Premier Daniel Andrews today announced $40,000 in social cohesion initiatives to bring families and communities together in the City of Greater Bendigo. The initiatives will be delivered by the council, working alongside local organisations. The funding will support: Multicultural education and outreach programs in local primary and secondary schools, culminating in an event at the […]
Do black lives matter, asked horrified Americans as a video showing a white cop in South Carolina shooting a black person running away from him eight times, sparked outrage and fears of another Ferguson. Protests began in North Charleston, the third-largest city in South Carolina with majority black residents but a largely white police force, […]
A delegation of Muslim leaders on Thursday met Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to demand probe into the killings of five undertrials by police. The delegation of United Muslim Action Committee, an umbrella grouping of Muslims organisations, urged him to order the probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or by a sitting […]
The prosecution in the Salman Khan trial on Thursday rested its case against the Bollywood actor, demanding he be convicted for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, which attracts a 10-year jail term. Public prosecutor Pradeep Gharat who concluded his final arguments before Additional Sessions Judge D.W. Deshpande, forcefully argued that evidence shows that Salman […]
If former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal is to be believed, 1,117 schools in Himachal Pradesh have only one teacher each. Indeed, schools outnumber teachers in some parts of the state. But that has not prevented Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh from going on a spree of opening new schools and colleges. In just over two […]
AS Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarks on a visit to France, the first stop of his three-nation tour, it’s worth bearing in mind that the country’s hexagonal geography and its multi-dimensional policies and technology skills have the potential to match India’s 21st-century aspirations. At the same time, the French are looking at India as a […]
The West Bengal government has proposed setting up a City-to-City (C2C) partnership of Howrah with Yokohama in Japan, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here Thursday. “We have proposed to set up a C2C partnership of Howrah with Yokohama. This bilateral co-operation will lead to social, economic and cultural exchanges between the two satellite cities with […]
A mob in a village in Odisha killed four people and burnt their vehicles after they were found to be smuggling cannabis, police said. The incident took place near Balia village in Koraput district, about 550 km from here, when the group of 10 suspected smugglers were on their way to Chhattisgarh with their cannabis […]
The State Government has approved plans to increase Coral Bay’s visitor population by up to 800 people to ensure it remains one of the State’s premier tourism destinations. Planning Minister John Day said the Coral Bay Settlement Structure Plan 2014 provided a 25-year planning framework for future development and expansion of tourism within Coral […]
-Mihir Mishra Music Launch of the upcoming film ‘Nanak Shah Fakir’ held on 7th April at the Le meridian hotel, New Delhi. Representatives of the entire reputed media organisation were present at the venue for the music launch. The star cast and the reputed names associated with the movie were present at the launch. While […]