Saying sorry helps firms retain customersSeptember 24th, 2009 LONDON - Firms that simply say sorry to aggrieved customers do better than those that offer cash compensation, new research has said. The ploy works even though the recipient of the apology seldom gets it from the person who made it necessary in the first place.
Himachal professor held for making advances at studentSeptember 24th, 2009 SHIMLA - A senior professor in Himachal Pradesh has been arrested on charges of making advances towards a woman student, an official said Thursday. V.S. Varwal of the Y.S.
Indian student killed, four trapped after minibus hits treeAugust 9th, 2009 SYDNEY - An Indian student died after a hire minibus carrying 10 people veered off the road on the way to Mount Buller. The 22-year-old man, who was in Australia on an Indian student visa died at the scene, the Herald Sun quoted investigators, as saying.
Former Mass. teacher found with 15-year-old student in West Virginia pleads not guilty to rapeJuly 1st, 2009 Mass. teacher found with student pleads not guiltySPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A former Massachusetts schoolteacher who was found with a student at a West Virginia motel has pleaded not guilty to rape.
Three Indians among 30 missing as ship sinks off QatarJuly 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - At least three Indian crew members are among 30 reported missing after an offshore vessel sank off the Doha coast in Qatar, an Indian maritime authority said here Wednesday. The offshore vessel, Demas Victory, bearing the flag of St Vincent & the Grenadines, had six Indians in the 35-member crew when it sank Tuesday.
Another Indian student bashed, racially abused in MelbourneJune 15th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Another Indian student has been bashed and racially abused, this time in Melbourne's east. According to a report in The Age, Sunny Bajaj, 20, said he was taunted and punched by two men as he was about to get into his car in Boronia on Friday night.
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 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.
IAF aircraft with 12 on board missing in Arunachal PradeshJune 9th, 2009 AGARTALA - An Indian Air Force (IAF) transport aircraft with 12 defence personnel on board went missing Tuesday on a flight in Arunachal Pradesh.
IAF authorities here feared that the AN-32 plane may have crashed.
Oz police chief calls for calm after new Indian student attackJune 3rd, 2009 CANBERRA - Australian Federal Police (AFP) Chief Commissioner Simon Overland has appealed for calm and a restoration of peace after another Indian student was slashed by one of five attackers. The 21-year-old nursing student is recovering from being slashed across the chest by a cardboard cutter after being confronted in the Chisholm TAFE car park in Dandenong, in Melbourne's southeast.
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.
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.
Australian police arrest two for attack on Indian studentMay 28th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australian police Thursday arrested two teenagers over the beating of an Indian student on a Melbourne train, a media report said. Sourabh Sharma, 21, was beaten by a group of thugs as he travelled on a train May 9, HeraldSun reported.
Oz teens arrested for beating Indian studentMay 28th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Police has arrested two people this morning for assaulting an Indian student on a Melbourne train after he refused to give them cigarettes. The two youths who were picked from Hoppers Crossing were aged 16 and 18, and are being interrogated.
IIT Kanpur student commits suicideJanuary 2nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - A student of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) allegedly committed suicide on the campus Saturday, an official said. 'G. Suman, a student of M.Tech, was found hanging inside a hostel room,' director IIT-K Sanjay Dhande told IANS on phone.
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