhiana on Wednesday morning.

Panic gripped in the city on Wednesday morning when live cartridges were recovered outside the premises of Kundan Vidya Mandir, Civil Lines, amid high alert. Ludhiana police has recovered as many as 260 carbine bullets- 30 bore and 275 bore.

Heavy showers that lashed the city on Monday evening and Tuesday exposed the poor civic conditions of the city. The dug up roads became slippery while the waterlogged roads gave tough time to commuters.

United Cycle and Parts Manufacturers Association (UCPMA) former general secretary Varinder Kapoor on Tuesday alleged a "scam" in the association, claiming that 268 members had been added unconstitutionally and without the required Rs 3,500 membership fee.

While many talks have been initiated for providing better equipment to the police for facing terror threats after the Gurdaspur attack, the 'safe city project' - under which over 800 CCTV cameras were to be installed in the city, along with some other cities of Punjab - is yet to take off. Incidentally, none of the CCTV cameras installed earlier are in working condition.

Thudershowers helped keep maximum temperature in the city at 33.4°C, a degree below the normal, on Tuesday.With raindrops pouring down on the city, the weather got pleasant by afternoon.

The municipal corporation (MC) will be spending Rs20 lakh on spreading awareness about Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and its benefits among city residents.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) adjourned the hearing of closed tanneries of Kanpur case on Monday when Central Pollution Control Board sought more time to file inspection report and fixed September 16 as next date of hearing.

The zoo train chugged off on Sunday carrying about 150 visitors in four rounds. But it could not run on Tuesday due to glitches in the charging system.

Live stain gun bullets recovered near the boundary wall of Kundav Vidya Mandir, civil lines, Ludhiana.

The night landing facility at the air-strip in Saifai in Etawah is expected to be operational soon so that aircraft can land and take off at night.

World Food Programme (WFP) is working to provide emergency food assistance to 435,000 people in Myanmar.

Shaandaar: Official trailer

Door-to-door garbage collection initiated by the Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) in as many as 14 localities across the city was kicked off at a laggard pace.

Jailed mafia don Brijesh Singh has tried to give a new twist to Sikraura massacre case of 1986 by seeking benefits under Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act-2000.