Новости за 16.08.2015

An undertrial at the country's top mental health institute NIMHANS here, who snatched a rifle from an escort policemen and fired 23 rounds randomly, succumbed to bullet wounds in a counter-attack by the commandos.

The annual pilgrimage to holy shrine of Buddha Amarnath in Mandi hills of the border district of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir will commence from August 17 this year.

Four earthquakes of moderate intensity have jolted Nepal but no damage was reported.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has been accused of blocking a study which showed as many as a third of the world's top athletes violating anti-doping rules, but the association denied it on Sunday.

Arsenal got back on track after their opening day meltdown as Olivier Giroud`s superb volley inspired a 2-1 Premier League win against Crystal Palace on Sunday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is on his maiden trip to the United Arab Emirates, interacted with Indian workers on Sunday at the ICAD Residential City here.

A 30-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by two men at Chaksu town here, police said on Sunday.

One person was killed and 63 others were reported missing after a landslide on August 12 hit a mining company in northwest China`s Shaanxi province, rescue officials confirmed on Sunday.

The wreckage of a passenger plane which went missing with 54 people aboard in rugged eastern Indonesia on Sunday has been found by villagers, an official said, in the latest fatal accident to hit the country's aviation sector.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi continued his 'selfie diplomacy' as he visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand mosque, the UAE's largest and the world's third largest, on his first visit to the Emirate.

An Iraqi parliamentary investigation found ex-premier Nuri al-Maliki and other officials responsible for jihadists overrunning second city Mosul, in a report being sent for possible legal action, lawmakers said on Sunday.

The leader of Nigeria`s Boko Haram denied he had been killed or ousted as chief the jihadist group in an audio recording released Sunday attributed to him by security experts.

A new study reveals that apes might be closer to speaking than many scientists thought.

Pakistan's Punjab province Home Minister Shuja Khanzada was on Sunday assassinated along with eight others when a suicide bomber blew himself up at his house in Shadi Khal village in Attock district.

India may be home to several wildlife sanctuaries and national parks, but only a handful of them meet the criteria for inclusion in the IUCN Green List -- a global standard of good practices for protected areas launched by the conservation organisation last year.

Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) is all set to become the first airport in the country that will operate on solar power, a CIAL official said on Thursday. Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy will inaugurate CIAL's green initiative -- a 12MWp solar power project set up on the premises of the airport on August 18, airport managing director VJ Kurien told reporters in Kochi.

Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should "break his silence" over Vyapam scam and other controversial issues involving BJP ministers and write about these matters on the microblogging site-Twitter.

Speaking about people`s expectation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s Bihar visit on August 18, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday said that a special package should be given to the `backward` Seemanchal region in Bihar.

Making a strong case against "outside interference" in the Middle East, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said regional or bilateral problems are best solved by the countries involved.

In a desperate bid to get their team combination right, the Indian cricket team summoned Karnataka all-rounder Stuart Binny as the 16th member of the Test squad ahead of the second Test, starting Thursday.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat was gifted on Sunday with a copy of 'Bhagwad Gita', written in a special ink made from gold by a Muslim artisan, at a function of Jain seers here.

The number of migrants asphyxiated in the hold of an overcrowded fishing boat off the Italian coast has climbed to 49, Italian media reported Sunday.