Mandalay, March 19 The Solar Impulse 2 (Si2), a solar-powered aircraft on a mission to fly around the globe without a drop of fuel, has landed here on Thursday, completing the fourth leg of its historic flight, according to media reports. The aircraft, piloted by the Swiss project chairman Bertrand Piccard, had taken off from […]
New Delhi, March 19 The Congress asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday to “apologise” to farmers and to “withdraw” the land acquisition ordinance, calling it a “sinister attempt” to kill the spirit of the 2013 Land Act brought when the UPA was in power. In response to a letter from union Transport Minister Nitin […]
Tunis, March 19 The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group is believed to be behind the attack on a museum in Tunisia’s parliament complex which killed 23 people, including 20 foreign tourists, media reports said on Thursday. The IS said in an audio message that the attack on the Bardo museum in Tunis was carried out […]
New Delhi, March 19 The Lok Sabha is likely to take up on Friday the cabinet-approved anti-black-money bill that proposes a short window to overseas income tax assessees to declare assets, pay tax and penalty and avoid imprisonment. A senior finance ministry official here told IANS on Thursday that the Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets […]
Western Australia’s promising uranium sector is ideally placed to capitalise on a looming Queensland Government ban on mining the nuclear fuel ore, according to Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion. “The industry can rest assured we are working to maximise uranium opportunities in WA, as opposed to Queensland Labor’s short-sighted approach,” Mr Marmion said. […]
C ommonwealth Minister for Justice Michael Keenan, and Western Australian Premier, Colin Barnett, today announced that disaster assistance has been activated for councils in 16 local government areas following flooding between 28 February and 8 March 2015. Mr Keenan said the assistance was being provided under the jointly-funded Commonwealth-State Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements […]
The newly opened National Anzac Centre in Albany and the refurbishment of the historic Wanslea into the Cancer Wellness Centre are among the finalists in the 2015 Western Australian Heritage Awards. The awards, in their 23rd year, honour the leading contributors to heritage conservation, adaptive reuse, promotion, tourism and interpretation in WA. Heritage […]
NSW Fair Trading is warning consumers to stay away from potentially lethal fake tongue studs. Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe said the studs could be inhaled and lodge in the lungs or airways, or be swallowed and potentially perforate bodily organs. “There are two types of tongue studs that are banned in Australia […]
Going against all rules, police in Rampur (UP) have arrested and sent to the district jail a class 11 student of a reputed public school in Bareilly for uploading what they called an ‘objectionable’ post against Samajwadi Party strongman and the state’s urban development minister Azam Khan. Khan’s media in-charge Fasahat Ali also lodged an […]
London, March 18 An Indian-origin man has been convicted for raping a woman in Britain nearly two years ago, after his DNA was linked to samples recovered from the crime scene, according to media reports on Wednesday. Hardeep Sandhu, 39, was found guilty by a jury of rape and injuring with the intention of committing […]