Baghdad/London/Beirut, Oct 14 (IANS) At least 50 people were killed Tuesday in clashes and airstrikes against IS positions in Iraq, a security source said, even as the fight against the Sunni radical group continued in neighbouring Syria. In Salahudin province, Iraqi security forces, backed by Shia militia, captured three villages in the southeastern town of Dujail, […]
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday asked Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung to provide Rs.1 crore as assistance to the family of the police constable shot dead Monday. Delhi Police constable Jagbir was killed while another constable Narender sustained serious injuries after being fired upon in west Delhi’s Vijay Vihar […]
London, Oct 14 (IANS/EFE) London’s Heathrow airport began Tuesday applying new precautionary measures to detect possible cases of Ebola virus disease in passengers arriving from West African countries affected by the deadly virus. An airport spokesman told Efe news agency that the new measures went into effect Tuesday morning and were being applied by the staff […]
United Nations, Oct 14 (IANS) India has called on the international community to tackle the twin digital divides — that between developed and developing nations and that between men and women in developing countries. While “growth of information and communications technologies (ICT) over the past decade has exceeded all expectations,” India’s Ambassador to the UN Asoke […]
Guwahati, Oct 14 (IANS) The Assam government Tuesday said intensified security measures have led to a steep fall in anti-national activities of fundamentalist forces in the state. The reaction came after the All Assam Students’ Union (Aasu) alleged inaction on the part of the state government in curbing activities of fundamentalist forces and infiltration from across […]
Chandigarh, Oct 14 (IANS) With multi-cornered contests on most seats, Haryana goes to polls Wednesday with over 1.63 crore voters eligible to exercise their franchise to elect 90 assembly members from the 1,351 candidates in the fray. Balloting will be held at 16,357 centres between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. “A total of 16,305,217 (1.63 crore) […]
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Delhi Dynamos ‘marquee’ player Alessandro Del Piero was left out of the starting eleven in their first match of the Indian Super League (ISL) against visitors FC Pune City at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium here Tuesday. Del Piero, who has featured in only one out of four practice matches played by […]
Tokyo, Oct 14 (IANS) Japan’s Daisuke Takahashi, a Vancouver Olympics bronze medallist, announced Tuesday that he is retiring from competitive figure skating. “I’ve decided to retire so that I can take the next step in my career,” Takahashi said, reports Xinhua. “It was a quick decision but I didn’t want to fuss about it for too […]
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday reiterated its verdict holding illegal all the mining leases in Goa after Nov 22, 2007, as it dismissed a plea by a mining company seeking to restrain the Goa government from selling the iron ore extracted by it before Nov 22, 2007 and be itself allowed to […]
NSW Labor has announced the largest ever funding boost to the Community Language Schools in NSW – which will provide more support and resources to students, teachers and volunteers who attend and operate the over 32 Hindi, Bengali, Tamil and Punjabi schools across the state. Under a Labor Government, funding for these schools will be boosted by […]