Jalandhar, January 29 (Doaba News Service)- Indian students have started social networking in Australia to develop close relationship with the people there. President of the Sikh Federation of Australia Jaspreet Singh said the organisation was holding blood donation camps in this regard. “We have organised a few blood donation camps that have been highlighted by the leading Australian newspapers also,” he said, adding that “We have planned to organise one more in a next few days.” He said unfortunately some of the people were issuing hostile statements in India and creating troubles for Indian students in Australia. He pointed out that the statement given by the Shiv Sena against Australian cricket players, who are keen to play in the IPL, had sent a wrong signal. It had added an element of bitterness among relations between Australians and Indians, he added. Jaspreet has urged the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister that efforts should be made to create harmonious atmosphere among Indians in Australians and the people there. The government should also start some PR exercise in this regard, he ...
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Amritsar, January 24 (DMS)- Expressing concern over the increase in the number of attacks on Indian students in Australia, veteran Congress leader and MP Partap Singh Bajwa has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to send an all-party parliamentary delegation to Australia to study the deteriorating situation there. Bajwa has also asked the Australian Government to take the necessary steps to check the “unbridled violence” against Indian students who had opted to go to that country after spending billions of dollars and had given a big boost to the economy of Australia with their efforts and money. “The PM should give personal attention to the issue. A large number of Indian students have gone to Australia after spending huge amounts and with very high hopes and ambitions. But their dreams have gone sour with increasing attacks against them. The Australian Government should also realise its duty to ensure the safety and security of Indians and to protect them against violence which has become a blot on an otherwise safe, secure and developed country,” said ...
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Amritsar, January 19 (DNS)- Akal Takht Jathedar Gurbachan Singh has demanded the revocation of the Union Government prepared “black list” which has the names of persons who are prohibited from entering India. He said the deportation of an NRI woman from New Zealand, Shobhneet Kaur, and her two-year-old son Bachantveer Singh at Indira Gandhi International Airport on January 12 had brought out the “insensitive” face of the government. Raising the issue of the “black list”, he said since the matter was brought to his notice now by the affected family, he was compelled to speak out. He added that many Sikhs with their names on the “black list” and their families living overseas faced problems. The Jathedar said the reinvestigation of individuals, whose names were on the “black list”, must be carried out to give them another chance to enjoy the benefits of the mainstream of the nation. He said the family contacted him after the mother-son duo had to take a flight from New Delhi to Dubai and then another to reach New Zealand. He alleged that the Union Government was using the “black list” to humiliate Sikhs and demanded that it must review its policy in ...
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