The Aged Care Advisory Council (ACAC) and the Council of Elders established, following a recommendation by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. FECCA Chairperson, Ms Mary Patetsos, along with 16 other prominent leaders in the aged care sector, were today appointed to the National Aged Care Advisory Council. The Council has a three-year […]
Amethi, on Thursday, snapped its 39 years long relationship with the Gandhi family — a relationship that was filled with emotions and nurtured with emotions. The victory of BJP’s Smriti Irani and defeat of Rahul Gandhi is not just the result of an electoral battle — it is much more than that. Bechu Khan, a […]
After a four-month campaign from 12,000 kilometres away for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Overseas Friends of BJP-USA (OFBJP) is planning celebrations in 20 cities for the party’s victory, according to its President Krishna Reddy Anugula. He told on Thursday that over 1,000 volunteers from his organisation participated in phone bank call-a-thons that made more […]
As part of the monthly price revision, oil marketing companies on Monday hiked prices of non-subsidised LPG, or cooking gas, that consumers buy after exhausting their subsidised quota, by Rs.27.5 for a 14.2 kg cylinder. With this rate increase, that comes on the back of four straight monthly reductions, the non-subsidised LPG cooking gas now […]
A 32-year-old man has been arrested for his involvement in the molestation of two Manipuri women in the capital, police said Sunday. The incident occurred before Republic Day but came to light after the death of Nido Tania, a 19-year-old student from Arunachal Pradesh. Delhi Police arrested Prem Chand, a resident of Kotla Mubarakpur area […]
The Supreme Court Friday declined to entertain a plea by private, unaided schools of Delhi seeking putting on hold the Dec 18, 2013 nursery admission guidelines issued by Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung, and asked the schools’ associations to go back to the high court. The Forum For Promotion of Quality Education for All (FPQEA) and […]
A total of 24 prisoners were freed from Tihar Central Jail here and 1,000 others, except those convicted for rape, smuggling, and drugs offences, got remission in their sentences ranging from 15 days to two months on the occasion of the Republic Day, an official said. “Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung gave remission in the jail […]
Delhiites woke up to an overcast Tuesday morning and were caught in unexpected rain as the day progressed. The Met Office has forecast rain throughout the day. “There will be light rain and thunder showers Tuesday with the day remaining cloudy,” said an official of the India Meteorological Department. Some people took shelter under metro […]
ogThick fog enveloped the national capital again Monday. The maximum temperature was recorded at 22.3 degree Celsius, a notch above the season’s average. The Met office has forecast a cloudy Tuesday. The maximum and the minimum temperatures are likely to hover around 20 degrees Celsius and 10 degrees Celsius Tuesday, a met official said. “The […]
Calling himself an anarchist, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday staged a dramatic sit-in with his cabinet ministers and around 1,000 vocal supporters in the heart of the city seeking action against five police officers his government holds guilty. “Yes, I am an anarchist,” thundered the 45-year-old Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader over a loud […]