Nominations are now open for the prestigious Western Australian Heritage Awards, Heritage Minister Albert Jacob announced today. The Heritage Council’s awards recognise the outstanding contribution of owners, volunteers, professionals and organisations who work hard to promote and conserve our cultural heritage. Mr Jacob said the awards, now in their 23rd year, showcased the excellent work […]
NSW Premier Mike Baird and Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello have today met with religious leaders to discuss measures being taken to maintain community harmony following the siege at the Lindt cafe in Sydney’s CBD. The meeting was attended by faith leaders representing the diverse religious communities of NSW as well as Deputy […]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday “strongly condemned” the terror attack on a school in Pakistan’s Peshawar city in which at least 126 school children were killed. Mukherjee expressed “deep anguish” and “strongly condemned” the incident in which heavily armed terrorists launched a brazen attack on the […]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) The “PK” team have decided not to hike the ticket price for the Aamir Khan-starrer, which is coming out Dec 19. “The team feels that the film is universal and everyone should be able to see it,” said Aamir’s spokesperson in a statement. With the release of a big film, […]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Tamil Nadu scored an emphatic 277-run victory over visitors Jammu and Kashmir in Dindgul on the third day of the Ranji Trophy match while medium pacer Amit Mishra’s six-wicket haul helped Uttar Pradesh bowl out Madhya Pradesh for 63 runs in their second innings in Indore Tuesday. Tamil Nadu, after […]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) A court here awarded life sentence to a man for committing a double murder in 2013. Judge Kamini Lau said that no remission will be granted to the convict Govind, 25, till he undergoes an actual sentence of 25 years. Govind was slapped with a fine of Rs.2 lakh to […]
Chandigarh, Dec 16 (IANS) Calling for the union government’s intervention in securing Punjab’s 553-km long international border with Pakistan against drugs smuggling, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Tuesday said that the peace train and bus service between India and Pakistan was being used for sending consignments of narcotics. “In recent times, the use of […]
Peshawar, Dec 16 (IANS) It was a day that left the world stunned and grieving when heavily-armed Taliban militants Tuesday launched an audacious attack on a school in this Pakistani city, mercilessly slaughtering at least 137 people — an overwhelming majority of them children — in one of the most savage terror strikes in years. […]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has found 32 companies to be operating unauthorised investment schemes in the garb of real-estate business, parliament was told Tuesday. “During the last three years and current year, SEBI has found that 32 companies were operating CIS (Collective Investment Schemes) under […]
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) A number of events, including a symbolic bus ride, were held in the capital Tuesday to remember the victim of the horrific gang rape on a bus two years ago, as the participants stressed the need for safety and security for women. One factor was underlined by many people that […]