the band falter from their current high position within the metalcore sphere in Australia.

Sporting a large backdrop, the hotly anticipated melodic-metalcore Lune took the stage soon after and the reception they received from the very start was remarkable. Sporting ex-members of I, Valiance, Blind Oracle and Architects of Evolution, it was overwhelmingly clear Lune were taking their birth to the live heavy music scene incredibly serious. From the moment the band stepped on stage, vocalist Nathaniel Smith stopping to take it all in before violently launching into ‘Mirror Image’, which set a very hulking tone for the night, showing that Lune is not here to mess around. Up next, recently released single ‘Manipulator’, which was prefaced by a blunt, yet compelling call from Smith, “Fuck abusers”. With theIntelligence Bureau (IB) Director Rajiv Jain and Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW) Secretary Anil K Dhasmana, both of whose two-year terms were scheduled to end later this month, have been given six-month extensions.

New Delhi: Intelligence Bureau (IB) Director Rajiv Jain and Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW) Secretary Anil K Dhasmana, both of whose two-year terms were scheduled to end later this month, have been given six-month extensions.

The NDA government's decision was apparently taken to avoid bringing in new faces in the top posts of the two crucial intelligence agencies before the Lok Sabha elections, due before this dispensation completes its term in May.

Jain's tenure was scheduled to end on 30 December and Dhasmana's on 29 December.

The decision to extend the tenure of the two intelligence chiefs was taken