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Melbourne court spares Indian attacker
Melbourne: An Australian court on Friday (5 November)spared the attacker of Indian student Lucky Singh who was brutally beaten up, saying there was insufficient evidence to conclude it was a “race hate crime”, reports PTI. Judge Meryl...
Parties announce big funding boost for Diwali festival in Melbourne
Victorian Premier lights the lamp at the AIII Diwali Fair 2010 at the Sandown Racecourse on 31st Oct, 2010. Photo: SAT By Neeraj Nanda Melbourne, 1 November: The main political parties in Victoria have set the ball rolling for boosting funding for the...
Gulam Ali enthralls Melbourne audience
Karim Shah (owner of Nawab Palace Indian Restaurant, Carnegie) welcomes Gulam Ali at the Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Clayton. PHOTO: South Asia Times. By Neeraj Nanda Melbourne, 26 September: Gazal icon Gulam Ali enthralled thousands of...
Overseas students rally in Sydney demands SOL exemption
By our correspondent Sydney, June 4: The All International Student Association (AISA) held a peaceful rally in Sydney today. Hundreds of international students from different countries attended the rally. “Government should exempt existing student...
Priest charged of indecent assault on 2 women: Frankston Standard Leader
Melbourne: A Hindu priest, Rajaratanasarma, 64 at the temple in Carrum Downs has been charged with indecent assault. Frankston Police allege the priest assaulted the two women on the temple grounds, reports the Frankston Standard Leader (26 April, 2010). The...
India’s hugging saint to visit Australia
By our community reporter Melbourne, 30 March: The Indian spiritual and humanitarian leader known as ‘Amma’, will be visiting Australia for a series of free public programs in early April. Known throughout the world as ‘the Hugging Saint’,...
Freeing Love – Express Edit on “Living together” is no offence
CLICK ON EDIT TO MAKE TEXT BIG - March 25, 2010, Indian Express
Oz Hindu priest’s passport impounded in ‘indecent sexual assault’ case
The priest coming out of the Frankston Magistrate court By our legal reporter Melbourne, 3 March: A Frankston court, Magistrate today ordered the Sri Lankan passport of a Hindu priest to be impounded and barred him from going near any airport in Australia....
Gautam Gupta: Fighter for social justice or an unfettered radical?
The issue of attacks on Indian overseas students has been making headlines for the last four years. Many Federal and State Ministers from Australia and India have visited each other’s countries. Charges of racism and its denials are part of daily...
