Lucknow, May 30 (IANS) For vehicle owners in Uttar Pradesh who fancy VIP numbers, here’s some good news: They can now register for these online, an official said Friday. As a pilot project, the online registration scheme, for which special software has been developed, will be launched in four cities – Lucknow, Aligarh, Muzaffarnagar and Allahabad. […]
Washington, May 30 (IANS) Are you going to order solar panels made in China? Scan European players too as solar panels made in China have a higher overall carbon footprint and are likely to use substantially more energy during manufacturing than those made in Europe, a study shows. The report from Northwestern University and the US […]
Chennai, May 30 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi June 3 to submit a list of issues relating to the state that is pending with the centre, a statement said Friday. She will submit a memorandum to Modi June 3. It will contain the list of long pending crucial […]
London, May 30 (IANS/CMC) Former England spinner Graeme Swann says West Indian all-rounder Chris Jordan should be in England’s starting XI for the first Test against Sri Lanka in June. Jordan took five for 29 in England’s 10-wicket win over Sri Lanka in Wednesday’s third one-day international at Old Trafford, reports CMC. “A 1,000 percent yes,” […]
Falmouth (Jamaica), May 30 (IANS/CMC) New Zealand have clawed their way back after they were forced to struggle by Jamaica XI on the first day of the two-day tour match here at the Trelawny Multiplex. New Zealand, who were struggling at 42 for the loss of four wickets, limped to 112 for six. Debutant Mark Craig […]
Srinagar, May 30 (IANS) One person was killed and four injured in Jammu and Kashmir’s Leh town when a shell went off while labourers were collecting scrap, police said Friday. Five labourers from Jharkhand were collecting scrap Thursday evening from the army’s firing range in Leh, 470 km from here, when the shell went off, police […]
Tegucigalpa, May 30 (IANS/EFE) The host of a programme on a radio station in Honduras was found fatally shot, a spokesman for the Office of the Human Rights Commissioner told Efe. The killing of Hernan Cruz, 52, brings to 43 the number of media workers slain in Honduras since 2003, the spokesman said. Cruz was discovered […]
Washington, May 30 (IANS/EFE) US President Barack Obama and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton had an “informal” and private lunch together at the White House, media reported. The meeting was not on the president’s official agenda Thursday, but the White House confirmed the lunch after a journalist with People magazine reported Clinton’s presence via Twitter. […]
Minister for Finance and Services Dominic Perrottet today announced that further reforms to the management of state fleet vehicles are set to deliver savings of up $2.3 million each year. “StateFleet, the agency who administers the government’s fleet vehicles, has reformed the way that vehicles are sold once they’ve become surplus to requirements or not […]
Whether you’re attending your daughter’s netball game this weekend or cheering on the Panthers or Eels at Sportingbet Stadium tonight, all sport spectator areas are now smoke-free. Minister for Sport and Recreation Stuart Ayres said that people may not be aware that smoking is now banned in all outdoor spectator areas of sports grounds during […]