India asks Australia to prevent recurrent attacks, punish guilty

NEW DELHI - Days after the latest incident of assault on four Indians in Melbourne, India Wednesday asked Australia to take immediate steps to prevent the recurrence of such attacks and punish the guilty.

Racist attacks hurt Australia’s image: Victoria’s premier

MELBOURNE - The string of racist attacks against Indians has damaged Australia’s image, Victoria province’s Premier John Brumby admitted Wednesday, adding “some of the events of the past few months have damaged our brand and the Australian brand in India”.

We aren’t covering-up assault on Indians: Australian police

australia racist MELBOURNE - The police are denying that a deliberate decision was taken to minimise publicity over the brutal assault on four Indians at the weekend in this Australian city.

Indian-American helps conjure ancient Rome in 3-D

WASHINGTON - Ancient Rome was not built in a day. It took nearly a decade to build the Colosseum, and almost a century to construct the St. Peter’s Basilica. Now a new computer algorithm developed by an Indian-American uses thousands of tourist photos to automatically reconstruct an entire city in about a day.

India seeks details of latest Melbourne attack on students

NEW DELHI - India is seeking details from its consulate in Melbourne about the reported attack on three Indians.

Nepal has assured safety of Pashupatinath priests: Nirupama Rao

KATHMANDU - Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, who Tuesday wound up her two-day Nepal visit with a trip to the revered Pashupatinath temple here, said the Nepal government has reassured her protection for the two newly-appointed Indian priests there.

3 Indians assaulted in Australia: Report

MELBOURNE - Three Indians were brutally attacked in a suburb of this Australian city by a group of youths who allegedly made racist remarks, a media report said Tuesday.

3 Indians attacked by racist mob in Australia

indian-students-protest-in-australiaMELBOURNE - Three Indians were brutally assaulted in a suburb in this Australian city by a group of youths who allegedly made racist remarks. Omkar Singh, a relative of the victims, told IBN news channel Tuesday that the attack took place when his relatives were playing pool in Epping.

PBD-Europe to be held in the Netherlands Sep 19

NEW DELHI - The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) is organising the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas-Europe (PBD-E), a regional diaspora event, at the Hague in the Netherlands Sep 19.

Malaysian Indian who wanted shoe garland for Mahathir punished

KUALA LUMPUR - A delegate at the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) meet who suggested that a “shoe garland” be placed around former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad’s photo has been suspended from the party.

Indian couple killed in fire in the US

CHICAGO - An Indian couple, hailing from Kerala, were killed Monday in a fire that broke out in their home here.

Decision to shift Hindu temple in Malaysian city shelved

KUALA LUMPUR - Authorities in Malaysia’s Selangor state have shelved the decision to relocate a 150-year-old Hindu temple following protests last month. During one of the protests, a severed cow head was displayed.

Malaysian Indian Congress emerges younger after poll

KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) has emerged somewhat younger, but full of internal squabbles, from its 63rd general assembly.

Book on UAE founder published in Malayalam

ABU DHABI - The Indian community in United Arab Emirates has paid a tribute to the founder of the nation, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, by publishing a book on him in the Malayalam language.

Tanzanian PM comes to India on four-day visit

NEW DELHI - India and Tanzania, one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies and home to around 40,000 persons of Indian origin, will intensify their cooperation in areas ranging from agriculture to UN reforms and terror during Tanzanian Prime Minister Mizengo K. Pinda’s four-day visit here starting Monday.

Samy Vellu’s team sweeps Malaysian Indian Congress polls

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) chief S. Samy Vellu Saturday retained his hold over the party with his men sweeping organisational polls.

India-born businessmen to lead India-New Zealand trade body

WELLINGTON - Two India-born men have been appointed senior officials of the India-New Zealand Business Council, a body set up to promote trade between the two countries.

Reach out to Indian community, Malaysian PM tells MIC

KUALA LUMPUR - Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak Saturday urged the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) to reach out to the Indian community and regain the support it had lost in the elections in March last year.

Sikh man shot dead in Toronto

TORONTO - A young Sikh man was shot dead early Friday morning in the Indian-dominated city of Brampton on the outskirts of Toronto.

Poll-eve charges before Malaysian Indian Congress meet

KUALA LUMPUR - Aspirants for Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) party posts are trading charges on the eve of the party’s plenary meeting Saturday.

Help sought for students hit by Australian college closure

SYDNEY - Australia’s Education Minister Julia Gillard was asked Thursday to find alternate courses for international students, including those from India, who have been affected following the closure of a college here.

Indian family outraged as son’s killer set to walk free

TORONTO - An Indian-Canadian family here feels “betrayed by law” as the killer of their son will walk free within months.

British teenagers charged with murdering Kolkata-born man

LONDON - Four British teenagers have been charged in connection with the murder of a retired Kolkata-born man who died in hospital this week after an apparently unprovoked assault.

Sam Pitroda’s C-Sam in pact for secure mobile transactions

CHICAGO - C-Sam, a technology company founded by Sam Pitroda, and Germany-based Giesecke and Devrient, have signed an agreement to integrate and leverage their respective expertise in the area of transactions over mobile phones.

Indian family outraged as son’s killer will walk free soon

TORONTO - An Indian-Canadian family here said they have been “betrayed by law” as the killer of their son will walk free within months.

Meltdown hits Gulf job market, emigration falls 30 percent

NEW DELHI - Emigration from India to the Gulf has fallen 30 percent with the global meltdown hitting the job market in West Asia, the government said Tuesday.

Australian PM to visit India in November

SYDNEY - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will visit New Delhi later this year, a minister said Tuesday, adding that there is a “desire on the part of both India and Australia to strengthen and broaden the relationship”.

Indian-origin man dies after race attack in London

LONDON - An elderly Kolkata-born man died in a London hospital Monday after a gang of teenage schoolboys beat him viciously in a suspected race attack.

Retired Indian-origin man dying after London race attack

LONDON - An elderly Kolkata-born man was fighting for his life in a London hospital Monday after a gang of teenage schoolboys beat him mercilessly in what police say is a race attack.

Indian student in Australia gets recognition from Lancet

MELBOURNE - Bianca Brijnath, an Indian student pursuing her doctorate at Monash University here, has won a spot in the prestigious Lancet medical journal for an essay that highlights the link between education and health.

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