A 19-year-old son of an Arunachal Pradesh Congress legislator died here after being beaten up by two shopkeepers following a row over his appearance and clothing, police said Friday. The brutal attack on Nido Taniam took place at the crowded Lajpat Nagar I market in south Delhi Wednesday afternoon, leading to internal and other injuries […]
The US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) Friday downgraded the safety ranking of India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The downgrade will hit operations of Indian passenger carriers like Air India and Jet Airways which fly directly to the US, as their aircraft will have to undergo additional safety checks and stringent scrutiny before entering […]
Coast Guard chief A.G. Thapliyal Friday asserted that coastal security has improved significantly since the 2008 Mumbai terror attack but did not rule out the possibility of another attack from the sea route. “Fair amount of work has been done (after Mumbai terror attack)… the efforts are ongoing but one cannot rule out the possibility […]
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna resigned Friday. Central minister Harish Rawat is widely tipped to take charge of the hill state. While the writing was on the wall for Bahuguna for over a week, the chief minister was told to put in his papers Thursday night, a highly placed source told . The source said […]
A 20-year-old student from Arunachal Pradesh was allegedly severely assaulted by shopkeepers in Delhi and died Thursday, police said Friday. Nido Taniam died of his injuries while being treated at a hospital. He was beaten up Wednesday. Police said they are questioning the shopkeepers in the capital’s Lajpat Nagar-I area, where the incident took place. […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday named over 20 top politicians including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as “corrupt”, and attacked him and BJP’s Narendra Modi for spending crores on creating a “brand”. Addressing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national executive here, Kejriwal outlined the party’s objective vis-a-vis the Lok Sabha polls: “We have to ensure […]
The Supreme Court Friday stayed the execution of the death sentence of 1993 Delhi bomb blast convict Devender Pal Singh Bhullar and issued notice to the Centre on his petition seeking commuting of his death sentence to life imprisonment. The plea for commuting the death sentence to life imprisonment is on the grounds of inordinate […]
NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell tonight joined members of the Chinese-Australian community at a special lighting of the Sydney Opera House sails as part of Lunar New Year celebrations. Mr O’Farrell was joined by event sponsor Yuhu Group Chairman, Huang Xiangmo, Minister for Citizenship and Communities, Victor Dominello, and Oatley MP, Mark Coure, at the Overseas […]
Minister for the Arts, George Souris, has congratulated NSW film and television producers who have dominated at the 2014 AACTA Awards, Australia’s most prestigious screen industry accolades. “I am particularly proud of these productions made in NSW and supported by the NSW Government, especially Baz Luhrmann’s, The Great Gatsby, which dominated the film categories winning […]
Roads and Ports Minister Duncan Gay today announced that six construction contractors and joint ventures have lodged expressions of interest to build the first section of WestConnex. “We have received strong interest from both national and overseas contractors for the delivery of the M4 Widening, which is due to start construction in 2015,” Mr Gay […]