Thimphu, Nov 23 (IANS) Pune FC thrashed Assam State Electricity Board FC 5-0 in a third round Group-B encounter to seal their place in the semi-finals of the 2014 King’s Cup at the Changlimithang Stadium here Sunday. The big win was powered by striker Thongkhosiem Haokip (20th, 29th, 67th minute), who scored a memorable hattrick, […]
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Sunday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her reactions to the arrest of leaders of her Trinamool Congress in the Saradha chit fund scam as well as her statements in the Burdwan blast case. In an article posted on Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) […]
Chandigarh, Nov 23 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) troopers recovered five kg of heroin along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab, a BSF spokesman said Sunday. He said that the heroin, in five packets, was found near the border outpost (BoP) Barreke in Ferozepur sector. The packets were recovered after BSF troopers, on observing suspicious movement […]
Bengaluru, Nov 23 (IANS) As the battle for the knock-out slots intensified, Thailand’s Waratthanun Sukritthanes showcased her country’s snooker legacy by scoring a shock 3-0 win over defending women’s champion Wendy JansAfrom Belgium in the Seaways-IBSF World Snooker Championships, here Sunday. Sukritthanes, in recording her fifth straight win to qualify for the knockout phase from […]
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) Ahead of the winter session of parliament beginning Monday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Sunday warned that the Congress party was planning strategies to block official business and legislation in parliament, “The Congress Party had damaged the national economy while in power and wants to pursue the same destructive direction while […]
Gurgaon, Nov 23 (IANS) In order to strengthen India’s coastal surveillance, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar Sunday dedicated the National Command Control Communication and Intelligence Network (NC3I) and Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) here. The NC3I, which interlinks 20 naval and 31 Coast Guard monitoring stations to generate a seamless real-time picture of India’s nearly […]
The State Government has revealed that 97 per cent of the State’s fish stocks that support commercial and recreational fisheries are sustainable, meaning continued viability for the sector and great fishing for weekend boaties. Speaking on World Fisheries Day, Fisheries Minister Ken Baston said WA’s most sought-after commercial fish were rock lobster, prawns and abalone, […]
Hundreds of men, women and children will march silently through the city today in the lead-up to White Ribbon Day to commemorate those who have lost their lives as a result of family and domestic violence. Child Protection Minister Helen Morton, who will again lead the march, said between 2012 and 2013, WA Police received […]
An Aboriginal high school student who has overcome multiple challenges to speak out at a national level against prejudice has been named WA Young Person of the Year. At the 2014 WA Youth Awards last night, Youth Minister Tony Simpson said 17-year-old James Clarke was an inspirational young man who had shown outstanding courage. A […]
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Ahead of next week’s Saarc summit, Home Minister Rajnath Singh Saturday said India was open to talks with Pakistan but Islamabad should take the first step to resume dialogue. “If not today then tomorrow, one side will have to take the first step. We have always spoken of friendship but […]