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Hindustan Times
5 days ago
- Hindustan Times
Tamil Nadu ADGP suspended in minor's abduction case
The Tamil Nadu government suspended additional director general of Police (ADGP) HM Jayaram on Tuesday, a day after he was arrested in connection with his involvement in abduction of a 16-year-old boy in Tiruvallur district. He was, however, released soon after. The senior IPS officer is accused of abetting a gang by providing his official car to abduct the teen on April 5 with the aim to separate a couple. The suspension order was issued by home secretary Dheeraj Kumar, said a senior police officer. The high court on Monday orally directed Tamil Nadu Police to arrest Jayaram in connection with a kidnapping case. He was detained shortly after he came out of the court building. The court was hearing an anticipatory bail plea filed by another accused, MLA M Jagan Moorthy, who apprehended arrest in the case. The court directed another suspect in the case, MLA 'Poovai' Jagan Moorthy, leader of the Puratchi Bharatham Katchi (PBK), to appear before the investigating officer to cooperate with the probe. Justice P Velmurugan passed the interim orders on the MLA's anticipatory bail plea. 'Since two of the accused had already been arrested, giving confession statements against the additional director general of police, the respondent (police) is directed to secure and take action against the additional director general of police in the manner known to law,' the justice said. Additional public prosecutor A Damodaran, appearing for the police, stated that the petitioner (MLA) had absconded and was not co-operating with the investigation and had filed the petition seeking anticipatory bail. 'The petitioner was directed to appear before the court and since he has appeared in person, he is directed to co-operate for the investigation being done by the police,' the court said. 'The respondent-police is directed to conduct the investigation/inquiry, as the case may be and record the statement of the witnesses.' The next hearing is scheduled on June 26. The case of abduction was registered at the Thiruvallur police station based on the boy's mother's complaint. After his 22-year-old brother married a 21-year-old woman without the consent of her family, the police said that her father approached Maheswari (a former police constable who was dismissed from service) to sever the marriage. Maheswari reportedly sought the help of the ADGP who in turn sought help from the MLA. When they couldn't find the 22-year-old man, they abducted his minor brother. Following his mother's police complaint, the minor was let off. 'Already, the police and ministers have a tie-up. When will you work for the people?,' the judge said orally, according to LiveLaw. 'The court cannot be a silent spectator when you're misusing your power and support. People come to support you, believing you'll help them in their grievance. Without taking up the issue, you're doing Kangaroo courts,' it stated.
News.com.au
13-06-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Dick Poole, Australia's oldest living Kangaroo, dies aged 94
Dick Poole, Australia's oldest living Kangaroo, has died. He was 94. Poole was surrounded by family when he passed away of natural causes at his Ashfield nursing home. Born in 1930, Poole died late last week with mourners attending his funeral on Friday. Poole was a surprise choice as Australia's captain-coach for the 1957 World Cup, the first held in Australia. The Australian side under Poole included legends Harry Wells, Brian Carlson, Keith Barnes and Keith Holman. Poole played 13 Tests for Australia. The Daily Telegraph wrote a tribute story to celebrate Poole's 94th birthday in November. 'Ninety-four – not many make it,' Poole said. Born Herbert Richard Poole, Poole played 115 first grade games for Newton between 1950 and 1958 – his last four as captain-coach – before spending two seasons at Wests where he posted another 31 top-level matches. A top-line centre, Poole finished with 146 NSWRL games, which included 59 first grade tries and 177 points. He was also captain-coach of NSW. 'I was captain-coach of Australia – there's nothing better than playing for Australia. It was a great honour,' he said. 'We loved each other's company – that's how we won. I ran hard and always looked for support.' Former Australian player Harry Wells, 92, who lives in Port Macquarie, is now the oldest Kangaroo. Poole returned to Newtown as head coach between 1966 and 1968 and was later named in the club's team of the century.
