Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Andrew Constance has asked people to help name the city’s six new ferries, the first of which will hit the water this summer. Australian ship builders Incat have already started work on the new ferry fleet in Tasmania. Each vessel will increase capacity, carrying up to 400 customers and operate […]
There is no place for death, birth or recreation in centuries-old Ker Puja in Tripura. Steeped in intricate, time-honoured rituals, this mega tribal event is about well-being and warding off evil spirits. And this 31-hour-long festival is all set to begin from Monday. It may sound strange but no pregnant woman or critically ailing person […]
Two men involved in one of Mexico’s most shocking kidnapping and killing incidents have each been sentenced to 520 years in prison, media reported on Saturday. Mario Alberto Rodriguez Ledezma and Gabriel Carrasco Ilizaliturri must additionally pay a fine of more than $270,000 for their role in kidnapping 13 people, including an 18-year-old, at a […]
Wildfire fuelled by high heat has so far spread across at least 11,000 acres in California’s Santa Clarita Valley area, fire officials said. A brush fire broke out along the northbound Antelope Valley around 2 p.m. on Friday, near Sand Canyon Road in Santa Clarita. The blaze was contained only about 10 per cent on […]
The US will send a total of 555 athletes to the Rio Olympic Games to compete in 244 medal events over 27 sports, officials said. There are 292 women on the squad and 263 men. It is the second time that the US will send more women than men to the Olympics after fielding a […]
The murder of a 65-year-old retired government official in Samachar Apartments in east Delhi’s Mayur Vihar has been solved with the arrest of a 25-year-old woman who alleged she was being sexually exploited by him, police said on Saturday. Investigators said the woman was arrested on the basis of circumstantial evidence and with the help […]
Superstar Rajinikanth’s “Kabali” has grossed over Rs 40 crore at the Indian box office, beating Salman Khan starrer Bollywood drama “Sultan” to emerge as the highest grossing Indian film on the opening day, according to estimates by trade pundits. “Salman’s ‘Sultan’ minted Rs 36.5 crore from the domestic box office as opposed to Rs 48 […]
Hugs, tears and a few words of sympathy for a sobbing Kashmiri mother who almost fainted as she remembered her dead son while sharing her pain, marked Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s visit to this border district on Saturday to meet families left grieving by the latest spurt in violence. Mehbooba Mufti broke down as she […]
The search continued on Saturday for the missing AN-32 aircraft of the Indian Air Force that went missing on Friday over the Bay of Bengal and has been untraceable since. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar reached Tambaram in Tamil Nadu on Saturday and went on an aerial survey in an IAF plane over the area where […]
An Indian aid worker who was kidnapped in Afghanistan last month reached here on Saturday after being rescued. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup confirmed that Judith D’Souza landed in New Delhi on Saturday evening. Hailing from Kolkata, Judith, 40, who works for the Aga Khan Network, was seized by gunmen on June 9 in […]