Mandawa (Rajasthan Golden yellow mustard fields, long winding roads, shimmering stars and a gentle wind whistling in the ears – that was the first impression that Mandawa cast on me once I left the hustle-bustle of metropolitan Delhi for an alluring charm of the small village of Rajasthan. Though Mandawa is well-connected by road from […]
Telstra’s Dhamakedaar event with Brett Lee at the Centenary Square, Parramatta brought on a burst of vibrant colour, energy and activity to the local community on Thursday 26th Feb. 500 Australian South Asians attended the event and enjoyed Cricket, music, food and technology in the heart of Parramatta at Centenary Square. Many cricket fans tried […]
New Delhi/Jammu, March 2 The Lok Sabha Monday passed a bill that allows the central government to notify that Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) card-holders shall be considered Overseas Citizen of India card-holders. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2015, which was passed by a voice vote, seeks to replace the ordinance brought by the government in […]
Yangon, March 2 Myanmar President U Thein Sein had a special meeting with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Nay Pyi Taw on Monday, a media report said. It was the first meeting between the president and the chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in a year since March 9, 2014. The […]
Chennai, March 2 Veteran cricket administrator Jagmohan Dalmiya was on Monday elected president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) during its annual general meeting (AGM) here. Dalmiya was a ‘neutral’ candidate from both the factions in the board. One camp is led by outgoing BCCI boss N. Srinivasan and the other […]
Mumbai, March 2 Actor Ranbir Kapoor, who started his career as an assistant director to filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, says if he has to pen down a portion of his life, then it would be the time when he assisted Bhansali on the film “Black”. He says that phase transformed him completely from an “aimless […]
Washington, March 2 Nearly half of American voters think that US House Speaker John Boehner should not have invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address US Congress without having consulted the White House, according to a new poll released Sunday. A total of 48 percent of those surveyed believed Boehner’s decision to invite Netanyahu […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani expressing condolence over deaths in avalanches in various parts of the country and offering any possible assistance in rescue and relief efforts. Modi said in his letter that he had asked India’s Ambassador in Afghanistan Amar Sinha to seek “your (Ghani’s) guidance on assistance […]
Chennai, March 2 Global credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service on Monday said India’s budget for 2015-16 is credit positive for corporates and a mixed bag for the banks. The increase in service tax, however, is credit negative as it would increase the production cost for Indian corporates, the agency said. “Measures designed to reduce […]
Canberra, March 2 Australia is slated to begin testing new methods of monitoring aircraft over remote areas following the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 almost a year ago. Government-owned corporation Airservices Australia will join forces with Indonesia and Malaysia to install new devices that checks the movement of all aircraft every 15 minutes, […]