At least 27 people have been killed in an attack on a tourist hotel in the resort town of Sousse in Tunisia, an interior ministry official said.
The attack targeted the Imperial Marhaba hotel in the town, reported The Guardian.
A gunman, armed with a Kalashnikov assault rifle, was among those killed. It’s not clear if there were other assailants.
Sousse is a popular tourist destination and draws visitors from Europe and other North African countries.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday accused the ruling BJP at the centre for not only sabotaging the processes of justice but also taking a sectarian view on fighting terror, regarding special public prosecutor Rohini Salian’s startling recent statement that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had asked her to go ‘soft’ in the 2008 Malegaon case after the NDA Government came to power.
The two superstars of Bollywood, Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan may have patched up their personal relations, but there are signs of a rumored box office clash seeming likely in 2016.
YRF and Excel entertainment have announced, that their films ‘Sultan’, starring Salman and ‘Raees’ starring Shahrukh are eyeing Eid 2016 for their film’s release.
The director of Sultan, Ali Abbas Zafar recently tweeted, “So here is finally @BeingSalmanKhan in as SULTAN, “EID 2016”, revealing the first look of the film that has gained immense popularity.
CBI on Friday told a Delhi court that no fresh FIR has been lodged against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, who has been given clean chit in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, on allegations of influencing witness and money laundering.
The country’s low-cost Mars mission spacecraft that is in a rendezvous with the Red planet for an extended period has enough fuel for it to last “many years”, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman Kiran Kumar said on Friday.
Leading coffee shop chain operator Coffee Day Enterprises has filed its papers with regulator Sebi for an Initial Public Offer (IPO) to raise an estimated Rs 1,150 crore.
The company, which runs the country’s biggest coffee chain under the brand Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) and has got private equity giants like KKR, Stanchart PE and New Silk Route as its investors, has reserved Rs 15-crore worth shares for staff.
As per the Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) filed with Sebi for the public offer, the company proposes to list its shares on the BSE and the NSE.
Cornering the Maharashtra government over its transparency claims, a noted RTI activist has sought to know from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis as to why were GRs pertaining to the alleged Chikki scam involving minister Pankaja Munde not uploaded on the official website.
Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Friday defended Priyanka Gandhi and Robert Vadra in the Lalit Modi row, stating that neither had ever been a part of the government when the Congress was in power at the Centre and had met the disgraced former IPL chairman in an unofficial capacity.
The Congress general secretary further opined that the BJP was trying to fan the flames with regards to the meeting in an attempt to save face in light of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje’s revelations.
Canada’s Minister of International Development and La Francophonie Christian Paradis has announced that the Government of Canada will provide an additional CAD doillars 13 million in humanitarian assistance to support the continued relief efforts underway by experienced Canadian and international non-governmental organizations and United Nations humanitarian agencies responding to the needs of those affected by the earthquake in Nepal.
France on Friday launched a terror investigation after a decapitated body and a flag with Islamic inscriptions on it were found in Lyon.
Another person was injured in what is suspected to be an attack on a US gas factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier near the city of Lyon, reported the BBC.
Reports claimed that the attack was carried out by two assailants who drove into a factory carrying the flag.
Meanwhile, the anti-terror police have nabbed a suspect, officials said.
The Indian men’s hockey team will be fully geared to take on arch-rivals Pakistan in their high-octane thriller of the Hockey World League Semi-Final in Antwerp on Friday.
Although the Sardar Singh-led team has claimed two successive win by defeating France (3-2) and Poland (3-0), they were far from impressive.
Meanwhile, Pakistan edged past Poland 2-1 before being thrashed by world champions Australia 6-1 in their second match of the tournament.
Microsoft has launched an iPad version of Sway.
Sway was launched last October as a way to easily publish full webpage stories for whatever is on our mind.
Sway is already available on the Web and iOS.
According to thenextweb.com, Sway on iPad can create, view and share Sways in landscape mode and a Remix button allows user to quickly try out new layouts and styles.
Congress leader Sachin Sawant, who filed the complaint against Maharashtra Women and Children Development Minister Pankaja Munde with the state ACB, has alleged that he has been receiving threatening calls.
“I have been receiving threat calls since yesterday evening. Temporary police protection has been given to me. I will lodge an official complaint in the police station tomorrow,” Sawant told ANI. Detailed story to follow. (ANI)
New Reserve Strap for Apple Watch battery band claims to give a boost of 30 hours to the device.
The “Specialized Thermoset Elastometer Silicon band,” will have the same water resistance as the Apple Watch, and will be available in white, grey and black models at 249.99 dollars.
