Cox & Kings to handle India visa services in US

Washington, May 8 (IANS) The Indian Embassy here has awarded the new contract for providing Visa/OCI/PIO/Renunciation of Indian Citizenship Certificate application support services to the Cox & Kings Global Services Pvt. Ltd. The new service provider will be operational from May 21, a day after the current service provider, BLS International Ltd. closes all its operations […]

Ronaldinho, Kaka out of Brazil World Cup squad

Rio de Janeiro, May 8 (IANS) Ronaldinho and Kaka were left out of Brazil’s 23-man squad for the 2014 football World Cup Wednesday as coach Luiz Felipe Scolari kept faith in his 2013 Confederations Cup-winning team. Former Barcelona star Ronaldinho has struggled with form and fitness for Brazil’s Atletico Mineiro football club and was not expected […]

Coalition Government continues strong funding support for Victoria’s multicultural communities

• $24.4 million to support multicultural affairs and citizenship • Leadership programs for new and emerging communities extended & enhanced • Coalition Government maintaining strong funding investment to enhance harmonious cultural diversity The Victorian Coalition Government has maintained its strong investment in multicultural affairs and citizenship with an allocation of $24.4 million in the 2014-15 […]

The Efficient Delivery of Quality Services – State Budget 2014-15: Funding to continue Closing the Gap work

The State Government has announced funding of $30.3million to continue and build on the work already undertaken to close the gap in life expectancy for Aboriginal people.  Health Minister Kim Hames has also directed that $2million from the general health budget be allocated to the Footprints to Better Health Strategy (FBH), bringing the total to […]

Melbourne’s South Asian community shake a leg at Telstra’s Bollywood Dance Competition

The annual Telstra Bollywood Dance Competition is one of the highlights of the Indian Film Festival and attracted thousands to the Federation Square in Melbourne on 4 May. Over twenty talented contestants from all over Australia competed for the winning titles with Bollywood’s brightest stars Malaika Arora Khan from India’s Got Talent, Dhoom 3 Director […]

Ukraine border guards get US-funded equipment

Washington, May 7 (IANS) Ukraine’s border guard has received a large percentage of the US-funded equipment it had requested, a Pentagon spokesman said. Steven Warren told reporters Tuesday that the Pentagon recently provided funding to Ukraine for locally purchased equipment, Xinhua reported. “To date,” he said, “using Cooperative Threat Reduction funds, Embassy Kiev has purchased and […]

Time to bury the blue dress: Monica Lewinsky

Washington, May 7 (IANS) Monica Lewinsky, the White House intern whose affair with Bill Clinton nearly brought down the then US president, is back in the news saying “It’s time to burn the beret and bury the blue dress.” Breaking her silence over the scandalous affair in the 1990s with Clinton – which led to the […]

Zanetti confirms retirement

Rome, May 7 (IANS) Inter captain Javier Zanetti has confirmed that he will retire from football following 19 seasons with the Milan club. The Argentine joined Inter in 1995 as Massimo Moratti’s first signing after taking over the club. After a long-time in service, he found that he could not carry on, reported Xinhua. “After suffering […]

200 killed in fresh Nigeria attack

Abuja, May 7 (IANS) At least 200 people were killed in a fresh attack by insurgents in a border town of Nigeria, an official said. Dressed in military uniforms, the insurgents attacked Gamboru, a remote town of the northeastern state of Borno, late Monday, Xinhua quoted a representative of the area at the Nigerian Senate as […]

Uttarakhand votes for all five Lok Sabha seats

Dehradun, May 7 (IANS) Balloting in Uttarakhand for all its five Lok Sabha seats began Wednesday, officials said. As many as 74 candidates are in the fray. In Hardwar, the Congress has fielded Renuka Rawat, wife of Chief Minister Harish Rawat, against former chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Harish Rawat had […]