Category: Other
” dinosaur found in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, May 17, 2014 (AFP) – Paleontologists in Argentina’s remote Patagonia region have discovered fossils of what may be the largest dinosaur ever, amid a vast cache of fossils that could shed light on prehistoric life.Finding so many individual dinosaurs at one site could confirm the hypothesis that these herbivores lived in herds, as […]
‘s Modi prays by Ganges on symbolic victory lap
VARANASI , May 17, 2014 (AFP) – Indian prime minister-elect Narendra Modi offered prayers by the river Ganges Saturday in a religious ceremony beamed live on television that underlined his Hindu nationalist roots a day after his stunning electoral triumph. The 63-year-old leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept through the capital earlier Saturday, […]
India PM-elect Modi to make triumphant Delhi entrance
NEW DELHI, May 16, 2014 (AFP) – India’s prime minister-elect Narendra Modi was to make a triumphant entrance to New Delhi Saturday after leading his Hindu nationalist party to an historic landslide victory in the world’s largest election. The former tea-boy, whose humble background is a world away from that of the prevailing Delhi elite, […]
‘s Modi: abrasive Hindu nationalist set to be PM
NEW DELHI, May 16, 2014 (AFP) – To admirers he is a Thatcherite reformer set to jolt India from the economic doldrums, while his opponents liken him to Putin or even Hitler. Indian election frontrunner Narendra Modi divides opinion like few other politicians. The rise of one of India’s most polarising public figures even split […]
Indian stocks surge to record high on Modi poised for victory
MUMBAI, May 16, 2014 (AFP) – India’s stock market jumped more than six percent to a record high of 25,000 points on Friday as business-friendly opposition leader Narendra Modi looked set for a landslide victory in national elections.The benchmark Bombay Stock Exchange index, known as the Sensex, rose 6.06 percent to 25,353.16 in morning trade […]
” for India as Congress concedes defeat
NEW DELHI, May 16, 2014 (AFP) – India’s triumphant Hindu nationalists declared “the start of a new era” in the world’s biggest democracy on Friday as the ruling Congress conceded defeat in elections that exposed anger about sickly economic growth and rampant corruption.Preliminary results and media projections at the climax of the marathon six-week election […]
‘s Modi eyes top team as BJP sweeps to victory
NEW DELHI, May 16, 2014 (AFP) – The Bharatiya Janata Party’s landslide election victory will usher in a new government expected to steer India sharply to the right after 10 years of rule by the leftist Congress party.Incoming premier Narendra Modi has never been in government at national level after spending the last 13 years […]
” Indians
VADODARA, May 16, 2014 (AFP) – Narendra Modi promised to work to “fulfil the dreams of 1.2 billion people” as he addressed cheering supporters for the first time Friday after a landslide Indian election victory for his Hindu nationalist party.A sea of well-wishers from across his constituency of Vadodara in Gujarat turned out to hear […]
Modi seeks crowning victory in India election climax
VARANASI, May 12, 2014 (AFP) – Voters headed to the polls Monday in the climax of India’s marathon election, with frontrunner Narendra Modi seeking a crowning victory in the holy city of Varanasi for his right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party.“People are tired of false promises, corruption and the same old tape-recorded messages,” Modi said in a […]
Graphic Warning
May 12, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal has approved graphic pictorial warnings on tobacco packs after Ceylon Tobacco Company challenged new health ministry rules.Sri Lanka’s Daily Mirror newspaper said in its website that the Court of Appeal had dismissed a write application by CTC and allowed graphic health warnings covering 50 to […]
Jail Term
May 09, 2014 (LBO) – A revenue official was jailed for 102 years on 34 counts related to a value added tax refund fraud and fined 12 billion rupees (91 million US dollars) along with several businessmen, a report said.The case involved the fraudulent refunds of value added tax involving amounting to 3.9 billion rupees, […]
Talawakelle Plantations, Sri Lanka March net down 60-pct
May 08, 2014 (LBO) – Profits at Sri Lanka’s Talawakelle Plantations Plc, fell 60 percent to 34 million rupees in the March 2014 quarter from a year earlier as margins on tea estates declined and hydro power revenues fell, interim accounts showed.The group reported earnings of 1.44 rupees per share for the quarter. Revenues rose […]