The three terrorists who unleashed terror in Dinanagar town of Punjab’s Gurdaspur district were heavily armed and moving around in army fatigues, CCTV footage that emerged on Tuesday showed. The CCTV footage shows the three terrorists moving freely on foot on a road in Dinanagar town at 4.55 a.m. on Monday, minutes before they began […]
Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was concerned about people with disability and along with his team developed lightweight prosthetics from space-age material to enable disabled children to walk easily. CBM, an overseas disability charity, said in a post that Kalam, who died on Monday, “was not only an inspiration for the young generation, but also […]
P.B. Acharya, governor of Assam and Nagaland, on Tuesday paid tributes to former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, reminding people that the 79th birthday of the silver-haired “people’s president” was observed as World Students’ Day. “Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s 79th birthday was recognised as World Students’ Day by the United Nations,” Acharya said in a statement. […]
President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the nation on Tuesday in paying tributes to former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. Thousands of people visited the ‘Missile Man’s’ official residence here to pay their last respects to the “people’s president” who collapsed while delivering a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management in Shillong […]
Eight original and creative local inventions will vie for the top prize at the 2015 Western Australian Innovator of the Year awards. Commerce Minister Michael Mischin said the finalists included a real-time integrated anti-fuel theft system for petrol stations, a diagnostic test for diabetic kidney disease, and a system for the safe loading and […]
NSW Premier Mike Baird today announced a state-wide audit of prayer groups in public schools, in response to concerns about a small number of students being potentially exposed to violent extremist ideologies. “Our schools should be, and are, havens of tolerance, places where students can explore the reaches of imagination and knowledge,” Mr Baird […]
The Minister for Multiculturalism John Ajaka today called for nominations for the 2015 NSW Human Rights Award, as a tribute to an individual who has made a meaningful and lasting contribution to the advancement of human rights. The NSW Government established the Award in 2012, in memory of the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who […]
NSW Minister for Finance, Services and Property Dominic Perrottet today officially opened the Service NSW one-stop shop in Castle Hill, describing the centre as game-changing for local residents and businesses. “The days of local people having to visit many locations to transact with the NSW Government are over,” Mr Perrottet said. “This Centre […]
This is not the first time that the issue of participatory notes or P-Notes has rocked Indian stock markets. Precisely, seven years, nine months and ten days ago, a similar issue had sent key indices tumbling. A recall: On the evening of Oct 16, 2007, after the trading hours, markets watchdog Securities and Exchange Board […]
Three civilians and four security personnel, including a superintendent of police, were killed early Monday when three heavily-armed terrorists said to be from Pakistan went on a killing spree here, shattering two decades of calm in Punjab and sparking an 11-hour gun battle that left all three attackers dead. It took several hours for Punjab […]