New Delhi, Jun 11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today handed over the Bangladesh Liberation War Honour to ailing BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Modi visited Vajpayee’s residence here and handed over the award to the former Prime Minister’s foster daughter Namita Bhattacharya and her husband Ranjan Bhattacharya. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was present on […]
Chennai, Jun 11: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has questioned the Centre for “entertaining” Kerala’s request for approving environment study to construct a new dam at Mullaperiyar in her state, saying it was in contravention to the Supreme Court order. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she said the approval of Terms […]
Singapore, Jun 10: As many as 26 people from China and India have been arrested by Singaporean authorities for alleged immigration offences of overstaying their allowed terms in the country. In an island-wide operation conducted yesterday, the Immigration & Checkpoint Authority (ICA) officers arrested the alleged offenders. Under the Immigration Act, the penalties for overstaying […]
Auditors are visiting schools run by the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils (AFIC) across the country today, after concerns were raised about financial management and governance.AFIC oversees eight schools across Australia, with six of those in Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra, Perth and western Sydney facing the reviews. Parents who have been staging protests outside the […]
Adelaide : Health patients in Adelaide could be sent to hospitals in outer metropolitan areas to recuperate because of an expected surge in the number of flu cases. The South Australian Government said the number of flu cases recorded this year had already reached 1,777, which is about 1,000 more than the same time last […]