India.com
13-06-2025
- Sport
- India.com
WTC 2025 final: Sarfaraz Khan soaks in Lord's magic with father Naushad, catches Australia vs South Africa
Sarfaraz Khan with father Naushad Khan. New Delhi: India's young batter Sarfaraz Khan, and his father/coach, Naushad Khan, visited Lord's Cricket Ground on Thursday during the second day of the World Test Championship Final. Sarfaraz shared photos on Instagram, showcasing his enjoyment of the historic venue. Naushad acted as a mentor, guiding Sarfaraz and his brother Musheer from Mumbai's cricket grounds to international success, making their journey a significant father-son achievement in the sport. South Africa, winning the toss in the World Test Championship 2025 final, bowled out Australia for 212 in the first innings. Kagiso Rabada led the South African bowling attack with five wickets, while Beau Webster (72) and Steve Smith (66) were Australia's top scorers. By the end of the first day's play, South Africa had scored 43 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. On the second day, South Africa took their innings forward in a controlled manner. There was a very important partnership of 64 runs between captain Temba Bavuma and David Bedingham. Bavuma was playing brilliantly, but Marnus Labuschagne took a wonderful catch and dismissed him for 34. David Bedingham also went out after scoring 45 runs. On the second day, the rest of the African batsmen could not do anything special, as a result the whole team was reduced to a score of 138. When Australia came to bat in the second innings, Kagiso Rabada once again wreaked havoc on the Kangaroo batsmen. Rabada gave Australia a double blow by taking the wickets of Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green in the same over. Marnus Labuschagne scored 22 runs this time, while Steve Smith, who scored a fifty in the first innings, was out after scoring 13 runs this time. Beau Webster had scored 72 runs in the first innings, but this time he also flopped. South Africa took 7 wickets of Australia for just 73 runs in the second innings. But wicketkeeper batsman Alex Carey's innings of 43 runs became a bone in the kebab for South Africa, due to which he added 61 runs with Mitchell Starc. It seemed difficult for Australia to score even 100 runs in the second innings, but thanks to Alex Carey, Australia has increased its total lead to 218 runs.
The Advertiser
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Advertiser
Roo little beauty: meet the cuddly Aussie movie stars set to charm the world
Meet joeys Margot, Emily, Connor and Biscuit, the cuddlesome stars of Kangaroo, the first Australian movie from the studio behind the blockbuster Paddington franchise. StudioCanal has given the ACM network, publisher of this masthead, an exclusive first look at images from its upcoming family comedy as it releases a heartwarming new trailer and the film's new poster. Opening in cinemas on September 18, Kangaroo is loosely based on the life of Chris "Brolga" Barns, founder of the Alice Springs Kangaroo Sanctuary, whose escapades raising orphaned joeys were featured in the 2013 BBC-National Geographic documentary series Kangaroo Dundee. The film stars Ryan Corr as a TV weather presenter stranded in a tiny Northern Territory town who teams up with a 12-year-old Indigenous girl to rescue an orphan joey. Newcomer Lily Whiteley, chosen from more than 300 hopefuls, makes her acting debut alongside Corr and co-stars Deborah Mailman, Ernie Dingo and Brooke Satchwell. Whiteley shares much of her screen time with Margot, Emily, Connor and their on-set stand-in and snugglemate Biscuit - all real orphaned joeys in the care of the Kangaroo Sanctuary who had their own trailer on the set of the movie in Alice Springs, where Barns and his wife Tahnee would give them their bottle every three hours. By the time movie-goers see them bouncing across cinema screens in September, the cute quartet will be all grown up and already released back into the wild. Director Kate Woods, of Looking for Alibrandi acclaim, said there was "no CGI or digital trickery with the joeys". "What you see is exactly how they behave," she said. "I think most of the world associates Australia with kangaroos, but not many films have shown kangaroos in a realistic and natural way, so I hope audiences learn something about the country and see it in a slightly different way." The Kangaroo Dundee series was seen in more than 90 countries, giving StudioCanal a ready worldwide audience for Kangaroo. The French screen giant turned quaint British children's book character Paddington Bear into an $800 million box office heavyweight with three hit movies since 2014. StudioCanal Australia and New Zealand CEO Elizabeth Trotman said the first feature film from the company's Australian production arm, Cultivator Films Australia, was "sure to leave an indelible mark on the cinematic landscape". Australian film companies Brindle Films and Bunya Productions were key collaborators during filming, lending their experience and expertise in bringing First Nations stories and Red Centre vistas to the screen. Producer David Jowsey, whose credits for Bunya Productions include Warwick Thornton's Sweet Country and Iven Sen's outback crime thriller Mystery Road, expects Aussie movie-goers to feel proud when they see Kangaroo's depiction of "the deep red beauty of our vast outback". "Kangaroo embraces the best of Australia, our community, our land, our spirit and our baby roos," he said. Older generations who grew up with Skippy The Bush Kangaroo would find it fun, "full