Colombo, June 3 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has ordered the release of 29 Indian fishermen arrested last week for poaching in Sri Lankan waters, media reported Tuesday. The Indian fishermen were the first batch to be arrested since Narendra Modi took office as Indian prime minister last week, Xinhua reported. They were arrested by […]
Chennai, June 3 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah and Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday condoled the death of Union Minister Gopinath Munde following a car accident in Delhi. In a statement issued here, Rosaiah said Munde was an able administrator, a parliamentarian and a legislator par excellence. “His death is an irreparable loss to the […]
Isha Sahni The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is going to review its policy on the 3rd The Governor of RBI, Raghuram Rajan is likely to keep rates unchanged when it reviews its monetary policy, its first exercise after the new government came into power in the country. RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan who is well […]
The NSW Government is delivering on its pledge to move public service jobs from the city to the suburbs and will relocate administrative offices of the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages to Hurstville. Minister for Finance and Services Dominic Perrottet and Attorney General Brad Hazzard said the move made financial sense while ensuring that […]
Struggle to get the kids off the couch during the school holidays? Wondering what you will do on rainy days? Why not explore the diverse range of school holiday camps run by NSW Sport and Recreation. Minister for Sport and Recreation Stuart Ayres said the camps were located at 11 scenic sites across NSW and […]
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath MundeTuesday died in a car accident here, doctors said. “On his arrival to the AIIMS trauma centre, there was no spontaneous breathing, no blood pressure, no pulse and there was no cardiac activity. So immediately CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) was started and continued for the next 15 […]
Stefan Gordy, known by his stage name RedFoo, delivered what he promised by turning the capital and Mumbai into “party planets” recently. While the desi crowd enjoyed his maiden performance in the country, he says Indian beats are a popular part of the American culture. The US electronic dance music disc jockey and rapper known […]
Outgoing External Affairs Minister SalmanKhurshid says the UPA government has done “outstanding work” in the field of foreign policy and is leaving India’s relations “in fairly good condition” that the future government can look forward to. Speaking in perhaps his last interview before the UPA government demits office, Khurshid said the United Progressive Alliance government’s […]
The death of a cow after swallowing a polythene bag was the trigger that led Divya Jain, 15, to start a campaign against its use in Rajasthan and beyond. She also encourages people to fabricate water troughs to save birds from the searing desert summer. Divya Jain, a class 10 student in Chittorgarh, over 350 […]
The story is a bit topsy-turvy these days as far as journalism education goes, especially in the tribal areas in Central India. Instead of rural students coming to teachers in cities, teachers are going to ‘adivasihaats’ or weekly markets. This is happening in month long campaign of CGnetSwara(www.cgnetswara.org), a community radio experiment on the mobile […]