Hillary Clinton won the final Democratic primary on Tuesday night as voters in Washington, D.C., delivered a resounding win to the party’s presumptive nominee, one week after she clinched the nomination. The contest marked the close of one of the longest primary fights in American history, Politico reported. Clinton’s rival Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders contested […]
Hungary began their first European Championship since 1972 with an impressive 2-0 victory against 10-man Austria in group stage match here on Tuesday. Both goals were scored in the second half with Adam Szalai breaking the deadlock in the 63rd minute and Zoltan Stieber making it 2-0 three minutes from regulation time. Hungary made the […]
Mahindra Trucks and Buses Ltd will relook into its bus business strategy in a year or two after roll out of Intermediate Commercial Vehicles (ICVs) is complete, a top company official said on Tuesday. “We are currently focused on ICVs and new light commercial Vehicles (LCVs). We will take a relook on bus business in […]
Short of committing to an April 1, 2017 deadline, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday signalled much progress in a pan-India goods and service tax regime, thanks to an okay from all states save one, while rejecting demands for specifying the tax rate in the bill itself. After a meeting of the Empowered Group of […]
The currently weak coal and gas prices will not stop record investment of nearly $7.8 trillion in the world renewable energy sector over the coming decades as the cost of generating clean energy drops, a report said on Tuesday. With renewables set to attract $7.8 trillion by 2040, the impact of cheap gas and coal […]
Stung by the surprise defeat of party-backed candidate R.K. Anand in the Haryana Rajya Sabha polls, the Congress on Monday demanded an independent probe into the June 11 elections, saying there was a “criminal conspiracy involved” and also demanded the poll be countermanded. The Congress also demanded that if the “pen” used for the balloting […]
Italy gave their campaign in the Euro Cup football tournament a superb start with a dominant 2-0 win over Belgium here on Monday. Emanuele Giaccherini (32nd minute) put the four-time World Cup winners in the lead with a superb two-touch finish at the Stade de Lyon before Graziano Pelle (90+2) underlined Italy’s dominance in the […]
The presumptive Republican presidential candidate nominee Donald Trump on Monday banned The Washington Post’s reporters from covering his campaign events after it reported a few comments the New York billionaire made on US President Barack Obama and the mass shooting in Orlando city in Florida. The magnate revoked the press credentials of the “phony and […]
The Palaszczuk Government will accept the independent Fare Review Taskforce recommendation to scrap the wasteful ‘9 and free’ scheme and replace it with ‘8 and 50’ benefit so more public transport users ultimately save across the entire network. Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe said 85 per cent of public transport users never qualified for the savings […]
Marmion Angling and Aquatic Club wins back-to-back Club of the Year Award Regional clubs and volunteers among those to be recognised Marmion Angling and Aquatic Club was named WA Club of the Year (large) for the second year in a row last night at an event to celebrate the vital role sporting, social and cultural […]