Новости за 06.02.2016

Haitian politicians on Saturday inked a last-minute agreement to install a transitional government, just hours before President Michel Martelly was scheduled to step down with no replacement in line.

Aniseh Makhlouf, Syria's former first lady and the mother of current President Bashar Assad, died on Saturday, the presidency announced. She was 86.

When Raheel Sharif retires in November, he would be Pakistan’s first army chief, appointed under Nawaz Sharif's prime ministership, to leave the coveted post on time in 25 years.

Twitter has blocked over 1,25,000 accounts, most of them linked to the Islamic State, "for threatening or promoting terrorist acts" even as handles of India-centric terrorist organisations and individuals remain untouched.

An Italian actor has been declared brain dead after being strangled on stage when a hanging scene went wrong in the central region of Tuscany, a judicial source said on Friday.

On two magazine covers the singer Zayn Malik has graced in the last few months, the former member of the musical group One Direction, peers out of the photographs from beneath a silver mane.

Banks are watching wealthy clients flirt with robo-advisers — computer programs to provide investment advice online— and that’s one reason the lenders are racing to release their own versions of the automated investing technology this year, according to a consultant.

Scientists scouring the fields of Folsom, California found a new kind of black tarantula which they have named after Johnny Cash, the American music legend.

A 34-year-old woman, resident of Kranti Nagar, suffered severe injuries after the footpath she was walking on caved in. The lady fell into a deep trench beneath the surface that was dug up for some civic work along Saket road footpath.

Panaji: Sporting Clube de Goa have left the All India Football Federation (AIFF) with some answering to do after discovering that Bengaluru FC had Amrinder Singh guarding their goal in a crucial fifth round I-League clash in Bengaluru on Saturday.

Panaji: The India under-17 football team’s departure for an exposure tour to South Africa has been delayed after they failed to procure their visas on time.

College of Fisheries, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (Gadvasu), has earned a research project entitled 'Extension tools for strengthening technical support to fish farmers' with a total budget of 14.5 lakh for a period of 15 months.

An exhibition organized by the regional office of the textile commissioner (ROC), Amritsar, began in the city on Friday at an exhibition hall on Malhar Road.

A badly decomposed body of a youth with multiple injuries, on which a stray dog was feeding, was found at Hussainpur village about 15km from the city, creating shock waves in the area.

The third day of the 80th Kila Raipur Games was flagged off on a high note, wherein the greyhound race was one of the major attractions.

A three-year-old girl died after falling into a manhole at Dharampura (ward no 21) in Khanna on Saturday.

Students of Sacred Heart Convent School, Sarabha Nagar, on Saturday initiated the Swachh Bharat Mission on school premises.

A day after the death of a ragpicker in a wall collapse in the books market area on Friday, members of Bhartiya Valmiki Sewa Dal said they would continue to protest against the municipal corporation (MC) and Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) till police register an FIR against officials responsible for the incident and financial compensation is provided to the family of the deceased, identified as Guddu.

Mango group led by Baldev Singh Walia has won the Punjab Agriculture University (PAU) Employees Union elections, the results of which were announced on Saturday.

Nine-year-old Ram Preet, who had to discontinue his education because of muscular dystrophy, was delighted to see Amardeep Lall aka Mona and her colleague Arvind Gupta, who brought him a wheelchair.

The wedding of Gaurav and Samruddhi was a high profile one with politicians and the who’s who of the city and from Lucknow coming to bless the couple.