Mumbai, Oct 27 (IANS) After the release of his big-ticket picture “Happy New Year” (HNY) Sonu Sood has pressed the “pause” button in his career. The idea is to watch the audience and the film trade’s reaction to his performance in the movie and to take his career to the next level. “I am looking at […]
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) Behind the step-by-step approach in the government’s disclosure of names of foreign bank account holders is the confidentiality clause under the Double Taxation Avoidance Treaty (DTAT) that prevents making public the identity of the account holders. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had earlier said the names of persons would be disclosed as […]
Ghaziabad, Oct 27 (IANS) Train movement between Ghaziabad and Delhi was disrupted for about two hours after a railway employee was crushed to death by an EMU train. The accident occurred at 12.30 p.m. Monday at the Sahibabad railway station when gangman Faiz Nath was working on the track and was run over by a Ghaziabad-New […]
Tallinn, Oct 27 (IANS) A teacher was killed in a school shooting around 2 p.m. Monday in Viljandi, southern Estonia, media reported. The school, Paalalinna, where the teacher worked, confirmed the shooting incident reported by Estonian website Delfi. A teacher, who asked not to be named, told Xinhua that the local police had been called in […]
“The Council (US Council on Competitiveness] champions the belief that to be competitive, and raise the standard of living Americans, we must enhance productivity.” www.compete.org/images/uploads/File/PDF%20Files/CoC_2014_Clarion_091014_FINAL.pdf Effective competitiveness is often described as above. Being competitive means being able to increase prosperity, which requires increasing productivity. It’s a fairly straightforward and well-understood relationship – increased productivity leads […]
Kabul, Oct 27 (IANS) A group of suicide bombers stormed the office of a prosecuting attorney in the Afghan city of Kunduz, 250 km north of Kabul Monday, leaving six people dead and seven wounded, security official Abdullah said. “A group of suicide bombers stormed the office of prosecutor in Kunduz city at 1.20 p.m. today […]
The NSW Government is once again offering all NSW residents the opportunity to celebrate New Year’s Eve from one of Sydney’s most spectacular vantage points – the Cahill Expressway above Circular Quay. Minister for Roads and Freight Duncan Gay today announced the online ballot opens today. I encourage people to enter their household in the […]
NSW Fair Trading Minister Matthew Mason-Cox today launched the start of NSW Fair Trading week. “Consumer rights are an issue that affects every single one of us,” said Mr Mason-Cox. “From ensuring that the household appliances we use are safe, to knowing that the traders we engage to build our home or sell us a […]
Damascus, Oct 21 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) militants captured one of the weapons shipments airdropped by the US to the Kurdish fighters of the People Protection Units (YPG) in the city of Kobane in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Tuesday. Two weapons shipments airdropped by the US fighters landed in […]
Bogota, Oct 21 (IANS/EFE) The world’s first floating gas liquefaction plant is due to begin operating next year off the coast of northern Colombia under a pact between Canada-based Pacific Rubiales Energy and Belgian shipbuilder Exmar. Executives from the two firms signed the accord in Bogota in a ceremony that included Belgium’s Princess Astrid, leading a […]