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GOPIO celebrates Bihar Diwas today
For the first time, ‘Bihar Diwas’ (Bihar Day) will be celebrated on Tuesday. The official ceremony will be held at 2 pm at Aapravasi Ghat, Port Louis. This was stated by minister of Arts and Culture, Mookhesswur Choonee at a press meet in Port Louis on Monday. This festival is an initiative of the Global [...]
21 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Minister goes to Dhaka to sign MoU
Mauritius is turning more and more to Bangladesh for recruitment of foreign workers and, to facilitate their entry, Labour minister Shakeel Mohamed is flying soon to Dhaka to sign an agreement. “It is important to go for such an exercise but the exact day is not fixed yet,” said the minister to The Independent. He [...]
21 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Malaysia has been hit by a new sex scandal with a video showing a man purported to be a top opposition leader
Malaysia has been hit by a new sex scandal with a video showing a man purported to be a top opposition leader in compromising positions with a foreign sex worker.... Read more »
21 Mar 2011, KotZot
Colonel Gaddafi’s son killed in kamikaze pilot attack on Tripoli barracks
Colonel Gaddafi suffered a massive personal setback today when one of his sons was allegedly killed in a suicide air mission on his barracks. Khamis, 27, who runs the feared... Read more »
21 Mar 2011, KotZot
Safari Adventures
Quatre bébés tigres accueilleront les visiteurs à Casela le mois prochain dans le cadre d’un projet de safari de grande envergure. Safari Adventures, qui propose depuis 2007 les activités de... Read more »
21 Mar 2011, KotZot
Lower and middle income families in Mauritius are reeling from a surge in prices
PRICES BLITZ: A mother’s daily struggle Lower and middle income families in Mauritius are reeling from a surge in prices, estimated at more than 15% over the past six months,... Read more »
21 Mar 2011, KotZot
Coiffure : Sasha ouvre un salon haut de gamme à Port-Louis
Le salon de coiffure haut-de-gamme Sasha s’implante dans la capitale. Après Curepipe, Sasha Mosafeer a inauguré un deuxième salon « high-tech », à Port-Louis, à la fin de la semaine... Read more »
21 Mar 2011, KotZot
Jackpot record de Rs 75 M au Loto : une employée d’usine et un aide-chauffeur parmi les trois gagnants
Hier encore modestes ouvriers, ils sont devenus multimillionnaires. Deux des trois gagnants du dernier tirage du Loto, dont le jackpot avait atteint une somme record de Rs 75 millions, ont... Read more »
21 Mar 2011, KotZot
Made in Mauritius, coming soon
The products of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) will be tagged with a genuine Mauritius label as long as they meet the standards required by the authorities. Mr Varen Andee,... Read more »
21 Mar 2011, KotZot
A car accident turns into a fight
An accident between two cars at Pont Fer, Phoenix, Sunday afternoon, has caused violent incident between the occupants of both vehicles. Two people were injured in this incident.
21 Mar 2011, motors.mega.mu
Explosion of colour for Holi festival
More than 270 temples of the Mauritius Sanatan Dharma Temples Federation (MSDTF) celebrated the Holi festival yesterday. Hindus around the world and in Mauritius celebrated the festival, which is marked... Read more »
21 Mar 2011, KotZot
Riots of Montagne Longue – Seven suspects arrested
The CID of Terre Rouge arrested this afternoon, seven people, including a woman, after the incidents last night in Montagne-Longue, where a hundred people of Cité NHDC Colombo protested in the streets to express their anger at the police station in this locality. They were protesting against a lack of potable water in this region.
21 Mar 2011, MauritiusHot
Dual Carriageway and Goodlands bypass will be opened at Thursday
Both projects in the north, including the Dual Carriageway and Goodlands bypass as expected will be opened at Thursday by the Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam. The opening of these two main roads will greatly help drivers.
21 Mar 2011, motors.mega.mu
Mauritius slips in tourism list
The Travel and Tourist Competitiveness Report 2011 says Mauritius has lost 13 places in the world tourism index – the island is now 53rd of 139 countries. But the good... Read more »
21 Mar 2011, KotZot
Drunk Police Officers beat a Police Officer – Funny Police of Mauritius
He never thought his colleagues would he do such a thing. Ajay Summun, a police officer assigned to the National Coast Guard (NCG), Amardeep, his brother were assaulted by three men on Friday night. Their attackers were police, they said. Seriously injured, two brothers were admitted to hospital in Rose-Belle. The assailants remain at large.
21 Mar 2011, MauritiusHot
Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean has left hospital after his car was ambushed and reportedly sprayed with bullets
The Haiti-born musician was hit in the hand by a single round at about 11pm local time on Saturday near the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. He was driving with his friend... Read more »
21 Mar 2011, KotZot
Cargo Handling Corporation : Employee attacked
The secretary general of the Port Louis Harbour and Docks Workers Union, Valaydon Rama, has had a bad quarter of an hour Saturday. The employee of the Cargo Handling Corporation was attacked with swords on his workplace. Committed their crime, the suspects fled. Suffering from multiple wounds, Rama Valaydon was hospitalized during the weekend. He
21 Mar 2011, MauritiusHot
Holi – La fête des couleurs célébrée en grande pompe
Des nuages de couleurs ont éclaté un peu partout à travers le pays dimanche à l’occasion de la fête Holi. Connu dans le monde entier, Holi est l’une des fêtes... Read more »
21 Mar 2011, KotZot
China Central Television Visiting Mauritius
It all starts with marketing and promotion when the tourist industry of a country wishes to attract more visitors. With the new strategy and policies of the government to focus on the latest emerging markets, the Ministry of Tourism and Leisure is putti
21 Mar 2011, Orange Ki News ?
UN Resolutions enforced against Libya but never against Israel
The West European-controlled United Nations are quick to act against Dictator Muammar Gadhafi of Libya, recently their staunch ally armed by them in suppressing its people in order to benefit... Read more »
21 Mar 2011, KotZot