Mumbai: India is aiming to attract one percent of the total world tourist arrivals by the end of the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17), says Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai. “Tourism will be made a sector for employment generation and economic generation. Our target is to attain one percent of the world tourist arrivals by [...]
London: A waitress at a coffee shop in Britain failed to recognise Prime Minister David Cameron and told him she was busy serving other customers, and asked him to stand in a queue for 10 minutes. Cameron was on his way to the Armed Forces Day celebrations in Plymouth when he decided to stop for [...]
Colombo: Sri Lanka has seen a rise in the number of underage children being raped or abused this year, the police said Thursday. Over 700 incidents of rape or abuse of children were reported during the first six months of this year, police spokesperson Ajith Rohana told Xinhua. He said this was out of [...]
London: Two Muslim brothers of Asian origin have been charged with grooming a pair of teenage girls for sex and persuading them to work as prostitutes for workers at an Asian curry house in Britain. Mubarek Ali (29) and Ahdel Ali (24) ferried the girls, aged 15 and 16, to the Dhaka Tandoori restaurant in [...]
London: Armed police and forensic officers with sniffer dogs Thursday swooped down on a bus moving on a highway near London and asked all passengers to get down after a man was seen pouring a liquid into a box, which then started emitting smoke, BBC reported. Earlier in the day, six people, one of them [...]
London: Prince William was Thursday bestowed with the title of “Knight of the Thistle”, the highest honour in Scotland. Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip and Duchess of Cambridge Kate and other royals attended the service at St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, the Telegraph reported. The Scottish title honours men and women who have held public office [...]
Kolkata: Bilateral trade between India and Nepal could touch $10 billion over the next five years, its envoy to India said Thursday. “Our trade with India has shown good growth. Nepal has great investment potential in sectors such as hydropower, tourism and exotic agricultural products” acting Ambassador K.N. Adhikari said at a seminar organised by [...]
Chennai: The Indian plant of Franco-Japanese Renault-Nissan Alliance will also cater to the 15,000 vehicle ordered by French food company Danone for its operations spread across 25 nations, said a company official. French auto giant Renault Thursday announced that Danone has selected the Renault-Nissan Alliance to supply 15,000 vehicles in an exclusive fleet contract. The [...]
Dubai: Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara has reclaimed the No.1 batting spot from the West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Rankings. Sangakkara struck a sublime 192 against Pakistan in the second Test that ended in a draw at the Singhalese Sports Club (SSC) in Colombo Wednesday. Sangakkara, who entered the Test [...]
New Delhi: Portuguese football giants Sporting Lisbon Thursday signed India’s captain Sunil Chettri for a year. The forward will be playing for the reserve (B) team, and becomes the first Indian to ply his trade in Portugal. Reserve teams in Portugal are not allowed to play in the same division as their main team, thus [...]
