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A group of women in burqasrises from the sea to symbolise cleanliness, while furtherdown a factory wall a bus with no wheels and crammed withpassengers is a stark comment on war-torn Kabul''s appallingpublic transport. A new Afghan art collective called Roshd, or "growth", hasbrought street art...

An Indian-origin former Air Canada flight attendant has been jailed eight years for smuggling almost 250,000 pounds worth of cocaine into UK. Mandeep Shahi, 27, was sentenced by the Southwark Crown Court yesterday for her role in what the police call a "cocaine conspiracy" to import...

JPMorgan has bought the former Lehman Brothers building for its investment bank, while keeping its options open on plans to erect a new skyscraper nearby as its European headquarters. The US bank bought the Lehman building at 25 Bank Street in London's Canary Wharf financial district...

Twelve men were arrested across Britain on Monday in counter-terrorism raids described by a senior police officer as essential to protect the public from the threat of an attack. John Yates, Britain's most senior counter-terrorism officer, said the men were held on suspicion of the "commission,...

Former Spice Girl-turned-designer Victoria Beckham is buying her soccer star husband David Beckham a gold-plated headphones for Christmas. The couple picked out luxury gifts for one another during a recent shopping spree at Harrods department store in London, with the fashion designer requesting a white crystal...

Actress Sienna Miller and her boyfriend actor Jude Law have reportedly moved in together. The couple has purchased a $12 million home in north London, and moved into it last month, reports Torontosun.com.Miller and Law called off their engagement in 2006 shortly after Law's alleged affair...

Bollywood superstar Katrina Kaif has revealed that she was once turned away from a UK modelling contract for being too fat. "They said I didn't fit their size requirement. I knew I was never going to get any thinner. I'm not skinny, I am healthy and...

Supermodel Kate Moss has forked out £7.5 million on a new seven-bedroom home. Her home, in an exclusive part of Highgate in London, is near the A-list couple, Jude Law and Sienna Miller, reports The Sun. “Kate spent big money giving her old place a makeover...

In a major anti-terror pre-dawn swoop days ahead of Christmas, British police today arrested 12 people in raids across the country on suspicion of plotting a large scale act of terrorism. The suspects – five from Cardiff, four from Stoke-on-Trent and three from London – were...

Indian private carrier Jet Airways today said closure of London's Heathrow Airport due to heavy snow has resulted in the diversion of two flights to Brussels. "Flights 9W 122 from Delhi and 9W 118 from Mumbai of December 18 have been diverted to Brussels because of...

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Bangladesh court orders action against factory owner in Nov fire
The high court in Dhaka also directed that Delwar Hossain, owner of Tazreen Fashion, appear before it on May 30 to explain the circumstances in which 112 workers, mostly women, died in the fire on the outskirts of the...
AIUDF to contest for second Assam Rajya Sabha seat
AIUDF to contest for second Assam Rajya Sabha seat
Guwahati: The Opposition All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) today announced that party general secretary Aminul Islam would be its candidate for the second seat in the forthcoming Rajya Sabha polls in Assam on 30 May. AIUDF president Badaruddin...
CRPF red flags Home Min on Ambani’s ‘Z’ category security
CRPF red flags Home Min on Ambani’s ‘Z’ category security
New Delhi: The CRPF, which recently took over the duties of guarding RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani, has raised concerns in ensuring a ‘fool proof’ Z category security to the business tycoon in the absence of local logistical support to...
Woman politician gunned down in Karachi
Woman politician gunned down in Karachi
Islamabad: A senior woman politician in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi was gunned down by motorcycle-riding assailants outside her residence late on Saturday, a media report said on Sunday. Zahra Shahid Hussain, vice president in Sindh province of cricketer-turned-politician...
BJP seeks Rs 1.25 crore compensation for Chamel Singh’s kin
BJP seeks Rs 1.25 crore compensation for Chamel Singh’s kin
Chandigarh: BJP today demanded compensation for the family of Chamel Singh, the Indian prisoner who died in a Lahore jail, and urged the Centre to ensure safety of Indian inmates lodged in Pakistani jails. ‘Compensation of Rs 1 crore...
Chit fund scam: Saradha boss Sudipta Sen’s bail plea rejected
Kolkata: Rejecting the bail plea of Saradha Group promoter Sudipta Sen and one of his close aides, a West Bengal court on Saturday sent them to judicial custody till May 31. Before entering the court, Sen said he was...