April 2016 Archives

April 8, 2016 IANS

Facebook photo lands rioter in jail

An Irish man has been jailed after tagging himself in a photo on social networking website Facebook that showed him taking part in a riot

Sports

April 8, 2016 IANS

RCB unveils new jersey, first team with home, away designs

IPL cricket team RCB unveiled on Friday an all new black and red jersey with two designs for home and away matches.

Review

April 8, 2016 IANS

‘The Jungle Book’: Visually breathtaking

Visually, The Jungle Book is breathtakingly stunning. Director Jon Favreau makes his film palpable with its wonderfully detailed characters

Opinion

April 8, 2016 IANS

Islamic State IS running out of money: German expert

The Islamic State IS is running out of money and will no longer exist as a territorial state in three years, a German political scientist claimed.

News

April 8, 2016 IANS

China provides Bangladesh fund for eighth friendship bridge

The Chinese government will provide Bangladesh grant assistance of about $50 million for construction of the eighth Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge

News

April 8, 2016 IANS

Modi attacks Mamata on corruption, ridicules Congress-Left alliance

Terming the Kolkata flyover collapse an “act of fraud”, PM Narendra Modi in WB on Thursday made corruption the centre-piece of his attack against CM Mamata.

Economy

April 8, 2016 IANS

Chinese and Tokyo shares open lower

Chinese shares opened lower on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.67 percent. Tokyo stocks dropped from the off on Friday as the yen once again catapulting to a fresh 17-month high.