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On the Republic Day of India, even as Indian and Australian flags go up, two Indian students were allegedly assaulted by a group of people in Melbourne. Eight persons, described as being of Asian appearance, have been arrested after several hours of the incident and were being questioned, police said in a statement.

NEW DELHI - A Gurudwara was allegedly torched by arsonists in Melbourne, placing further strain on diplomatic relations already damaged by a series of racial attacks on Indian students. This has been termed as an `attack on religion'.

As many as 200,000 people have died in the earthquake that devastated Haiti and three-quarters of the capital, Port-au-Prince, will need to be rebuilt.

Interior Minister Paul Antoine Bien-Aime told media that "We have already collected around 50,000 dead bodies

Melbourne. Despite various assurances given by the Australian government, the attacks on Indians go on unabated. Two more Indian youth, including a taxi driver, have been attacked which takes the total to seven attacks in a week. A 25 year old youth was attacked

Why did IPL have to snub Pakistan cricket players is still not clear. The Government is non-committal and has a different version or is probably hiding behind the garb of visa-issue and/or something like that. The question is why were the names of Pakistan players included in the list of players to be auctioned - in the first place?

I distinctly remember it was the year 1995. My daughter had just appeared for her graduation final exams. She said, "Pa", as she proudly addresses me "Yes ", I said. "Pa, I think you have spent more than 450,000 rupees on my education alone so far

According to latest news, Super star Shahrukh Khan was detained at US Newark airport at New Jersey, and was questioned for over two hours, probably because of his surname, on Friday night. He was allowed to go only after Indian Embassy officials vouched for him. Shah Rukh was on his way to Chicago to attend an Independence Day parade.