Environment Minister Rob Stokes today launched Google Street View imagery of some of the most picturesque and visited national parks in NSW, while more than 5000 world environment leaders gather in Sydney. Mr Stokes said the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service is the first organisation in Australia to be part of the Google program, […]
Minister for Mental Health Jai Rowell today announced NSW Government funding for a suite of targeted, locally driven campaigns aimed at combatting problem drug and alcohol use in communities across the state. Mr Rowell said he was pleased to be able to deliver $183,000 in NSW Government funding for Community Drug Action Teams (CDATs) across […]
London, Nov 12 (IANS) He was once nicknamed “the poorest president in the world” but Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica has received a $1 million offer for his blue Volkswagen Beetle from an Arab Sheikh, media reports here said. The Sheikh offered $1 million for the 1987 model – that has become a symbol of his […]
Kolkata, Nov 12 (IANS) A huge fan of Indian films, award-winning Iranian filmmaker Niki Karimi Wednesday hoped she bumps into Bollywood screen icon Amitabh Bachchan during her stay in the city. Karimi is participating in the 20th Kolkata International Film Festival that kicked off Monday. Counting Big B’s “Amar, Akbar, Anthony” among her favourites, the […]
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday asked the Chhattisgarh government to explain the deaths of 13 women in a state organised mass sterilisation camp in Bilaspur district. Over 70 women were also hospitalised following botched surgeries at the camp. “The commission has issued notice to the government of Chhattisgarh […]
Dubai, Nov 12 (IANS) In a bid to make umpiring more understandable to viewers, the International Cricket Council (ICC) Wednesday confirmed it would conduct a live-match trial where broadcasters will be permitted to air the decision-making communication between on-field and TV umpires. The trial will be conducted in the forthcoming One-Day International (ODI) series between […]
Cairo, Nov 12 (IANS/EFE) A man died and another was wounded Wednesday when a bomb they were carrying went off as they rode a motorcycle on a Cairo highway, security sources told Efe news agency. The wounded man, 27, was apprehended when he tried to flee the scene. The incident came six days after three […]
Mumbai, Nov 12 (IANS) Filmmaker Ravi Chopra, who passed away at around 3.30 p.m Wednesday, will be cremated at Pawan Hans in Vile Parle here Thursday. “The funeral will take place at 11.00 a.m. at Pawan Hans,” a source close to the family of the filmmaker told IANS. According to the source, many celebrities are […]
Hyderabad, Nov 12 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu Wednesday studied the best urban practices in Singapore on the first day of his three-day visit to the city-state. Naidu, his two cabinet colleagues and officials accompanying him, visited the Marina Bay Sands Sky Park and Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC). He met Second […]
Mumbai, Nov 12 (IANS) Five Congress MLAs were suspended for two years for allegedly pushing around Maharashtra Governor C.V. Rao while protesting against the manner in which the BJP government won the vote of confidence, here Wednesday. A committee, headed by Speaker Haribhau Bagde, will also probe the unprecedented incident in which the suspended legislators […]