Racism In Oz

• Indian-origin model in Oz claims racism, stirs debate

  A new controversy over racism in Australia has stemmed from the allegations made by a model of Indian origin.The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Kema Rajandran was told by a national modelling agency that her "non-Caucasian heritage" would make it difficult for her to land work in Perth.The article states that Ms Rajandran sent her photos to Cha...

• Indian student's body found in suitcase in Australia

  The body of a 24-year-old Indian-origin student, who was murdered after being sexually assaulted, was found stuffed in a suitcase in a park in Sydney, a media report said Monday.Police said the "predator" had waited until her housemate was away to sexually assault and kill her.Tosha Thakkar's body was found Friday morning in a canal behind the Mead...

• Indian students in Oz slam inaccurate Crook

  Crook revolving around racist attacks on Indians in Melbourne, has been slammed by Indian students for the "unfair and incorrect" portrayal.

• Australian cops alert as Facebook chatter hints racial brawl

  Police intensified patrolling in this Australian city following chatter on social network site Facebook about possible racial violence involving teenagers.Facebook is buzzing with talk that a wild brawl involving gangs of high-school students and up to 100 onlookers on Thursday was only the precursor to a larger fight. The website claimed the viole...

• Indian student leader to contest Oz polls

  Gautam Gupta, who is a student leader in Melbourne and a household name among the Indian community in Australia, is getting into the big league. He is all set to fight the Australian elections that are less than a month away.Gautam, who is the founder of Federation of Indian Students of Australia (FISA), became the voice against attacks on Indian s...

• Men charged for racially abusing Indian in Australia

  In a first such case in Victoria, three men have been charged with inciting racial hatred nearly six months after they physically assaulted an Indian student in this Australian city.Police have laid racial vilification charges against all the accused who racially and physically abused an Indian student on a bus heading towards Portsea on the Mornin...

• Indian student injured in Oz race attack unable to eat, speak

  An Indian student, who was hospitalised with multiple jaw fractures after being brutally beaten up by a group of six youths here, will not be able to eat for up to five weeks and also cannot talk properly, according to one of his friends.24-year-old Bharat Thapar, who was assaulted on Monday night in South Oakleigh, is recuperating in a hospital wi...

• Oz: Indian race attack victim says he has lost faith in system

  A seven-month long battle for justice has ended in disappointment for an Indian race attack victim in Sydney. The 28-year-old Indian, who has been living in Australia for 11 years, was racially abused and attacked by a group of six Australia-born boys and girls on Sydney's popular Coogee beach on January 11 this year.  The police arrived on th...

• Indian attacked in Oz; Cops accused of keeping it under wraps

  A 34-year-old Indian man's throat was slashed at one of the busiest train stations in Australia's Queensland state following which a suspect was charged, amid allegations that police kept the latest in a slew of attacks against the community under wraps.

• Now, Indian-origin cricketers allege racism in Oz

  Around 10 Victorian cricketers are under investigation for allegedly racially abusing players of Indian descent during a match on Saturday, according to a media report.