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Gillard urges students to be careful on internet
Published on 6 Apr, 2012 at 15:43 in Australian | Viewed 101 views times | No Comments
Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has urged students to be careful on the internet following an incident in which some schoolgirls uploaded a sex-prank videoclip.
Urging schoolchildren to be careful about uploading content on the internet, Gillard described the online video offering sexual favours, posted by five Adelaide schoolgirls, as a “very silly thing to do”, Adelaide Now reported.
The five…
US marines arrive in Australia
Published on 5 Apr, 2012 at 8:51 in Australian | Viewed 76 views times | No Comments
Sydney: The first batch of about 200 US marines have arrived in Australia’s Darwin city as part of a defence deal, Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith announced on Wednesday.
The US and Australia will hold joint training and exercises in the Northern Territory of Australia, and up to 2,500 US troops will eventually arrive in the country, Xinhua reported Wednesday.
Addressing the…
Indian government terms army ‘coup’ report ‘alarmist’
Published on 5 Apr, 2012 at 8:44 in India | Viewed 76 views times | No Comments
New Delhi/Visakhapatnam: The stir caused by the media report Wednesday morning about an attempted ‘military coup’ in January turned into a whimper by the evening after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called it ‘alarmist’ and Defence Minister A.K. Antony termed it ‘baseless’ and vouching for the army’s pro-democracy credentials.
The nation woke up Wednesday to an Indian Express front page report that…
Kerala doubles allowances for diaspora
Published on 2 Apr, 2012 at 11:27 in Diaspora | Viewed 52 views times | No Comments
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government Wednesday doubled the financial assistance extended to the weaker and poorer sections of the state’s diaspora, which includes assistance to bring back the bodies of those who pass away abroad and medical assistance.
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy made the announcement after the weekly cabinet meeting.
“The financial assistance for medical assistance and to take care of funeral expenses…
Indian student jailed in Australia for visa scam
Published on 28 Mar, 2012 at 11:17 in Immigration | Viewed 111 views times | No Comments
Melbourne: A Perth-based Indian student will spend 14 months in jail for his involvement in a scam to falsify English test scores to get Australian visas.
Rajesh Kumar, 31, faced ten charges for his part in fraudulently altering the International English Testing System (IELTS) scores at Perth’s Curtin University between November 2009 and June 2010. A Perth District Court sentenced Rajesh…
Anna returns with anti-graft protest
Published on 27 Mar, 2012 at 9:35 in India | Viewed 65 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Anna Hazare, on a day-long fast Sunday, set a 2014 deadline — when general elections are scheduled — for an all-powerful anti-corruption watchdog and threatened to launch a court arrest stir in August if the government doesn’t act against corrupt ministers.
A large gathering of his supporters — 2,000 according to police estimates — had converged at Jantar Mantar…
Lalu Prasad hospitalised
Published on 23 Mar, 2012 at 11:22 in India | Viewed 72 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here Thursday after his blood sugar levels and blood pressure went up.
“Lalu Prasad was admitted to the hospital Thursday morning, We are examining him for increased blood sugar levels and high blood pressure,” a hospital…
Bhupen Hazarika conferred Padma Vibhushan posthumously
Published on 23 Mar, 2012 at 11:15 in India | Viewed 82 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Late singer Bhupendra Kumar Hazarika was Thursday posthumously conferred India’s second highest civilian award Padma Vibhushan by President Pratibha Patil.
The other two who received the prestigious award were former Uttar Pradesh governor T.V. Rajeshwar and renowned orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti.
Among those who received the Padma Bhushan include painter Jatin Das, artist Anish Kapoor, filmmaker Mira Nair,…
Russian court dismisses plea to ban Gita
Published on 22 Mar, 2012 at 10:34 in World | Viewed 72 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Hindus in Russia Wednesday won a major legal battle when a court in the Siberian city of Tomsk threw out a case filed by the state prosecutors seeking a ban on a Russian translation of a commentary on the Bhagavad Gita.
The higher court in Tomsk, before which the state prosecutors had filed an appeal, upheld a lower court…
Indian government to spend more on overseas Indians
Published on 20 Mar, 2012 at 11:40 in Diaspora | Viewed 85 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: The government will spend close to Rs 50 crore on welfare schemes targeted at overseas Indians in 2012-13, according to budgetary estimates proposed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) has been allocated a total of Rs.114.77 crore for the next fiscal, a 41 per cent increase from the 2011-12 budget outlay of Rs.81…
