South African President condoles Fatima Meer’s death

PRETORIA - South African President Jacob Zuma has expressed codolence over the death of anti-apartheid stalwart Fatima Meer.

Beggars off Delhi roads before Games, court assured

NEW DELHI - Roads in the national capital will be free of beggars before the Commonwealth Games in October, the city government told the Delhi High Court. It added that letters have gone to different states to rehabilitate the beggars.

Georgian opposition to sue TV channel over fake invasion report

Tbilisi, March 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A leading Georgian opposition party Sunday said it was preparing a lawsuit against a television channel over a fake news report about a supposed Russian invasion and murder of President Mikheil Saakashvili.

A papad seller fights for his rights - for 28 years

NEW DELHI - Mohammad Samad Khan, a papad seller in West Bengal, has been fighting for his rights with the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), the energy giant, for the past 28 years but has not lost hope.

Malaysian Indian businessmen seek 100,000 workers

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s Indian business community says it needs a foreign workforce of 100,000 as it has exhausted avenues for hiring locals.