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Let us have free coffee in Parramatta only bring your own cup

City of Parramatta Council is shouting the residents and workers of Parramatta a round of lattes – but only if they bring their own cups. Council has joined forces with five local cafés and the Responsible Cafes movement to encourage coffee shops to help reduce litter and landfill by offering discounts to customers who bring […]

Bengali New Year Festival given a funding of $10,000 by the NSW government

Premier Gladys Berejiklian, Minister for Multiculturalism, Ray Williams and Member for Oatley, Mark Coure announced $10,000 funding for the Bengali New Year Festival held last weekend. More than 30,000 people attended the New Year celebrations in Homebush over the weekend. Mr Coure persistently campaigned for funding from the NSW Government and was pleased to secure […]

The Premier in New Delhi

Premier Gladys Berejiklian is in Delhi and took a tour of    the Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, one of the most prominent Sikh house of worship in New Delhi. Soon after she visited George Institute for Global Health in New Delhi to launch an innovative health app pioneered in NSW that will help millions of the […]

Sanju Samson dazzles with his performance in IPL

By Gaurav Joshi Each year there is one innings from Sanju Samson that features in the top 5 innings of the IPL. Each year there is a shot, that has the commentators and the spectators spell bound.   At the end of each IPL, the question on everyone’s lips is ‘When will he be a […]

Day two in Mumbai

Premier Gladys Berejiklian met Sachin Tendulkar in Mumbai as they  spoke about the upcoming 2020 World T20 being hosted by Australia and Sachin’s deep connections with Australia, including that the SCG is his favourite cricket ground outside of India. She visited young players with Greater Western Sydney Giants star Jess Dal Pos at St Columba […]

Premier Gladys Berejiklian in Mumbai

Meeting Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is in India for a four-day trade mission from April 16-19 visiting Mumbai on her first stop. She is accompanied by Geoff Lee, MP Parramatta. In Mumbai, she has had meetings with  Ashish Kumar Chauhan, MD & CEO, Bombay Stock Exchange India and met […]

Indian athletes make us all proud at Gold Coast !

What a brilliant performance by the Indian athletes at the Commonwealth Games 2018! India goes back having won a whopping 26 gold medals, 20 silver and twenty Bronze. Medal Tally secured a proud third place for India as it scored medals after medals ending on a high in the last three days as it collected […]

Dia Mirza crowns Miss Mrs Mr India Australia 2018 winners

By Neeru Saluja Glamour, glitz and grace ruled this years’ Miss Mrs Mr India Australia pageant where Bollywood queen and Miss Asia Pacific 2000 Dia Mirza crowned the well-deserved winners. Tall and beautiful Sujneet Kaur Johal, a standout competitor and audience favourite was crowned Miss India Australia 2018. Nancy Arora won the title of Mrs […]

Punchkula dancers entertain Sydney Seniors of Sri Om Care

By Neena Badhwar All the way from Punchkula, Haryana, India, came the troupe of Kalalayam Dance Academy and entertained seniors of the Indian community at Senior Week celebrations. Twenty five children ranging from 7 to 16 and their gurus both Rahul Gupta and his wife Seema Gupta came to Sydney as they were to perform […]

Gutter Politics

  By Vijay Badhwar Indian voters are easily excitable. And political goons make no mistake not to exploit them. Imagine a dysfunctional parliament not able to discuss anything for the whole Budget Session, pass legislations without chaos and raising ruckus, without placards and shouts from the well, with no respect for the Speaker or for […]