AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015 hosts Australia will face off against two-time continental champions Korea Republic after the draw for next year’s finals was made at the Sydney Opera House on Wednesday evening. Oman and 1980 winners Kuwait round out Group A of the AFC Asian Cup, with the Australians facing Kuwait in the opening […]
New laws to further protect children from sexual abuseCoalition Government introduces legislation to further protect childrenfrom sexual abuse.Two additional criminal offences.Coalition Government building a better Victoria for the youngest andmost vulnerable in the community.The Victorian Coalition Government will today introduce legislation into Parliament to create two additional criminal offences that will further protect children from […]
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Designer Rahul Mishra, the first Indian to win the coveted International Woolmark Prize (IWP) in Milan, was Wednesday honoured at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) autumn-winter 2014 for his achievement. Sunil Sethi, president Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI), presented Mishra with a black cashmere scarf for winning the […]
Shimla, March 26 (IANS) The vigilance and anti-corruption bureau in Himachal Pradesh Wednesday sought the nod to prosecute BJP leaders and public servants for alleged wrong-doings in allotment of land to the state cricket body for constructing a residential complex. The leaders are former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and his son Anurag Thakur, an MP […]
Sylhet (Bangladesh), March 26 (IANS) The Indian women’s team lost to England by five wickets for their second defeat in as many games in the World Twenty20 here Wednesday. India could only manage 95 for nine in 20 overs, a score England got past with 11 balls to spare. Opener Sarah Taylor (28) and Lydia Greenway […]
Guwahati, March 26 (IANS) Forty candidates have filed nominations for the three Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam, which are going to polls in the second phase April 12, officials said Wednesday on the last day of filing of nominations. The three constituencies are the Autonomous District constituency, Silchar and Karimganj. Assam will see three phase polling […]
Mumbai, March 26 (IANS) The Lok Sabha election in Mumbai North-West constituency will get a dose of glamour with the entry of Bollywood item girl Rakhi Sawant as an Independent candidate. “I have been virtually mobbed by people demanding that I should fight the election, so here I am,” Sawant told media persons here Wednesday. She […]
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Delhi Police Wednesday informed a court here that they will quiz Indian Mujahideen operative Waqas to establish the missing links in the 2010 Jama Masjid attack case. Police told the court that they will later seek custody of Waqas, a Pakistani national who is currently being questioned in the 2011 illegal […]
Amritsar, March 26 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have recovered seven kg of heroin following a run-in with smugglers from Pakistan in Amritsar sector, BSF officials said here Wednesday. The seizure was made near the Rajatal border outpost in Amritsar sector, 35 km from here, a BSF spokesman said. The incident took place Tuesday night. […]
New Delhi, March (IANS) The Congress in its election manifesto released Wednesday promised to bring a new legislation to protect the rights of sexual minorities. Listing the legal reforms it plans to move in if voted again to power in the Lok Sabha polls, the party said it “will enact a law to ensure that consensual […]