Sikh student attacked in Australia, attempt to cut his hair

September 3rd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) will sponsor five Sikhs to carry out research at the prestigious Cambridge University. However, the five will be required to maintain their "Sikh identity" - refraining from cutting their hair or trimming their beards, among other things - during the period of their study.

August 10th, 2009 MELBOURNE/INDORE - Two more Indian students were separately assaulted by a group of men in Australia. Gaurav Kakkar, a student of a hairdressing course, was attacked by a group of men on Friday when he was talking to his family in Punjab's Ferozpur from a local telephone booth.

June 27th, 2009 MELBOURNE - An international student in Australia, Danny Ong, has written a guide for Indian students as well as for other international students in the country, which will offer essential advice to them regarding house-hunting, public transport, the justice system and the concept of human rights in Australia. The guide titled 'International Student Handbook: Living and Studying in Australia' will be published in August.

June 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister S.M Krishna has said that India has sought an explanation from Australia over attacks on its students there. Talking to reporters here on Tuesday, the Minister said, "We are in close touch with the High Commissioner and we are also in close touch with our High Commission there in Australia.

June 23rd, 2009 HYDERABAD - The family of a Hyderabadi student, the latest victim of alleged racial attacks in Australia, is shocked over the incident and has urged the Indian government to take necessary steps to protect all Indians there. Mir Kazim Ali Khan, studying at the Victoria Institute of Technology (VIT), was attacked by two unidentified men near a railway station in eastern suburb of Melbourne.

June 23rd, 2009 MELBOURNE/NEW DELHI - The situation of Indian students in Australia was improving, Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi said Tuesday after meeting a senior Australian official in New Delhi as news came in of another Indian being attacked in Melbourne. "Police is taking action one after another and things are under control; maybe there are stray incidents here and there," Ravi told reporters in New Delhi after his meeting with Lisa Paul, secretary in Australia's department of education, employment and workplace relations.

June 23rd, 2009 MELBOURNE - Racial attack on Indian students in Australia continued, with latest victim being M A Khan, studying at the Victoria Institute of Technology (VIT). This was the 15th attack on Indian students in Australia in less than one month.

June 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.

June 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.

June 2nd, 2009 SYDNEY - Another Indian student has been attacked by a group of males in Frankston in Melbourne after they stopped him and demanded money and cigarettes despite Australian Government's promise to take strict action against those who attack Indians. Nardeep Singh, a nursing student at Chisholm College was slashed with a stanley knife carried by one of the group, a spokeswoman for Victoria Police said.

June 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.

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 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.

May 24th, 2009 VIENNA - At least 11 people were wounded, some severely, in a knife and gun attack Sunday morning involving rival Sikh groups in a gurdwara in the Austrian capital. According to the APA news agency, the incident took place during a sermon by a guest guru from India.

May 24th, 2009 VIENNA - At least 11 people were wounded, many severely, in an armed attack involving rival Sikh groups in a gurdwara here Sunday morning. According to the APA news agency, the incident took place during a sermon by two guest gurus from India.