In an administrative shake-up Saturday, the Jammu and Kashmir government transferred IAS and state administrative cadre officers including district magistrates and departmental secretaries. The cabinet, which met here with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in the chair, transferred six Indian Administrative Service officers including district magistrates of Kishtwar, Bandipora, Anantnag and Baramulla districts. Those shifted are […]
A cargo ship sank Saturday afternoon in the Black Sea near a Bulgarian village, close to the border with Romania. However, its 11-member crew, including an Indian, was rescued, Xinhua reported. The cargo ship — Elland — sent out a distress signal around 6.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT), and soon a Turkish vessel, located […]
At least 15 people were killed and 130 injured Saturday when a fire broke out in a hotel in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Medina, state-run media reported. The fire occurred at 2.30 p.m. at the hotel located in the central area of the holy city, Xinhua quoted Medina district authorities as saying in a […]
obEducation is the route to eradicate poverty and every child in India must be educated, BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi here Sunday. Speaking at the 9th convocation of the SRM University near here, Modi said: “This is an era of knowledge. This is the only potent route to fight poverty. We have to review […]
Following an assurance by union Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh, residents in old and crumbling buildings in Mumbai’s north-western suburbs see a ray of hope for their redevelopment proposals stuck due to the absence of a no-objection certificate from the defence ministry. Minister Singh Saturday assured them that a solution would soon be […]
Separatist leader Muhammad Yasin Malik was arrested here Sunday as he was taking out a protest march on the first anniversary of December 2001 Indian Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru’s hanging. Malik, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), along with dozens of his supporters tried to take out a protest march from […]
By Isha Sahni Migrants or Asylum seekers are generally people who move from one country to another to seek refuge of better living conditions. Australia has international obligations to protect the human rights of all asylum seekers and refugees who arrive in Australia, regardless of how or where they arrive and whether they arrive with or without a […]
In a morale booster for working journalists and newspaper employees, the Supreme Court Friday upheld the validity of the Majithia wage boards, observing their recommendations for wage hike are based on genuine considerations. It also junked newspaper organisations’ challenge to the constitutional validity of the working journalists and newspaper employees act. Justice G.R. Majithia was […]
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will Feb 11 meet farmers in Haryana’s Ganaur town of Sonipat district, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said here Friday. “Rahul Gandhi would visit Ganaur in district Sonipat Feb 11 where he would hold dialogue with different farmer organisations of the country so as to incorporate issues related to their […]
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday pledged support to the tribal people of Jharkhand, saying he would stand with them and fight their battles with them. Gandhi pledged his support to empowering the tribal people of Jharkhand, especially women. Holding an open discussion with tribal women who had come to the capital from all over […]