Новости за 16.09.2015

The first flight from Bhopal to Saudi Arabia for Haj pilgrims will take off from here on Thursday.

Pakistani police said Wednesday they had arrested an al Qaeda financier accused of funding high-profile terror attacks in Karachi and other parts of the country.

Rajasthan`s Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday arrested five people and detained an IAS officer of principal secretary rank in a corruption case, an official said.

Pakistan troops violated ceasefire four times since last night as it resorted to heavy firing and mortar shelling on forward posts along the?Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, prompting the Indian forces to retaliate.

AAP MLA Somnath Bharti on Wednesday appeared before the police for the second time in two days offering to join the probe over allegations of attempt to murder and domestic violence even as he said that his "gullible" wife was being "misused" for meeting political ends by rival parties.

Lokayukta police on Wednesday caught red-handed Ratlam district's Chief Health and Medical Officer (CHMO) Dr Pushpendra Sharma while allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 3 lakh from a 'dresser' posted in Bedhda Health Centre for settling a case against him.

A proposal has been mooted for the Maharashtra government to declare an area as drought-hit if it receives less than 50 per cent of average rainfall between June and July as against the earlier criterion of less than 75 per cent precipitation in the said months.

With less than a year to the all-important 2016 Rio Olympics to go, Indian tennis fans are waiting with bathed breath, whom Mirza should team-up with in the mixed-doubles events. Unlike the previous editions, this time, the All India Tennis Association will have two players to choose from - the veteran Leander Paes or the ambitious Rohan Bopanna.

Spotify has released its Running mode feature, which was exclusive to iOS till now for android devices.

Microsoft has announced that it will be pulling the plug on its Zune music service on November 15.

Over 100 people including 92 children were on Wednesday hospitalised in China after a major fire broke out at a flower shop in country's eastern Fujian province.

A Danish teenager who admitted to regularly watching jihadist videos online has been sentenced to nine years in prison for stabbing her mother to death together with an Iraqi friend.

The noise of cars honking and zooming through the streets may shorten the lifespan of sparrows growing up near the clamour, scientists said today.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday suspended proceedings against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

India's Davis Cup legend Leander Paes on Wednesday made it clear that he opted to play World Team Tennis during India's last tie against New Zealand in order to give youngsters a chance to prepare for the bigger battles ahead of them.

The AAP government has approved formation of 30,000 "Mohallas" for implementing in "principle" spending of 'Swaraj Fund' through the participation of the local people in the national capital.

West Bengal legislators have expressed their wish to raise in the assembly the issue of former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju`s derogatory remarks against Rabindranath Tagore and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Speaker Biman Banerjee said here on Wednesday.

In an attempt to teach a lesson to the Income Tax babus, a farmer in Uttar Pradesh's Basti district unleashed 40 poisonous snakes inside the government office.

Pakistan on Wednesday summoned the Indian envoy in Islamabad and lodged protest over the death of its soldier in `Indian firing` on Tuesday, officials said.

A tech start-up, floated by a former Wipro geek, has innovated a smart hearing aid with sensors to make the visually challenged (blind) walk safely by avoiding objects on way.

A class VII student of a government-run school at Naichana village in Bawal sub-division here was allegedly sodomised by his classmate, police said on Wednesday.

The US on Wednesday demanded an immediate and lasting halt to land reclamation in the disputed South China Sea and asserted that turning an underwater rock into an airfield does not provide sovereignty or permit restrictions on international air or maritime transit.

Do you know that apps drain nearly 29 percent of battery power while the smartphone screen is off? To address the problem, researchers including three of Indian-origin have created a software tool that reduces the energy drain by about 16 percent.

Alexander Rossi will become Formula One`s first U.S. driver since 2007 at this weekend`s Singapore Grand Prix after replacing Spaniard Roberto Merhi at the Manor Marussia team.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced formation of a development board for the Mangar community and sanctioned funds for Lepcha Board, prompting GJM supremo Bimal Gurung to allege that she was indulging in "divide and rule policy" in the Darjeeling Hills by forming separate boards for various communities.