Emperor, a Tibetan Mastiff, went on sale this week for a staggering 10 million Yuan ($1.6 million). With his thick double coat, Emperor was one of more than 1,000 Tibetan mastiffs from across China appearing at a two-day dog trade show in Shijiazhuang, capital of northern China’s Hebei Province, this week. The average price being asked for one of the dogs was around 1 million Yuan ($160,000…
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India Parker from Cleveland, Ohio, was being held on $10,000 bond Saturday after reportedly confessed police she threw her daughter’s body out with the trash. India Parker, 35, is facing a charge of abuse of a corpse. India Parker is at the centre of an investigation into the disappearance of her daughter, Kaliyah, 10. The girl was reported missing Monday by the father of one of India Parke…
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rters of 2012 in an estimated amount of up to 70 million Euros.” At the same time, the firm said first-quarter net income increased. Adidas’ profit was 289 million Euros in the quarter, up 38% from the previous year, and it also raised its annual sales target. It now expects sales to rise 10% this year. …
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More than seven hundreds people are gathering in Mumbai University campus for India’s first Wikipedia conference. Wikipedia Conference 2011 is a three-day event, from November 18 to Nvember 20, and is part of the online encyclopedia’s plans to expand in the sub-continent. Wikipedia wants to tap into India’s growing internet population, by creating more pages in local languages,…
…rs a year. McDonald’s has moved to provide more salads and other healthier foods with less sugar, salt and fat in them, in response to public concerns about diet. In India, its menu is typically 50% vegetarian. Its signature dish in the country is the McAloo Tikki burger, which uses a spiced potato-based filling. It accounts for 25% of total sales. Globally, the company plans to open around…
…s hoped the meeting could boost economic ties between the two nations. Asif Ali Zardari is officially coming for private religious reasons, to visit the shrine of Sufi saint Moinudin Chishti in Ajmer, 350 kilometres (220 miles) southwest of Delhi. However, his Interior Minister Rehman Malik and son and political heir Bilawal Bhutto Zardari are reportedly among an entourage of at least 25 people wh…
…munity by giving an undertaking to a court that the pair would return. “A person who comes to court and gives an undertaking has no immunity,” Chief Justice Kabir said. The court set April 2 as the next date of hearing and restrained the Italian ambassador from leaving India “until further orders”. The Supreme Court in India has said Italy’s Ambassador Daniele Mancin…
…bsidized in India. That move has also prompted great anger across the country. Under the government’s proposal, global firms – such as Walmart and Tesco – will be able to buy up to a 51% stake in multi-brand retailers in India. Multinational retailers already have outlets in India, but at present they can sell only to smaller retailers. This decision allows them to sell directly…
…ng drugs. “Patents will be given only for genuine inventions, and repetitive patents will not be given for minor tweaks to an existing drug,” she said. Shares of Novartis India fell almost 5% on the Bombay Stock Exchange, while stocks of generic drugmakers such as Cipla and Natco rose after the judgement….
…a. The immigration guys kick the star out of stardom,” Shah Rukh Khan said to laughter from the audience. “They [immigration officials] always ask me how tall I am and I always lie and say 5ft 10 inches. Next time I am going to get more adventurous. [If they ask me] what colour are you, I am going to say white,” he said. Shah Rukh Khan has appeared in more than 70 films and is co…
Candlelit vigils have been held across India to mourn a student who has died after being gang-raped in Delhi. Thousands of people gathered in the Indian capital to express their grief and demand justice for the 23-year-old victim, who died earlier on Saturday. Six men arrested in connection with the December 16 attack have now been charged with murder. The victim’s body is being flown back…
hours for non-payment of dues. The airline’s dwindling fortunes have seen the government come to its rescue. Last month authorities approved a debt restructuring plan and said they would inject 300 billion rupees ($5.9 billion) into the airline by 2020. …
ess-led government, and the revelations have caused public anger. India’s coal industry: • With about 246 billion tons of coal reserves, India is one of the largest coal producers in the world • 55% of India’s commercial energy needs are met by coal • The biggest reserves are in the states of Orissa, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh • The government took over coal mining in 1973 • A new law…
Indian police say at least 48 people have died after consuming toxic alcohol in country’s West Bengal state. Several residents of the Magrahat, Usthi and Mandirbazar areas in South 24 Parganas district fell ill after drinking the alcohol on Tuesday night. Four people have been arrested. Some 100 others are being treated in hospital in the Diamond Harbour area, with fears the death toll coul…
…n to show Indian passengers that the airline did know something about their culture. The performance took place on a flight on January 17 and was uploaded to Finnair’s YouTube channel on January 25 to mark India’s Republic Day on January 26. So far, the video clip has received more than 1.7 million viewings….
