Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has urged his army to prepare for war with the United States and its allies, state media said on Saturday, as Pyongyang ramps up the rhetoric ahead of US-South Korea military drills. Kim’s comments came after South Korea and the United States yesterday conducted a joint naval drill involving 10 South Korean warships and a US Aegis destroyer, ahead of the launch of […]
MEXICO CITY: Mexico has captured the most wanted drug lord in the country, Servando “La Tuta” Gomez, police said on Friday, delivering a boost to a government battered by gang violence. The 49-year-old former teacher was the prime target of President Enrique Pena Nieto’s effort to regain control of Michoacan, a western state wracked by clashes between Gomez’s Knights Templar cartel and armed vigilantes trying to oust them. The arrest […]
MUMBAI: The state has proposed an elaborate security arrangement for the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj memorial in the Arabian Sea off Mumbai, including a system that will keep it invisible on radars, bunkers and an independent security unit, including the National Security Guard (NSG). The measures are aimed at deflecting or countering terrorist attacks, like 26/11 when the terrorists sailed into the city, at the memorial isle that the government […]
Over 40 people, many of them security personnel, were burnt alive by Sunni radical group Islamic State (IS) on Tuesday, in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, according to reports. Media reports quoted police chief Colonel Qasim al-Obeidi as saying that 30-45 people were burned to death in the western al-Baghdadi town. Those killed belonged to the albu-Obeid Sunni tribe, including policemen and members of the government-backed Sahwa paramilitary group, Xinhua […]
It’s that time of the year when the celestial power descends on the earth to enlighten ignorant souls seeking refuge in his compassionate arms. Maha Shivaratri is that auspicious day in reverence of the supreme-most of the Hindu Trinity – Lord Shiva. Personification of manhood, most Hindu women desire to have a husband like Shiva. The Lord first took manifestation in the form of a linga on the night […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As Carnival begins in Rio de Janeiro, the city is bracing for possible water shortages as a severe drought that has dried up reservoirs in Brazils southeast hits the country’s top tourist destination. Authorities say there is no imminent risk of water supply interruptions. But hotels and restaurants in this oceanfront city are preparing for that possibility as an expected almost one million […]
Ji-hyun Park spent a year inside hellish labour camp after arrest Made to clean filthy toilets with bare hands as punishment Starving and desperate, people would eat rats, snakes and wild plants She says: ‘You could say the whole of North Korea is one big prison’ A woman sentenced to a North Korean labour camp has revealed she was forced to clean out filthy toilets with her bare hands as […]
1. Lake Palace, Thekkady HolidayIQ Traveller Manish says, “This is one of the best resorts in Periyar that shouldn’t be missed. You need to take a boat to reach the resort.” Lake Palace is situated on an island in the middle of the Periyar Lake. It is 20 minutes by boat from the mainland. Located inside the Periyar Tiger Reserve, travellers have to reach the resort before 5 pm. 2. […]
Nepal is a beautiful country with never ending stunning landscapes, charismatic mountains and mesmerizing lakes. Nepal is one of the finest country with wide prospect of development in technology and tourism sectors. With wide variety of flora and fauna in the country, Nepal beholds some of the rarest species like the one-horned Rhino, the Bengal tiger and their national flower Rhododendron. But how many of us know these interesting facts […]
Sydney has joined the list of cities with a Frank Gehry-designed building. The Chau Chak Wing Business School building has been dubbed the “brown paper bag” by local media. Speaking at Monday’s opening, Mr Gehry said he hoped the building would generated a “spirit of invention” in those who work and study in it. The A$180m ($140m; £93m) building for the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), is named after businessman […]
