Home » 2011 » July (Page 10)

British parents nibbling at kids’ education funds

London, July 31: Millions of cash-strapped parents have been forced to take out money from their savings meant for their children’s education, to cover the rising cost of living, a study in Britain has found.

Shastri, Hussain in war of words over DRS

Nottingham, July 31: The Decision Review System (DRS) has generated so much heat in the ongoing India-England series that former cricketers Ravi Shastri and Nasser Hussain were engaged in a war-of-words on air over its use Sunday.

Read More

‘Chinnada Thali’; box office dud by Jagannath Rao (Kannada Movie Review)

Film: ‘Chinnada Thali’; Cast: Thilak Raj, Thungasri, Swathi, Devaraj, Ravindranath, Jigani Shanker and Ramamurthy; Producer: Listo Entertainment India Private Limited; Screenplay- Direction: Vemgal Jagannath Rao; Music Director: R.

Read More

AIDS patient commits suicide

New Delhi, July 31: Depressed over his AIDS infection, a 28-year-old youth allegedly committed suicide by jumping off from the seventh floor of a hospital here Sunday, police said.

Read More

Youth dies in Kashmir police custody, tension in town

Srinagar, July 31: Tension gripped the town of Sopore in north Kashmir after the death of a youth in police custody Sunday.

Read More

Nepal government loses Pashupatinath battle

Kathmandu, July 31: Nepal’s beleaguered communist government, facing an imminent threat of dissolution, received a fresh blow Sunday with the Supreme Court preventing it from tangling with the trust that administers the former Hindu kingdom’s revered Pashupatinath temple.

Read More

Nepal PM defies Maoists, refuses to quit

Kathmandu, July 31: Given an ultimatum by his own allies, the Maoists, to reshuffle the cabinet by Sunday night or face the withdrawal of their support, and pressured by the opposition to quit, Nepal’s beleaguered Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal remained defiant, saying he would not step down.

Read More

World War II bomb found at Russian airport

Moscow, July 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Flights to and from an airport in south Russia were cancelled after construction workers found a World War II bomb close to the takeoff and landing strip, the airport’s press office stated Sunday.

Read More

Rolls Royce used by an Indian maharaja during British reign up for sale

London, July 31: The glorious Rolls Royce car used by an Indian maharaja during the British reign is to be sold in US next month by Bonhams auction house.

Read More