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Man kills son at wedding
The Beekoo family of Palma was brimming with joy during the wedding of Mahen Beekoo on Sunday. However, little did they know that their celebrations would soon turn into a massive tragedy. After the wedding ceremony, Goorparsad Beekoo, the 61-year-old father of the groom stabbed his second son, 32-year-old Kevin, to death. To add to [...]
17 May 2011, The Independent Daily
British Council organises career world 2011
The British Council, in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Grand Baie is organising the education fair, Career World 2011 at Grand bay. The United Kingdom has become one the most popular destinations for international students. It was noted that in 2010, close to 1,000 students in Mauritius chose UK to pursue their tertiary education. [...]
17 May 2011, The Independent Daily
MTPA, Naiade promote
The date for the third edition of the Indian Ocean Triathlon was announced during a press conference at the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority (MTPA) office on Monday. The event is being held by Naiade Events, VO2maxVoyages and MTPA, in collaboration with Mauritius Triathlon Federation. This event will be organised on November 13 and will act [...]
17 May 2011, The Independent Daily
NGO says no to garden fencing
An association, Collectif Mouvement Pavillon Libre, addressed an open letter to the minister of Local Government and Outer Islands Herve Aimée on World Earth Day with regards to the fencing work of the Jardin du Pavillon at Quatre Bornes. The association sent a letter on May 16 and it contained opinions from several public personalities. [...]
17 May 2011, The Independent Daily
Buddha Jayanti Celebrated Today
Buddha Jayanti is being celebrated today, and the message of love and compassion preached by Lord Buddha over 2,500 year ago resonates throughout the world. Lord Buddha is also known as the apostle of peace, and his teachings for peaceful coexistence are relevant even today. The world is still seeing a lot of misery and [...]
17 May 2011, MauritiusHot
NGO fights for lesbian, gay rights
The time has come to break down prejudices against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. This was announced by Nathalie Ahnee, president of the association, Collectif Arc En Ciel. The president stated that it is important to make the public understand that homosexuality is not simply just a gender issue. The people from [...]
17 May 2011, The Independent Daily
Force Vive aims to improve life at Long Mountain
After consulting the residents of Long Mountain, the organisation Force Vive aims to improve the lives of the region’s residents. The main areas that the organisation aims to change are Long Mountain, Crève Cœur, Les Mariannes, Notre Dame and Bois Pignolet. As part of the changes, inhabitants have requested for ‘Camp La Boue’ to be [...]
17 May 2011, The Independent Daily
Schoolgirl stalker arrested
On Monday, police arrested a 40-year-old man from Pamplemousses under a provisional charge of ‘rogue and vagabond’. He is suspected of stalking students from the Pamplemousses SSS after school hours and asking them to get into his vehicle. One of the students’ parent, who is a police officer, lodged a complaint with the police on [...]
17 May 2011, The Independent Daily
WHS council considers setting up HQ at Phoenix
The Governing Council of World Hindi Secretariat (WHS) held its second meeting on the promotion of Hindi as an international language at Domaine Les Pailles on Monday. The meeting was co-chaired by Indian minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur and minister of Education Vasant Bunwaree. Discussions centred on emerging issues such as the [...]
17 May 2011, The Independent Daily
Imrith demands suspension of PS
Following the sudden death of Pravindradeo Sahadew, acting registrar at the Ministry of Cooperatives on Friday, the Fédération des Syndicats du Service Civil (FSSC) has asked for the immediate suspension of permanent secretary Asha Burrenchobay. The family members of the deceased have accused her of alleged victimisation. “On Thursday, he came home at 7 pm. [...]
17 May 2011, The Independent Daily
Two bills to be introduced on Tuesday
The Law Practitioners (Amendment) Bill and the Institute for Judicial and Legal Studies Bill will be introduced in the National Assembly on Tuesday. The two bills, which will be presented by attorney general Yatin Varma, aim at implementing recommendations of the Presidential Commission chaired by Lord Mackay of Clashfern. Speaking at a press conference in [...]
17 May 2011, The Independent Daily
Kreol received good response: Bunwaree
Over 2,800 students have opted for the Kreol language, said Vasant Bunwaree, minister of Education. He assured that all was going on smoothly concerning the introduction of the language at primary level. “Kreol has found its rightful place in the linguistic landscape in Mauritius,” he said. The ministry had set up a fast track and [...]
