Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Sunday accused the BJP of practising “politics of blood” by dividing people along religious and caste lines, and said his party will bring a legislation granting the poor the right to health services. Addressing a rally here, Gandhi sought to woo women, youth and poor as he criticised the Bharatiya […]
Minister for Tourism and Major Events, George Souris, and Member for Monaro, John Barilaro, today announced a $305,000 NSW Government grant for Tourism Snowy Mountains that promises to attract more visitors to the region. Mr Souris and Mr Barilaro presented the cheque to Tourism Snowy Mountains representatives in Jindabyne today while visiting the region to […]
Producer Giridhar says he had to wait for six months to sign actress Avika Gor for his upcoming Telugu romantic drama “Lakshmi Raave Maa Initiki” as she was busy shooting for cinematic debut “Uyyala Jampala”. “We couldn’t think of anyone else for the role. Therefore, we decided to wait for six months to sign Avika. […]
Superstar Pawan Kalyan has decided to supervise the script of his upcoming Telugu actioner “Gabbar Singh 2”. The film’s director Sampath Nandi has no qualms about his interference. “This is a very special project for Pawan sir. He will supervising the script with me and I don’t have any issues with it. After all, at […]
Seven Indians are among 25 foreign employees jailed between four and 12 weeks for submitting forged academic certificates to obtain work passes in this city-state. Among the foreign 25 employees, 16 are from Myanmar, and two from the Philippines, the Today Online reported Saturday. Twenty-one of them are men and four are women. The defendants […]
The family of an Indian student in Australia, who was brutally attacked by a group of young people last year in Melbourne, has urged the Australian authorities to help him to stay on in that country as he needs medical attention. Manriajwinder Singh, 21, an accounting student, was brutally assaulted by a gang of eight […]
An Indian man was stabbed to death by an Ethiopian housemaid in the Saudi Arabian city of Dammam. Hussain Sayeed from the south Indian city of Hyderabad was stabbed by the housemaid Monday in their employer’s house at Corniche in the city, where both of them were employed, the Arab News reported Wednesday. Hussain was […]
Ali bin Sumaikh Al Marri, chairman of Qatar’s National Human Rights Committee, has said that given the large number of Indians who live in Qatar, one cannot say the mortality rate among Indian expatriates in the country during the past two years is alarming. Al Marri said a “vested interest lobby” was behind a sustained […]
Vikram Singh, a leading Indian-American security expert at the Pentagon, is joining a Washington think tank to oversee its work on national security around the globe, while continuing his focus on Asia. As deputy assistant secretary of defence for South and Southeast Asia, Singh is currently the highest-ranking Indian-American at the Pentagon. He will be […]
Wonder what makes your skin itchy or turn red after you apply your favourite personal care product like cream and sunscreen? An expert says chemicals like paraben and phthalates present in the products are capable of damaging skin. Sumesh Sood, chief operating officer of personal care brand Organic Harvest Company, warns against a list of […]