Cascade Coal challenges ICAC report in wake of Cunneen ruling

Perth : A mining company that secured a lucrative coal exploration licence over the Obeid family’s farm is pushing ahead with a legal challenge to a report which led to the licence being cancelled, in an apparent bid to win compensation from the state government.Cascade Coal has asked the NSW Court of Appeal to strike […]

Woman suffers carbon monoxide poisoning after smoking hookah

A 20-year-old woman has developed carbon monoxide poisoning after smoking a hookah waterpipe, leading doctors to warn that smoking the traditional pipes could be dangerous.They say the “light-headed” relaxed feeling associated with smoking the hookah, which is also known as a shisha or narghile, may actually be the result of severe oxygen deprivation in the […]

Akshay Kumar vs Amjad Khan: Who’s the better Gabbar?

Akshay Kumar, who started his career as an action hero and went on to prove his good comic timing later, seems desperate. Not because he cannot bag big banner films anymore, or he cannot call the shots (he has been criticised for getting co-actors’ roles chopped at the editing table). But because he is not […]

Tiger Woods, Lindsey Vonn call it quits after almost 3 years

Los Angeles, May 4: Former world number one Tiger Woods and his skiing star girlfriend of three years Lindsey Vonn have separated, it has been confirmed. Vonn announced the split in a statement on her Facebook page yesterday, saying the couple had parted due to incompatible schedules. ”After nearly three years together, Tiger and I […]