Workers at Maruti Suzuki’s plant in Manesar in Haryana’s Gurgaon district clashed on Saturday over the recent increase in wages of some employees, police said. Two former employees, who were sacked earlier for violence, were arrested for rioting, while more than 500 people have been booked. Regular and casual workers at the plant clashed after […]
People celebrated Eid-ul-Azha with joy and fervour here on Friday, with thousands of Muslims thronging mosques early in the day to offer Eid prayers. Though most of the elderly men preferred praying at Old Delhi’s Jama Masjid, the country’s biggest mosque, others preferred praying at mosques located near their homes. “To mark this occasion every […]
At least 14 Indian Haj pilgrims were among the over 700 killed in Thursday’s stampede in Makkah in Saudi Arabia, while 13 Indians are injured, the government said. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted on Friday: “Our Consul General Jeddah reports loss of 14 Indian lives in stampede. We have 13 injured in hospital.” Sushma, […]
Last year, in eastern BiharÂ’s Phulwari Sharif, 24-year-old Masahun Khatun was five months pregnant when she fell in the courtyard of her house. For the next three weeks, Masahun and her husband shuttled between government hospitals and private practitioners, spending over Rs.40,000 on healthcare, as they tried to get an abortion. Masahun did not survive […]
It is customary to wear new clothes, buy gold during the festive season to appease ones respective planets {Grahas}; one can do so by wearing their Lucky colors, for increasing the magnetic attraction. Or can even invest in their lucky gems, or birth stones, what with Gold prices so stagnant! Sounds like a Gem of […]
After smoggy, sooty Delhi, the crisp air at Bhutan’s Paro airport is unmistakable and, descending after a three-hour flight, the first instinctive reaction is to breathe in a lung-full of the clean, soft and scented air. A light drizzle only adds to the magical feeling of landing in the Land of the Thunder Dragon. The […]
Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli today encouraged high achieving HSC students to consider a career in teaching. From 2016, aspiring teachers will need to achieve a minimum of three band 5 HSC results, including one in English, to study an accredited undergraduate teaching degree in NSW. More than 69,000 NSW Year 12 students […]
Women are from Venus, so they say. And Venus is also linked with love, beauty, luxury and entertainment. Venus or No 6 in Numerology governs those born on the 6th, 15th and 24th as well as those born in the Zodiacal Sign of Taurus and Libra. Speaking of entertainment, most actors in Bollywood or even […]
The much awaited smart phone launches with a bang at the Telstra Icon store in Sydney! The first customer who got the iphone 6s on 25th September at the Telstra store was a young 17 year old boy named Oliver Banks, who was waiting at the store for almost 16 hrs despite the rainy weather. […]
In an indication of its prowess in launching satellites for a fee, India will in all likelihood cross the half century milestone next week as six foreign satellites are scheduled for launch on September 28 at one go, the Indian space agency said on Thursday. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the rocket polar […]