NSW Minister for Finance, Services and Property, Dominic Perrottet today announced Pontiac Land Group as the purchaser of a long-term lease of Sydney’s Sandstone buildings (located at 23-39 Bridge Street) for redevelopment into a luxury hotel. Mr Perrottet said Pontiac Land would pay $35 million for the lease, together with a commitment to undertake an […]
15th September 2015, Mumbai: Bollywood films for years have always showcased unique and unknown locations from all over the world to the global audience. Iceland has been slowly catching our film maker’s imagination in the recent times. Rohit Shetty’s “ Dilwale” becomes the only Bollywood film to be shot in the picturesque Iceland till date. […]
When you think of photography and Kashmir, you think of a sylvan valley and the sun setting over the Dal Lake. But budding photographers from the valley are finding more inspiration in the diverse culture around them, women’s issues and conflict than the usual cliched images. Using social media tools like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, […]
The festive season beginning with the onset of Ganesh Chaturathi (September 17) may not give a desired boost to real estate sector that is facing slow down for the last two years. Residential real estate is reeling under weak sales due to a liquidity crunch, unaffordable prices, high interest rates and large scale delivery defaults […]
Indian scientists have created the world’s first comprehensive open database on curcumin — the star therapeutic component of the golden Indian spice turmeric and a hot favourite with researchers across the globe — to foster innovation and generate public awareness. The Curcumin Resource Database (CRDB) or portal is a collaborative effort of the Indian Institute […]
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) is gearing up to get a foothold in Bihar by contesting assembly elections in the Seemanchal region and is confident of making a modest but impressive debut. Confined to Hyderabad politics till recently, the party is making a serious attempt to cash in on its electoral gains in Maharashtra for a pan-India […]
The men’s final at the U.S. Open tennis championship this year was a weird five-cornered contest. It was Roger Federer versus Roger Federer versus Novak Djokovic and Novak versus the spectators. One of the players did not particularly seek spectator love but received loads of it anyway. That would be Federer. The other played in […]
Following suggestions by traditional healers that goat milk may be beneficial to people infected with dengue, the price of such milk in the National Capital Region (NCR) has reportedly soared to Rs.2,000 per litre. Though it is claimed that goat milk helps in increasing platelet count — which drops alarmingly in dengue patients — there […]
Indian-origin author Sunjeev Sahota is among the half a dozen authors short-listed for the prestigious 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Sahota, who was adjudged the Granta Best Young British Novelist 2013, competes with fellow Briton Tom McCarthy, Jamaican Marlon James, US-based Anne Tyler and Hanya Yanagihara and Nigerian Chigozie Obioma for his second book […]
NSW Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Andrew Constance today announced tunnelling on the $8.3 billion Sydney Metro Northwest has passed the 70 per cent mark with 22km of tunnelling now complete. Mr Constance congratulated tunnel builders Thiess John Holland Dragados for setting a new standard in tunnelling, including Australian-first innovations like a $1.2 million […]