British Indian MP Priti Patel has been appointed employment minister in Prime Minister David Cameron’s new cabinet, BBC reported on Monday. Patel, 43, who comfortably won her Witham seat in England’s Essex county as a Conservative Party candidate in last week’s general elections by getting 57.5 percent of the total 47,339 votes cast, was in […]
India has credible information that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim is in Pakistan and we will not rest till he is brought back, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday. But Pakistan denied the fugitive is present there. Making a statement in the Lok Sabha, Rajnath Singh said Pakistan was bound to trace Dawood but had […]
Hundreds of thousands of commuters had a harrowing time in the capital on Monday as Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) crews went on strike to protest against the killing of a driver by a biker in an incident of road rage. The AAP government blamed the BJP for the strike. Most of the DTC’s 4,705 buses […]
The Australian Government will provide additional support to help the people of Nepal recover from the devastating earthquake. Our thoughts continue to be with the millions of people affected by this tragic event. Funding of an additional $10 million will provide critical assistance to help people rebuild their lives. It will support: women […]
Minister for Emergency Services David Elliott today congratulated the winners of the 2014 NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) and NSW State Emergency Service (NSW SES) Cadet of the Year awards. NSW RFS cadet Timothy Pedley and NSW SES cadet Kodie Hardy were honoured for their leadership skills and promoting the values of volunteering and […]
A joint Victoria Police and Australian Federal Police operation has resulted in a 17- year-old being charged with terrorism offences. As part of the Melbourne Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) Operation Amberd, a search was conducted at a residence in the northern suburbs. During the search of the Northern suburbs premises, three items were located. […]
Health Minister Jillian Skinner and Pittwater MP Rob Stokes today visited Mona Vale Hospital to see the foundation laid for the $30 million Community Health Centre. Over 50 trucks delivered a total 450 cubic metres of concrete to the site for the ground-floor pour. “Last year I joined Rob Stokes to open the […]
The NSW and Australian governments today signed on the dotted line to start work 18 months early on fixing one of Sydney’s worst pinch points – King Georges Road Interchange – awarding the construction contract to Fulton Hogan Construction. Minister for Roads, Maritime and Freight Duncan Gay and Federal Assistant Minister for Infrastructure Jamie […]
Staring disbelievingly at the Basantapur Durbar Square here, which is now part-rubble and part-broken, Manisha K.C. hopes her country’s “lost heritage” is returned to its glory, “like it was before the devastating earthquake”. “This is what our heritage is all about. This is the old palace area before it shifted to Narayanhiti (Palace Museum); it […]
Men who are younger or have a lower body mass index (BMI) are more prone to experience hot flashes during a common treatment for patients with advanced stage prostate cancer, a new research has found. More than 25 percent of prostate cancer patients report that hot flashes are the most distressing side effect of androgen […]