Manmohan Singh calls up Australian counterpart over racist attacks

September 25th, 2009 PITTSBURGH - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked Pakistan to give up its attitude of using terror as an instrument of state policy as that was the only obstacle in normalising relations with its neighbour. "India's message is that India seeks to normalise its relationship with Pakistan.

August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Australian government would ensure that student victims of racist attacks either get a seat in a different college or are refunded the entire college fee, Australian Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard said here Monday. Gillard, who is on a five-day visit to India, was interacting with students of the Lady Shri Ram College.

July 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday told parliament that Pakistan did not give any dossier to India on Balochistan when he met his Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani in Egypt July 16. No such dossier was given, Manmohan Singh said while intervening in a debate in Lok Sabha on the July 16 India-Pakistan joint statement at Sharm-el-Sheikh that delinked Islamabad's action on terror from the composite dialogue process.

July 16th, 2009 Sharm-el-SHEIKH - The much anticipated meeting between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani began here Thursday amid expectations that the two sides will be issuing a joint statement. The two leaders are accompanied by their delegations, including the foreign secretaries of the two nations.

July 14th, 2009 Sharm el-SHEIKH - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his delegation arrived at this Egyptian town Thursday evening, just in time for Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon to meet his Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir. The Tuesday night meeting will be followed by talks between Manmohan Singh and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday 10.30 a.m.

July 9th, 2009 MUMBAI - An Australian delegation, which is on a visit to India, has said that Australia has no tolerance for racist attacks and that overseas students should take precautions to keep themselves safe. Interacting with reporters here on Wednesday, Paul Evans, Assistant Commissioner for Victoria Police, said Australia has no tolerance for racial attacks and some of the offenders who have been detained would be dealt with severely.

July 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ahead of the meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani in Egypt next week, India Wednesday said Pakistan has sought the resumption of talks but indicated any decision will depend on Islamabad's action against terrorists. "Yes," External Affairs Minister S.M.

June 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said his government will engage with Australian authorities in a "high-level dialogue" to ensure the security of Indian students in the wake of what he called "senseless violence" against them. The government also cautioned Indian students in that country to "show restraint" and not retaliate.

June 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said his Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd had assured him that racial attacks on Indians in that country would be "strongly dealt with". "I have already spoken to the prime minister of Australia and he has assured me that any racial attack would be strongly dealt with," Manmohan Singh said in parliament, while replying to the debate on the president's address.

June 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday asked the media to be objective and cautious while reporting the attacks on Indian students in Australia, and assured that he understood the anxiety of their parents. "I wish to request the media to be mindful of the fact that there are over 200,000 Australian citizens of Indian origin," the prime minister said during a debate in the Lok Sabha on President Pratibha Patil's address to the joint session of parliament.

June 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna will meet the Prime Minister, Dr.

June 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor today said that India is in constant touch with Australia in the wake of attacks on Indian students there. Talking to reporters outside Parliament, Tharoor said that the issue has been taken up at the highest levels and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh had a telephonic conversation with his Australian counterpart conveying India's serious concern over the issue.

June 1st, 2009 SYDNEY/NEW DELHI - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Monday vowed to punish attackers of Indian students as the police freed 18 students detained following massive anti-racism protests. Rudd told parliament in Canberra that he had spoken to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and said Australians strongly deplored the string of attacks on Indians studying in the country.

June 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Monday said that India was in touch with Australia over protests by Indian students alleging racist attacks and expressed the hope that their problems will get "sorted out".

May 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.