· 19,500 jobs created in Victoria in May, the strongest result nationwide · 77,200 more people employed in Victoria under the Coalition Government · The Coalition Government is delivering job-creating infrastructure projects to build a better Victoria Victoria led the nation in job creation in the month of May, Treasurer Michael O’Brien said today. According […]
Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said “loadshedding was now a forgotten term” in the state due to her government’s efforts, whereas the situation in many parts of the country was the reverse. “During the present scorching summer heat, many, many parts of the country continue to suffer long stretches of […]
Lucknow/New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Twenty memoranda of understanding (MoU) worth around Rs.54,606 crore were signed by 23 companies in the inaugural session of an investor conclave organized by the Uttar Pradesh government in New Delhi Thursday, officials said. These companies include Essel Group, Reliance Jio, ITC, Amity, Fortis, River Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Sonalika, Uflex, JVL […]
Baghdad, June 12 (IANS) Two days after militants took control of the Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul, Kurdish security forces Thursday seized the country’s northern city of Kirkuk after the Iraqi army withdrew from its military base here. “The Kurdish Peshmerga has taken full control of the city of Kirkuk, after Iraqi federal soldiers withdrew […]
Mumbai, June 12 (IANS) After being part of “Kai Po Che”, an adaptation of Chetan Bhagat’s bestseller “The 3 Mistakes of My Life”, Rajkummar Rao is exciting about “Revolution 2020”, another film based on the author’s book. “I’m thrilled to be part of ‘Revolution 2020’. We will start shooting by September and I am looking forward […]
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) About 30 women Congress supporters Thursday staged a protest outside the Uttar Pradesh Bhawan here against the state government over the Badaun gang rape and murder case, police said. The Congress women collected outside the Uttar Pradesh Bhawan in Chanakyapuri area around 3 p.m. and protested for half an hour. The […]
Film: “Fugly”; Cast: Jimmy Sheirgill, Mohit Marwah, Kiara Advani, Vijendra Singh, Arfi Lamba; Director: Kabir Sadanand: Rating: **** Let’s first get the picture right. Contrary to what the trailers and promotional images suggest, “Fugly” is not a ‘Fukrey’-friendly flick about four friends having a ball in life. This film means business. Light on top and […]
Hyderabad, June 12 (IANS) Gaurav Agrawal, who topped the prestigious civil services examination this year, could not believe when he learnt that he has scored the first rank. “Initially I could not believe. Then I started receiving calls from my friends, father, mother and wife congratulating me,” the 29-year-old from Jaipur told IANS. Gaurav, who passed […]
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here. The meeting comes in the wake of repeated cases of rapes in Uttar Pradesh, most notoriously May 27 when two Dalit girls were gang-raped in Baduan. The Samajwadi Party led state government has been criticised over violence against […]
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) India’s retail inflation measured in terms of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) declined to 8.28 percent in May from 8.59 percent in the previous month, government data showed Thursday. For rural areas, the retail inflation declined to 8.86 percent in May from 9.17 percent recorded in the previous month, while for […]