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Plan ahead for a great day at Easter Show!

This school holidays, let your senses run wild at the biggest celebration of the country coming to the city – the Sydney Royal Easter Show (the Show), 10 – 23 April. With awe-inspiring entertainment, thousands of farmyard animals and award-winning produce, there’s more fun than ever before. Cherie Nicholl, the Show’s General Manager Commercial and […]

Well known columnist and author Khushwant Singh dies at 99

Khushwant Singh, one of India’s best-known writers and columnists, breathed his last at the age of 99 in Delhi today on Thursday March 20. His columns were famous with many readers in India and abroad and were published in more than 100 major newspapers across India. Born on February 2 in Hadali, now in Pakistan’s […]

RAAF plane sent to check possible wreckage from flight MH370 in the Indian ocean south west of Perth

  TWO large objects identified by satellite in the south west off Perth in the Indian Ocean may be related to missing Flight MH370 and are ‘possible indications of debris’. Describing the credible sightings as the best lead investigators currently have, Australian Maritime Safety Authority general manager John Young said the objects were “relatively indistinct […]

Volunteers required for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

  Organisers of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 are looking for volunteers to join their team across Australia and New Zealand. The tournament is one of the biggest sporting events in the world with more than one million people expected to attend matches across the two host countries and more than one billion to […]

The Holy Dip with Mark Gould on March 23!

  An Indians’ desire to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela  that happens every twelve years with one  last year at Allahbad where the three rivers – the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, is a sincere and deep wish we all have. Yet living overseas and the sheer thought of going to the festival […]

Message from the Prime Minister

On Holi – Hindu Festival of colours   I send you my best wishes as you mark Holi – the Hindu festival of colour. Holi is an opportunity to gather with family and friends to mark the joyful triumph of spring over the darkness of winter. It is also a time to celebrate the strong […]

Sydney TV viewers urged to tune in to the retune

    Missing a TV channel? You may need to retune your TV Free TV Australia today reminds Sydney TV viewers that Tuesday, 18th March is ‘TV Retune Day’. This means viewers may need to retune their TV, set-top-box or digital TV recorder to make sure they continue to receive all their free-to-air TV channels […]

Telstra woos customers by showing Bollywood movie

Bollywood is the way to win hearts of everyone not just only the Indian community. Telstra this month has introduced Bollywood Wednesdays with $10 tickets to Bollywood movie lovers. Rajeev and Prugya Maini walk the red carpet The Telstra Bollywood Wednesdays VIP event, held at Event Cinema Burwood showed Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan’s romantic-comedy […]

Sydneysiders interact with Sh Narendra Modi on Chai Pe Charcha

OFBJP Australia (Overseas Friends of BJP Australia) participated from Sydney in Chai Pe Charcha programme on 8th March 2014. Chai pe Charcha, a simple idea to communicate with a handful of people, when laced with technology, has invoked huge pan India participation and Indians overseas with Shri Narendra Modi via web conference in real time. […]

Join the fun at Easter Parade on April 21, 2014

  Thousands are expected at the Sydney Easter Parade & Family Day on Easter Monday  on 21st April, 2014 Live bands, DJ’s, food trucks, cultural performances, kids rides, face painting and even a  colourful parade are some of the attractions you will find at the annual Sydney Easter Parade & Family Day at Hyde Park […]