Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday described her party Lok Sabha member Tapas Paul’s rape remarks as a “big blunder”, but blamed the media for its failure to highlight the issue which was a month old. The Trinamool Congress supremo had earlier in the day refused to comment on Paul, saying […]
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) Even as the controversy surrounding his rape remarks continues to rage, yet another video tape has surfaced showing Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul exhorting his partymen to kill CPI-M workers. On a day when Paul tendered an apology after being caught on tape threatening to “gun down CPI-M men and let loose […]
Jerusalem, July 1 (IANS) Israeli forces launched massive airstrikes in the Gaza Strip overnight Monday, hitting dozens of Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets in retaliation to the increased rocket attacks from the Palestinian enclave. Among the 34 targets were a Hamas complex in Rafah that hosted a weapons storage facility along with residents, Xinhua quoted an […]
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Two call centre employees have been arrested for snatching a gold chain of a middle-aged woman here, police said Tuesday. Tara Chand and Pradeep Jha, who work at the call centre of an e-commerce website, were involved in more than a dozen cases of snatching in east Delhi, police said. The […]
London, July 1 (IANS) The inquest into the death of an India-born woman in Ireland after childbirth has begun, media reported Tuesday. Indian-born Dhara Kivlehan (29) died in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast Sept 28, 2010, four days after she was airlifted from Sligo where her son had been born, The Irish Times reported. As […]
Chandigarh, July 1 (IANS) Amid a growing controversy over the issue, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Tuesday said a committee set up by the state government on the issue of a separate managing committee for Haryana gurdwaras was in favour of a separate Sikh body for the purpose. “The government would take a decision in […]
By Radhika Bhirani, Leh Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap loves to put society’s underbelly under a scanner and his films like “Black Friday”, “Dev D” and “Gangs Of Wasseypur” are a case in point. Now he has come up with another dark drama “Ugly”, saying he delves into such themes because he believes in showing “real” things. “I think […]
Venkatachari Jagannathan Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) India Monday placed in orbit five foreign satellites, prompting a call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to develop a SAARC satellite to be “dedicated to our neighbourhood as a gift from India”.“Truly, this is a global endorsement of India’s space capabilities,” said Modi, who applauded as the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C23 – […]
First-time buyers looking for a new home will have more choice when deciding on their purchase, with changes to the First Home Owners Grant coming into effect today. House-hunters are now able to buy newly constructed homes valued up to $750,000, and remain eligible for the First Home Owners Grant. “The previous grant cut-off was […]
A WA Health study that will potentially benefit thousands of Western Australian patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of seven research projects that will benefit from $70,000 of State Government research infrastructure funding. Announcing the 2014 round of New Independent Researcher Infrastructure Support (NIRIS) awards, Health Minister Kim Hames said the study by […]