Kutcher meets Delhi’s ‘powerful girls’
September 1st, 2012 - 1:15 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Hollywood star Ashton Kutcher, who is on his maiden trip to India for a shooting assignment, met women of a NGO working for the cause ... Read more...
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An emotional Ratan Tata says goodbye to shareholders
August 31st, 2012 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) A shareholder garlanded him, some offered him send-off gifts and yet others urged him to put his signature on the annual report.Ratan Tata, who chaired ... Read more...
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Australian minister’s daughter held in drug case
July 23rd, 2012 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, July 23 (IANS) The 20-year-old daughter of a minister in Australia's Queensland state has been arrested and charged with possession of drugs, a media report said Monday.Alex Davis is ... Read more...
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Australian jailed in Bali for smuggling drugs in stomach
July 23rd, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, July 23 (IANS) A 54-year-old Australian national caught trying to smuggle hashish and methamphetamines, hidden in his stomach, into Indonesia's Bali island has been sentenced to eight years in ... Read more...
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Australia’s unemployment rate down
February 16th, 2012 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Feb 16 (IANS) Australia's unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage point to 5.1 percent in January, lowest since July 2011, data from Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed Thursday.
The ... Read more...
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Man facing 99 child sex charges gets bail
October 25th, 2011 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 25 (IANS) An elderly Australian, charged with 99 child sex offences including obtaining under-age prostitution, has been granted bail.
Richard Paul Baxter,63, of the Brisbane riverside suburb of ... Read more...
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9/11 anniversary coverage may traumatise kids: expert
September 8th, 2011 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, Sep 8 (IANS) Parents should be aware that news coverage of the 10th anniversary of the Sep 11, 2001 terror attacks could traumatise young children, an expert has warned.Beverley ... Read more...
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New Zealand news agency shuts down - after 132 years
September 1st, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, Sep 1 (IANS) "We now sign off," said a New Zealand news agency that closed after 132 years.
New Zealand Press Association shut down after Fairfax Media, joint shareholder along ... Read more...
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Assaults on Indian students in Australia not racial
August 11th, 2011 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 11 (IANS) Indian students in Australia were more likely to be victims of robbery but these crimes were opportunistic but not racially motivated, says a report.The Australian Institute ... Read more...
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Australian attacks chopper following Bible prophecy
July 25th, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 25 (IANS) An Australian man attacked a military helicopter with an axe, saying he was fulfilling a biblical prophecy.Bryan Law, 57, was arrested after the attack at an ... Read more...
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Health check-ups, legal aid pffered for women in Delhi
July 23rd, 2011 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Offering free health check-ups and legal counselling on issues related to domestic violence, divorce and dowry harassment, NGOs and the Delhi government organised a ... Read more...
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73-year-old man jailed for sexually abusing boys
June 26th, 2011 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, June 26 (IANS) A 73-year-old Australian doctor has been sent to jail for sexually abusing teenaged boys in the guise of collecting semen samples for tests.John Phillip Rolleston was ... Read more...
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Japan to jail computer virus creators
June 18th, 2011 - 9:51 am ICT by IANS
Tokyo, June 18 (IANS) Japan will now punish people who create or spread computer viruses with fines and prison terms of up to three years.Under a new law enacted by ... Read more...
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Australian woman sets solo ocean swim record
June 15th, 2011 - 10:36 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, June 15 (IANS) An Australian woman has set a new world record for an unassisted solo ocean swim, the Australian Associated Press (AAP) reported.Shadowed by sharks and fighting severe ... Read more...
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2002 Bali bombing suspect arrested
June 14th, 2011 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, June 14 (IANS) Police in Indonesia said Tuesday they have arrested a suspected terrorist for his role in the 2002 bombing on Bali island that killed 202 people, it ... Read more...
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Australians prefer plain cigarette packets
May 30th, 2011 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, May 30 (IANS) A majority of Australians support the government's plan to introduce cigarette packets with plain packaging, according to a survey.The Newspoll telephone survey commissioned by the Cancer ... Read more...
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Tourist dies of mosquito-borne virus in Australia
May 26th, 2011 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, May 26 (IANS) A 19-year-old Canadian woman has died after contracting a rare and incurable mosquito-borne virus while on holiday in Australia's northern region, officials said.The department of health ... Read more...
