Local Government Minister Tony Simpson said changes to the Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds Regulations 1997 allowed more nature-based parks throughout WA, offering families an affordable way to holiday and enjoy the State’s natural assets. More holiday-makers will have the chance to camp in nature-based parks in Western Australia this year with regulations easing restrictions […]
Bengaluru, Feb 16 (IANS) India’s aerospace hub is revving up to treat thousands of spectators with daring aerobatic feats by metal birds of different kind at the five-day air show on the city’s outskirts from Wednesday. To be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Yelahanka air base of the Indian Air Force (IAF), […]
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The air inside Delhi schools is “very unhealthy” and could affect lung functioning resulting in respiratory illness among children, Greenpeace India said Monday. The air-quality monitoring survey carried out by Greenpeace inside five prominent schools across Delhi found the particulate matter (PM) 2.5 levels to be four times the Indian […]
New Delhi, Feb 15 Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena arrived here Sunday on a four-day state visit – his maiden trip abroad since he won the presidential elections last month. He was received by Minister of State for Shipping P. Radhakrishnan. On Monday, President Sirisena will be accorded a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan after […]
Abuja, Feb 14 Government forces repelled an attack by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria’s Gombe city Saturday, witnesses said. The militants stormed Dadin Kowa, about three km from Gombe, a city in the northeastern part of the country, with heavy firing, Xinhua news agency reported citing Abu Hassan, one of the witnesses. But government forces, […]
Baghdad, Feb 14 Iraqi security forces and allied militiamen fought Islamic State (IS) militants and recaptured large parts of a town located near the major air base of Ain al-Asad which houses hundreds of US troops in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, a provincial security source said Saturday. The security forces and Sunni tribesmen backed […]
Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian today said new modern barriers at train stations and more Transport Officers to patrol the public transport network are being introduced as part of a crackdown on fare evasion. These higher barriers have been installed for testing at Olympic Park station, ahead of a roll out at stations across the […]
Guwahati, Feb 10 (IANS) Two home guards were killed and seven others injured Tuesday when a bomb went off accidentally at an Assam Police firing range in Golaghat district, an official said. The incident took place at the Kalyani firing range in Deopahar near Numaligarh, a police spokesman said. “The home guards personnel were undergoing […]
Bengaluru, Feb 10 (IANS) A very positive campaign focusing on development and governance led to a spectacular victory for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Delhi assembly election, former Infosys director and AAP leader in Karnataka V. Balakrishnan said Tuesday. “We ran a very positive campaign focusing on development and governance in Delhi. We […]
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Four Congress candidates came second in the Delhi assembly polls with one of them losing the election by a small margin of votes. Hasan Ahmed, who contested the poll from Mustafabad, lost the seat to Jagdish Pradhan of the BJP by 6,031 votes. Devender Yadav, who contested from Badli, lost […]