Natasha Chaku In Melbourne

Stories by Natasha Chaku In Melbourne

Australia: Indian-origin lawmaker will be 1st politician to take oath on Gita

Australia: Indian-origin lawmaker will be 1st politician to take oath on Gita

Rediff.com   12 May 2015

Mookhey, 32, was elected by the Labor to replace Steve Whan in the New South Wales upper house.

Australia police foil Islamic State-style terror attacks, nab 5

Australia police foil Islamic State-style terror attacks, nab 5

Rediff.com   18 Apr 2015

A sinister Islamic State-inspired plan to carry out an attack using 'edged knives' at a ceremony commemorating martyred soldiers was foiled on Saturday.

Adani's Australia project faces fresh trouble

Adani's Australia project faces fresh trouble

Rediff.com   15 Apr 2015

The aborigines alleged that Adani was misleading the public.

Adani working with Aus aboriginal group to resolve land issue

Adani working with Aus aboriginal group to resolve land issue

Rediff.com   14 Apr 2015

Adani has argued that the Carmichael mine, together with its other projects in Queensland.

Australian couple misled Indian officials, abandoned baby

Australian couple misled Indian officials, abandoned baby

Rediff.com   13 Apr 2015

An Australian couple abandoned a baby boy born via surrogacy in India despite being repeatedly warned that the child could be left stateless.

More trouble awaits Adani's project in Australia

More trouble awaits Adani's project in Australia

Rediff.com   9 Apr 2015

A total of 11 international banks have publicly distanced themselves from the project.

Adani defends Queensland mine project in court

Adani defends Queensland mine project in court

Rediff.com   7 Apr 2015

Coast and Country challenged Adani's plans to build biggest mine in the Galilee Basin.

Indian techie dies after falling from 3rd floor home in Australia

Indian techie dies after falling from 3rd floor home in Australia

Rediff.com   2 Apr 2015

A 29-year-old Indian IT analyst died on Thursday after allegedly falling from the balcony of the third floor of an apartment in Sydney.

Australia's Queensland state head meets Adani

Australia's Queensland state head meets Adani

Rediff.com   31 Mar 2015

Adani described the meeting as warm and productive.

Oz green lobby drags Adani group in court over mine project

Oz green lobby drags Adani group in court over mine project

Rediff.com   31 Mar 2015

The lobby objected to the Indian mining giant's $16.5 bn Carmichael project.

Indigenous owners reject Adani's land deal in Oz

Indigenous owners reject Adani's land deal in Oz

Rediff.com   26 Mar 2015

Reports said that Adani took legal action to override the W&J people.

Australia prevents another youth from joining IS

Australia prevents another youth from joining IS

Rediff.com   25 Mar 2015

Authorities in Australia have prevented another teenage boy from traveling to Middle East to join IS fighters

Sydney cafe reopens 3 months after deadly siege

Sydney cafe reopens 3 months after deadly siege

Rediff.com   20 Mar 2015

A Sydney cafe that was the scene of a deadly 16-hour siege reopened on Friday, over three months after two hostages died in the terrorist attack staged by a Iran-born gunman inspired by the Islamic State militant group.

My girl has lost her mother, punish killer: Indian techie's husband

My girl has lost her mother, punish killer: Indian techie's husband

Rediff.com   12 Mar 2015

"I'm her husband and father of a young girl, who has lost a beloved mother," says Prabha Arun Kumar's husband in Sydney as police are still on a look out for her killers.

'Indian woman saw attacker approach her, begged for mercy'

'Indian woman saw attacker approach her, begged for mercy'

Rediff.com   10 Mar 2015

The Indian woman IT professional, who was stabbed to death in a Sydney suburb, is believed to have seen her attacker approach and begged for mercy in her final moments, even as the police were investigating if the assault was related to the sex attacks last year.

'Nothing suggests Indian woman's murder was racially-linked'

'Nothing suggests Indian woman's murder was racially-linked'

Rediff.com   9 Mar 2015

The Australian cops indicated on Monday

Top detectives to probe Prabha stabbing case

Top detectives to probe Prabha stabbing case

Rediff.com   9 Mar 2015

'Could this be a random attack? Well, yes it could. It could be a whole range of scenarios... and we are considering all of them.'

Adani's Aussie coal project runs into rough weather

Adani's Aussie coal project runs into rough weather

Rediff.com   11 Feb 2015

The Greens are calling for an urgent investigation.

Adani to go ahead with projects in Australia despite govt change

Adani to go ahead with projects in Australia despite govt change

Rediff.com   5 Feb 2015

Adani will go ahead with its $15 bn mine, rail and port project.

This is an attack, I have a bomb: Sydney cafe attacker's first words

This is an attack, I have a bomb: Sydney cafe attacker's first words

Rediff.com   29 Jan 2015

Gruesome details of the 17-hour siege have been revealed