An Australian Indian family dispute which spilled over across the continent into the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ended in disappointment for the allegedly victimized ex-wife. The High Court has ruled that the Indian police does not have jurisdiction to take cognizance of dowry harassment of brides / wivesRead More →
Australia has more than doubled the cost of student visa fees for international students from USD 710 to USD 1,600. This steep hike will bite thousands of Indians planning to study down under. Although the decision has sparked outrage among students, this was not entirely unexpected, say some experts. WhileRead More →
Madras High Court has come down heavily on a woman using ‘false promise of marriage’ ground to falsely accuse a man of rape. The court found the man had been falsely implicated by the woman and exhorted the courts dealing with cases of sex on false promise of marriage, toRead More →
Asaduddin Owaisi, the only member of parliament of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chanted ‘Jai Palestine’ while taking oath as the newly elected MP in the 2024 general elections. He ended his oath saying “Jai Bheem, Jai Meem, Jai Telangana, Jai Palestine, Taqbeer, Allahu Akbar”. That triggered an uproarRead More →
Kejriwal is an institution, not a name or individual. He can achieve anything, practically anything, unachieved and unimagined earlier. He proved that when he got anticipatory bail to campaign for 2024 general elections, on the day of hearing, which was not even scheduled to hear his interim bail application. Yes,Read More →
Sujatha Fernandes, a University of Sydney Sociology professor while teaching first-year students has told them that Hamas’s mass rapes and sexual violence on October 7 were “fake news” and a “hoax” peddled by the media. Prof Fernandes, who is of Goan Indian descent and an Australian-American academic, teaching her classRead More →
Opposition Leader John Pesutto has settled two of his three defamation cases out of court. As part of the deal, he has issued a public apology to women’s rights activist from Britain Kellie-Jay Keen and Melbourne woman Angela Jones. Fight with Moira Deeming is on. A long after the defamation caserRead More →
Peta Credlin, former chief of staff to Tony Abbott when he was Prime Minister of Australia wrote a piece in The Australian on May 2 titled: Nation’s foreign policy is being driven by minority influence. You can read the piece here. She starts in a tone very ominous for migrantsRead More →
CDRIAs co-chairs of the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)’s Governing Council and Executive Committee from 2022 to 2024, India and the United States have collaborated to establish disaster-resilient infrastructure around the world in partnership with CDRI’s growing membership. On April 23, 2024, the United States transitioned the co-chairship toRead More →
Nurul Khan was dumped by the ALP as its upper house candidate after a dirt sheet was circulated among the relevantly influential ALP figures within days of his preselection in November 2022. It is alleged within 4 days of his name being finalized, a dirt sheet with allegations of hisRead More →