of heart and belonging, reminding us of a simpler Australia". Meet joeys Margot, Emily, Connor and Biscuit, the cuddlesome stars of Kangaroo, the first Australian movie from the studio behind the blockbuster Paddington franchise. StudioCanal has given the ACM network, publisher of this masthead, an exclusive first look at images from its upcoming family comedy as it releases a heartwarming new trailer and the film's new poster. Opening in cinemas on September 18, Kangaroo is loosely based on the life of Chris "Brolga" Barns, founder of the Alice Springs Kangaroo Sanctuary, whose escapades raising orphaned joeys were featured in the 2013 BBC-National Geographic documentary series Kangaroo Dundee. The film stars Ryan Corr as a TV weather presenter stranded in a tiny Northern Territory town who teams up with a 12-year-old Indigenous girl to rescue an orphan joey. Newcomer Lily Whiteley, chosen from more than 300 hopefuls, makes her acting debut alongside Corr and co-stars Deborah Mailman, Ernie Dingo and Brooke Satchwell. Whiteley shares much of her screen time with Margot, Emily, Connor and their on-set stand-in and snugglemate Biscuit - all real orphaned joeys in the care of the Kangaroo Sanctuary who had their own trailer on the set of the movie in Alice Springs, where Barns and his wife Tahnee would give them their bottle every three hours. By the time movie-goers see them bouncing across cinema screens in September, the cute quartet will be all grown up and already released back into the wild. Director Kate Woods, of Looking for Alibrandi acclaim, said there was "no CGI or digital trickery with the joeys". "What you see is exactly how they behave," she said. "I think most of the world associates Australia with kangaroos, but not many films have shown kangaroos in a realistic and natural way, so I hope audiences learn something about the country and see it in a slightly different way." The Kangaroo Dundee series was seen in more than 90 countries, giving StudioCanal a ready worldwide audience for Kangaroo. The French screen giant turned quaint British children's book character Paddington Bear into an $800 million box office heavyweight with three hit movies since 2014. StudioCanal Australia and New Zealand CEO Elizabeth Trotman said the first feature film from the company's Australian production arm, Cultivator Films Australia, was "sure to leave an indelible mark on the cinematic landscape". Australian film companies Brindle Films and Bunya Productions were key collaborators during filming, lending their experience and expertise in bringing First Nations stories and Red Centre vistas to the screen. Producer David Jowsey, whose credits for Bunya Productions include Warwick Thornton's Sweet Country and Iven Sen's outback crime thriller Mystery Road, expects Aussie movie-goers to feel proud when they see Kangaroo's depiction of "the deep red beauty of our vast outback". "Kangaroo embraces the best of Australia, our community, our land, our spirit and our baby roos," he said. Older generations who grew up with Skippy The Bush Kangaroo would find it fun, "full of heart and belonging, reminding us of a simpler Australia". Meet joeys Margot, Emily, Connor and Biscuit, the cuddlesome stars of Kangaroo, the first Australian movie from the studio behind the blockbuster Paddington franchise. StudioCanal has given the ACM network, publisher of this masthead, an exclusive first look at images from its upcoming family comedy as it releases a heartwarming new trailer and the film's new poster. Opening in cinemas on September 18, Kangaroo is loosely based on the life of Chris "Brolga" Barns, founder of the Alice Springs Kangaroo Sanctuary, whose escapades raising orphaned joeys were featured in the 2013 BBC-National Geographic documentary series Kangaroo Dundee. The film stars Ryan Corr as a TV weather presenter stranded in a tiny Northern Territory town who teams up with a 12-year-old Indigenous girl to rescue an orphan joey. Newcomer Lily Whiteley, chosen from more than 300 hopefuls, makes her acting debut alongside Corr and co-stars Deborah Mailman, Ernie Dingo and Brooke Satchwell. Whiteley shares much of her screen time with Margot, Emily, Connor and their on-set stand-in and snugglemate Biscuit - all real orphaned joeys in the care of the Kangaroo Sanctuary who had their own trailer on the set of the movie in Alice Springs, where Barns and his wife Tahnee would give them their bottle every three hours. By the time movie-goers see them bouncing across cinema screens in September, the cute quartet will be all grown up and already released back into the wild. Director Kate Woods, of Looking for Alibrandi acclaim, said there was "no CGI or digital trickery with the joeys". "What you see is exactly how they behave," she said. "I think most of the world associates Australia with kangaroos, but not many films have shown kangaroos in a realistic and natural way, so I hope audiences learn something about the country and see it in a slightly different way." The Kangaroo Dundee series was seen in more than 90 countries, giving StudioCanal a ready worldwide audience for Kangaroo. The French screen giant turned quaint British children's book character Paddington Bear into an $800 million box office heavyweight with three hit movies since 2014. StudioCanal Australia and New Zealand CEO Elizabeth Trotman said the first feature film from the company's Australian production arm, Cultivator Films Australia, was "sure to leave an indelible mark on the cinematic landscape". Australian film companies Brindle Films and Bunya