Hyderabad, The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Tuesday retained the Warangal Lok Sabha seat by a record margin of over 4.59 lakh votes. In a one-sided contest, Pasunuri Dayakar of the TRS polled 6,15,403 votes as against 1,56,315 votes of nearest rival Sarve Satyanarayana of the Congress. P. Devaiah of the Bharatiya Janata Party […]
Singapore, Nov 24 (IANS) India and Singapore signed a joint declaration on strategic partnership and nine bilateral accords on Tuesday, the second day of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to this city state. Modi and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong signed the joint declaration on strategic partnership to elevate bilateral relations to a “strategic […]
New Delhi/Mumbai/Panaji, bollywood superstar Aamir Khan on Tuesday found himself in the centre of a political storm over his remarks on intolerance, with the BJP sharply criticising him and the Congress stoutly defending him. The actor-producer’s candid remarks at an awards event in New Delhi the previous day set Twitter abuzz and left the film […]
There’s been a significant increase in the number of interventions Counter-Terrorism Units (CTU) are making at Australia’s international airports in recent months. Since July 199 passengers have been offloaded from their flights by CTU officers for national security reasons, concerns about their intended travel destination or other suspicious behaviour – in just these four months […]
Authorities have prevented an influx of dangerous drugs into Queensland ahead of this year’s Schoolies Week with the recent interception of almost eight kilograms of methamphetamine concealed in parcels all destined for the sunshine State. Australian Border Force (ABF) and Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers said 7.7 kilograms of drugs had been intercepted in four […]
Australia’s strong aviation relationship with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continues to flourish with a new bilateral agreement paving the way for an extra 28 flights between the two countries every week. Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss announced the increased capacity for Australian and UAE airlines following the […]
The second, and final, report from the Independent Review of Medicines and Medical Devices Regulation has been released. It highlights the importance of cutting red tape for the rapidly expanding complementary medicines sector, while improving access to information for consumers and health professionals to inform their health and health expenditure decisions. This is important to […]
The Australian Antarctic Division and Royal Australian Air Force have successfully flown a joint operational mission to East Antarctica, with a C-17A Globemaster III delivering heavy lift cargo to Wilkins Aerodrome in support of the Australian Antarctic programme. The C-17A flew the 3450km in just over five hours, landing at Wilkins Aerodrome near Casey station […]
Works began today on the $32.5 million Craigieburn Regional Aquatic and Leisure Centre project, a state-of-the-art community facility that will include a fitness centre, health and wellness centre and indoor aquatic hall. Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss, said the Australian Government had committed $9.1 million to the project under Round […]
Australian Border Force (ABF) officers have seized over four million cigarettes with an estimated tax evasion value of over $2.25million in Sydney on Wednesday, 18 November 2015. The cigarettes were declared as carpet tiles in an attempt to avoid detection by ABF officers. The container, coming from Singapore, was identified and x-rayed with anomalies immediately […]