Incheon, Sep 28 (IANS) A brilliant performance by Indian pair Sanam Singh and Saketh Myneni helped them overcome top seeded Thai team of Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana to reach the men’s doubles final of the 17th Asian Games at the Yeorumul Tennis Courts here Sunday. The fifth seeded team beat their Thai opponents 4-6, 6-3, 10-6 […]
Incheon, Sep 28 (IANS) The Indian men’s and women’s table tennis teams suffered comprehensive defeats in their preliminary group stage matches of the 17th Asian Games at the Suwon Gymnasium here Sunday. The men’s team comprising Achanta Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai and Soumyajit Ghosh, was thrashed 0-3 by South Korea in the Group B match while […]
Islamabad, Sep 28 (IANS) Three new polio cases have been reported in Pakistan, raising the total number of such cases to 174. The National Institute of Health (NIH) has said the cases were registered from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Balochistan, Dawn online reported Sunday. “The parents from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan did […]
Islamabad, Sep 28 (IANS) Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan is all set for his protest rally in Lahore’s Minar-i-Pakistan Sunday. PTI leaders say rally participants will start arriving at the venue before noon, while the proceedings will begin around 5.00 p.m. and Imran Khan will speak around 7.00 p.m., Dawn online reported. At the venue, […]
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) The Delhi Metro has been ranked second best among 18 international Metro systems in terms of customer satisfaction, an official statement said Sunday. According to a survey by the Global Metro Benchmarking Groups NOVA and CoMET, the Delhi Metro, the London Docklands Light Railway and Bangkok were the best three performers. […]
Chandigarh, Sep 28 (IANS) Politicians, it is said, come in all hues and this is certainly true in Haryana with a plethora of colours on view ahead of next month’s assembly elections. Leading parties are identifying themselves with different colours in the run-up to the October 15 polls for 90 seats. Be it headgear like turbans, […]
Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian today announced the second North West Rail Link tunnel boring machine has arrived in Sydney and will be named Florence, after Australia’s first female engineer and architect Florence Mary Taylor. Ms Berejiklian said work on the North West Rail Link is powering ahead and with construction well underway and a […]
Mental Health Minister Helen Morton has congratulated mental health advocacy group, Consumers of Mental Health, for successfully campaigning to change the controversial Royal Show exhibit ‘Bethlem Sanitorium’. “This is exactly why the State Government supports this organisation, to ensure that people with a mental illness have a strong voice. This achievement is a great demonstration […]
Tougher penalties for odometer tampering will be introduced under sweeping new reforms for the motor dealers and repairers industry announced by the NSW Government today. “Odometer readings are one of the major factors consumers look at when buying a used car.’’ NSW Fair Trading Minister, Matthew Mason-Cox. “As part of the changes, the maximum penalty […]
NSW Minister for Roads and Freight Duncan Gay today reminded drivers heading to the Sydney CBD this weekend that the 40km/h speed limit zone will be rolled out from tomorrow. “The 40km/h speed limit will make the roads around this high pedestrian area even safer and is ahead of schedule to ensure the change is […]