Новости за 02.03.2016

In a bid to boost its winning prospects in Assam Assembly elections, BJP on Wednesday forged an alliance with Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) to jointly contest the upcoming polls.

The publisher of one of China's most respected business magazines, Caixin, said today it was seeking new investors following reports e-commerce giant Alibaba plans to take a stake in the company as it looks to expand its media empire.

LeEco's two superphones - Le 1s and Le Max have been in news lately for the unprecedented response they've got from consumers and industry alike ever since they went on sale, February 2nd and February 16th respectively.

The European Central Bank on Wednesday sought to counter claims by eurozone banks that negative interest rates are hurting their profitability.

Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis have won the last three Grand Slam tournaments, and will enter the Roland Graros event this May as the favourites.

Market maintained its post-Budget momentum for the second day as the benchmark Sensex surged 464 points to 24,243 -- nearly a one-month high -- led by gains in banking after RBI eased capital requirement rules for lenders.

Five Indian women have made it to the Forbes list of world's richest people in the world, which saw 190 women billionaires -- a little over 10 percent of the total count.

With new charges against former minister P Chidambaram's son Karti surfacing over Aircel-Maxis deal, the government today asserted in Lok Sabha that there are "no holy cows" to protect and action will be taken against those found guilty, "howsoever important" one may be.

Facing flak for proposing a tax on employee provident fund withdrawals, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said he will spell out the final decision on the matter when he replies to the debate on Budget in Parliament.

At least two explosions, gunfire were heard near Indian Consulate in eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday.

Bangladesh will have the local crowd behind them and only a special spell from Amir can keep Pakistan's hope alive going forward.

An Indian court has sentenced a Christian priest to 40 years in prison for repeatedly raping a 12-year-old girl at the church where he worked, the prosecutor said Wednesday.

Archaeologists in east China have found the remains of a controversial Chinese emperor from a 2,000-year-old tomb who was deposed and stripped of his nobility after just 27 days but later made a marquis.

The Congress on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "nepotism" in a deal of land right next to the Gir Lion Sanctuary.

With absence of an explicit overall provision for the 7th Pay Commission in Budget raising questions, government today said the once-in-a-decade pay hike has been built in as interim allocation for different ministries and Budget numbers were credible.

The release of two prominent Turkish journalists following a ruling by Turkey`s top court that their rights had been violated is a "clear defeat" for President Tayyip Erdogan, one of the journalists, Can Dundar, said on Tuesday.

The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council "decided to consider the militias (of Hezbollah) a terrorist organisation".

With the video of a Kerala senior police officer`s minor son driving an official car going viral, former chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan on Wednesday slammed the state police for not registering a case against the police officer.

In a must-win game, Shahid Afridi-led Pakistan take on Bangladesh in Match 8 of Asia Cup 2016.

Gatlin raced the distance in just 9.45 seconds, well past Bolt's 9.58, which he set in 2009.

Macedonia on Wednesday allowed some 170 refugees to cross its border with Greece as 10,000 more were left waiting at the border under miserable conditions, Greek officials said.

US Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Tuesday warned China against "aggressive" actions in the South China Sea region, including the placement of surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island.

Jordanian security forces killed seven Islamist militants overnight in the northern border city of Irbid, a security source said on Wednesday, in one of the country`s largest sweeps in years against hardline sleeper cells.

An Uzbek woman accused of murdering a child in her care and brandishing the child`s severed head outside a metro station, said on Wednesday in a Moscow court that "Allah ordered" her to carry out the act.

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Prakash Javadekar had met Vijayakanth recently.