India elected to UNESCO body for conserving cultural heritage
Paris/New Delhi: India was on Wednesday elected for a second time to the UN body tasked with the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage. India won the election by a resounding 135 votes against a total of 142 votes cast by member states present at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
lanka tells India devolving powers to provinces not possible
Colombo: Sri lanka on Wednesday said it had made it clear to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that devolving police powers to the provinces, including the Tamil-dominated areas, was not possible saying “it has nothing to do with ethnic considerations”. G l Peiris, the External Affairs Minister, was speaking in parliament on Wednesday apprising the house on the bilateral talks between India and Sri lanka held in New Delhi last week when President Mahinda Rajapaksa attended the swearing-in of Modi.
Two brothers killed as car catches fire in delhi
New Delhi: Two mentally-challenged brothers were on Wednesday charred to death while their uncle suffered burn injuries when the car they were travelling in caught fire in South West Delhi’s Kapashera area, police said. The deceased have been identified as Pankaj (19) and Sumit (16), residents of Gurgaon.