Новости за 24.08.2015

An animal rights activist was beaten with a duck by a Spanish woman defending one of the country's most bizarre and controversial festival traditions.

Cyclist from the city, Raj Kumar successfully completed 400 kilometers Brevet that was organised from Delhi to Ambala and back to Delhi. Rajkumar who is the member of the Ludhiana Cycling Club was one of the three cyclists from Punjab who participated in this brevet that was organised by Delhi Randonneurs in association with Audax Indian randonneurs which is affiliated with Audax Club Parisien.

Slowing growth, slumping stocks, suspect data: the world's second-largest economy is sending shockwaves through global markets, and flailing authorities appear increasingly asleep at the wheel, say analysts.

India's popular chef and entrepreneur Sanjeev Kapoor has opened his restaurant chain here in Oman, a media report said.

Thousands of Indian-born Americans and local citizens savoured Indian cuisine, watched Indian dances, bought apparel and jewellery and took spa treatments at the third annual Manasota India Fest in the US city of Palmetto, a media report said on Sunday.

The death toll from a series of explosions nearly two weeks ago that rocked the northern port city of Tianjin rose to 129, state media reported Monday.

An association of non-teaching staff at Bharathiar University has demanded action against vice-chancellor James G Pitchai, who is accused of corruption.

China plans to grant prisoner amnesties to mark this year's commemorations of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, only the eighth time this has happened since the Communists took power in 1949, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday.

Aziz also stated that India should hold a referendum in Kashmir, and the people would decide their own fate.

Virat Kohli praises bowlers after first victory as test captain

Ashwin spins India to series-leveling win in Colombo

Britain's economy will grow more strongly than previously thought this year and in 2016, an industry group said on Monday, as it also brought forward its prediction for the timing of Britain's first rate hike in over seven years.

A huge blaze broke out on Monday at a steel pipe plant near Tokyo's Haneda airport, a fire department official said, as television images showed plumes of thick black smoke and flames shooting up into the air.

While ganja plants being cultivated illegally by smugglers in hilly areas and dense forests is not uncommon, the recent arrest of a Kinathukidavu farmer growing 22 ganja plants by officials of the forest department and narcotics investigation bureau is alarming.

Appointments at Avinashilingam University have reached a deadlock situation with the vice-chancellor Sheela Ramachandran's tenure ending on Saturday.