…r, Orissa and Jharkhand in the east. An official in Orissa said the blackout in the eastern grid had been triggered by a fault and could take several hours to resolve. Railway officials said more than 350 trains were stranded, and hospitals and essential services were running on backup generators. Across West Bengal, power went at 13:00 and all suburban railway trains on the eastern railways groun…
Daniele Mancini, Italy’s ambassador to India, has been ordered not to leave the country after Rome’s refusal to return two marines charged with the murder of two fishermen in Kerala last year. The Indian court had allowed the marines to go home to vote in last month’s elections. Ambassador Daniele Mancini had personally assured the court the marines would return by March 22. On Wednes…
Indian women have been raised to believe that fairness is beauty, and this has given rise to a vast and ever-growing skin-whitening industry, which is now encouraging women to bleach far beyond their hands and face. The desire for lighter skin is nothing new in India. For centuries women in South Asia have been raised with the belief that a fairer complexion equates to beauty. That the industry s…
India has successfully launched Agni-V, a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile able to carry a nuclear warhead, officials say. The locally-developed Agni-V missile was originally scheduled to launch on Wednesday in the eastern state of Orissa. Officials had delayed the launch because of heavy lightning in the area. The missile has a range of more than 5,000km (3,100 miles), within range…
…eems to be free of the fungal disease chytridiomycosis, which has devastated amphibian populations in many parts of the world. Globally, amphibians are the most threatened group of animals, with about 40% of species on the internationally-recognized Red List. But new discoveries are regularly made, though most come from rarely-visited regions of rainforest rather than quite densely-populated areas…
…said it had received assurances about the men’s treatment and their human rights. Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone are accused of shooting the fishermen off the Kerala coast in February 2012. The marines had been guarding an Italian oil tanker and said they mistook the fishermen for pirates. The marines, who had been out on bail awaiting trial, were allowed to fly back to Italy for…
ge of Mumbai began on 26 November 2008, targeting luxury hotels, the main railway station and a Jewish cultural centre. Mohammad Qasab and an accomplice carried out the assault on the station, killing 52 people. India blamed Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba for the attacks. After initial denials, Pakistan acknowledged that the assault had been partially planned on its territory and th…
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A massive power outage has caused disruption across northern India, including in the capital, Delhi. It hit a vast swathe of the country affecting more than 300 million people in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan states. Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said 60% of the supply had been restored and the rest would be reinstated soon. It is unclear why supply collapsed…
Lalita Tati, a seven-year-old girl from India was murdered and had her liver cut in a ritual sacrifice to ensure a better harvest. Police said that two men, both poor farmers, have now been arrested in central India for allegedly carrying out the murder of the girl. Lalita Tati disappeared in October and her dismembered remains were found a week later, said Rajendra Narayan Das, a senior police o…
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…nsecutive day. The power failure caused havoc, with whole cities grinding to a halt and transport and other services badly hit. The breakdowns in the northern, eastern and north-eastern grids affected 20 of India’s 28 states. Power System Operation Corporation chief SK Soonee said electricity had been restored in all three grids overnight on Tuesday by engineers from the state-owned company….
