Indo-Aus ties on a new high as India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh shakes hands with PM Julia Gillard Australia and India are forging stronger ties as Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard met India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the East Asia summit held in Nusa Dua in Bali, Indonesia. They met on Saturday for […]
School Education Minister Peter Garrett at the opening of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden learning centre at Collingwood College New focus on languages under Australian Curriculum All Australian students will be entitled to learn a language other than English under the new Australian Curriculum, with curriculum for Chinese Mandarin and Italian the first to […]
President Obama with Prime Minister Julia Gillard in Canberra Excerpts from President Obama’s Speech and some question from various journalists on issues and President’s answers on issues affecting Asia-Pacific region: President Obama: Good day everybody and thank you Madam Prime Minister for your generous welcome, your friendship and partnership. President Obama in his […]
Peter Roebuck By Kersi Meher-Homji I still can’t believe that Peter Roebuck, my favourite cricket writer and a good friend, is no more. To die at a relatively young age of 55 is sad but to commit suicide by throwing oneself from the sixth floor of his hotel is too tragic for words. Many hours […]
Sachin Tendulkar congratulates R Ashwin who took 9 wickets – three in the first and 6 in the second innings to beat West Indies By Kersi Meher-Homji India has retained her squad for the second Test starting in Kolkata next Monday the 14th after beating West Indies by five wickets earlier on the 9th with […]
Meenakshi Iyer reports from New Delhi New Delhi: The phenomenal rise of Mayawati, the chief minister of India’s most populous and key electoral state of Uttar Pradesh, didn’t happen overnight. After years of playing the Dalit card extremely well and known as the single-most entity that brought a complete paradigm shift in the electoral pattern […]
Farhan Akhtar By Neeru Saluja It all started in the summer of 2001. Fresh out of college, ready to embrace the corporate life and struggling to take the leap of love, he brought all of us 20 something’s an answer. Like a fresh breeze he gave us a reason to love and laugh with his […]
Arun Jagatramka (middle), wife Mona and daughter with miners and workers Gujarat NRE 1 Colliery By Neena Badhwar Driving down the scenic highway leading to Wollongong the coal town where Gujarat NRE have organized a day for all guests to take a look at the huge set up of machinery to demonstrate how […]
Gargi Tripathi By Neena Badhwar She is the talk of the town though I have only been away from Sydney for four weeks. Every one in Sydney was talking about Gargi when I came back. About her vigil along with a group of ladies and men lighting candles and observing a fast with the […]
Jubilant Dhoni! By Kersi Meher-Homji What a moment for Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s captain, wicket-keeper and the Man of the Series, to trounce England 5-0 in the 5-match one-day international (ODI) series which concluded on Tuesday! And what an ideal Diwali eve present for the cricket-loving Indian spectators! Eden Gardens Kolkata where the final ODI […]