Dr. Jayant Patel gets 7 years jail

By our correspondent Brisbane: Dr. Jayant Patel, 60, was today sentenced to seven years jail term for manslaughter for killing three of his patients and harming another. He was earlier convicted by a Brisbane Supreme Court jury. The surgeries by the...

Julia Gillard Australia’s first woman PM

By our correspondent Canberra: Former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia was today elected by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) cacus to replace Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, to become Australia’s first woman Prime Minister. Wayne Swan was elected...

Vayalar Ravi raises visa cap issue with Oz Government

Indian NRI Minister Vayalar Ravi addressing the Indian community in Melbourne. By our community reporter Melbourne: The Minister for Overseas Indians, Vayalar Ravi was here recently and spoke to the Indian community at the Collinwood Town Hall. The...

Direct AI flights to Delhi, Mumbai from Melbourne

By our community reporter Melbourne: You can now fly to Delhi and Mumbai direct from here from November 1. A first in Australia the move is likely to strengthen trade and cultural ties between Victoria and India. Premier John Brumby and Industry and...

Another teenager charged in Nitin Garg case

Melbourne: Another teenager has been charged of murdering Indian student Nitin Garg in West Footscray on January 2 this year. Homicide squad detectives have taken into custody a 16-year-old boy from Yarraville over the fatal stabbing.Police say he had...

Indian real estate company owner stabbed to death

By our community reporter Melbourne: The Indian community is in shock after the brutal and suspicious stabbing to death of a prominent Indian real estate company owner. The 61-year-old man whose body was found under an overpass next to parkland had suffered...

Overseas students rally in Sydney demands SOL exemption

By our correspondent Sydney, June 4: The All International Student Association (AISA) held a peaceful rally in Sydney today. Hundreds of international students from different countries attended the rally. “Government should exempt existing student...

Oz no to racial attacks movie shoot

By News Bureau Melbourne: Barely ten days into the shooting of “Crook: It’s Good to be Bad”, based on the alleged racial attacks on Indians in Australia, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt’s team returned back dissapointed from Melbourne, crying...