London, Dec 11 An Indian-origin couple, both aged over 100, will become Britain’s oldest married couple when they celebrate their 88th wedding anniversary later this week. Kartari and Karam Chand’s son Paul Chand, who runs the Castle pub in Bradford city, is throwing a party Dec 15 on the wedding anniversary of the couple, The […]
Los Angeles, Dec 11 Freida Pinto’s rise to global fame is “courageous”, says Hollywood actor Josh Brolin, who starred with the Indian beauty in Woody Allen’s “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger”. “She’s incredible. I have a tremendous amount of respect for anyone who comes out of a best picture situation. I think that […]
Kuala Lumpur, Dec 11 Top Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal failed to win her women’s singles BWF Super Series Finals opener against Minatsu Mitani of Japan at the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium here Wednesday. Despite having healthy leads several times in the match, Saina could not hold her nerves and blew away the chance of an […]
Washington, Dec 11 Aam Aadmi Party’s impressive debut in the Delhi elections has earned party founder Arvind Kejriwal a place on Foreign Policy magazine’s list of 100 global thinkers “for leading a campaign to clean up India’s capital”. “Kejriwal is out to ignite a revolution,” says the prestigious magazine in putting him on the 32nd […]
New Delhi, Dec 11 The Supreme Court Wednesday held consensual sex between adults of the same gender a criminal offence, leaving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community dejected. But they vowed to fight on. Setting aside a Delhi High Court verdict of 2009 that decriminalised sexual relations between people of the same sex, Justice […]
Attorney General Greg Smith SC today announced the appointment of Magistrate Michael Barnes as the State Coroner of NSW. Mr Smith said Magistrate Barnes was highly qualified for the position, having served as the State Coroner of Queensland for a decade. “Magistrate Barnes conducted inquests in Queensland that led to breakthroughs in cold case deaths […]
Greens Spokesperson for Multiculturalism and Spokesperson for the Status of Women, Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC, has welcomed the recommendations of the Community Relations Commission in relation to human trafficking in New South Wales, including the establishment of a Human Trafficking Ministerial Advisory Council. “Human trafficking, including labour and sex trafficking, affects millions of women, men […]
New arts funding program invests $1.3 million in Victoria’s arts sector More than 2,200 Victorian artists will receive grants – more than a third will receive Victorian Coalition Government funding for the first time The Victorian Coalition Government is committed to strengthening the state’s reputation as an arts and cultural leader Minister for the Arts […]
Cricket ACT is set to host the country’s best cricketers for the 30th Commonwealth Bank Australian Country Cricket Championships which will be held across Canberra from 7 – 14 January 2014. This competition will see six teams comprising of Western Australia, New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Victoria and the ICC East Asia Pacific (EAP) region […]
Chuck Close, one of the world’s most renowned artists, whose life is a study in overcoming severe adversary, will be the Museum of Contemporary Art’s (MCA) 2014-2015 Sydney International Art Series artist, Minister for Tourism, Major Events and the Arts, George Souris and MCA Director Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, announced today. Close will be bringing a […]