Kolkata, Nov 24 (IANS) A city-based rights group Monday filed a petition seeking a Calcutta High Court-monitored probe into the lynching and alleged bobbitisation of a man at the NRS Medical College and Hospital. Alleging that the West Bengal administration and the hospital authorities were destroying crucial evidences to hush up the matter, the petition […]
Gaza, Nov 24 (IANS) The UN has notified the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) that construction raw material to rebuild some 24,000 destroyed houses will be allowed soon into Gaza Strip, a senior official said Monday. Mufied Hassayna, the Palestinian unity government’s minister of housing and public work, told reporters in Gaza that UN representatives officially […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 24 (IANS) As the Supreme Court Monday questioned whether sidelined BCCI chief N. Srinivasan was not in a position of conflict while heading the cricket body and also holding a franchise in the IPL, he made a quick visit Monday evening to the famed Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in the Kerala capital. Srinivasan was […]
The NSW Parliament has passed a Bill giving frontline police the power to use body worn video (BWV) cameras in a range of operational situations. Minister for Police and Emergency Services Stuart Ayres said the roll-out of body worn videos will have benefits for not only police, but the criminal justice system and the wider […]
NSW Fair Trading Minister Matthew Mason-Cox revealed today Fair Trading officers had visited 30 businesses and checked nearly 150 products, as part of a national campaign targeting ‘was/now’ pricing and recommended retail price promotions. “Since March, fair trading regulators from around the country have been examining ‘was/now’ pricing and recommended retail price promotions, Mr Mason-Cox […]
Minister for Roads and Freight Duncan Gay today announced new intersection signals for pedestrians had been installed at six busy Sydney intersections to try and improve road safety. Mr Gay said the new timers would provide more information to enable pedestrians to better judge how much time they have to cross the road. “From today, […]
Culture and the Arts Minister John Day today announced the movie Jasper Jones will be filmed in Western Australia. “Jasper Jones is an adaptation of the best-selling, award-winning Western Australian novel by Craig Silvey,” Mr Day said. “This coming-of-age story, set in 1965 about teenagers Charlie Bucktin and the town outcast Jasper Jones, […]
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) India ended their Track Asia Cup 2014 on a positive note, grabbing two gold medals on the concluding day of the event at the IG Stadium Complex Velodrome here Sunday. Deborah won both the gold medals for her country – in the women’s elite keirin and sprint finals – for […]
Bhubaneswar, Nov 23 (IANS) The BJD Sunday said the CBI’s probe into the multi-thousand-crore-rupee chit fund scam was politically motivated. The accusations came a day after a close aide of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was interrogated. Saroj Sahu, the coordinator of the chief minister’s programmes and political secretary of the ruling Biju Janata Dal […]
Kolkata, Nov 23 (IANS) With Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of not taking any action against her party leaders involved in ponzi schemes, the Trinamool Congress Sunday hit back seeking to know the source of BJP’s massive funds spent during the elections. In a statement, Trinamool Rajya Sabha […]