Productions were key collaborators during filming, lending their experience and expertise in bringing First Nations stories and Red Centre vistas to the screen. Producer David Jowsey, whose credits for Bunya Productions include Warwick Thornton's Sweet Country and Iven Sen's outback crime thriller Mystery Road, expects Aussie movie-goers to feel proud when they see Kangaroo's depiction of "the deep red beauty of our vast outback". "Kangaroo embraces the best of Australia, our community, our land, our spirit and our baby roos," he said. Older generations who grew up with Skippy The Bush Kangaroo would find it fun, "full of heart and belonging, reminding us of a simpler Australia". Meet joeys Margot, Emily, Connor and Biscuit, the cuddlesome stars of Kangaroo, the first Australian movie from the studio behind the blockbuster Paddington franchise. StudioCanal has given the ACM network, publisher of this masthead, an exclusive first look at images from its upcoming family comedy as it releases a heartwarming new trailer and the film's new poster. Opening in cinemas on September 18, Kangaroo is loosely based on the life of Chris "Brolga" Barns, founder of the Alice Springs Kangaroo Sanctuary, whose escapades raising orphaned joeys were featured in the 2013 BBC-National Geographic documentary series Kangaroo Dundee. The film stars Ryan Corr as a TV weather presenter stranded in a tiny Northern Territory town who teams up with a 12-year-old Indigenous girl to rescue an orphan joey. Newcomer Lily Whiteley, chosen from more than 300 hopefuls, makes her acting debut alongside Corr and co-stars Deborah Mailman, Ernie Dingo and Brooke Satchwell. Whiteley shares much of her screen time with Margot, Emily, Connor and their on-set stand-in and snugglemate Biscuit - all real orphaned joeys in the care of the Kangaroo Sanctuary who had their own trailer on the set of the movie in Alice Springs, where Barns and his wife Tahnee would give them their bottle every three hours. By the time movie-goers see them bouncing across cinema screens in September, the cute quartet will be all grown up and already released back into the wild. Director Kate Woods, of Looking for Alibrandi acclaim, said there was "no CGI or digital trickery with the joeys". "What you see is exactly how they behave," she said. "I think most of the world associates Australia with kangaroos, but not many films have shown kangaroos in a realistic and natural way, so I hope audiences learn something about the country and see it in a slightly different way." The Kangaroo Dundee series was seen in more than 90 countries, giving StudioCanal a ready worldwide audience for Kangaroo. The French screen giant turned quaint British children's book character Paddington Bear into an $800 million box office heavyweight with three hit movies since 2014. StudioCanal Australia and New Zealand CEO Elizabeth Trotman said the first feature film from the company's Australian production arm, Cultivator Films Australia, was "sure to leave an indelible mark on the cinematic landscape". Australian film companies Brindle Films and Bunya Productions were key collaborators during filming, lending their experience and expertise in bringing First Nations stories and Red Centre vistas to the screen. Producer David Jowsey, whose credits for Bunya Productions include Warwick Thornton's Sweet Country and Iven Sen's outback crime thriller Mystery Road, expects Aussie movie-goers to feel proud when they see Kangaroo's depiction of "the deep red beauty of our vast outback". "Kangaroo embraces the best of Australia, our community, our land, our spirit and our baby roos," he said. Older generations who grew up with Skippy The Bush Kangaroo would find it fun, "full of heart and belonging, reminding us of a simpler Australia".
Sydney Morning Herald
11-06-2025
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘Important story to tell': Fittler discusses Kangaroos ambition as Johns offered selector role
Brad Fittler knows that the next Kangaroos coach is about to experience something unforgettable. 'What's lost in all of this, it's been a long time since we've seen a Great Britain jersey,' said Fittler, the leading candidate to replace outgoing Australian coach Mal Meninga. 'A lot of players are unaware of the significance of Kangaroo tours and the place they have held in the game for a long time. That's a big part of it. 'I know there's a lot of stuff going on with eligibility, and Origin is so important to the game. Once Origin is over, talking about Kangaroo tours and their significance in the game will be a pretty important story to tell.' Fittler recently met with NRL officials about his interest in the Australian job, with an official appointment likely to be made after the second State of Origin game. Eighth Immortal Andrew Johns has already been approached to join the Kangaroos selection panel as a replacement for NSW coach Laurie Daley, who sat on last year's panel alongside former Australian captains Darren Lockyer, Cameron Smith and Boyd Cordner. If Fittler gets the coaching gig, it would round out an incredible footballing curriculum vitae that includes two premierships – as well as glory at state and international level – as a player, plus coaching the Roosters and then NSW to series wins with the clipboard. Fittler's love affair with Kangaroos tours began when he became the youngest player ever, at just 18, to be selected for one, in 1994. He also toured England with the national team in 1994 and 2001, the latter campaign as captain. The famous at the end of the NRL season.
