Planning Minister Rob Stokes today announced the government will replace the Pre-Gateway review process with a simpler, faster and clearer rezoning assessment. The current process, known as the Pre-Gateway review, allows a review where a council refused or failed to respond to an application to amend local planning rules. Reforms for the new […]
The Australian and NSW governments are another step closer to fixing what is considered Sydney’s worst motorway traffic bottleneck. Senator for Western Sydney Marise Payne and NSW Minister for Roads Duncan Gay today released the preferred design for the New M5, which will more than double capacity on the M5 East corridor. Motorists driving from […]
The NSW economy is growing faster than the national average and is performing strongly on a number of indicators, the latest national accounts figures show. Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian said the ABS report shows NSW is continuing to outperform the softening national economy as economic activity transitions away from mining led growth. “NSW has […]
Chandimal and Sharma suspended, Thirimanne and Prasad fined 50 per cent of their match fees “Their actions cannot be condoned and must be discouraged,” says match referee Andy Pycroft Three Sri Lanka players and India’s Ishant Sharma have been found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct in two separate incidents during […]
Cheteshwar Pujara has broken into the top 20 of the ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmenfor the first time in his career following the conclusion of the Colombo Test, which India won by 117 runs to clinch the series 2-1. The 27-year-old batsman carried his bat in the first innings and returned unbeaten on […]
By Arvind Padmanabhan Kodungallur (Kerala) One will find nothing unusual about this place of worship for Muslims as one drives past this town in central Kerala, just 30 km north of Kochi. But it’s when you go in and chat up with the volunteers and office-bearers that the enormity of its legacy actually hits you. […]
By Debaprio D. Choudhury It was her parents’ love for sitar exponent Pandit Ravi Shankar that introduced Paola Carraro to Indian art and music far away in Brazil. Carraro, who started learning sitar from Ravi Shankar’s disciple Alberto Marsicano, said that India is the ‘biggest inspiration in her life’ and Indian culture continues to fascinate […]
Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon is an upcoming 2015 Indian romantic comedy film directed by director duo Abbas- Mustan, in which Indian TV stand-up comedy king Kapil Sharma will make his film debut In Bollywood. He will play the lead role opposite 4 heroines. Other members of the cast are Arbaaz Khan, Manjari Phadnis, Amrita Puri, […]
By Chinmaya Dehuri Puri Prepared by 600-700 cooks and partaken by up to 50,000 pilgrims daily generating a business of Rs 8-12 lakhs, the mouth-watering “Mahaprasad” (food first offered to the deity) of the Jagannath Temple has retained its appeal among tens of millions of devotees for ages. The Mahaprasad cooked on the premises of […]
By-Arul Louis Chennai versus Hyderabad? In the battle of the technology titans, a reorganized Google gets a new general, Chennai’s Sundararajan Pichai, to face off against Hyderabad’s Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO. In the fast-changing technology landscape the two companies compete in several lines of business and continue to reinvent themselves for survival, shifting business plans […]