NSW Premier Mike Baird tonight congratulated adoption advocate Deborra-Lee Furness who was named the NSW Australian of the Year at a ceremony in Sydney. Mr Baird presented awards to all finalists at the 2015 NSW Australian of the Year awards presentation held at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Ms Furness has been recognised for her […]
More than 90 per cent of patients rate their overall experience in NSW public hospitals as good or very good, a Bureau of Health Information (BHI) survey has found. Health Minister Jillian Skinner welcomed the findings of the BHI Patient Survey, which is based on the responses of 35,000 patients at 80 of the state’s […]
Minister for Police and Emergency Services Stuart Ayres has thrown his support behind the NSW State Emergency Service’s (NSW SES) Wear Orange Wednesday (WOW) Day. WOW Day (12 November) is a national day of recognition of the 40,000 SES volunteers across Australia with the public encouraged to show their appreciation in a highly visible way, […]
Mathura, Nov 10 (IANS) Actress-politician Hema Malini has adopted Raval village in Uttar Pradesh under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day address. “People keep chanting Radhe Radhe in the entire Raval but no one has ever thought of developing this village across the Yamuna river. I […]
Beijing, Nov 10 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Monday held a meeting ahead of the 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Beijing. Xi told Abe that China hopes that Japan continues to follow the path of peaceful development and adopt prudent military and security policies, Xinhua […]
Agartala, Nov 10 (IANS) Arms and drug smuggling, terrorism, circulation of fake currency notes and border crimes are among the issues to be discussed when border guards of India and Bangladesh meeting Nov 17, an official said here Monday. “The BSF (Border Security Force) officials would ask the BGB (Border Guard Bangladesh) officials to dismantle […]
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday declined to entertain a plea seeking to rename India as Bharat and asked the petitioner to approach an appropriate authority with its plea. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice H.L. Dattu asked the petitioner to first make an appropriate representation before an authority in […]
Berlin, Nov 10 (IANS) Wasteful Borussia Dortmund ended their negative run against Borussia Monchengladbach, winning 1-0, while VFL Wolfsburg beat Hamburg 2-0 to extend their winning streak at the 11th round of Bundesliga. Bottom-placed Dortmund recovered from a five-game losing streak to jump to the 15th spot in the standings thanks to the own goal […]
Mumbai, Nov 10 (IANS) After spending seven weeks in “Bigg Boss 8”, Mr. Gay India 2014 Sushant Divgikar is now out of the popular reality show. The 24-year-old was evicted from the house Sunday after former contestant and actress Minissha Lamba nominated him with her ‘big bomb advantage’ upon her exit. He was nominated along […]
Chandigarh, Nov 10 (IANS) Haryana Police Monday failed to present controversial sect leader Rampal in the Punjab and Haryana Wednesday despite the court issuing non-bailable warrants against him last week. The high court Monday reserved its order on the issue after counsel for the sect leader submitted a fresh medical certificate before the court that […]