Damascus, July 7 (IANS) At least nine people were killed by radical rebels in Syria’s southern province of Daraa, media reports said Sunday. The Nusra Front, an Al Qaeda subgroup operating in the war-torn country, killed nine people of the same family after kidnapping them in Daraa province, Xinhua quoted the pro-government Sham FM radio as […]
Around 8 months ago someone near to me had put a question what I think about the future of the India at the time when people are restless and are fed up with the scams and growing disparity between rich and poor and the Indian economy was not in good shape. The country fate is been decided by […]
Kalki Koechlin isn’t one one of those run-of the-mill Bollywood actors who just look pretty on camera but don’t have a mind of their own. This actor who has worked in some poignant projects like Shaitaan, The Girl in yellow boots and Shanghai has came out in support of a unique campaign that is pro-feminism. The project initiated by a popular interactive […]
Emergency Services Minister Joe Francis has urged the community to take action to minimise the risk of fire in their homes. “Last winter, nine people were injured and 162 homes were damaged or destroyed by accidental house fires, many of which could have been easily prevented,” Mr Francis said. “House fires can occur in any […]
The Attorney General Brad Hazzard and Minister for Police and Emergency Services Stuart Ayres will discuss national strategies to address serious and organised crime as part of a range of measures being discussed at an important ministerial meeting in Melbourne today. Mr Hazzard and Mr Ayres are attending the Law, Crime and Community Safety Council […]
Consumers are being warned not to hand over their credit card details in response to scam calls promising $999 in bogus credits on flights and holidays. NSW Fair Trading Minister Matthew Mason-Cox said the Tweed Heads Fair Trading Centre and Sydney-based Fair Trading officers have received calls from scammers. “Consumers, businesses and airlines are also […]
Minister for the Arts Troy Grant has today congratulated the shortlist of 12 visual artists for the 2014 NSW Visual Artists (Emerging) Fellowship. The artists will work with curators over four months in the lead up to an exhibition of their work at Artspace in October 2014 with the winner of the Fellowship to be […]
Phnom Penh, July 4 (IANS) The Thai military junta has released 14 Cambodian migrant workers imprisoned last month for holding fake work visas, Cambodia’s foreign ministry said Friday. “Thai authorities released them after they determined that the workers were also victims because their brokers made fake documents for them,” Xinhua quoted a ministry spokesman as saying. […]
Sydney, July 4 (IANS) An India-born doctor in Australia, convicted of sexually assaulting a patient, Friday won a court battle to overturn a ministerial decision to deport him. Suhail Durani was jailed for more than 18 months for sexually assaulting the 19-year-old woman while examining her at Royal Perth Hospital’s emergency ward in February 2010, ABC […]
Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) With midnight FIFA World Cup matches whetting one’s enthusiasm as well as appetite, special late-night food delivery service and themed food and drinks have added to the soccer mania in this eastern metropolis. It’s not just the ace footballers who have upped the ante for the win. Leading restaurants and hotels have […]