London, Oct 17 (IANS) Oscar Pistorius’s chief defence lawyer Friday said the paralympic athlete has “lost everything” since killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp but the prosecution said he deserved at least 10 years behind bars. On the fifth day of the sentencing hearing, defence lawyer Barry Roux said Pistorius had “not earned a penny” since fatally […]
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) The much-awaited iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are here in India for sale from Friday. The phones were unveiled at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, US on Sep 9. The 4.7-inch Apple iPhone 6 16GB is priced Rs.53,500, the 64GB at Rs.62,500 and 128GB at Rs.71,500. The 5.5-inch Apple iPhone 6 […]
Bhubaneswar, Oct 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court-appointed CEC, which submitted its final report on illegal mining in Odisha to the court Friday, has indicted the state for its laxity in governance, leading to violation of acts, rules and guidelines. The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) said: “The senior officers of the state government from the Chief Secretary […]
Kolkata, Oct 17 (IANS) Accusing the BJP-led central government of not consulting West Bengal in ordering an NIA probe into the Oct 2 Burdwan blast, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday countered allegations of her government aiding infiltration saying the borders were guarded by central security forces. However, Banerjee affirmed that her government would extend “full cooperation” […]
Mysore, Oct 17 (IANS) Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Friday announced the setting up of five new national-level institutions along the lines of the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH). “A committee would soon be formed to decide on the location of the new centres. A parallel endeavour would be to set up speech […]
New Delhi/Chennai, Oct 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday granted bail to jailed former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa, triggering celebrations in the state by the cadres of her AIADMK. Along with Jayalalithaa who was convicted and sentenced to four years jail and a Rs.100 crore fine in the corruption case, the three other convicts […]
Islamabad, Oct 17 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will Sunday send his top security adviser Sartaj Aziz to Kabul as special envoy for talks with the new leadership, officials here said Friday. It will be the first formal visit of a senior Pakistani official to visit Kabul since formation of the government of national unity […]
District Court judge Helen Wilson SC has been appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of NSW, Attorney General Brad Hazzard announced today. “Judge Wilson’s ascendancy to the Supreme Court is just reward for an exemplary 24-year legal career that has included practising as a Crown Prosecutor in serious criminal trials and serving as […]
NSW Fair Trading Minister Matthew Mason-Cox today warned consumers to watch out for dodgy removalists, following a spate of complaints to the state’s consumer watchdog. Mr Mason-Cox said NSW Fair Trading received nearly 300 consumer complaints against removalists in the nine months to 30 September, with 45 of them reported last month. “The number of […]
Family and Community Services Minister Gabrielle Upton has praised the sixty four winners of a new scholarship program will provide students in public housing with up to $5,000 to help them attain their goal of going to university or TAFE. The Grants for Graduation scholarships is an initiative of the NSW Government which will be […]