Gandhinagar, March 7 (IANS) Robbers held hostage the family of an Indian diamond merchant in Belgium and freed them only after taking a vast amount of gemstones valued at millions of dollars, reports reaching here said.
Melbourne, March 7 (IANS) A 23-year-old man of Indian origin was charged Sunday with the death of Indian boy Gurshan Singh Channa, whose body was found far away from his home in this Australian city, a media report said....
Melbourne, March 5 (IANS) A team of homicide detectives are searching for clues a day after a three-year-old Indian boy was found dead near Melbourne airport following his sudden disappearance from a house 20 km away....
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The Australian Institute of Criminology is studying the recent attacks on Indian students there and will come up with an exhaustive report soon to help the government deal with the issue better, Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said here Wednesday....
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Keen to rebuild ties with India, Australia Wednesday admitted that some of the attacks on Indian students were racist in nature that caused considerable damage to its reputation and standing among Indian people....
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Australia has "zero tolerance" for racist attacks, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Tuesday after he arrived here on a three-day trip that will focus on steps taken by Canberra to ensure the safety of over 100,000 Indian students in his country....
Washington, March 1 (IANS) President Barack Obama has chosen the son of an Indian migrant couple from Bihar to help bridge the cultural divide in US relations with Muslims inside and outside America's borders.
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New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) India Saturday asked Afghanistan to "ensure full security" to Indians working in that country even as the bodies of six Indians, including two major-rank army officers, killed in a terror attack in Kabul Friday were brought back here in the evening....
Kabul/New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Nine Indians were among 15 people killed when Taliban bombers attacked a hotel and three more buildings in the heart of the Afghan capital Friday, triggering an angry reaction in New Delhi which vowed to continue its strategic ties with Kabul.
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Port-of-Spain, Feb 26 (IANS) Indian-origin Kamla Persad-Bissessar has became the first woman Leader of the Opposition in the Trinidad and Tobago parliament, ousting former premier Basdeo Panday from the post.
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Melbourne, Feb 24 (IANS) Victoria Premier John Brumby Wednesday participated in the `Vindaloo Against Violence\' initiative, which shows solidarity with the Indian community, by having lunch at an Indian restaurant here with Indian students....
Islamabad/Chandigarh, Feb 23 (IANS) Hundreds of fear-stricken Sikhs in Pakistan clamoured to escape to India after the Taliban beheaded a Sikh man in the restive tribal region of Khyber Pass. The killing sparked outrage among Sikhs in India while the incident was condemned by both India and Pakistan.
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Melbourne, Feb 23 (IANS) Streets of Melbourne were not safe for Indians and the government should spend money on policing and preventing racial attacks to improve relationship, Australia's Opposition Leader Tony Abott said Tuesday.
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London/New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) A non-resident Indian is fighting multi-million dollar money-laundering charges in Britain's semi-autonomous island of Jersey in a complex case spanning three continents over the allegedly ill-gotten wealth of a late Nigerian military dictator.
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Kathmandu, Feb 18 (IANS) During his lifetime he had wished to visit Nepal and Tibet twice but failed to do so. But now, in his 148th birth anniversary year, Swami Vivekananda, one of India's most progressive monks who preached the religion of service to mankind, will reach out to the Himalayan republic, thanks to the efforts of a diehard disciple.
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Melbourne, Feb 18 (IANS) Two teenaged brothers, detained for less than a year over a brutal attack on a group of Indians which left one of the victims in a coma, have been relieved from facing further detention....
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New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Sri Lanka will seek "step-by-step reconciliation" with the Tamil minority and will never hurt India's strategic interests, Colombo's envoy said amid concerns about China's growing influence in the island nation.
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New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) India's High Commissioner to Australia Sujatha Singh Thursday apprised External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and senior ministry officials about the Indians' security Down Under and the steps Australian authorities have taken to prevent attacks on members of the community....
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New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Brand Australia has suffered following attacks on Indian students in the past nine months and this will cause long-term damage if not attended to, says a visiting Australian minister.
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Toronto, Feb 9 (IANS) Ghost immigration consultants have become a big threat to the immigration process in Canada which lets in more than 250,000 newcomers each year, a large number of them from Punjab.
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