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If you have had an experience you think is worth sharing for the benefit of anyone travelling with Air India, we would like to know about. It can be good or bad, for their in-flight service, service in general, connection and at the airport, we would like to know. Send it to r.venugopal@bharattimes.com You can choose to remain anonymous. Just let us know. Thanks, team @Bharat Times ...
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$780,000 funding approved for Multicultural Festivals between 1 July and 30 September 2025

The Allan Labor Government is continuing to back Victoria’s vibrant multicultural communities, with more support to host festivals and events that celebrate culture, heritage and inclusion. Minister for Multicultural Affairs Ingrid Stitt has announced that 111 organisations will share in more than $780,000 in funding to deliver cultural festivals and events across metropolitan and regional Victoria from 1 July to 30 September 2025. The Multicultural Festivals and Events (MFE) Program and the Regional Multicultural Festivals and Events Fund support communities ...
child safety Story - slamming Jay Weatherill

Child safety must come before politics says Vic Opposition

The Victorian Liberals and Nationals are deeply concerned that the Allan Labor Government has chosen to politicise the urgent task of child safety reform by appointing one of its own, former Labor Premier Jay Weatherill, to lead yet another review – instead of taking immediate action. While the Liberals and Nationals welcome the government’s decision to commission an urgent review into childcare safety, it is disappointing that Labor has chosen to appoint a former Labor Premier to lead this process ...
Air India A-171 crash story

Air India flight AI-171 from Ahmedabad to London flight crashes minutes after take-off

Of the 242 people on board its London-bound Air India flight AI-171, 241 were killed when the aircraft crashed shortly after take-off from the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday 12 June. Of those on board, 230 were passengers and 12 crew members. The sole survivor, a British national of India origin, Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, miraculously not only survived by walked out of the rubble, with some injuries to his chest. He is being treated in at the Civil Hospital, Asarwa, in ...
First Home Buyers Stamp Duty exemption story

Liberals and Nationals to abolish stamp duty for first homebuyers for properties up to $1 million

17,000 Young Victorian families expected to benefit stamp duty exemption in the first year The Victorian Liberals and Nationals will scrap stamp duty for first home buyers on all properties up to $1 million – established or off-the-plan – in a bold and visionary policy to restore the dream of home ownership for a new generation. This announcement will form a centrepiece of Shadow Treasurer James Newbury’s Budget Reply Speech today. Stamp duty is one of the most punitive taxes ...
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Kamya Punjabi’s “Me No Pause Me Play”, world’s first film on menopause

A historic cinematic moment unfolded today as the muhurat of “Me No Pause Me Play” was held in Madh, Mumbai, marking the beginning of a first-of-its-kind global film focused entirely on a subject long neglected by both cinema and society — menopause. The film is directed by Samar K Mukherjee and written & produced by Manoj Kumar Sharma. The project is co-produced by Suraj Singh Mass, Shakil Qureshi and Manoj Kumar Sharma have penned the screenplay and dialogues, while Akram ...
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Meghalaya honeymoon horror: Sonam Raghuvanshi admits to the plot to kill husband Raja Raghuvanshi

Sonam Raghuvanshi’s brother asks for death penalty A simple looking Indore woman, Sonam Raghuvanshi, has become the centre of world attention for what is now allegedly a ‘Mangal Dosh’ remedy she came up with – to plotting to kill her husband of a weeklong marriage. To achieve her goal, she allegedly took the help of her boyfriend lover Raj Kushwaha and three other hitmen who executed the plan. In Meghalaya where the couple had gone on honeymoon. The marriage lasted ...
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Allan Labor Government fails victims of family violence, says Opposition

The Allan Labor Government has let down victims of family violence, including those within the Aboriginal community, by failing to complete key recommendations from the Victorian Auditor-General (VAGO) to improve The Orange Door network. The Orange Door provides critical frontline support to victims of family violence, yet Labor’s mismanagement has undermined its effectiveness especially for Aboriginal communities. A recent VAGO report found the government had failed to complete essential governance reforms, leaving local governance group members unclear about their roles ...
Lakshmi Puri-Saket Gokhale

