Thai ex-police chief questioned over $9.5 mn loan from brothel owner
BANGKOK, Feb. 15 A former Thai police chief was questioned Thursday over loans topping $9.5 million from a fugitive brothel owner who faces sex...
Glencore takes $7.7 billion hit on Xstrata assets as profit drops
London, Aug 20 - Glencore Xstrata (GLEN.L) wrote down the value of assets inherited from miner Xstrata by $7.7 billion, as it announced a...
Atal Tunnel certified by World Book of Records as ‘longest Highway Tunnel’ above 10,000ft
New Dilhi, Feb 10 . The Atal Tunnel has been officially recognised by the World Book of Records as the 'World's Longest Tunnel above...
Drone attacks on Saudi petroleum company Aramco cause fires: reports
RIYADH, Sept, 14. Two sites of Saudi petroleum company Aramco were attacked by drones early Saturday, causing fires that were later brought under control,...
Modi to take an Oath on 26th May
India, May 20 - The president in India has called the Hindu nationalist Party(BJP) leader Narendra modi to take an Oath ceremony on coming...
200 gold bars seized in SE Bangladesh airport
DHAKA, April 8. Customs officials at Bangladesh's second largest airport in the seaport city of Chattogram on Monday morning seized 200 gold bars weighing...
Teenage couples arrested for kissing photo in facebook
Morocco, Oct 5 - A Moroccan teenage boy and girl have been arrested for posting an online photograph of themselves kissing.
The couple - aged...
Rupee recovered by 15 paise
India, June 7 - The rupee on Friday recovered by 15 paise to 56.69 in early trade on Friday at the Interbank Foreign Exchange...
China leads Asian sell-off as fears grow over global economy
HONG KONG, Nov 23. Fresh fears over headwinds facing the global economy saw Asian stocks plunge into the red Friday, in light holiday trading...
‘Nearly a third’ of British billionaires moved to tax havens
LONDON, March 8 . Nearly a third of Britain's billionaires have either moved or are relocating to tax havens, where some have broken UK...
