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Indian community meets new leadership at the CRC

  Representatives of Indian community organisations in NSW at the consultation with new CRC Chair, Vic Alhadeff and new Chief Executive Officer, Hakan Harman Continuing the round of community consultations, the new leadership team at the Community Relations Commission, the Chair, Vic Alhadeff and Chief Executive Officer, Hakan Harman, met on the night of April […]

AIBC NSW farewells Arun Goel, Consul General of India, Sydney

Hon Premier Barry O’Farrell, Arun Goel, Sheba Nandkeolyar and Dipen Rughani   The Australia India Business Council (AIBC) NSW Chapter held an official farewell for the Consul General of India, Sydney, Mr Arun Kumar Goel on March 31 at the Menzies Hotel, part of the ACCOR group in Sydney. It was a very popular event […]

All rights are not always right

It’s been 100 days since the last refugee boat was encountered in Australian waters, so the Liberal leaders claim, unstoppable from patting their backs. The real stories of boats’ fates remain shrouded in mystery – if these were pushed back in Indonesian waters or sunk, dependent on Minister’s courtesy if he would choose to inform […]

Yes! Its Amitabh Bachchan! Special guest at IFFM 2014

From L to R:  Jenni Tosi – CEO Film VIC;  Manika Jain – Counsel General of India in Melbourne;  Mitu Bhowmick Lange – IFFM Director, Vidya Balan and  Hon. Minister Louise Asher   Finally Australia has pulled the A to Z of Bollywood film Industry. Sorry it’s AB for sure – the great Amitabh Bachchan […]

Meet the Lata of Australia

    Love pours out when Pushpa Jagadish sings. Seen here her ardent fan Sarla Thakker thanks Pushpa for singing her favorite songs   Kersi  Meher-Homji has a chat with  Pushpa Jagadish I have been listening to Pushpa Jagadish’s melodious singing for many years at Vinod Rajput’s and Avijit Sarkar’s concerts. Her rendering of golden […]

Demand for NRIs to be given right to vote

 Dr Shamseer Valayil Parampath As India holds its general elections within a month, a writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court of India, demanding the Indian Government provide  voting facilities to millions of overseas Indians. The writ petition has been filed by Dr Shamseer Valayil Parampath, a Non Resident Indian (NRI) in the […]

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 […]