[ad_1] Indian-origin engineer Shyamal Shah jailed for $1 million fraud in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo: NZ Herald) An Indian-origin engineer, Shyamal Sushil Shah, a former Auckland Council employee, has been sentenced to two years and two months in prison for over $1 million fraud from the public sector, New Zealand Herald reported. Shah pleaded guilty […]
[ad_1] SYDNEY: Australian authorities on Saturday condemned what they said was an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue with worshippers in the building, the latest in a spate of incidents against the nation’s Jewish community.The fire at the entrance to the synagogue in the east of Victoria’s state capital was sparked on Friday night, police […]
[ad_1] Representative image credits: NSW police force Two people were arrested in Australia in connection with a “Chinese blessing scam” that defrauded a 77-year-old woman in Sydney out of cash and jewellery worth 130,000 Australian dollars (about $85,000 USD).These arrests come amid a broader investigation into a wave of similar scams, which have been reported […]
[ad_1] COIMBATORE, TAMIL NADU, 03/05/2015: Stand-up comedian-actor Vir Das performs in “Unbelievablish”, a comedy show at PSG College of Arts and Science in Coimbatore on May 03, 2015. Photo: M. Periasamy | Photo Credit: PERIASAMY M Comedian and actor Vir Das has been announced as one of the key guests of honour at the Indian […]
[ad_1] Rajkumar Hirani, Shoojit Sircar, Anjali Menon, Onir | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Filmmakers Rajkumar Hirani, Shoojit Sircar, Anjali Menon and Onir are set to collaborate on the second instalment of My Melbourne, an Indo-Australian anthology film project. The project, produced by Mind Blowing Films and presented by the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), […]
[ad_1] This is a representative AI image A children’s vest sold as “100 per cent Australian sheepskin or wool” has turned out to be actually made from domestic cat and rabbit fur, setting off alarm bells among animal rights groups calling for a statewide ban.The shocking discovery was confirmed through forensic testing by UK-based fibre […]
[ad_1] Indian-origin man Gaurav Kundi dies in police custody in Australia. (Photo: 7News) Gaurav Kundi, a 42-year-old Indian-origin man and a father of two, died of ‘unrecoverable’ brain injury in the Australian police custody, days after he was dramatically arrested from outside his home. During the arrest, Kundi lost consciousness and had to be admitted […]
[ad_1] Former England skipper Kevin Pietersen has hailed Aiden Markram‘s match-winning century against Australia at Lord’s as the greatest innings ever played by a South African batter in Test cricket, placing the Proteas opener’s gritty knock above all others in the country’s long red-ball history.Markram scored a sublime 136 off 207 balls in the fourth […]
[ad_1] South Africa’s Aiden Markram, right, celebrates with batting partner Temba Bavuma after scoring a century on day three of the World Test Championship final (Image via AP /Kirsty Wigglesworth) Aiden Markram vs Australia in the WTC Final (Image via AP /Kirsty Wigglesworth) South Africa’s Aiden Markram, right, celebrates with batting partner Temba Bavuma after […]
[ad_1] Praveen Param, an Indian-origin Melbourne man, claimed he was assumed to be Uber driver when he entered a McDonald’s. Praveen Param, an Indian-origin Melbourne man, shared his experience of facing ‘everyday racism’ in Australia as he went to take food at a McDonald’s. Praveen said as soon as he entered, the gentleman behind the […]
