TBDC competition winners JJ’s Group, Dancing Birds, Natya Bollywood Dance Group and Bollywood Dimensions impressed celebrity judges including Malaika Arora Khan, beating out 26 dance groups Melbourne, Australia – – The Telstra Bollywood Dance Competition (TBDC), a much-anticipated event of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne’s (IFFM) bumper schedule of celebrations, rocked Melbourne’s Federation […]
Actors like Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sonam Kapoor and Fawad Khan received top honours at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2016. The awards night, held at the iconic Melbourne Recital Centre , had “Parched” bagging the award for Best Indie Film while the Shakun Batra’s directorial “Kapoor & Sons” won award for the Best Movie, […]
The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), the southern hemisphere’s greatest annual celebration of Indian cinema kicked off on August 11 with “Female Empowerment” as its unifying theme. This year’s festival explores the richness of contemporary cinema from India and the sub-continent, featuring films spanning Bollywood box-office hits to documentaries and arthouse festival favourites, as […]
Coal mining will not occur under the famous black soils of Liverpool Plains after the NSW Government secured a buy-back of the Caroona mining exploration licence issued by the former Labor Government on some of Australia’s most productive farming land. Premier Mike Baird and Deputy Premier Troy Grant today announced that the NSW Government has […]
Take “Saturday Saturday”, “Kar gayi chull” or “Kala chashma” — these songs came and went in their original forms, but they have received unprecedented popularity after being included in a Bollywood film. Rapper Badshah says Hindi films undoubtedly give Punjabi numbers a wider reach and fan following. “I’ve made so many songs before that nobody […]
Minister for Local Government Paul Toole launched the NSW Pet Registry at the Dog Lovers Show, delivering an election commitment to simplify registration and ensure lost pets are reunited with their owners as quickly as possible. Mr Toole said the NSW Pet Registry replaces the old paper-based system and provides a simpler process to register […]
Chocoholics and singles can look forward to three weeks of finding “true love” when the sixth Sydney Rides Festival rolls into town in October. Australia’s largest bike festival line-up includes speed dating, a chocolate ride, city suit ride, pocket park treasure hunt, night and day adventures, talks, exhibitions, courses and more. City of Sydney CEO […]
In its 69th year of independence, India is continuing to make its mark globally. The country’s growth in areas of service sector, infrastructural developments, and scientific breakthroughs are a testimony to its accomplishments. Yet, almost seven decades after India won its freedom, millions of children are anything but free and for them education still remains […]
Indian boxer Manoj Kumar stunned Evaldas Petrauskas of Lithuania by a split decision in the Round of 32 of the men’s Light Welterweight (64kg) category at the Riocentrio Pavilion here. Up against the bronze medallist of the 2012 London Olympics, Manoj dominated all three rounds to carve out a 29-28, 29-28, 28-29 verdict and advance […]
