By Neeru Saluja She’s everyone’s favourite with her popular roles in Four More Shots Please!, Made in Heaven, Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan and Ujda Chaman. Talented actor Maanvi Gagroo now takes a global leap with international writer-director Rahul Chittella in the virtual show ”˜Islands of Contentment’. Co-produced by Hypokrit Productions and The Tank, Islands of […]
14.3.2021. Foreign Minister Marise Payne announced today the appointment of Ms Rowan Ainsworth as Australia’s next Consul-General in Kolkata. India is at the forefront of Australia’s international partnerships and our engagement in the Indo-Pacific region. Australia’s landmark Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with India will result in a strengthened security partnership and help increase our trade and […]
India is a natural economic and strategic partner for Australia. The Australia-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership places India at the forefront of Australia’s international relationships and has generated additional momentum in our ambitious partnership. The Consulate-General in Mumbai plays a significant role in advancing Australia’s trade, commercial and investment interests in the western states of Maharashtra, […]
By Vijay Badhwar Vasooligate in Maharashtra – blatantly practised corruption allegedly infecting the whole chain of government from lowly police to the top ministers – claimed its first high profile victim, none less than the State Home Minister, Anil Deshmukh. Not that he went gracefully. Denying any wrongdoing and defended by his Chief Minister Uddhav […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Another late night (rather early morning till 3.30 am) in front of the TV and another reward by watching a cliff-hanger. It was the first of the three one-day international (ODI) series between South Africa and Pakistan at Centurion, S Africa, and the match was decided off the last ball of the […]
By Neena Badhwar We speak to Lalitha Chellappan, a songstress, beautiful Sydney girl, who is ready to go an extra mile for her love of Bollywood. I remember listening to her at Natraj Academy’s musical evening where she sang ”˜Hawa Hawai’. She fully worked on the execution of it with fellow actors for memorable stage […]
Hazara refugees from Afghanistan have helped to transform the Port Adelaide and Enfield local government area socially, culturally and economically, according to a new report being launched today. The report has been prepared by the University of South Australia and Charles Sturt University, in partnership with the Multicultural Communities Council of SA. It looks at […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji The final One Day International (ODI) between India and England was a real nail-biter, the end of the match and the series in doubt till the final over, the final ball. The series was level at one-all when the third and final ODI started at Pune. Amid mind-blowing tension India won by […]
Indian communities across Victoria are set to benefit from a new Indian Community Centre opened by the Hon Alan Tudge MP in Rowville today. The centre was partially funded by the Australian Government with $2.5 million in funding. Federal Member for Aston Alan Tudge said that once final council approval is complete the two-storey building […]
By Neena Badhwar and Santosh Gupta India’s High Commissioner in Australia for just over a year, Gitesh Sarma, leaves Down Under having turned 60 on March 7 this year, the community remaining unfulfilled not having seen enough of Mr Sarma due to COVID-19 and a relatively short stay. Mr Sarma is an erudite bureaucrat and […]