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Machetes, meat cleaver, carving knife among other weapons recovered as cops claim to avert ‘serious violence’ during Melbourne’s Moomba Festival; 8 teens arrestedPolice likely prevented serious violence at Melbourne's Moomba Festival on Thursday night after arresting a group of eight armed teens. Off...
Lygon Street machete attack leaves two critically injured amid surge of violent incidents across Melbourne on New Year’s EveMelbourne's New Year's Eve celebrations were marred by violence. A brutal machete attack on Lygon Street injured two young men. Police are ...
Melbourne horror: Two boys stabbed to death in separate incidents, cops call them targeted attacks amid probeTwo boys, a 12-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy, were killed in separate incidents on Saturday night. Police are treating the stabbings a...
Australian court rules terrorists can be imprisoned longerAustralia introduced the law as the number of extremists held in prisons on terror-related convictions was increasing and public concerns g...
Melbourne is the most liveable and loveable city for the seventh consecutive yearNo Indian city has figured among the top 10 in this year’s Global Liveability report.
No increase in political crimes in West Bengal: MK Narayanan"I don't think there is any increase in political crime realistically," Narayanan said on the sidelines of a conference of Austalia India I...
- Australian top cop says there is racism in Melbourne
In a candid admission in the wake of a spate of attacks on Indians in Australia, a top Victorian police official on Saturday said there wer...
- Indians in Oz fear backlash over Ku Klux Klan cartoon
Indians in Oz appealed not to associate recent crimes with racism.
Any violence is unacceptable: Victorian PremierVictorian Premier John Brumby today said any violence was "unacceptable" and admitted that the recent incidents have damaged Australia's im...
- Thousands, including Indians, join 'harmony walk' in Oz
Tens of thousands of people, including hundreds of Indians, joined a 'harmony walk' here aimed at reaffirming Victorian government's suppor...
Some assaults on Indians in Australia racist: McCarthyThe Australian High Commissioner in India has admitted that some assaults on Indian students there have "racist motive".
- Finally, Australia feels apologetic
Aus conceded attacks on Ind students was 'problem' & assured to take steps.
'Curry bashings' strain Australia-India relationsIndian students rallied in Melbourne on Sunday as Australia scrambled to contain outrage over a wave of racist attacks.
Indian students take out protest rally in AustraliaOutraged over the spate of racial attacks in Australia, hundreds of Indian students took out a massive rally demanding justice for the vict...
- Attacks on Indian students not racial: Australian official
The attacks were not racially motivated, an official said, adding "we think they are vulnerable, we don't think it's racial". Blog: Indians...
- Australian police to visit India on students' attack issue
A police team will visit various cities in India to hold sessions on personal security with aspirants before they came here for education.
- Australia unsafe? Attacks on Indian students rise
Train stations, bus stops, even pavements in and around Melbourne, the Australian city in Victoria which is home to thousands of Indian stu...