Victoria Police and the Australian Federal Police have jointly undertaken a major Melbourne Joint Counter Terrorism Team operation during the early hours of this morning. Operation Rising has resulted in the execution of seven search warrants in the South Eastern Metropolitan area, in the suburbs of Narre Warren, Hampton Park, Hallam and Eumemmerring. […]
Chennai, April 19 (IANS) Kannada actress Nikita Thukral has been roped in for a special folk number in Vishal Krishna Reddy-starrer Tamil actioner “Paayam Puli”. “We recently shot a special folk number with Nikita. It has come out very well. To shoot the song, a market set was erected,” the film’s director Suseenthiran told IANS. […]
New York, April 19 (IANS) Actress Dakota Fanning says she often gets mistaken for one of the Olsen twins — celebrity twins Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen. The 21-year-old actress’s neighbours in Manhattan confuse her for the 28-year-old celebrity twins because of their strikingly similar physical traits, reports femalefirst.co.uk. “There’s a man on my corner […]
Whangarei (New Zealand), April 19 (IANS) Making their debut in the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC), the Swedish pair of Pontus Tidemand and co-driver Emil Axelsson of Team MRF won the International Rally of Whangarei here on Sunday. Driving the MRF Tyres Skoda Fabia S2000, the Swedes finished five minutes, […]
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The new land bill will enable faster growth and check distress migration from rural areas by creating local employment, Rural Development Minister Birender Singh has said while hoping that the legislation will be passed in the Rajya Sabha session beginning next week. Birender Singh, 69, accused the Congress of blocking […]
Washington, April 19 (IANS) Drawing the curtains for family members of cardiac arrest victims as doctors and nurses perform an emergency procedure hardly yields any benefit, says new research. When a hospital patient’s heart stops, very few hospitals allow family members to stay and watch the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and other attempts to save the […]
Ahmedabad, April 19 (IANS) Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and chose to bat against Rajasthan Royals in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Sardar Patel Stadium here on Sunday. The squads: Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohit Sharma, Ashish Nehra, […]
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The coal ministry will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the railway ministry and the Odisha government on Monday for implementation of common rail corridor projects for coal evacuation. Union Coal Secretary Anil Swarup had said during his February visit to the state that two special purpose vehicles will […]
London, April 19 (IANS) Chelsea’s 1-0 victory against Manchester United was vital for its English Premier League title aspirations but there is still plenty of work to do before the season can be considered a real success, the team’s winger Eden Hazard has said. Hazard was, however, pleased with his team’s home-win here on Saturday. […]
Washington, April 19 (IANS) A team from Disney Research and Carnegie Mellon University has devised a 3D printer that layers together laser-cut sheets of fabric to form soft, squeezable objects such as bunnies, doll clothing and phone cases. These objects can have complex geometries and incorporate circuitry that makes them interactive. The new fabric printer […]