Tim Murphy Auckland, April 23, 2019 Auckland motorists who drive their car to the city daily will have “the worst experience” of transport changes planned for the next four to five years. Auckland Council Chief Executive Stephen Town told Newsroom that people driving alone in their vehicles would face tough conditions as the city pressed on with projects to pedestrianise and advance public…
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Veera (lakshmi) Ramayah Melbourne, Australia, April 22, 2019 William Shakespeare (in his ‘Romeo and Juliet’) said, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet.” Although he was probably referring to White names because we all know that Rose rolls off the tongue a lot easier than ‘Mishti’ does. At the…
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Gul Zaman Auckland, April 22, 2019 The news of the coordinated terrorist attacks on numerous Churches and Hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019, just five weeks after the March 15, 2019 attacks in Christchurch, has created another wave of immense sadness and trauma amongst our ethnic community, particularly Sri Lankans, in New Zealand and worldwide. The…
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Venkat Raman Auckland, April 22, 2019 Outgoing India’s High Commissioner Sanjiv Kohli recalled his pleasant days in New Zealand, saying that ‘there were challenges to be faced and decisions to be taken but it has been a good tenure in New Zealand.’ Speaking at a dinner organised in his honour by the Auckland-based New Zealand India Trade Alliance (NZITA) with…
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From Riches to Rags under four centuries of British domination Veera Ramayah Melbourne, Australia, April 22, 2019 It is Year 1600 and India is dressed in the colours of the Mughal Empire. One of the world’s richest countries, it has 23% share of the world economy. India opens her arms to the East India Company and for more than 200…
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Caution: Some pictures here can be distressing Karoline Tuckey Wellington, April 22, 2019 A Queenstown woman whose Church was hit in Sunday’s Sri Lanka terror blasts is thankful that her family are safe, having celebrated Easter at a smaller Church, but fears many of her friends could be among those injured or killed. Dinesha Amarasinghe came to New Zealand in…
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Auckland, April 22, 2019 Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has extended New Zealand’s condolences to the Government and people of Sri Lanka following multiple bombings there on Easter Sunday. “New Zealand condemns all acts of terrorism, and our resolve has only been strengthened by the attack on our soil on the 15th of March. To see an…
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The Wire Staff, New Delhi, April 22, 2019 Seven people were arrested and three police officers were killed during a raid on a house in Colombo on Sunday (April 21) as the death toll from a rash of bombings at Churches and Hotels in Sri Lanka rose past 200, Police and local media said. Among the dead are three Indian…
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BBC & RNZ, Colombo, April 21, 2019 At least 160 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in explosions at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, police and hospital sources say. At least eight blasts were reported. Three churches in Negombo, Batticaloa and Colombo’s Kochchikade district were targeted during Easter services. The Shangri-La, Kingsbury, Cinnamon Grand and a fourth…
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Venkat Raman Auckland, April 21, 2019 Posted from Venue at 1230 pm Ramya Negi in an Uttarakhand Costume (INL Picture) About 500 people are attending ‘Baduli’ an annual programme of the Uttarakhand Association of Nee Zealand (UANZ) at Avondale College Auditorium in Auckland. A team of artistes from Uttarakhand, including the legendary Narendra Singh Negi, Kushi Joshi and Kishan Mahipal,…
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