Ready to re-appoint Walsh as coach if HI agrees: SAI

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Sports Authority of India (SAI) Director General Jiji Thomson Monday said the authority is ready to re-appoint chief coach Terry Walsh but only after receiving the consent from Hockey India (HI). “We had discussed several issues with Terry Walsh and all the stakeholders regarding his (coach) proposals. HI raised some […]

Course launched to train people in basic life support

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital here launched a course Monday to improve emergency medical services in trauma centres across India and train citizens in basic life support during accidents,. The course was introduced two months after RML was designated the nodal hospital by the health ministry to study the gaps […]

Bengal lynching: Rights group moves court seeking justice

Kolkata, Nov 24 (IANS) A city-based rights group Monday filed a petition seeking a Calcutta High Court-monitored probe into the lynching and alleged bobbitisation of a man at the NRS Medical College and Hospital. Alleging that the West Bengal administration and the hospital authorities were destroying crucial evidences to hush up the matter, the petition […]

UN, PNA to rebuild 24,000 destroyed Gaza houses

Gaza, Nov 24 (IANS) The UN has notified the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) that construction raw material to rebuild some 24,000 destroyed houses will be allowed soon into Gaza Strip, a senior official said Monday. Mufied Hassayna, the Palestinian unity government’s minister of housing and public work, told reporters in Gaza that UN representatives officially […]

Srinivasan visits Padmanabhaswamy temple

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 24 (IANS) As the Supreme Court Monday questioned whether sidelined BCCI chief N. Srinivasan was not in a position of conflict while heading the cricket body and also holding a franchise in the IPL, he made a quick visit Monday evening to the famed Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in the Kerala capital. Srinivasan was […]

Stuart Ayres med rel: Body worn video for frontline police

The NSW Parliament has passed a Bill giving frontline police the power to use body worn video (BWV) cameras in a range of operational situations. Minister for Police and Emergency Services Stuart Ayres said the roll-out of body worn videos will have benefits for not only police, but the criminal justice system and the wider […]

Matthew Mason-Cox med rel: NSW Fair Trading puts was/now pricing under the microscope

NSW Fair Trading Minister Matthew Mason-Cox revealed today Fair Trading officers had visited 30 businesses and checked nearly 150 products, as part of a national campaign targeting ‘was/now’ pricing and recommended retail price promotions. “Since March, fair trading regulators from around the country have been examining ‘was/now’ pricing and recommended retail price promotions, Mr Mason-Cox […]

Duncan Gay med rel: Counting down: new signal trial for high risk pedestrian intersections

Minister for Roads and Freight Duncan Gay today announced new intersection signals for pedestrians had been installed at six busy Sydney intersections to try and improve road safety. Mr Gay said the new timers would provide more information to enable pedestrians to better judge how much time they have to cross the road. “From today, […]

Hon John Day BSc BDSc MLA — WA movie shoot for Jasper Jones story

Culture and the Arts Minister John Day today announced the movie Jasper Jones will be filmed in Western Australia.   “Jasper Jones is an adaptation of the best-selling, award-winning Western Australian novel by Craig Silvey,” Mr Day said.   “This coming-of-age story, set in 1965 about teenagers Charlie Bucktin and the town outcast Jasper Jones, […]