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Australian found guilty of killing three Indian siblings

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012
Australian found guilty of killing three Indian siblings  Melbourne, A 42-year-old Australian faces up to 45 years in jail after a jury Tuesday found him guilty of murdering three siblings of an Indian-origin family in Brisbane in 2003.The Supreme Court in Brisbane found Max Sica guilty of murdering 24-year-old Neelma Singh, 18-year-old Kunal Singh and 12-year-old Sidhi Singh ...

Be responsive to expat’s needs, Krishna tells Indian missions

Thursday, June 28th, 2012
Be responsive to expat's needs, Krishna tells Indian missionsNew Delhi, June 27  Ahead of his outreach visit to Central Asia in the first week of July, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Wednesday said he had asked embassies and consulates to be "responsive" and "proactive" in mitigating problems of expatriates living around the world. Krishna will be meeting heads of ...

Australia keen to expand trading base in India

Friday, June 1st, 2012
Australia keen to expand trading base in India Agartala, June 1: Australia is trying to expand its trade and business base in India and is keen to establish people-to-people relations in the days ahead, Australian diplomats said here Friday. They also said that gas and natural resources in India's northeast region could be exploited with Australian expertise. "Australia is famous ...

Zohal seeks to quash charges against Pomersbach

Thursday, May 24th, 2012
New Delhi, May 24: US national Zohal Hamid Thursday moved the Delhi High Court to quash the first information report (FIR) filed against Indian Premier League (IPL) player Luke Pomersbach following her complaint that he had molested her. Pomersbach had been arrested May 18 after Hamid alleged that she had been molested ...

Tight British visas driving Indian students to Australia

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
Tight British visas driving Indian students to AustraliaMelbourne, May 22: In a classic reversal of a situation a few years ago, Australian universities now stand to benefit from the recent tightening of student visa rules and a drastic fall in enrolments in Britain from India. British universities have experienced a fall of more than 30 percent in Indian enrolments ...

Luke Pomersbach confesses of being under influence of alcohol, inadvertently touching US woman: Police

Monday, May 21st, 2012
Luke Pomersbach confesses of being under influence of alcohol, inadvertently touching US woman: PoliceNew Delhi, May 21: Four days after an American woman alleged she was molested by Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach, playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL), the case took a new turn Monday with the cricketer telling the police that he inadvertently touched the victim as he was under the influence ...

Disappointed with allegations made against me: Luke Pomersbach

Saturday, May 19th, 2012
Disappointed with allegations made against me: Luke PomersbachNew Delhi, May 19: Australian and Royal Challengers Bangalore cricketer Luke Pomersbach, who Saturday got bail in the case of allegedly molesting an American woman in a five-star hotel here and beating up her fiance, said that he is disappointed with the allegations against him. "I am disappointed with the allegations made ...

Indian American woman molestation case: Luke Pomersbach gets bail

Friday, May 18th, 2012
Indian American woman molestation case: Luke Pomersbach gets bailNew Delhi, May 18: The highly popular Indian Premier League (IPL) was hit by another controversy when Australian player Luke Pomersbach of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team was arrested Friday for allegedly molesting an American woman in a five-star hotel in the capital and beating up her fiance. Delhi Police registered ...

UK favourite destination for Indian workers, students: Govt

Thursday, May 17th, 2012
UK favourite destination for Indian workers, students: GovtNew Delhi, May 17: The United Kingdom is a favourite destination for both Indian workers and students, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. There were about 5,00,000 Indian workers and 39,000 students in the UK, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said during Question Hour. As per estimates of Indian missions in ...

Indian origin Ranjit Bhatnagar turns tweets into poems

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Melbourne, May 16: An Indian origin computer programmer living in US has written an algorithm that turns millions of tweets into poetry. Ranjit Bhatnagar’s algorithm scans millions of Twitter postings to find rhyming couplets in Shakespearean-style iambic pentameter and turn them into sonnets. “There are great tidal waves of language sloshing around ...
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