Moscow, Jan 22 (IANS/EFE) At least 13 people were killed and dozens injured Thursday when an artillery shell struck a tram stop in Donetsk, said the pro-Russian separatists who control the city in eastern Ukraine. “As a result of a mortar striking a tram stop in the Lenin region of Donetsk this morning, 13 people […]
NSW Fair Trading Minister Matthew Mason-Cox today warned consumers about the perils of paying large sums of money before receiving goods or services, after a person paid a $2,800 deposit for blinds that were never installed. Last month, a consumer contacted NSW Fair Trading after putting down a large deposit for the supply and installation […]
The arts across regional NSW is set to receive a boost with the NSW Government providing $600,000 for five regional arts partnerships this year. Deputy Premier and Minister for the Arts Troy Grant said the funding would support projects that directly benefit artists living and working in regional NSW. “This funding program supports strategic partnerships […]
Colombo, Jan 21 (IANS) Sri lanka’s newly elected President Maithripala Sirisena Wednesday granted full pardon to former army commander General Sarath Fonseka, convicted of corruption, an official statement said. “Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka was acquitted from all charges and given complete amnesty by President Maithripala Sirisena,” the President Office said in a statement, Xinhua […]
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Wednesday approved the four-laning of the Ramban-Banihal section of national highway in Jammu and Kashmir. An official release said the work would be done under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase-II. It said the estimated cost will […]
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Delhi Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government and the censor board on two separate pleas challenging the refusal of certificate for screening of two films. Filmmaker Pankaj Butalia challenged the censor board’s refusal to clear his documentary “Textures of Loss” based on the violence in Jammu and […]
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The visit of US President Barack Obama is expected to strengthen defence relations between India and the US and details of agreements likely to be signed will be finalised in the next 2-3 days. Asked about what was expected on the defence front during Obama’s visit, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar […]
Colombo, Jan 21 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s newly elected government promised to work closely with “key players” India and China and added that the ongoing development projects with international partners would continue, a media report said Wednesday. “The reality is that we have to work in the Asian region and India and China are two of […]
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday said religion-based census data will be released at an “appropriate time”. “The religion-based census data will be released at an appropriate time,” he told reporters. “If its been prepared, it will be released.” The registrar general and census commissioner, a department under the home […]
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Vincent George, a close aide of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, was Wednesday discharged by a court here in a 13-year-old disproportionate assets case. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge J.P.S. Malik discharged George in the case after taking note of the Delhi High Court’s Dec 23, 2014 order which […]