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Photo Credit: IANS IANSLive New Delhi/Guwahati, April 17 (IANS) Ahead of the election results for Assam Assembly polls, the Congress is hopeful of victory but there is a a churning in the party with state leaders insisting in informal conversations that the next Chief Minister must be chosen from one of the winning MLAs. To get full access of the story, click here to subscribe to IANS News Service © 2021 IANS India Private Limited. All Rights Reserved. The reproduction of the story/photograph...

Tauranga angler catches 434.5kg black marlin 7 Mar, 2021 04:00 AM 5 minutes to read Jarryd Craven fought for hours to bring a massive 434.5kg marlin to shore. By the time the fight was over, it was past midnight. The Tauranga angler hooked the monster marlin about 5pm on Saturday, taking more than two hours to haul the fish to his boat and finally getting to the weigh station about midnight. The "phenomenal" and rare feat is believed to be a new Tauranga Sport Fishing Club record and the bigges...

Everything you need to know about Twizel, Mackenzie 6 Mar, 2021 06:00 PM 4 minutes to read Jason Menard and his family at Loch Cameron, Twizel, Mackenzie. Photo / Jack Austin NZ Herald By: Jason Menard Twizel wasnt built to last, but it ended up becoming one of New Zealands absolute winners! Twizel was built in the late 1960s as a temporary town to house the workers on the hydroelectric scheme and was meant to be demolished in the early 1980s. The residents fought a lengthy legal battle with th...

National March 3, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Given the hectic lobbying by the competing parliamentary parties and the purported political wheeling and dealing, upsets are not being ruled out in Wednesday’s Senate elections. The smallest change could tip the scales in favour of the side that makes gains over and above what it deserves according to its numerical strength in the electoral college. Frenzied developments are taking place among certain sections of the electoral college. Some ruling coalition...

Help us cross the halfway mark with 17 days to go Friends of ALIPAC, At the time of this message, we only have 17 days to go till our fundraising deadline of March 20 and Congress may move to vote on Amnesty before our deadline! We are almost halfway to our goal of 20k for our operations budget in ALIPACs national fight against Bidens Dream Act and US Citizenship Act of 2021 Amnesties. Many thanks to those of you who have already sent in your support and those of you who are calling the...

Photo Credit: IANS IANSLive Guwahati, Feb 19 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said here on on Thursday that the Central government is willing to talk to the farmers protesting against the three farm laws, and denied any link between BJPs loss in the Punjab civic polls and the farmers protest over the farm legislations. To get full access of the story, click here to subscribe to IANS News Service © 2021 IANS India Private Limited. All Rights Reserved. The reproduction of ...

Photo Credit: IANS IANSLive Guwahati, Feb 19 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said here on on Thursday that the Central government is willing to talk to the farmers protesting against the three farm laws, and denied any link between BJPs loss in the Punjab civic polls and the farmers protest over the farm legislations. To get full access of the story, click here to subscribe to IANS News Service © 2021 IANS India Private Limited. All Rights Reserved. The reproduction of ...

Anthonie Tonnon: The musician making railway journeys meaningful again 19 Feb, 2021 05:00 PM 10 minutes to read Anthonie Tonnon. Photo / Belinda Merrie By: Russell Brown Anthonie Tonnons 2015 song Railway Lines takes the character of an old campaigner. Its nameless central character is a man "born before the motorway system" who has spent his life trying to reclaim the city from the cars that rule it, standing quixotically for council, being humiliated in the press. Now, older...

Tauranga activist Colleen Spiro remembered as warrior for the needy 17 Feb, 2021 06:00 PM 5 minutes to read Colleen Spiro passed away on Sunday night. Photo / Supplied A "warrior for the needy and disadvantaged" and a "relentless" woman who fought for people who couldnt fight for themselves. Thats how Tauranga activist and community volunteer Colleen Spiro is being remembered after her death on Sunday, aged 67. She had long-term health battles but her passing came as a shock to some who loved ...

Northland list MP Mark Cameron indebted to World War II heroes 12 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 2 minutes to read Act list MP and Northland farmer Mark Cameron has given his maiden speech in Parliament. Northern Advocate Northland-based list MP Mark Cameron believes he owes a debt he will struggle to ever repay to the New Zealanders who fought in World War II. Cameron, who was voted in on the Act Party list in Octobers general election, made the comments during his maiden speech in Parliament on Tuesday. ...