Festival Dates: Thursday 1 May – Sunday 11 May The 2014 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) is proud to announce the establishment of an international competition in 2014 with the presentation of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne Awards. The festival is the southern hemisphere’s greatest annual celebration of Indian cinema and takes place from Thursday 1 to […]
Isha Sahni Sanjay Dutt again gets an extended parole. A statement heard for the third time in less than a year. Sanjay Dutt got his parole extended by 30 days from the Government of Maharashtra. He again submitted an application last week, seeking further extension citing the illness of his wife Maanyata. Mr. Dutt is convicted in 2013 […]
The Sydney Hospital now has an officially opened million state-of-the-art Bicentennial Eye Clinic by the Health Minister Jillian Skinner. Mrs Skinner said the purpose-built clinic will provide high-level ophthalmic care to local patients as well as those from rural and remote areas of the state. Mrs Skinner said thousands of retinal and corneal treatments would […]
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 […]
Forty-eight Justices of the Peace were removed from office in NSW over the past two years to ensure the continuing high standards of the valuable, voluntary community service, Attorney General Greg Smith SC has said. “JPs are a group of unsung heroes in our community, who give freely of their time to provide an important […]
By Isha Sahni Migrants or Asylum seekers are generally people who move from one country to another to seek refuge of better living conditions. Australia has international obligations to protect the human rights of all asylum seekers and refugees who arrive in Australia, regardless of how or where they arrive and whether they arrive with or without a […]