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News

Russia banned for 4 years from all major sporting events

Russia has been handed a four-year ban from all major sporting events by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), including next year's Tokyo Olympics and the FIFA World Cup in 2022....

New Zealand

Suniti Nadkarni passes away

Despite her advanced age, Mrs Nadkarni was independent and active, participating in planning events of the Foundation, which was set up at her instance in 2014. She was a regular at Auckland’s classical music events....

New Zealand

Sikh delegates from NZ at Kartarpur Corridor hail the hospitality

The official delegates from New Zealand who travelled to Kartarpur Corridor last week for its historic opening ceremony have hailed the hospitality received from the Pakistan government there....

Entertainment

Bollywood

‘Willing to play a transgender’: Enthuses Rajinikanth cast as top-cop in ‘Darbar’

Co-actor Suniel Shetty seemed overawed by Rajini-Sir’s charismatic aura. “When the humble, simple, superhuman being arrived on the sets it is as if a Zen-space Saint has walked in. With his make-up, get-up and when he faces the camera, he transforms ...

Bollywood

Imtiaz Ali: Films in foreign languages are realistic, artistic

During a session on 'The contemporary filmmakers of different generations' at the ongoing 50th edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI), he mentioned that he likes to watch films in foreign languages....

Bollywood

Lucky Ali: If online clicks make you happy, you are a loser

For singer Lucky Ali, who has been in the music industry for over three decades, it's all about staying "irrelevant". He says that the number of online views his songs garner doesn't thrill him....

Features

Travel

A trip to Israel: Musings of a Kiwi-Indian journalist

Recently a small New Zealand Media-Academic Study group travelled to one of the most volatile geopolitical hot-bed around the world - the Middle East - courtesy Israel-Australia Oceania Chambers of Commerce, to enhance Kiwi understanding of the natur...

In focus

Young and fierce

Don’t let her age fool you; this 23-year-old Auckland-based producer, writer, and actor already has a couple of sell-out productions to her credit, and she’s about to make some more noise in the Auckland theatre scene with First World Problems 2.0...

Travel

Pattaya mein bhi Mera Bharat Mahaan

When you’re on a short business trip, even if it is to the world’s most touristy hotspots, you get little time, if any at all, to explore all those wonderful places you see on other people’s Instagram....

Columns

Immigration news

Minister saying “disgruntled Indians go home” is not good look on this government of compassion

Escalating a general anti-immigrant rant, which is ideally more suitable on social media platforms, at a proper government policy level on a specific and sensitive issue of bringing one's chosen life-partner, is low....

Comment

Is govt being ignorant or just arrogant on partnership visa delays?

First, the processing time of the partnership visa applications gradually slipped from a previous one or two months wait time to a now normal wait time of at least seven-eight months...

Political

Howdy, Modi! went far beyond mere optics

As far as optics go, it can’t get bigger than Howdy, Modi! –a dream win-win mega show for leaders of the world’s two biggest democracies, with the pair of leaders exchanging endless warm fuzzies physically and verbally for all the world to see and li...