Another Indian attacked in AustraliaOctober 2nd, 2009 MELBOURNE/NEW DELHI - A 28-year-old Indian student was attacked in the north-west of Melbourne, adding one more to the series of recent attacks on Indians in Australia over the past few months, a report said Friday. The student after getting off a bus at Keilor Plains train station at 12.15 a.m.
Two Indian students held for sexual assault in AustraliaSeptember 6th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Two Indian students have been arrested for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl on a train here. The 17-year-old girl (from Gosford) boarded the train in Melbourne on Wednesday.
June saw 10 incidents of attacks on Indians in AustraliaJuly 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ten incidents of attacks on Indian students in Australia took place in June, and some had racial elements, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi told parliament Thursday. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Ravi said that Australia had issued 58,029 student visas in 10 months from July 2008 to May 2009.
Sikh student attacked in Australia, attempt to cut his hairJune 30th, 2009 MELBOURNE - In a fresh attack, a 22-year-old Sikh youth was assaulted by a group of teenagers who tried to remove his turban and cut his hair. Two of the attackers have been arrested.
Another Indian student attacked in OzJune 12th, 2009 MELBOURNE - In yet another attack on Indians in Australia, a 22-year-old student was allegedly assaulted by a teenager in Adelaide's busy Rundle Mall. According to the police, the attack took place on Thursday.
Indian student attacked in AustraliaJune 12th, 2009 MELBOURNE - An Indian student was attacked and racially abused in east Melbourne, a media report said Monday. 20-year-old Sunny Bajaj, who is from New Delhi, suffered a fractured finger, bruised back and a bloodied nose in the attack Friday night.
Another Indian student attacked in AustraliaJune 2nd, 2009 MELBOURNE - Yet another student from India was attacked by a group of men after they stopped him and demanded cigarettes and money, the police said Tuesday. This incident took the number of such assaults on Indian students in Australia to six in over three weeks.
Assaults on Indian students a problem: Australian ministerMay 31st, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has termed the attacks on Indian students a "problem" and assured that the government would do everything to prevent further assaults. "We have a particular current problem with Indian students," Smith told Network Ten.
Australia opposition leader slams government for attacks on IndiansMay 29th, 2009 MELBOURNE - The attacks on international students has been going on "without any government intervention", an opposition leader in Australia's Victoria state said Friday in reference to the assault on Indian students, adding "sadly, the issue is not new". Opposition leader Ted Baillieu said the assaults on students had been going on for three years, "without any government intervention", The Herald Sun reported.
India calls Australian envoy over attacks on Indian studentsMay 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI/MELBOURNE - The Indian external affairs ministry Friday called Australian High Commissioner John McCarthy and conveyed its concerns over the allegedly racist attacks on Indian students in Melbourne, the second largest city of Australia. N. Ravi, secretary (east) in the ministry, met the Australian envoy and sought assurance about the safety of Indian students in Australia.
Attacks on Indian students not racial: Australian officialMay 29th, 2009 MELBOURNE - The attacks on Indian students in this Australian city were not racially motivated, an official said Friday, adding "we think they are vulnerable, we don't think it's racial". Deputy Commissioner Kieran Walshe said there was no indication that a rise in assaults and robberies against Indian students in Melbourne's west was due to "race hate".
Indian students in Melbourne deeply concerned over attacksMay 29th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Indian students in this Australian city are deeply concerned over the spate of attacks that has left one of them battling for life while another recuperates from a stab injury. The friends and acquaintances of Sravan Kumar Theerthala, who was attacked with a screwdriver over the weekend, expressed their concern outside The Royal Melbourne Hospital where he is admitted.
Petrol bomb hurled at Indian student in SydneyMay 29th, 2009 MELBOURNE - An Indian student sustained burn injuries after a petrol bomb was thrown into his apartment in Sydney, said an Indian community leader. This incident took the number of such assaults in Australia to four in the past three weeks.
Another Indian student stabbed in Australia pleaded with attackersMay 28th, 2009 MELBOURNE - An Indian student, who was robbed and stabbed in this Australian city, had pleaded with his attackers who just laughed at him, a media report said. Baljinder Singh had left a railway station Monday when two men carrying weapons approached him and demanded money.
New Delhi condemns attacks on Indian students in AustraliaMay 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Condemning allegedly racist attacks on Indian students in Melbourne, the government Wednesday said it will impress upon the Australian authorities that such attacks should not be permitted and the culprits should be brought to justice. "I have been appalled by the attack on our students in Melbourne.
MELBOURNE - In what appears to be another racist attack against Indians in Australia, a student from Hyderabad was assaulted while coming out of a hair salon. Mir Raza Ali Khan, who has been hospitalised after the attack Monday, says it was a racist attack because his money was left untouched. “I was attacked after I walked out of a salon. Two men came and punched me in the face. It was racist attack because they did not take any money. Police came in after 10 minutes,” Khan was quoted as saying by the website of the CNN-IBN news channel.
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