Chennai, April 17 (IANS) Sadhana, who won the National Film Award for her performance in Tamil drama “Thanga Meengal” as the best child artist, has dedicated it to director Ram. She says she would be indebted to him for giving her an opportunity. “There are so many people to be credited for this award, but director […]
Ranchi, April 17 (IANS) Jharkhand witnessed around 14 percent polling in the first two hours for six Lok Sabha seats Thursday amid a boycott call given by Maoist guerrillas. The highest 18 percent polling was registered in Jamshedpur, while the lowest voter turnout was 12 percent in Khuti constituency. The six seats where polling is taking […]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Admiral R.K. Dhowan, a navigation and direction specialist, was Thursday named the new chief of the Indian Navy. He succeeds Admiral D.K. Joshi, who resigned in February following a string of accidents of submarines. Commissioned in the navy Jan 1, 1975, Admiral Dhowan is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy […]
Bhopal, April 17 (IANS) Some voters turned up early to cast their ballot for the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh Thursday, officials said. The state recorded 11.46 percent voting during the morning hours. Voters at nine polling stations decided to boycott over some local issues, including land acquisition. Officials tried to persuade them to […]
A Concept Paper outlining possible options for simplifying and modernising fire and emergency services legislation has been released today for consultation. Emergency Services Minister Joe Francis said the State Government was committed to an open and consultative review of the legislation with a vision to make it more effective. Mr Francis said so much had […]
The downfall of Premier Barry O’Farrell is a wakeup call to both the NSW Coalition and Labor. It is time to end the culture of influence-peddling that has infested politics in this state, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye. Dr Kaye said: “What has happened is bigger than ICAC and Australian Water Holdings. “It […]
Minister for Crime Prevention Edward O’Donohue today celebrated a major milestone in the fight against graffiti, with two million square metres of graffiti removed under the Victorian Coalition Government’s community clean-up program. Speaking in Heidelberg today with Liberal candidate for Ivanhoe Carl Ziebell, Mr O’Donohue said offenders on community correction orders have removed two million […]
Half a million Easter eggs at Caulfield Racecourse are ready to be discovered at this year’s Melbourne’s Greatest Ever Easter Egg Hunt Raceday on Saturday 19 April 2014. Premier of Victoria and Minister for Racing Denis Napthine said the hugely successful family event would once again be held in partnership with Zaidee’s Rainbow Foundation, a charity […]
Fishing enthusiasts from across NSW will benefit from a major inland native fish stocking program, where more than one million fish have been released into lakes, dams, rivers and weirs across NSW, Minister for Primary Industries, Katrina Hodgkinson said today. Ms Hodgkinson stopped in at the Department of Primary Industries’ (DPI) Narrandera Fisheries Centre, where the fish […]
Attorney General Greg Smith SC today announced the appointment of Helen Wilson SC as a judge of the District Court of NSW. Ms Wilson has been practising criminal law for 24 years, the last 15 of which she has been a barrister and a Crown Prosecutor. She has appeared before the criminal courts on an […]