PJ Harvey Multi-award winning artist PJ Harvey returns to Sydney Festival in January as part of a national tour in Australia and New Zealand with her full 10-piece band. Shows in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Wellington and Brisbane follow the release of the critically acclaimed album The Hope Six Demolition Project, which hit #1 […]
Third anniversary of Air India’s Delhi-Sydney service Direct service has significantly boosted tourism and trade India is a key and growing international visitor market for Sydney Airport Sydney Airport today celebrated the third anniversary of Air India’s inaugural direct service from Delhi to Sydney, which has significantly boosted tourism and trade over the past three […]
Indian tennis stars Leander Paes, Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna began their US Open campaign on a sound note, winning their respective opening round matches at Flushing Meadows here. Bopanna kicked off India’s day with a sweat-inducing 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-3 win with his Danish partner Frederik Nielsen over 16th seeds Radek Stepanek and Nenad […]
US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s image is at its record low with Americans in her 25-year national public life, according to a new poll. According to the Washington Post/ABC News poll on Wednesday, 56 per cent of Americans now hold unfavorable views of Clinton with 41 percent regarding the former secretary of state with […]
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has stated clearly that there would be “no amnesty” for undocumented immigrants living in the US and would be deported if he was elected in the November 8 elections. “For those here illegally today who are seeking legal status, they will have one route and one route only. To return […]
Incessant rains and landslides on Thursday blocked the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, authorities said. A senior traffic department official told IANS that overnight rains triggered lanslides in Khari area of the highway in Udhampur district. “Several vehicles are stranded in the landslide hit area of the highway. Efforts are on to clear the highway,” the official […]
Australian researchers have found what are believed to be the world’s oldest fossils, and along with them, signs that diverse life forms lived on Earth up to 3.7 billion years ago. The fossils were discovered in Greenland, and the Australian National University’s (ANU) co-lead investigator, Associate Professor Vickie Bennett, said the breakthrough would not only […]
Ahead of the US-India-Afghanistan trilateral talks scheduled at the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in September, Washington said it wanted New Delhi to continue its constructive role in Afghanistan. After visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry announced in New Delhi on Tuesday the restart of the trilateral talks following the Second India-US […]
Heavy rains lashed Lucknow and some parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh early Wednesday. The rains brought down temperature and ended a brief spell of hot and humid weather over the last one week. Officials of the regional Met department said the rains would continue through out the day. Due to the rains that started around […]
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Wednesday removed its Goa chief, Subhash Welingkar, for working against the Bharatiya Janata Party state government. “Subhash Welingkar has been removed from his post with immediate effect for faulting a political outfit and working against Goa government,” RSS publicity head Manmohan Vaidya told IANS.