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A year after Mumbai
By J. Sri Raman On November 26, 2009, India marks the anniversary of a nightmare. Around 9.30 p.m. this day last year began the terrorist strike in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), a tragedy watched on the television by the rest of the country and etched in...
Many hurt in Oz asylum brawl
Dozens of men at the Christmas Island detention centre have been injured during a riot between Afghan and Sri Lankan detainees, reports the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). The brawl broke out between about 150 men at the centre on Saturday...
US-INDIA: Manmohan visit could smooth bumpy ties
By Eli Clifton WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (IPS) – The close of U.S. President Barack Obama’s trip to Asia this week brought rampant speculation about what a new U.S.-China relationship will look like, but next week’s state visit by Indian...
Indian attacked in Melbourne
By our reporter Melbourne, 15 November: An Indian in his thirties who did not want to be identified was attacked by three youngsters (one boy and two girls) today at the Blackburn station at around 9.45 pm. The victim said he was entering the station...
Sri Lanka military chief quits: BBC
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s armed forces chief General Sarath Fonseka has resigned from his post just months after helping secure the defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels. Gen Fonseka is reportedly considering challenging President Mahinda Rajapaksa in an election...
Rudd India visit:Major boost to scientific ties but no Uranium for India
The Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. Kevin Rudd called on the Indian President, Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, in New Delhi on November 12, 2009. PHOTO: PIB From our correspondent New Delhi: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said that the policy...
Melb.Indian student missing
Missing for the last six days: Dipak Kumar Chaudhari PHOTO: Victoria Police Melbourne, Nov. 11: A 22-year-old Indian student, Dipak Kumar Chaudhari is missing for the last six days. Dipak’s housemates, who had not seen him at their Glen Iris house...
Bande Matram unites India: Javed Akthar
By Javed Akthar Who is forcing the Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind to sing Vande Mataram? They don’t want to sing it but want to make an issue of it! I don’t understand the business of passing a resolution against singing the national song. Not that I agree...
5,000 Oz student visas may be cancelled
Melbourne: Australian authorities are probing a major migration scam and scrutinising the documents of thousands of overseas students after they identified agents involved in providing fake documents to foreigners. Around 10 registered migration agents...
