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Pallavi Sharda and Shane Warne announced Moomba Monarchs

  The annual Moomba Festival bursts into life in Melbourne over the Labour Day long weekend, 6-9 March, 2015. Bollywood star Pallavi Sharda and cricketing great Shane Warne have been crowned Moomba Monarchs, and will appear in the famous Moomba Parade on Monday 9 March. Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle has crowned iconic ex-cricketer Shane […]

Navdeep Suri on the way to Canberra as India’s new High Commissioner

  Navdeep Suri, who was ambassador to  Egypt, will now head to  Canberra  as the High Commissioner of India in Australia. He was earlier with the Public Diplomacy division at the MEA headquarters in New Delhi. Born in Amritsar in 1959, Mr. Suri studied at Guru Nanak University with a Masters degree in Economics and […]

Attention all Badminton Fans volunteers opportunity for you!

  Badminton Australia,  is calling fans of the sport to come and take part in an exciting volunteer opportunity –  the chance to be courtside with the international starts of badminton. The Australian Open Superseries 2015  needs volunteer line judges to participate in all of the action, from May 26-31 at Sydney Olympic Park. Meals […]

Let us select an all-time great World Cup XI

  Imran Khan is  Kersi’s choice as  captain for his pick of All Time Great World XI Cricket Team By Kersi Meher-Homji I often wonder as to whose job is the hardest; Prime Minister’s (ask Tony Abbott), umpires’ or national selectors’. As I am not likely to be a PM – thank heavens, or an […]

Kejriwal and his AAP party win with a landslide majority in Delhi

  AAP Party has decimated all the other contenders with Congress kicked out of the scene altogether with BJP loosing 29 of its seats from last elections. One BJP spokesperson said that they could not wipe out the impression left by Kejriwal’s 49-day rule. Delhites have overwhelmingly supported Kejriwal and put all their eggs in […]

Farhan rocks Sydney!

  By Neeru Saluja He’s a talented actor. An ace director. A soulful poet and a creative writer. He’s been blessed with a voice as good as his looks. He belongs to a family infused with creative genes but he stands apart. My admiration for him started in 2001 when he entered our lives with […]

Press statement by Prime Minister Mr Abbott on leadership spill

  As you know, two of my colleagues have called for a leadership spill of the two senior positions in our Party. They’ve called for a spill of my position as leader and they’ve called for a spill of Julie Bishop’s position as Deputy. The first point to make is that they are perfectly entitled […]

Sunjay Sudhir briefs community on Visa services by VFS in Sydney and Adelaide

Under the ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ Program Indian Consul General in Sydney, Sunjay Sudhir organised a get together of the community and media at VFS office in Sydney to discuss various issues and concerns and how the VFS functions and the services it provides. The meeting in Sydney was conducted by Loren D’Souza, Regional Head, South East […]

Andrew Robb’s trade visit to India

  Andrew Robb,  Minister for Trade and Investment in India CRICKETING TIES THAT BIND A 450-strong delegation to India is positioning us with our next major trade partner Like so many Australians over the summer, I got to spend a day at the cricket. In my case it was during the Fourth Test between Australia […]

An Indian roundtable with Andrew Robb and David Coleman on February 5

  Andrew Robb in India with Mr Modi when he took the biggest trade delegation there Federal Minister for Trade and Investment, Andrew Robb MP, and David Coleman MP will host a trade roundtable on February 5, 1.30 to 3pm in Meeting Room, Club Central 2 Crofts Avenue Hurstville, to discuss the Government’s plan to […]