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Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Australian state warns non-complying public

12:57 pm October 11, 2020

Melbourne: The premier of Australia’s Victoria state is stepping up his fight with members of the public who don’t comply with pandemic regulations, saying close contacts of those infected who refuse a test will have to spend 21 days in quarantine. The state government has announced mandatory quarantine will be extended by 10 days for close contacts […]

Police: Shooting outside Detroit strip club leaves 6 wounded

6:59 pm September 28, 2020

Detroit: A shooting early Monday outside a Detroit strip club has left six people wounded, police said. A large group was outside the club on the city’s west side shortly before 2 a.m. when at least one person opened fire, police said, citing preliminary information about the investigation. Details about what led up to the […]

Australian park owner fined USD 2.5M over 4 river ride deaths

2:59 pm September 28, 2020

Brisbane: An Australian theme park owner was fined 3.6 million Australian dollars (USD 2.5 million) on Monday for safety breaches that led to the deaths of four people on a river rapids ride in 2016. Two men and two women died when their raft flipped on the Thunder River Rapids ride in Dreamworld park. Ardent Leisure Group had pleaded […]

Report: Cardinal Pell returning to Vatican in crisis

11:20 am September 28, 2020

Canberra: Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis‘ former finance minister, will soon return to the Vatican during an extraordinary economic scandal for the first time since he was cleared of child abuse allegations in Australia five months ago, a newspaper reported on Monday. Pell will fly back to Rome on Tuesday, Herald-Sun newspaper columnist Andrew Bolt […]

India, Australia to conduct 2-day naval exercise in Indian Ocean from Wednesday

11:21 pm September 22, 2020

New Delhi: Navies of India and Australia will carry out a two-day mega exercise in the Indian Ocean Region beginning Wednesday that will involve a range of complex naval manoeuvres, anti-aircraft drills and helicopter operations, officials said. The exercise comes in the midst of India’s tense border row with China and in the backdrop of growing activities by the Chinese navy in the […]