From 1-3 September 2015, I will visit India to advance Australia-India defence cooperation. As part of this visit I will meet with my counterpart, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. I will also call on Prime Minister Modi. Building on the personal relationship of Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Abbott, I am pleased to visit India for […]
After her wake-up knocks at Mohsin’s (name changed) door in the morning got no response, the worried mother called her husband. The door, locked from inside, was then broken open and the 19-year-old was found dead in the room. The autopsy showed Mohsin had chosen the easy way out of a frustrating life he could […]
UIA delivers another successful Friendship Fair The UIA executive committee worked tirelessly to put together another successful event for the community and their efforts were rewarded with rain staying away despite all weather reports predicting a washout. The executive committee pondered calling off the event and postponing the Fair but the major sponsor Waugh Global […]
Sikh leaders in North America blame conversions, drugs and migration for the decline in the growth rate of Sikh population in India from 1.9 percent to 1.7 percent as per the 2011 census. “While Punjab leaders are promoting their family businesses, the youth has sunk in drugs. So what do you expect from drug addicts?” […]
A man who moved the Delhi High Court to bring back his wife from the custody of her parents disappeared with the woman from the court complex after they were allowed to meet each other. Stunned, the high court has directed Delhi Police to produce both of them before the court to know their “exact […]
An 18-year-old logjam on the repatriation of a group of Reang tribals from relief camps in Tripura has now thrown up a new challenge: whether or not their names should be included in the electoral rolls of their home state of Mizoram. Around 31,300 Reang tribals, who locally call themselves “Bru”, have lived in makeshift […]
Strings of coloured threads, some with beads and pearls; some adorned by cartoon and film characters like Spiderman, Minions and Doraemon; some scented, with sparklers; some even in gold and silver – markets here are full of all kinds of rakhis, but vendors say simpler and elegant designs have been sold in abundance this year. […]
The industry watchdog must keep away from the controversy over alleged wrong claim of credit worth Rs.2,500 crore pertaining to central value added tax (Cenvat) by 16 non-life insurers on automobile cover and let the tax department complete the probe, a former regulatory official has said. As per K.K. Srinivasan, former member of the Insurance […]
In its 198-year-old history, Presidency University (formerly Presidency College) has seen it all – from being a prominent hub of India’s nationalist movement, to emerging as hotbed of West Bengal’s Maoist agitation. it has churned out elites and Nobel laureate – and of late, witnessed a spate of ignominious anti-establishment students’ protests. Barely a year […]
A Pakistani terrorist was caught following a fierce gunfight on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, making him the second terrorist from Pakistan to be held this month. The terrorist was identified as Sajjad alias Abu Ubadullah, 22, a resident of Muzaffargarh district of Balochistan province, a police officer told IANS. “His preliminary interrogation […]