Tag: Colombia

Police in New York suburbs have announced the arrested of a gang of illegal immigrants from Colombia targeting Indian-origin people and striking fear in the community.

Caracas: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has survived what he called an “attempt against his life” involving explosive drones, blaming far-right elements and Colombia’s outgoing President Juan Manuel Santos for carrying out the foiled assassination bid. Maduro was evacuated from a stage on Saturday during a speech at an event event to commemorate the 81st anniversary […]

Kazan (Russia): Colombia thrashed Poland 3-0 in a Group H encounter of the FIFA World Cup here on Sunday. Yerry Mina (40th minute), Radamel Falcao (70th) and Juan Cuadrado (75th) scored for Columbia. The win kept alive Columbia’s chances of advancing from the group stage. They are on three points from two matches. They had […]

New Delhi: India lost by a slender 1-2 margin to Colombia in a Group A fixture of the FIFA U-17 World Cup at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Monday. A brace from Juan Penaloza (49th, 83rd minute) helped the visitors seal their first victory and earn three points. Jeakson Thounaojam etched his name in […]

Margao: Indian U-17 World Cup team is working hard to fine tune their skills before they leave for New Delhi on Sept 28 to play against US, Ghana and Colombia in the group A league matches. The Indian team play their inagural match against US on October 6 and coach Luis Norton de Matos is […]

Colombia, the world's second-largest producer of flowers after the Netherlands, is cranking up its offerings, cutting and packaging some 500 million stems to meet the global market's demand on Valentine's Day, industry representatives said

Bogota: At least 14 people including a minor have been killed in a plane crash in Colombia, officials said. According to officials, the Laser Airlines DC-3 aircraft crashed on Saturday in the Colombian department of Meta, Efe news reported. In a tweet, Colombia’s Defensa Civil said police, air force, army personnel, and volunteers from Meta had […]

Mexico City: Floods and landslides caused by heavy rains have left at least 19 people dead and more than 900 houses damaged in Mexico’s Chiapas state, authorities said. So far, 20 municipalities in different regions of the state have been affected by overflowing rivers and landslides, Xinhua news agency quoted the state’s Civil Protection Secretariat […]