Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Yemeni activist Tawakkol Karman received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Saturday.
Idea takes the matter back to Supreme Court as cancellation-hit telcos make decisive moves.
The two children of a Non-Resident Indian couple in Norway, who had been taken away by country's Child Welfare Service last year and kept in foster care, on Tuesday returned to India. After months of custody row that saw India stepping up diplomatic pressure on Norway to send back the children a Norwegian court on Monday had handed over the custody of the two children to their paternal uncle.
'He's an exceptional talent, him and Cristiano have been the best players in the world the last decade and he showed why we think that and why this team have won the Champions League so many times'
It's a historical day indeed! The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday announced that the Nobel Peace Prize 2011 would be equally divided by three influential women: Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Yemeni politician and activist Tawakul Karman.
The two Indian children, who have been placed in emergency foster care in Norway since May, could come back after a court hearing there in June, Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday. "We are taking it up, putting pressure on (Norway). Indications are that they might be back in June, (they will be) in their natural habitat. We would like to see the children back in their natural habitat," Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur said.
It has invested Rs 14,000 crore in India through a unit in Singapore.
Dealing a blow to an Indian couple battling for custody of their children, Norway's Child Welfare Service has said the kids cannot go back to India, where they can be caught up in "a very unfortunate tug of war" in the wake of differences between their parents.
Encouraged by the success of the ongoing crime and punishment series at the Jaipur Literature Festival, the Crime Writers Association for South Asia has been co-founded by Namita Gokahle and author Kishwar Desai.
National team goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu became the first Indian player to be signed by an Indian club from an European club in a move involving a transfer fee.
Sagarika Bhattacharya, the mother of the two Non-Resident Indian children who arrived in India after a Norwegian court granted their custody to their uncle, on Wednesday posted a message on Facebook saying 'give them a big hug from me'.
Breivik's act of killing innocents is reprehensible in strongest possible words. But the attempts to link it to Hindutva movement are also equally reprehensible, says Ram Madhav.
The chances of two NRI children returning to India has brightened with the Norwegian Child Welfare Service, which has kept them in foster care, submitting in a court in Oslo that there is no need to uphold the care order and it was in the best interest of the kids to return to their home country.
Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp has beaten Manchester United only twice in his career and never at Old Trafford -- his worst record against any Premier League side.
India is keen to find an "amicable" and "good" solution to the custody battle of two young Indian children in Norway within the ambit of the law, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday told his Norwegian counterpart.
Juventus progressed to the Champions League last 16 after a Cristiano Ronaldo goal and a late header from substitute Alvaro Morata gave them a comeback 2-1 home win over Hungarians Ferencvaros on Tuesday.
Brighton & Hove Albion scored three times in the second half to fight back from two goals down and beat Manchester City
In Norway, an Indian mother and father are struggling for the custody of their children taken away by a Norwegian child care agency. Nine months passed and India has been able to do nothing, says Tarun Vijay.
'I can't give you a time but we will get there. We have given ourselves a big, big uphill task to get in the top four, never mind the top six'
Levante striker Roger Marti brushed off squandering a penalty to score the winning goal as his side pulled off a shock 2-1 La Liga victory at Real Madrid
Didier Deschamps, for whom a 0-0 draw with Denmark was 'mission accomplished' as his side finished top of Group C ahead of the Danes.
Halden prison could be the home, if convicted, of Norwegian gunman Anders Behring Breivik who killed dozens of people in a bomb attack and shooting spree. But it could be home that Breivik would love to spend time in.
Says got govt clearance in investments in Unitech Wireless.
British novelist H R F Keating, who died on Monday aged 84, created his best-known character Inspector Ganesh Ghote without visiting Mumbai. Filmmaker Zafar Hai salutes the writer who first made Mumbai famous in the world of detective fiction.
Mbappe and Benzema inspire France to 2-0 win against Finland
Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw with black pieces against Magnus Carlsen in the fourth game of the ongoing World Chess Championship in Sochi.
'So much so we don't feel the need to create anything, but just bask in that glory.' 'It's time to move on.' 'How much burden can you put on a person or the legacy of the person?'
Arsenal teenager Bukayo Saka scored his first goal for the club as they beat 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0, while Manchester United's 17-year-old Mason Greenwood secured a 1-0 win over FC Astana as the Europa League group stage began on Thursday.
These celebs couldn't get enough of sheer gowns and thigh-high slits.
Under the plan, there will be 151 private trains covering 109 routes which may entail investments worth Rs 30,000 crore.
The court said no hearing date had been fixed yet and no further information would be provided for the moment.
Federer beats Ruud, becomes oldest man to reach French Open 4th round since 1972
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday condemned last week's massacre in Oslo, saying it was a grim reminder about the threat that extremist violence poses to open societies and underlined the need for all to unite against it. Dr Singh wrote a letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, condoling the loss of lives in the violence. "Please accept on behalf of the government and people of India and on my own behalf my deepest condolences," he said.
To be held alongside the Japur Literature Festival, the three-day BookMark conference will look at different aspects of the publishing industry -- from self-publishing to e-books, digital content to distribution.
After a mixed outing in the Brazil leg of the event, World Champion Viswanathan Anand would be hoping for an improved finish in the Spain phase of the fourth Final Masters chess championship, which re-commences at Bilbao on Thursday.
Liu is serving an 11-year jail term on subversion charges for his role in advocating democracy and multi-party rule. The Chinese may have obvious reasons for not attending the ceremony, but what's preventing others from taking part?
Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus has welcomed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's call for an investigation into allegations that he channelled foreign aid meant for the Grameen Bank to another company.
Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been accused of stashing some $100 million originally for microcredit operations of his Grameen Bank to his another venture in 1996, breaching agreements with donors and violating the country's financial rules.
Images from Monday's action at the Australian Open.