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UN group honours Indian campaigner against sex trafficking
May 14th, 2011 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
New York, May 14 (IANS) Ruchira Gupta, founder and president of Apne Aap Women Worldwide, an NGO working against sex trafficking, has been honoured by the United Nations Association's New ... Read more...
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Man who threw shoes at ex-Australian PM dies
May 10th, 2011 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, May 10 (IANS) The man who hurled his shoes at former Australian prime minister John Howard has died. Before he died of cancer, he sought that his shoes be ... Read more...
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SRK back to TV - shoots for fiction show in Mannat (With Images)
May 3rd, 2011 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Bollywood badshah Shah Rukh Khan is back to his roots - the small screen. Nearly two decades after featuring in fiction shows like "Circus" ... Read more...
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More kids being born with flattened heads
April 6th, 2011 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 6 (IANS) The prevalence of an asymmetrical flattening of the skull seems to be increasing among infants and young children."Plagiocephaly (flattened head) is characterised by unilateral flattening of ... Read more...
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‘Punish clients, not sex trafficking victims’
April 5th, 2011 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Fatima Nat Dhuniya was all of 9 years when she was "married off" and then landed in the world of sex trade. More than a ... Read more...
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Man gets life term for killing, drinking blood
April 4th, 2011 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, April 4 (IANS) A man who killed his flatmate and then drank his blood was jailed for life Monday by a court in Brisbane.Robert Ian Logan, 23, had admitted ... Read more...
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Australian man not convicted, jailed nine years!
March 17th, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, March 17 (IANS) West Australia's attorney-general has defended a decision to keep an intellectually disabled man in prison for over nine years, without being convicted or standing trial.Marlon ... Read more...
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Bride burnt as wedding car catches fire
March 7th, 2011 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, March 7 (IANS) It was meant to be the most memorable day of her life -- but it turned out to be the most frightening day for a newly-wedded ... Read more...
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‘Thank You’ is not ‘No Entry Part 2′: Bazmee
March 6th, 2011 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 6 (IANS) Writer-director Anees Bazmee says he doesn't mix 'n' match scripts with projects like women colour-coordinate their clothes and clarifies that his forthcoming romantic comedy "Thank ... Read more...
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Cashier steals $27 mn to ‘help’ homeless!
March 4th, 2011 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, March 4 (IANS) A university cashier has confessed to siphoning off over $27 million from Adelaide's Flinders University to use the money to buy shares in a National Basketball ... Read more...
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Pakistan president, PM condemn minister’s assassination
March 2nd, 2011 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 2 (IANS) Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Wednesday strongly condemned the assassination of the country's Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti.Zardari ... Read more...
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Singh apologises to Oz family for helping killer driver flee to India
February 18th, 2011 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 18 (ANI): Sukhcharanjit Singh, who has been charged for allegedly helping a killer driver flee Australia on a false passport, has apologised to the family of the man the fugitive ... Read more...
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Qantas plane denied flight path through Iraq
February 15th, 2011 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Feb 15 (IANS) A passenger aircraft of Australian airline Qantas had to change its flight path after it was denied entry into Iraqi air space, a media report said Tuesday.The QF32 ... Read more...
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Oz PM will not be allowed to address Kiwi Parliament
February 14th, 2011 - 12:43 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 14 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard will not be allowed to address New Zealand's Parliament during her visit to Wellington this week.The New Zealand Green Party opposed a ... Read more...
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Rodney Marsh tips an ICC associate team to create World Cup stir
February 8th, 2011 - 2:57 pm ICT by ANI
Dubai, Feb.8 (ANI): Former Australian wicketkeeper Rodney Marsh is tipping one of the four ICC Associate nations -- Ireland, Kenya, The Netherlands and Canada -- to create a stir at this year's ... Read more...
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‘Reporter’ held for theft
January 28th, 2011 - 1:12 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) A man, claiming to be a reporter for a news channel, was arrested for stealing a vehicle, police said Thursday. He also has two charges of murder ... Read more...
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Beware of conman, Lata warns against fake secretary
January 25th, 2011 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Singing legend Lata Mangeshkar has warned people about a person who is conning people by posing as her secretary.Sunil Chouhan has taken money from people saying she ... Read more...
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Worker survives five-storey fall in Australia
January 22nd, 2011 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 22 (IANS) A construction worker at Caringbah in Sydney's south survived a fall off a five-storey building site by stroke of luck.
The man was on scaffolding stripping materials from ... Read more...
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