Chennai, Heavy rains battered Chennai again on Friday evening just as life began to limp to normalcy amid persisting power cuts and food shortages here and three other Tamil Nadu districts where floods and downpour have claimed 325 lives. Thousands of military personnel and social activists were engaged in a major operation of supplying food, […]
New Delhi, To curb unbridled pollution in the national capital, the Delhi government on Friday said odd and even number vehicles will ply on alternate days in the city from January 1 – a move which drew flak far and wide. The decision, taken at a meeting presided over by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, will […]
Islamabad, Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour has reportedly died and Taliban has appointed Moulavi Haibatullah Akhunzada as the new caretaker chief, Xinhua quoted Pakistani TV “Channel 24” as saying on Friday. According to the reports, Mansour succumbed to the injuries he sustained on Wednesday in a gunfight following a harsh argument during a meeting […]
2015 MPA APSA Academy Film Fund awards script development grants to Academy members from India, Israel, New Zealand, and Palestine The Asia Pacific Screen Academy and the Motion Picture Association (MPA) announced the recipients of the sixth round of the MPA APSA Academy Film Fund during the 9th Asia Pacific Screen Awards Ceremony in Brisbane. […]
NSW Premier Mike Baird today invited the Sydney community to join in a twilight public ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the Martin Place siege. “This is an important opportunity to mark one year since the traumatic events of the Martin Place siege,” Mr Baird said. “It will be an understated public ceremony to […]
The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi, is organizing an Online “Bharat Ko Janiye” Quiz for the youth of the Indian diaspora aged between 18-35 years. It is intended to educate them about India’s progress in various fields like Finance, Science & Technology, Manufacturing Industry, Communication & Information Technology etc. and […]
Gurgaon, At least 10 people, including policemen, were injured as clashes erupted between people and police in Haryana’s Palwal district on Thursday after villagers has stopped a truck allegedly carrying cow’s meat. “It was a clash between pro-cow volunteers and police. It was not any communal clash,” R.S. Sangwan, deputy director of public relations (National […]
New Delhi, The Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi on Thursday tabled an amendment in the assembly, seeking a whopping 400 percent increase in the salary of legislators and ministers. The Member of Legislative Assembly of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Salaries, Allowances, Pensions, etc) (Amendment Bill) proposes the hike from the present Rs.88,000 to […]
Kathmandu, India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj spoke over telephone with Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli on Wednesday and Thursday and discussed the present status along the international border, and political initiatives taken by the government to address the demands of agitating parties. Officials said the talks were “very positive”, and Oli apprised Sushma […]
New Delhi, The Delhi High Court on Thursday, expressing serious concern on the increasing air pollution in the capital “akin to living in a gas chamber“, asked the central and city government to act strongly to curb pollution and present “comprehensive action” plans to combat it. Saying pollution levels in Delhi have reached “alarming levels”, […]