Washington, Aug 28 (IANS/EFE) The mother of a US freelance journalist, who was kidnapped in Syria by the Islamic State(IS), Wednesday released a video in which she urged the jihadist group to “be merciful” and release her son. She also asked the group through the vedeo to “follow the example set by the Prophet Mohammed”. “We […]
Canberra, Aug 28 (IANS) Australia has expressed willingness to contribute its Super Hornet fighter jets to help US-led air strikes in Iraq. Defence Minister David Johnston said Wednesday night that Australia was ready to assist the US with air strikes targeting IS terrorists in Iraq, Xinhua reported. Johnston said the Australian defence force started to develop […]
Complied by Nikita Sharma and Isha Sahni Recently, Mr. Rajesh Sharma from the Indus Age team had an exclusive interview with the ‘Veeru’ of Indian film industry, Dharmendra. He was in Sydney to promote his upcoming movie ‘Double Di Trouble’ which is releasing all over Australia on August 29. Excerpts of the interview:- Q. From […]
Noida, Aug 27 (IANS) The Noida police have arrested an RTI activist who was presumed dead in a car-blaze here May 2, police here said Wednesday. The “dead” RTI activist was arrested from Bangalore along with his girlfriend Tuesday. The police said May 2 when a car caught fire on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway, RTI activist […]
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Paving the way for the return of suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi to India, the Delhi High Court Wednesday ordered the restoration of his passport. A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru allowed Modi’s plea challenging the revocation of his passport. The regional passport […]
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The Mukul Mudgal committee Wednesday met police investigators from Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai in the Tamil Nadu capital before submitting what could be an interim report to the Supreme Court on the spot fixing and betting scandal that hit the 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL). Justice (retd.) Mukul Mudgal told IANS […]
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) A working group that includes legislators, local representatives and police officers should be constituted to better address the grievances of the people of Delhi, the BJP state unit said Wednesday. A delegation of the party consisting of legislators and led by Delhi party chief Satish Upadhyay met city police commissioner B.S. […]
Ranchi, Aug 27 (IANS) National shooter Tara Shahdeo, allegedly tortured to convert to Islam by a Muslim who married her by posing as a Hindu, has demanded a CBI probe into the episode. “We demand a CBI probe. Ranjeet alias Rakibul is playing his cards and everything is taking place as per his plan. The issue […]
Kabul, Aug 27 (IANS) A total of 36 militants and nine policemen were killed in clashes in Afghanistan’s Ghor province, a senior government official said Wednesday, adding that the militants also took 30 policemen captive. The killings occurred Tuesday night as clashes flared up in the province’s Pasawand district, Xinhua quoted provincial governor Sayed Anwar Rahmati […]
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Takehiko Nakao, president of the Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) Wednesday assured Prime Minister Narendra Modi his development finance institution’s support to help India grow faster and assured some $7-9 billion credit to the country over the next three years. “India has great potential to grow faster and ADB will be […]