Beirut, Feb 19 (IANS) Twin suicide blasts Wednesday morning hit the Iranian cultural mission in Lebanon’s capital Beirut, killing at least two people and injuring 32 others. A booby trapped motorcycle blew up near the Iranian cultural mission office in Bir Hassan neighbourhood, the heartland of Lebanon’s Shiite movement Hezbollah in southern suburbs of Beirut, Xinhua […]
New Delhi, Feb 18 The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the government to include delay as a criteria in deciding the mercy petition of a death row convict. Pointing out that the government has set out certain criteria for deciding mercy petitions, the bench of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Shiva Kirti […]
New Delhi/Chennai, Feb 18 The Supreme Court Tuesday commuted the death sentence to three key conspirators in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, holding the 11-year delay in deciding their mercy petitions “unreasonable and dehumanising”. Political parties in Tamil Nadu as well as the elated families have now demanded the trio’s release. A bench […]
Rome/New Delhi, Feb 18 Italy Tuesday summoned the Indian envoy in Rome to voice its “dismay” over the “unacceptable delay” in the trial of two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen. The move comes as Italy also called its ambassador to India to Rome for “consultations” and to show Rome’s bitterness at the […]
The Sydney Hospital now has an officially opened million state-of-the-art Bicentennial Eye Clinic by the Health Minister Jillian Skinner. Mrs Skinner said the purpose-built clinic will provide high-level ophthalmic care to local patients as well as those from rural and remote areas of the state. Mrs Skinner said thousands of retinal and corneal treatments would […]
Australia’s Largest Open Mic Comedy Competition, RAW Comedy, hits Mumbai, Bengaluru and Delhi Melbourne International Comedy Festival is bringing Australia’s biggest open-mic comedy competition, RAW Comedy, back to India for a second time to find the best, undiscovered Indian comedian. In 2012, the inaugural RAW Comedy India competition was part of DFAT’s Oz Fest celebrations […]
Isha Sahni The Telangana Bill is one of the most talked about issue in India. A number of protests have been organized ever since the talks of creating a state of Telangana started. While the congress seems unprecedented, a number of protests were expected to derail the bill and postpone or drop the Telangana Bill. […]
The renowned annual Surajkund Mela was held this year from 1-15 February. This festival is organised annually by the Surajkund Mela Authority under the aegis of the Haryana state Tourism Ministry and the Indian Union Ministries of Tourism, Textiles and Culture. The fair showcases the finest handicrafts and handlooms of India and draws award winning artisans from all over the country […]
Destination NSW launches ‘Jhappi Time’ -a friends and relatives-focused tourism campaign With a predicted 50 million outbound travellers by 2020, India is one of the world’s fastest growing travel markets and the target of an innovative new digital marketing campaign by Destination NSW that showcases the best of Sydney and NSW to Indian The landmark […]
Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese automotive manufacturer with its headquarter in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. The company has its factories in many countries across the world for the manufacturing of its automobiles. One such very important country is Australia. Toyota had set its factories and plants in the year 1963 in Australia and has been manufacturing automobiles for Toyota […]