New Delhi, May 2: Vice President M. HamidAnsari on Saturday extended greetings to the people of country on the auspicious occasion of Buddha Purnima. “I extend my greetings and good wishes to the citizens of our country on the auspicious occasion of Buddha Purnima . Lord Buddha’s timeless message of right conduct, universal love, compassion […]
Kathmandu, May 2:around 1,000 Canadians are still stranded in parts of Nepal, a week after the earthquake battered the Himalayan nation. A favourite among international tourists, Kathmandu Valley with its seven-piece World Heritage ensemble, bore the maximum brunt of the 7.9-magnitude quake which reduced the iconic landscape to rubble on April 25. According to private […]
Kathmandu, May 2: The death toll in Nepal’s devastating earthquake today jumped to 6,624 with another 14,025 people injured as the government struggles to deal with the scale of the disaster. “The death toll has reached 6,624,” said the home ministry’s national disaster management division. A further 14,025 people were injured in the quake, it […]
Sydney :WikiLeaks is planning new releases of secret documents on controversial negotiations and intelligence agency operations, according to the anti-secrecy organisation’s Australian founder, Julian Assange.In an interview with Fairfax Media, Mr Assange said that while he does not expect to leave Ecuador’s London embassy any time soon, WikiLeaks very much remains in the business of […]
Sydney : They are the city’s “second-class citizens,” a group of a million people who make 92 per cent of the city’s journeys each and every day.Now, pedestrians – be they striding commuters, dawdling shoppers or promenading pram-pushers – are reclaiming the streets.A $60 million upgrade to Sydney streets aims to improve life for walkers […]