Oscar Pistorius faced another day of relentless cross-examination Friday as the prosecution challenged his account of the killing of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Prosecutor Gerrie Nel has accused the athlete of hiding the truth about the death of Steenkamp, whom he shot last year through a closed toilet door in his home in Pretoria, South Africa. His questions Friday again… Read more →
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) is closely following up circumstances shrouding the attack on three Emirati sisters at a hotel in London. Rashid Al Dhahiri, Director of Citizens Affairs at the MoFA, said that the competent authorities at the MoFA were following up the incident in conjunction with the UAE Embassy in London to establish causes of the attack…. Read more →
The battery on the Malaysia Airlines plane’s black box is expected to expire some time after April 7, 2014 The international search for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 moved underwater on Friday, the search coordinator announced. An Australian navy ship and a British navy ship are engaged in a joint underwater search operation towing sensitive sonic detectors listening for… Read more →
THE number of marriages in Bahrain increased by an average of 33.4 per cent during the period 2008-2013. The number of divorces also rose by an average of 51.8pc during the same period, according to the results of latest population and housing census released by Central Informatics Organisation. Results indicate a 3.8pc increase in the number of female divorcees and… Read more →
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to consider the plea for an open court hearing on curative petitions filed by gay rights activists against its verdict criminalising homosexuality. A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam, before whom the matter was mentioned by senior lawyers appearing for different parties, said that it will go through the documents and consider their… Read more →
TOUGHER construction regulations will soon be introduced in Manama after 15 cars were damaged when high winds blew aluminium cladding off a multi-storey building. The Manama Municipality is spearheading the initiative, which it says aims to safeguard people’s lives following Monday’s incident. It happened when winds of up to 70 knots made the recently redone faade of the Bahrain Tower… Read more →
NEW DELHI: A special court here on Monday fixed July 31 for hearing the case of two Italian marines, accused of killing two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast in 2012, after it was informed that the Supreme Court has ordered that the proceedings be deferred. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the counsel appearing for the marines, Massimiliano Latorre… Read more →
MYSTERY surrounds the deaths of a man and woman whose bodies were found in a Muharraq house. The man has been identified as Mohamed Anvar Batherdeen, from India, while the woman is believed to be a Sri Lankan housemaid who has so far not been named. She was found hanging from a ceiling fan, while Mr Batherdeen’s body was… Read more →
600-700 cusecs expected; inflows at Poondi had stopped earlier this month Chennai may breathe easy this summer as Krishna water from Andhra Pradesh will arrive in Chennai on Sunday morning. Poondi reservoir in Tiruvallur district, which stores and supplies Krishna water to Chennai, stopped receiving any from the neighbouring State earlier this month. The reason cited for the reduction in… Read more →
If the expansion of the Public Distribution System results in an increase in market prices, it may counterbalance the benefits of food subsidy Passage of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) has put the Public Distribution System (PDS) at the core of the national mission to feed the hungry. The PDS, operated via “fair price” or ration shops, will distribute… Read more →
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