TMC’s Saket Gokhale in trouble: ‘Issue Apology or Face Detention’: Delhi High Court

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Saket Gokhale has been in dispute with Lakshmi Puri, wife of Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet. In 2021, Saket Gokhale tweeted about the real estate property Lakshmi Puri bought in Switzerland suggesting corruption and was sued for defamation. In 2021, in an interim order, the court restrained Saket Gokhale from posting “scandalous” tweets against Lakshmi Puri and her husband, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. Justice C ...

 

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Air India Newsletter Horizontal flyer

Air India – tell us your story..!

If you have had an experience you think is worth sharing for the benefit of anyone travelling with Air India, we would like to know about. It can be good or bad, for their in-flight service, service in general, connection ...
Ballarat Hintu Temple - Ingrid Stitt

$780,000 funding approved for Multicultural Festivals between 1 July and 30 September 2025

The Allan Labor Government is continuing to back Victoria’s vibrant multicultural communities, with more support to host festivals and events that celebrate culture, heritage and inclusion. Minister for Multicultural Affairs Ingrid Stitt has announced that 111 organisations will share in ...
child safety Story - slamming Jay Weatherill

Child safety must come before politics says Vic Opposition

The Victorian Liberals and Nationals are deeply concerned that the Allan Labor Government has chosen to politicise the urgent task of child safety reform by appointing one of its own, former Labor Premier Jay Weatherill, to lead yet another review ...
Air India A-171 crash story

Air India flight AI-171 from Ahmedabad to London flight crashes minutes after take-off

Of the 242 people on board its London-bound Air India flight AI-171, 241 were killed when the aircraft crashed shortly after take-off from the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday 12 June. Of those on board, 230 were passengers and 12 crew ...
Sonam Raghuvanshi story22

Meghalaya honeymoon horror: Sonam Raghuvanshi admits to the plot to kill husband Raja Raghuvanshi

Sonam Raghuvanshi’s brother asks for death penalty A simple looking Indore woman, Sonam Raghuvanshi, has become the centre of world attention for what is now allegedly a ‘Mangal Dosh’ remedy she came up with – to plotting to kill her ...
Lakshmi Puri-Saket Gokhale

TMC’s Saket Gokhale in trouble: ‘Issue Apology or Face Detention’: Delhi High Court

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Saket Gokhale has been in dispute with Lakshmi Puri, wife of Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet. In 2021, Saket Gokhale tweeted about the real estate property ...
Don't be too honest PV Sanjay Kumar

‘Small white lies are permitted’ says Justice PV Sanjay Kumar of the Supreme Court of India

The courts are places of worship where justice is served and truth protected. It is not very common when, albeit in a lighter vein, anything which is not true is welcome. But, the Supreme Court of India on May 28, ...
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Unleash Your Potential at Kangan Institute!

Are you ready to start something? Do something that you love? With hundreds of courses to choose from Kangan Institute can get you started. Whether you’re starting a new career, upskilling, or chasing a lifelong dream, we’re here to help ...
Neha Sharma Oranga Tamariki story

Alleged Radha Soami preacher Neha Sharma jailed for $2.1 million fraud in New Zealand

Neha (Chandrasekaran) Sharma a graduate of Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering near Chennai, had specialized in biotechnology. In 2010, she came to study for a degree in chemical engineering at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand on a scholarship. She ...
Colonel Sofiya Qureshi Vijay Shah

BJP Minister calls Colonel Sofiya Qureshi sister of terrorists

While Operation Sindoor, India’s military response to the Pahalgam terror attack and its aftermath continues in both India and Pakistan, a controversy erupted after a BJP Minister in Madhya Pradesh India, made a controversial statement during a public event in ...