26-year-old Indian missing in UAE
Dubai: A 26-year-old Indian has gone missing in Dubai a day after arriving here to start a new job, police said. Alwin Antony D’silva, from Mumbai, arrived here in mid- September to start working as an executive for a shipping company in Bur Dubai, his father, who is desperately searching for his son, said.
Ex-aussie PM Kevin Rudd quits politics
Melbourne: In a surprise move, Australia’s former PM Kevin Rudd on Wednesday retired from politics saying, “it really is time for me to zip”, months after being dethroned by
conservative leader Tony Abbott. Rudd said that “slings and arrows” of political life had taken its toll and will leave Parliament at the end of this week.
Pak court to decide on Mush’s plea on Nov 18
Karachi: A Pakistani court will decide on November 18 whether former President Pervez Musharraf will be allowed to visit his ailing mother in Dubai, revoking a Government ban on him travelling abroad.
‘Pak Taliban threaten to target US Embassy’
Islamabad: The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has threatened to attack the US Embassy here in the wake of the killing of its former chief Hakimullah Mehsud in a drone attack, a media report said.
UK Parliament gets new all-party Hindu group
london: A new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Hindus has been established in the UK to represent the interests
of the community members in the country. Conservative party MP Bob Blackman has been elected as the APPG’s chair with British Indian labour MPs Virendra Sharma as vice-chair and Seema Malhotra as secretary.