Both the straps for the 38mm and 42mm Watch will increase the battery life to “48 hours of functionality.”
The product adheres to Apple’s Band Design Guidelines and does not violate your AppleCare warranty.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his sympathy for the people killed in the recent devastating heatwave in Pakistan, his deputy spokesperson said.
In a press briefing, Farhan Haq said that Ban’s thoughts and sympathies have gone out to those who had been suffering and added that he hopes that the situation will improve very swiftly, reported the Dawn.
Haq said that he was unsure if Pakistan had asked for any humanitarian assistance from the UN and added that the international body will respond if such a request had been made.
A suicide attack at one of the largest Shia mosques in Kuwait has injured at least eight people.
The bomber targeted the Imam al-Sadiq Mosque in the Sawaber district during the Friday prayers, reported News24.
The injured have been rushed to hospitals, with two said to be in critical condition. (ANI)
Rejecting Congress’s criticism that the ‘Smart City’ project was “elitist” in nature, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said that the NDA government’s ambitious plan was aimed at benefiting “the poor who are forced to live on the fringes of growing urbanisation.” Putting his claim to the test at a session on Housing-for- All in urban areas here, Naidu asked the members of the audience to give a frank opinion on whether they thought that the Smart City project was “pro-rich”.
Governor E S L Narasimhan called on Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in the national capital on Friday.
During his 40-minute long meeting with Rajnath Singh, the Governor has reportedly briefed him about the situation in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh State in connection with the ‘Cash for Vote’ case, phone tapping allegations and invocation of Section 8 of Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act. He apparently informed the Home Minister that Law and Order situation in Hyderabad was completely under control.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), which has put on the block around 30,000 sq metres of transfer of development rights (TDR), today said the sale will fetch over Rs 150 crore.
Nearly 30,000 sq metres, or 3.22 lakh sq ft, of TDR have been generated from slum rehabilitation projects at Nirlon and NESCO plots in suburban Goregaon and Ajgaonkar in suburban Jogeshwari, an MMRDA statement said here.
“The deal is expected to garner over Rs 153.98 crore,” it said.
UK companies see huge opportunities in India in sectors like insurance and defence but there is a need to work further on improving ease of doing business here, the UK-India Business Council said today.
“Lot of progress has been made during the first year of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Improvement is there in certain aspects of doing business in India. Lot of entities are exploring business opportunities here…(but) it is complicated market,” Council’s CEO Richard Heald told reporters here.
Myanmar released today a Bangladeshi border guard detained eight days ago during a rare exchange of gunfire between troops from the two countries, a Bangladeshi paramilitary officer said.
Abdur Razzak was handed over during a “flag meeting” of troops from the nations in the Myanmar border township of Maungdaw, a Bangladesh Border Guard spokesman said.
“Razzak was handed over to our representative team this afternoon. His belongings (including) uniform, submachine gun, ammunition etc have also been returned,” Major Abu Russell Siddiki told AFP.
In a move that will cater to city’s farmers, Delhi government today proposed to increase circle rate on agriculture land by up to 125 per cent.
Presenting the Delhi Budget, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said that government has decided to fulfil the long pending demand of our farmers to increase the circle rate which is taken as benchmark for land acquisition purpose.
Congress today wondered if there was a message from “the top” to Rohini Salian to go soft in Malegan blast case as public prosecutor and alleged that BJP leadership had tried to “bargain” with then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh “not to pursue cases against Hindu extremists”.
Demanding “removal” of Director General of NIA over the episode, the party also sought answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh over remarks of Salian, that she was under pressure from NIA to go soft in the case.
Couples who buy abducted children in China will face criminal punishment under proposed laws that would remove their exemption from prosecution, reports said today, as authorities clamp down on the flourishing child trafficking industry.
More than 13,000 children were rescued by police in China last year, the China Daily said, with demand for stolen youngsters fuelled by a traditional preference for sons and a one-child limit for some couples.
Current law imposes harsh sentences for child trafficking, including the death penalty in certain cases.
After impressing critics and audiences alike in R. Balakrishnan’s “Shamitabh”, actor Dhanush has gone fully local, going by the trailer of his next Tamil outing “Maari”, which is slated for theatrical release on July 17.
In the film, Dhanush is said to be playing a local hooligan, who goes with the catchphrase “Will finish you off”.
The action-packed trailer features the “Raanjhanaa” star in a dhoti-clad, cigarette-smoking and twirled-moustache avatar.
Directed by Balaji Mohan, the film has music by Anirudh Ravichander.