Melbourne August 2015
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Fourth round of Bihar battle ends, 58 percent vote
The fourth and penultimate phase of Bihar’s assembly polls, the biggest popularity test in the country since the February Delhi election the BJP lost, ended on Sunday with around 58 percent of the 14 million electorate voting, officials said. Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Grand Alliance of Chief Minister […]
Grand Alliance’s win will destroy Bihar: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked the people of Bihar to vote for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in the on-going assembly polls, and said the Grand Alliance’s win will lead to the state’s destruction. Attacking Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad, he said: “Jungle raj has got […]
Sania-Martina clinch WTA Finals crown
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis came up with another stupendous performance on Sunday to win the women’s doubles title of the prestigious $7 million WTA Finals at the Singapore Indoor Stadium here and comprehensively underline their supremacy in the category. The top seeds took just an hour and seven minutes to rout Spanish eighth seeds […]
World Bank’s India ranking should have been much higher: Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Sunday the World Bank’s latest ranking of India should have actually been “significantly higher” as the bank had not factored in all the steps taken by the government to improve business environment. “The World Bank has upped India’s ranking in the Ease of Doing Business by twelve positions. Last […]
Four hacked to death in Jharkhand for ‘practising witchcraft’
Four members of a family, including two women, were hacked to death on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharsawan district on Sunday, police said. The victims have been identified as Jinkaru Mundain (75), her daughter Soru Mundain (55), and two sons Ghasia Munda (50) and Hagal Munda (40), police said. According to police, Shyamlal […]
Returning awards is symbolic gesture: Shabana Azmi
Veteran actress Shabana Azmi says the decision of several artistes and filmmakers to return their awards in protest against “a culture of intolerance” is a “symbolic gesture” of bigger things to come. “It’s not an either or. Artistes returning awards will also reflect their concern in their work but making a film, writing a book […]
TV ads with toy premiums lure kids to fast food
Fast food companies advertise children’s meals on TV with ads that feature toy premiums, and the use of these toy premiums may prompt children to request eating at fast food restaurants, a study suggests. The researchers found that the more children watched television channels that aired ads for children’s fast food meals, the more frequently […]
Biharis living in northeast bat for ‘good government’ back home
People from Bihar living in different parts of the northeast are intimately monitoring the on-going assembly polls in the state. Thousands of people from Bihar are living in several northeastern states, especially in Assam, Tripura and Meghalaya, and engaging themselves in various trades and diverse works. Most of them are reluctant to go to their […]