Mumbai, Feb 18 Actress Bipasha Basu, who is in the news for her relationship with Harman Baweja, says she is looking for an eligible bachelor. Bipasha is all set to perform at the IIFA awards in Tampa Bay, Florida. Asked if she going to the IIFA awards with Harman, Bipasha said: “I am going to […]
New Delhi, Feb 18 The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the government to include delay as a criteria in deciding the mercy petition of a death row convict. Pointing out that the government has set out certain criteria for deciding mercy petitions, the bench of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Shiva Kirti […]
Kolkata, Feb 18 Actor Kunal Kapoor’s online crowd-fund raising portal “Ketto” will focus on gathering contributions for animal welfare and environmental organisations this year, its CEO said Tuesday. “Ketto”, formed by Kapoor, and its CEO Varun Sheth, partnered Kolkata’s new boutique hotel and restaurant “The Corner Courtyard”, to raise funds through a charity dinner to […]
New Delhi, Feb 18 The live telecast of the Lok Sabha proceedings was disrupted Tuesday soon after the house started discussing the bill to create a separate Telangana state. While a parliament official said it was due to a “technical problem”, the opposition termed it a planned “tactical glitch”. “They say the blackout of Lok […]
New Delhi, Feb 18 A day after president’s rule was imposed in the national capital, Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung Tuesday directed government officials to continue the anti-corruption helpline launched by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government. In a meeting convened at the Raj Niwas, Jung directed government officials that the anti-corruption campaign should continue […]
New Delhi/Chennai, Feb 18 The Supreme Court Tuesday commuted the death sentence to three key conspirators in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, holding the 11-year delay in deciding their mercy petitions “unreasonable and dehumanising”. Political parties in Tamil Nadu as well as the elated families have now demanded the trio’s release. A bench […]
Rome/New Delhi, Feb 18 Italy Tuesday summoned the Indian envoy in Rome to voice its “dismay” over the “unacceptable delay” in the trial of two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen. The move comes as Italy also called its ambassador to India to Rome for “consultations” and to show Rome’s bitterness at the […]
New Delhi/Hyderabad, Feb 18 Amid pandemonium and a television blackout of the proceedings, the Lok Sabha Tuesday passed a bill to carve out a Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh, triggering joy in the Telangana region and protests elsewhere in the southern state. The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill was passed by voice vote in the face […]
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The Sydney Hospital now has an officially opened million state-of-the-art Bicentennial Eye Clinic by the Health Minister Jillian Skinner. Mrs Skinner said the purpose-built clinic will provide high-level ophthalmic care to local patients as well as those from rural and remote areas of the state. Mrs Skinner said thousands of retinal and corneal treatments would […]