New Delhi: The West Bengal government has been quick to cash in on Kolkata Knight Riders' maiden IPL triumph organising a grand felicitation ceremony at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday. However, Kolkata Police, in their bid to enhance the image of 'Brand Kolkata', has conceived an innovative 'Road Safety' advertisement campaign. They have connected William Blake's famous poem "The Tyger" with KKR's IPL victory. Kolkata Traffic Police have put out...
04:40 PM, May 29, 2012
Male: Fresh violence erupted in Maldives including inside the parliament that was scheduled to open on Thursday with supporters of former President Mohammed Nasheed attacking the police and preventing President Mohammed Waheed Hassan from making his opening address. Nazim Sattar, Nasheed's younger brother has been arrested along with 17 other protesters. Even before Waheed came to parliament chambers', Nasheed's Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) members removed his chair as well as...
12:59 PM, Mar 01, 2012
Male: The United Nations on Monday backed Maldives' new leader's proposal for a national unity government, though the ousted leader is calling for a snap poll to resolve a political crisis. UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco called on all parties to come together "on the principle of inclusiveness and national unity, and reach a consensus on the way forward." Former President Mohamed Nasheed resigned on February 7...
08:08 AM, Feb 14, 2012
Male: There seems to be no end to the political crisis in the Maldives. Male remained tense on Sunday with sporadic protests by the supporters of former president Mohammed Nasheed. However, the main concern is now slowly shifting to the island of Addu. Days after armed policemen and the military took over the entire area, reports of serious violations of human rights have emerged from the region. There were reports...
08:51 AM, Feb 12, 2012
New Delhi: India has strongly objected to popular US television host Jay Leno's Golden Temple remarks. But the US government has defended him saying he has the right to free speech. The Indian government has complained about Jay Leno to his employer, the NBC network, and to the US government. The government was reacting to online protests by Sikh groups over Leno's joke describing the Golden Temple as politician Mitt...
08:35 PM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: India has strongly objected to the remark on the Golden Temple by popular US television host Jay Leno, terming it quite unfortunate. India said that Leno's comments had offended Sikh sentiments. Robert Blake, the US diplomat handling South Asia affairs, was also summoned by India. Leno, the host of the popular 'The Tonight Show' on NBC channel, flashed a picture of the Golden Temple, the Sikh shrine on...
01:09 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Mexico City: Thick fog likely caused the helicopter crash on Friday that killed Mexican Interior Minister Francisco Blake and all seven others on board, the country's transportation minister said on Saturday. An exhaustive investigation is under way, but the initial results indicate the crash was an accident, Communications and Transport Minister Dionisio Perez-Jacome told a news conference. "At this time we have no indications, no evidence ... that would make...
07:53 AM, Nov 13, 2011
Addu (Maldives): Recent measures to normalise trade between India and Pakistan are encouraging signs towards the realisation of a 'new silk road' connecting south and central Asia, a US official said on Friday. Robert O Blake the Assistant Secretary of State for Southern and Central Asian Affairs said that the concept of making Afghanistan a hub of economic activity will provide an 'alternative to insecurity and extremism'. Blake was speaking...
08:18 AM, Nov 12, 2011
Mexico City: The country's top Cabinet secretary, Francisco Blake Mora, a key figure in Mexico's battle with drug cartels, died in a helicopter crash on Friday with seven others, including the pilot, the government said. The Presidency spokeswoman, Alejandra Sota, said authorities located the bodies of the secretary and seven others. They included Interior Undersecretary Felipe Zamora, said agency spokesman Jose Alfredo Garcia. Calderon appointed Blake Mora as interior secretary...
01:41 AM, Nov 12, 2011
Washington: The US on Monday said it was hopful that the SAARC summit in Maldives would be "productive" amid an atmosphere of improved relationship between Pakistan and India. "We are hoping that this will be a very good and productive SAARC meeting, coming as it does right on the heels of new statements and new moves by India and Pakistan, in particular, to improve their trade relations," said Victoria Nuland,...
04:57 AM, Nov 08, 2011
London: Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has reportedly found himself a new girlfriend, Australian model Alyce Crawford, just days after ending his five-month-old romance with actress Blake Lively. DiCaprio, who is in Sydney to film 'The Great Gatsby', is said to have had regular visits from 21-year-old Crawford, a former Australia's Next Top Model contestant, at his hotel, the Daily Telegraph reported. "It's been going on about two weeks. He texts...
02:52 PM, Oct 07, 2011
Washington: Ahead of a crucial Indo-US strategic dialogue, the US on Friday said it no longer considers India a non-aligned country, but New Delhi is not an American ally in traditional sense. "I do not consider India a non-aligned country any more. I think that really changed after 9/11 where India really realized that it has a wide range of common interest with the United States," said Robert Blake, the...
10:25 PM, Jul 08, 2011
New Delhi: The American teen drama which epitomises the 'it's complicated' relationship status, is set to premier in India this Friday. Season four kicks off in the City of Lights - Paris! The rushes have a mysterious, breezy, and like all the previous seasons sequined with the best from world of style and fashion. The series explores lives of the rich and the famous from the Manhattan's Upper East Side...
08:17 PM, Jun 23, 2011
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard Director: Martin Campbell Based on the DC Comics superhero created all the way back in the 1940s, 'Green Lantern' stars Ryan Reynolds as an irresponsible pilot named Hal Jordan who turns into a superhero when he puts on a coveted green ring that he receives from a dying alien. Now member of the Green Lantern Corps, an army of warriors dedicated to protecting...
11:34 PM, Jun 17, 2011
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