Australia’s Largest Open Mic Comedy Competition, RAW Comedy, hits Mumbai, Bengaluru and Delhi Melbourne International Comedy Festival is bringing Australia’s biggest open-mic comedy competition, RAW Comedy, back to India for a second time to find the best, undiscovered Indian comedian. In 2012, the inaugural RAW Comedy India competition was part of DFAT’s Oz Fest celebrations […]
Isha Sahni The Telangana Bill is one of the most talked about issue in India. A number of protests have been organized ever since the talks of creating a state of Telangana started. While the congress seems unprecedented, a number of protests were expected to derail the bill and postpone or drop the Telangana Bill. […]
The renowned annual Surajkund Mela was held this year from 1-15 February. This festival is organised annually by the Surajkund Mela Authority under the aegis of the Haryana state Tourism Ministry and the Indian Union Ministries of Tourism, Textiles and Culture. The fair showcases the finest handicrafts and handlooms of India and draws award winning artisans from all over the country […]
Destination NSW launches ‘Jhappi Time’ -a friends and relatives-focused tourism campaign With a predicted 50 million outbound travellers by 2020, India is one of the world’s fastest growing travel markets and the target of an innovative new digital marketing campaign by Destination NSW that showcases the best of Sydney and NSW to Indian The landmark […]
Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese automotive manufacturer with its headquarter in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. The company has its factories in many countries across the world for the manufacturing of its automobiles. One such very important country is Australia. Toyota had set its factories and plants in the year 1963 in Australia and has been manufacturing automobiles for Toyota […]
An Indian national was here Monday sentenced to one month jail for making a hoax bomb threat and fined 2,000 dirhams (about $500) for consuming alcohol without a permit. The defendant, identified by his name’s initials, SS, 36, called the police control room from a hotel on Dec 31 and said he knew of a […]
An Indian construction worker, the first of 25 men accused of taking part in last years’ riots at Little India to plead guilty, was jailed for 15 weeks by a court here Monday. Chinnappa Vijayaragunatha Poopathi, 32, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of failing to disperse, Today Online reported. He was initially charged with […]
India and China Monday discussed steps to maintain peace and tranquility along their over 4,000 km disputed border and for implementation of a key border pact inked last year. The two sides held the fifth meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs here. The Indian side, led by Gautam […]
There was chaos on the first day of the Jammu and Kashmir legislature’s budget session Monday as opposition members disrupted Governor N.N. Vohra’s address, forcing him to cut it short. Legislators of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the Bharatiya Janata Party and an Independent interrupted Vohra’s address raising the issues of the alleged sexual assault […]
The US Trade Representative (USTR), Mike Fromann, will take Monday a “trade enforcement action” against India that could damage relations between the two countries, which has been on the mend after the diplomatic row over the Khobragde episode. “Ambassador Froman will announce a new enforcement action with regard to India” at a news conference at […]