New Delhi, Dec 5 Priyanka Chopra rarely comments on her love life. She says it has nothing to do with being “politically correct”. At the Agenda Aaj Tak Conclave here Thursday, Bollywood’s eligible bachelorette was asked why she has never stood up and spoken out against dating rumours. “It’s not because I am being politically […]
New Delhi, Dec 5 The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Thursday said it has issued 51 crore Aadhaar numbers and is in the process of completing its mandate of covering 60 crore people by the end of the current fiscal. “With generation of about 11 lakh Aadhaar numbers every day, the flagship programme appears […]
New Delhi/Hyderabad, Dec 5 Clearing the decks for the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, the union cabinet Thursday approved the draft bill for carving out Telangana as the 29th state of India. Setting aside speculations about Rayala-Telangana, the cabinet decided to carve out Telangana state comprising 10 districts of the region that includes Hyderabad. Also rejecting […]
New Delhi, Dec 5 The Supreme Court was Thursday told that the allocation of coal blocks rests with the centre but the grant of mining leases fell in the domain of the state governments subject to the compliance of statutory requirements. Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh told the apex court bench of Justice R.M. Lodha, Justice Madan […]
Acting Minister for Police and Emergency Services Greg Smith SC today welcomed the latest crime statistics which shows 16 of the 17 major offence categories are going down or remain stable. “The figures released by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research show that eight of the major crime categories have had a significant […]
A North Coast man who drives isolated patients to their renal dialysis treatments has been named 2013 NSW Volunteer of the Year, Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello announced today. Mr Dominello presented the award to 64-year-old Kenneth Bolt from Ballina in a ceremony at the Kirribilli Club in Sydney on International Volunteer Day. […]
The 2014 Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival (VAMFF) program, website and marketing campaign was officially launched today by Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Peter Ryan. Running from 17-23 March 2014, the Festival will showcase the best in Australian fashion through parades, shows and exhibitions, along with a diverse cultural program of activities. The VAMFF Business Seminar […]
The Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria (ECCV) elected long serving advocate for multicultural communities Eddie Micallef as its Chairperson last night Mr Micallef was formerly Deputy Chair, a position he held for the past six years before becoming the chairperson, is proud to be leading the ECCV, the Voice of Multicultural Victoria. The former MP, […]
Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe is urging consumers to shop smart when shopping online this Christmas. “The lead up to Christmas is a busy time, and many consumers will be shopping online to not only save time but potentially save money too,” Mr Stowe said. “Consumers need to be smart when shopping online to make sure they […]
Gardeners pick up your shovels, rev up your lawn mowers and start planting – the Victoria in Bloom garden competition is now open. Minister for Housing Wendy Lovell today declared the competition open and encouraged public and community housing tenants to think creatively, put on their gardening gloves and spruce up their gardens. The Victoria […]