I am deeply saddened by the passing of cricketer Phillip Hughes. This is a heartbreaking time for all cricket and sport lovers in our State. Phillip was a much-admired, dedicated and supremely gifted cricketer who we all felt was on the verge of fulfilling his immense talent. Phillip’s meteoric rise from the small town of […]
The State Government has helped edge out international competition for Perth to win hosting rights for the world final of the 2016 Union Cycliste Internationale World Cycling Tour (UWCT). Acting Tourism Minister John Day today announced Perth would host the final in 2016 along with qualifying events over the next three years. “Perth has hosted […]
NSW Fair Trading Minister Matthew Mason-Cox today revealed that Fair Trading officers had inspected 26 retailers and manufacturers, as part of a national compliance blitz focusing on cash back offers. Mr Mason-Cox said since March, Australian fair trading regulators had scrutinised cash back deals at 35 businesses across the country to ensure that that offers […]
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Wednesday said the Indian government will appeal to the International Boxing Association (AIBA) to reconsider its decision of provisionally suspending L. Sarita Devi, following her refusal to accept the bronze medal at the Asian Games ceremony. Sarita was distraught for having been adjudged as the loser […]
Kathmandu, Nov 26 (IANS) The frostiness of ties between India and Pakistan was visible in the Nepalese capital at the 18th Saarc Summit’s inaugural session Wednesday. First, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif totally ignored his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi after entering the podium to take his seat. He did not look at Modi and proceeded […]
Kiev, Nov 26 (IANS) A new round of intense fighting between government troops and independence-seeking insurgents has killed at least three people and wounded five others over the past one day in eastern Ukraine, the authorities and media reports said Wednesday. “Over the past 24 hours, we lost two soldiers, and two others were wounded,” […]
Minister for Primary Industries, Katrina Hodgkinson, is reminding food retailers and consumers that from today, eggs produced in NSW must be stamped with a unique identifying mark to allow them to be traced back to the farm of origin. Ms Hodgkinson said this protection is part of a new national standard for eggs that will […]
Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello today welcomed the decision of NSW Police and the Department of Family & Community Services (FaCS) to become the first NSW government agencies to sign up to White Ribbon’s Workplace Accreditation Program. Mr Dominello, a White Ribbon Ambassador, said that increasing the number of NSW government agencies accredited […]
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The CBI arrested a Delhi Police inspector for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.1 lakh from an accused in a criminal case in return for helping him, the agency said Monday. The guilty police officer was posted in Chhawla police station in south Delhi and had demanded Rs.3 lakh […]
Jammu, Nov 24 (IANS) Punjab Kesari and Hindi Samachar group chairman Vijay Chopra Monday donated Rs.2 crore for flood relief in Jammu and Kashmir to Governor N.N.Vohra. Chopra called on Vohra at the Raj Bhavan here and handed over drafts and cheques valuing Rs. 2 crore for the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, said an official […]