Dalai Lama congratulates Modi

Dharamsala, May 17 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Saturday congratulated BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for his party’s decisive victory in the Lok Sabha election. The Nobel Peace Laureate in a letter to Modi said India was the world’s largest democratic nation and the most stable in South Asia with a tradition of […]

White top – celebs popularise fashion trend

London, May 17 (IANS) Celebrities are forever inspiring wardrobe choices of commoners — and the latest trend that people have picked up for this season is a white top! Fashion icons like Jennifer Lopez, Kate Upton, Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann have all flaunted the look in the morning, evening and night, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Upton, Diaz […]

Mumbai lawyers welcome Akshardham attack convicts’ acquittal

Mumbai, May 17 (IANS) Lawyers in Mumbai Saturday welcomed the Supreme Court judgment acquitting all six convicts, including two on the death row, in the 2002 Akshardham temple terror attack in Gandhinagar. Lawyer Gulzar Aazmi of the Jamiat Ulama-E-Maharashtra (JUeM) (AM) said: “The prosecution failed to establish the guilt by the accused beyond reasonable doubt and […]

MAKING LIFE EASIER – EIGHT NEW ONE-STOP SHOPS

NSW Premier Mike Baird and Minister for Finance and Services Dominic Perrottet today announced the locations for the next eight new Service NSW one-stop shop centres, making it easier for more local residents and businesses to carry out NSW Government transactions. “Service NSW has been operating now for almost a year and customers have spoken […]

Jillian Skinner med rel: NSW Government announces $2 million boost for cardiac research

The NSW Liberal & Nationals Government tonight announced new funding of $2 million to support cardiovascular research in NSW. Premier Mike Baird and Health Minister and Medical Research Minister Jillian Skinner announced the funding boost at the launch of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute Breaking the Cycle of Heart Disease 20:20 Campaign. The NSW […]

Language Services Policy to ensure equal access to services for all

The WA Language Services Policy 2014 has today been released by Citizenship and Multicultural Interests Minister Mike Nahan, reinforcing the State Government’s commitment to ensuring proficiency in English is not a barrier to accessing government services. Dr Nahan said the revised policy would assist Western Australia’s culturally and linguistically diverse communities, Aboriginal communities which needed […]

Stuart Ayres med rel: Awards value volunteers contribution to community sports

Minister for Sport and Recreation Stuart Ayres has congratulated all volunteers on their contributions to a huge range of community sport at the 2014 Community Sports Volunteer Awards during National Volunteer Week. Mr Ayres presented four awards at an event which recognises the contributions of the hundreds of thousands of volunteers in local sporting clubs […]