Marrickville Mayor Mark Gardiner is encouraging women and girls to mark 2015 International Women’s Day by joining Sydney’s largest female-only recreational bike ride. The Heart Foundation GEAR UP GIRL Ride on Sunday 8 March is open to women and girls of all ages, experiences abilities. The event provides a safe, scenic and social chance for […]
NSW Premier Mike Baird has announced a re-elected Baird Government will introduce reverse vending machines across the state as part of a cost-effective container deposit scheme for the recycling of drink containers. Mr Baird and Environment Minister Rob Stokes today announced the decision at Coogee beach and said the government will engage in comprehensive community […]
A new high-performing wheat variety was launched today by Agriculture and Food Minister Ken Baston. Mr Baston said Impress CL Plus was set to be widely adopted by Western Australian wheat growers, particularly in the northern Wheatbelt. “Impress CL Plus is an early to mid-maturing Australian Premium White variety that has demonstrated excellent yields. It […]
New Delhi, Feb 19 Former law minister and veteran lawyer Ram Jethmalani Thursday said the central government was not “serious enough” on the issue of bringing back the black money stashed abroad. At a ‘Meet the Press’ programme, the lawyer said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “quite serious” about the issue but questioned his team. […]
New Delhi, Feb 19 The Aam Admi Party (AAP), which came to power for the second time in Delhi — with a record 67-seat win this time, is “encouraging theft” by promising people free water and cheap power, Congress leader Sheila Dikshit Thursday said observing that some of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s promises were simply […]
New Delhi, Feb 19 The BJP’s drubbing in Delhi elections is likely to cast its shadow on the legislative agenda of the NDA government with opposition parties expected to join hands against the ruling alliance on a range of issues including some ordinances that have to be replaced with bills. The important budget session, which […]
New Delhi, Feb 19 Clearing the government’s position on the controversial ‘ghar wapsi’ events organised by various Hindu groups, Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu Thursday said “if religion conversion is wrong, than re-conversion is also wrong”. In an interview to HeadLines Today channel, the minister said ‘ghar wapsi’ programmes by various organisations might have […]
Mumbai, Feb 19 The romantic moments between actors Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, portrayal of a strict father, revelry around Indian wedding and a fun train journey in “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge” (DDLJ) will be missed by moviegoers as the iconic movie made its final curtain call Thursday at famous Maratha Mandir here – after […]
Leading thinkers from the health, planning and transport industries drawn from across NSW gathered today in Parliament House as part of FitNSW, a peak annual fitness forum aimed at promoting more active and healthy NSW communities. The second annual FitNSW forum, organised by the Premier’s Council for Active Living, was staged to promote increased physical […]
Health Minister Jillian Skinner today unveiled the first of 12 new mobile breast screening vans which will be rolled out across NSW in coming months. Mrs Skinner was joined by NSW Chief Cancer Officer Professor David Currow as she inspected the van at an industrial site at Minto, in Sydney’s south-west, where final fit-out is […]