Новости за 27.01.2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday took strong exception at complaints and grievances from people related to the customs and excise sector and asked for strict action against concerned officials.

Nisid Hajari's book 'Midnight`s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition' won the 2016 William E Colby Award.

A major Syrian opposition group Wednesday postponed a decision on joining peace talks in Switzerland, as wrangling over who will go threatens to derail the biggest push yet to resolve the war.

Eight members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas were missing on Wednesday after the collapse of a tunnel in the Gaza Strip caused by rain and flooding, a security source said.

Assam Regiment has been adjudged the best marching contingent in the services category and Border Security Force among the para-military and other auxiliary forces which took part in 67th Republic Day parade at the Rajpath.

A French high court has upheld a controversial law creating a state of emergency in France since the November attacks in Paris, saying an "imminent peril" still exists.

Seven migrants drowned trying to reach Greece on Wednesday, as the European Union blasted Athens for its handling of the crisis, saying it had "seriously neglected" its duty to protect the bloc`s borders.

Six persons with illegal weapons were on Wednesday held near Indo-Pak border in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar district.

China on Wednesday said it wanted the United Nations Security Council to take further actions and pass a new resolution on North Korea following its nuclear test earlier in January.

Pakistani journalists and activists faced an increasingly hostile climate in 2015 due to harassment, threats and violence from both security forces and militant groups, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.

Two policemen were killed and seven others injured when suspected Maoists triggered an IED blast on the Mohuadand-Japla road near Kalapahar of Palamau district.

The latest killing came less than 48 hours after the second rhino was found killed.

Only Syrians have been invited to peace talks in Geneva, the UN said on Wednesday, in an apparent contradiction to Turkey's suggestion that it would be included.

Over 1.5 lakh workers of Delhi's three main civic bodies went on a three-day strike on Wednesday over non-payment of salary -- a development that could cripple essential services like sanitation in the national capital.

Police say that the fan went against the ideology of Pakistan.

Mild tremors were felt on Wednesday in Nepal.

Peter Sowrey, who left in December, told the AP news agency that he had been told "to gag myself" on the subject, and that the board had found him "way too aggressive".

The planet, known as 2MASS J2126, is estimated to have about 11.6 to 15 times the mass of Jupiter.

DDCA treasurer stated that BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur has given the association extended time till Thursday.

At least 13 people were killed on Wednesday when three suicide bombers blew themselves up in the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok, where Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls.

With the FIFA vote less than a month away, all but French former FIFA official Jerome Champagne backed out of a debate planned Wednesday at the European parliament.

Taking a swipe at PDP, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said it was delaying government formation as it was scared of facing the electorate again due to its "failure" in governance during the 10-month rule.

Their 44 meetings is only the second highest rivalry tally in the Open era, beaten by the 47 between Djokovic and Nadal.

Delhi is under the overall control of the central government as it is not a full-fledged state but a union territory, the centre told the court on Wednesday during the hearing on a bunch of pleas over the powers of the Lt. Governor on governance in the city.

The schedule for the inaugural Asia Cup Twenty20, unveiled on Wednesday, has Team India playing their opening match against hosts Bangladesh on February 24.