17 May 2011, The Independent Daily
Chagossian group could return to archipelago
According to the British daily The Telegraph, an action plan has been set up to enable a Chagossian group to return to their birth land. In this context, a conference will be held this week in United Kingdom and will include the UK Chagos Support Association under the chairmanship of Roch Evenor. It will also [...]
17 May 2011, The Independent Daily
EIILM University hosts creative living workshop
The Mauritius branch of Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management (EIILM) launched a week-long creative living workshop at Ebène on Monday. Among those present were minister of Tertiary Education Rajesh Jeetah and minister of Foreign Affairs Arvin Boolell. A series of events will take place during the whole week. The workshops through the week [...]
17 May 2011, The Independent Daily
Le New Freeport à Plaisance relancé
Le projet de la construction d’une New Cargo et New Freeport Zone à l’aéroport international de SSR tarde à prendre son envol. Airports of Mauritius Co Ltd (AML) de concert avec le Board of Investment (BOI) avait pourtant initié les démarches premières pour que ce projet d’envergure puisse décoller au plus vite. Toutefois, l’exercice d’appel d’offres visant à identifier un Master Developer n’a pas livré les résultats escomptés. L’objectif était de trouver une société disposée à investir et financer l’intégralité du projet. Le dossier se trouve désormais au bureau du Premier ministre. L’idée est de trouver une solution à cette …
17 May 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Libye: l'Otan frappe un poste de sécurité et le ministère anti-corruption à Tripoli
TRIPOLI (AFP)Un bâtiment des services de sécurité intérieure et le siège du ministère d'inspection et de contrôle populaire, organe de lutte contre la corruption en Libye, étaient en feu très tôt mardi matin, après des raids de l'Otan, a constaté un journaliste de l'AFP.Les deux bâtiments sont situés sur l'avenue Al-Joumhouriya, un quartier résidentiel et administratif, au centre de la capitale, non loin de la résidence du colonel Mouammar Kadhafi.Vers 03H00 locales (01H00 GMT) les pompiers luttaient toujours contre les flammes qui ravageaient les deux bâtiments situés l'un en face de l'autre, a constaté un journaliste de l'AFP qui faisait …
17 May 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Top Italian football clubs reflect on failures
ROME (AFP)While a lot of attention has been focussed this Serie A season on the surprisingly positive campaigns of Napoli, Lazio and Udinese, there are three other teams whose failures have been just as notable.While the other three were surpassing expectations and battling for a place in next season's Champions League, Juventus, Roma and Sampdoria have been the big losers this term.And each one has staked their claim for the biggest of the under-achievers.First there is Roma who finished second last year, missing out on the title by two points, paying dearly for a home defeat to Samp four matches …
17 May 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Dopage: 26 arrestations en Espagne, dont 7 Britanniques
MADRID (Espagne) (AFP)Vingt-six personnes, dont le directeur d'un club cycliste et sept Britanniques, ont été arrêtées en Espagne dans une opération contre un réseau de trafic de substances dopantes et de médicaments falsifiés, a annoncé lundi la police espagnole dans un communiqué.Il s'agissait de "la plus grande organisation internationale agissant en Espagne pour le trafic illégal de médicaments, hormone de croissance et substances dopantes", selon la police qui a indiqué avoir saisi "700.000 doses de produits pharmaceutiques illégaux et 10.000 ampoules d'hormone de croissance".Les arrestations ont été opérées à Madrid, en Andalousie (sud) et dans l'est de l'Espagne."Le directeur général …
16 May 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Lady Gaga first to reach 10 million followers on Twitter
WASHINGTON (AFP)Pop diva Lady Gaga has become the first person with more than 10 million followers on Twitter."@ladygaga just reached 10 million. Wow!" the San Francisco-based micro-blogging service said in a "tweet" on Monday.Lady Gaga had 10.06 million followers as of Monday afternoon."10 Million Monsters! I'm speechless, we did it! Its an illness how I love you," Lady Gaga said in a message on her Twitter feed.Another pop star, Justin Bieber, was the next most-followed person on Twitter. Bieber's @justinbieber account has nearly 9.7 million followers.US President Barack Obama was next with more than 8.02 million followers of his @barackobama …
16 May 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Un motard de “Angel Bike” impliqué dans un accident
Les deux roues sont encore une fois d'actualités, et mais cette fois-ci, ce sera plus spécifiquement les grosses cylindrées.
16 May 2011, Yashvin, pages of my life