Category archives for: Community

CIA’S ‘Meet and Greet with the NSW Police’

Council of Indian Australians (CIA) Invites Local Community to ‘Meet and Greet with the NSW Police’ on Thursday 8th  May from 0700PM – 0900PM at George Mepham Hall, Toongabbie Community Centre, Toongabbie! The Council of Indian Australians (CIA) are listening to the needs of local community of western Sydney and have organised an informal get […]

A message from the Prime Minister – Our Economic Action Strategy

              Prime Mintser Tony Abbott giving  his reasons for the need to  make big changes in the upcoming budget to be out next Tuesday 13 May 2014 at 7.30pm released by the treasurer Mr Joe Hockey. In recent weeks, as I’ve met people across Australia and read their letters […]

3rd Hindu conference celebrates spread of Hinduism down under

                Novotel in Parramatta turned saffron during April 26-27 weekend as hundreds of volunteers and delegates furled saffron scarfs and name tags around their necks at the third Hindu conference organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Australia.                 The conference […]

‘Its an honour to be an ambassador to help build bonds of friendship’: Amitabh Bachchan

                From Left: Neeru Saluja, Arti Banga with Amitabh Bachchan   Amitabh Bachchan Bollywood’s greatest star is visiting Melbourne  as the chief guest of Indian Film Festival Melbourne where he was  present at a press conference  attended by the media and politicians from the Victorian Government which has […]

Amit Balgi named as 2014 Bradman Scholar

From left: Former Bradman Scholar David Miller, Bradman Foundation Director Hon, John Howard, Amit Balgi, Bradman Foundation Chairman Maurice Newman Wollongong cricketer Amit Balgi has beaten 60 other applicants from around Australia to be named the 2014 Bradman scholar. Mr Balgi will receive an allowance of $5,000 a year for a maximum of three years […]

Act now and send your submission in by tomorrow!

On 25  March 2014, the Attorney-General, Senator the Hon George Brandis  QC, released an exposure draft Bill on the proposed amendments to the Racial discrimnation Act 1975 Section 18C, Section 18D. The Attorney-General has called for submissions on the draft by 30  April 2014. Freedom of speech (repeal of s.18C) Bill 2014””Exposure draft [PDF  157KB] […]

The legend of Bodhidharma

Bodhidharma, the third son of a  Tamil  Pallava king  from  Kanchipuram,  who had awakened his  kundalini  and mastered the martial arts, went to China in sixth century and was supposed to be more than 150 years old.  Bodhidharma visited the  Emperor Wu  (Emperor Xiāo YÇŽn 蕭衍 (posthumous name WÇ”dì 武帝) of Liáng 梁 China), a […]

Scam alert – Scammers claim to be from Federal Parliament

    NSW Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe on April 25 2014  issued a statewide scam warning after the Fair Trading Centre in Wagga Wagga reported receiving numerous calls from concerned local residents. “Residents have reported receiving calls from someone claiming to be from the Australian Federal Parliament and offering refunds on overcharging of services […]

Its all IPL in Sharjah as election fever hits India!

  IPL season has kicked off and one week into the tournament there have been plenty of highlights to discuss. TIDU’s Gaurav Joshi reports from UAE about the top five discussion trends re cricket a sport we all love dearly.       1. GLENN MAXWELL The “Big” Show has entertained, spellbound and destructed all […]

For Indo-Australians, it would be ‘Modi Sarkar’

The fact that most of Indo-Australians are naming Modi as the next PM does not mean that there is overwhelming support for BJP down under   By Rekha Bhattacharjee   Sydney 21.4.2014:  While there is still three weeks before the election results would be known, a large section of the Indian Diaspora settled in Australia […]