Sun, 07/03/2010 - 7:23pm Man from India charged over death of toddler

Melbourne, Mar 7 - A 23-year-old Indian man was today arrested and charged over the death of an Indian toddler, whose dumped body was found three days ago in a Melbourne suburb.

Sources informed that the wife of Dhillon Gursewak, who has been arrested, is likely to be charged for helping her husband in disposing off the toddler's body.

Gursewak, who lived in the same house as the three-old boy Gurshan Singh Channa and his parents from Punjab, has been charged with manslaughter due to criminal negligence and appeared in an out-of-sessions hearing at St Kilda Road police complex, local media reports said.

Police also said Gursewak, a part-time taxi driver, was not a relative of the toddler though they lived in the same house."The court heard Dhillon allegedly put the unconscious Channa in the boot of a car and drove around for three hours.

Sat, 06/03/2010 - 7:51am Body of a three-year-old Indian boy found dumped in Melbourne

NEW DELHI/MELBOURNE: The body of a three-year-old Indian boy was found dumped by a roadside in Melbourne, Australia, triggering shock and outrage in India. New Delhi termed it a "most unfortunate incident" as Canberra launched a major probe to determine the cause of the boy's death.

Gurshan Singh Channa's body was found on Oaklands Junction of Melbourne's Wildwood Road on Thursday night during a massive search mounted after his parents reported that he was missing.

The boy disappeared from his suburban house while his mother was taking a shower. His body was found around six hours later.

An autopsy conducted by the Australian authorities could not establish the cause of death of Channa.

Foreign minister S M Krishna on Friday described the death as unfortunate but said the government was still awaiting a report from the Australian authorities to ascertain the cause of death.

There are no external injury marks on the body," Krishna said in the Rajya Sabha. A team of homicide detectives was searching for clues to determine the cause of the death.
Meanwhile, the Australian police are treating the incident as a "worst case" and have deployed all available resources to probe the suspected homicide.

"There is no visible signs of the cause of death," said Victoria Deputy Police Commissioner Sir Ken Jones. "At the moment we're desperate for witnesses to come forward. We're pretty convinced there's people out there that may have seen something," said Jones. He added that the police have not yet determined if the boy's death was an opportunistic crime or something else. Victoria state premier John Brumby said he found the death of Gurshan Singh "personally distressing."

Mon, 01/03/2010 - 12:57pm 12 believers involved in an accident in Saudi,Br. Sinu passed to glory

Dammam( Saudi Arabia)

Bro. Sinu Jacob (Ooramana, Muvattupuzha, Kerala) went to be with the Lord today, 28 February. He had met with an accident in Saudi & underwent an open skull surgery at King Abdul Aziz Hospital, Taif. He was on Ventilator & his condition was very critical. He is survived by his wife, Syra and one child.

There is extensive formalities to get the body released for shipment to India. Kindly pray for an early processing of documents. Let us remember the grieving family members in prayers. May the Lord bestow upon them Heavenly Grace, Peace and Strength and console them with the Word of God. May the PEACE that passeth understanding rule over their hearts.

UPDATES :
A group of brethren from Jeddah met with a serious road accident while coming back from Dammam. While they were 250kms away from Taif , the driver fell asleep and the Coaster (Minibus) jumped across the divider & reached the opposite highway. A trailer which came from the opposite direction hit the coaster. There were 12 including 4 kids. Almost all of them suffered injuries or fractures and was hospitalized in a Government General Hospital. One brother who suffered head injury & another family was shifted to a Hospital in Taif for better treatment as their condition was not good. We understand that the brothers are not getting proper medical attention in King Abdul Aziz hospital. Kindly remember this situation in your prayers

Fri, 26/02/2010 - 7:37pm 9 Indians killed in Kabul suicide attack-GCIC condemns the savage killing

New Delhi, February 26, 2010
Nine Indians were amongst those killed in a series of bombings in the Afghan capital, Global council of Indian Christians(GCIC) condemned the blasts as "barbaric attacks" by those "desperate to undermine" ties between India and Afghanistan.

This is the third attack on Indian officials and interests in Afghanistan in the past 20 months. The attacks on the Indian embassy in July 2008 and October 2009 had killed Indian diplomats and officials besides several Afghan nationals.

"As per the preliminary information provided by Afghan government officials, up to nine Indians, besides a few others from Afghanistan and third countries, have lost their lives.
"A few Indians have been injured, most of whom are reported to be out of danger
These barbaric attacks are a matter of deep concern and are clearly aimed against the people of India and the world
At least 15 people were killed when Taliban bombers equipped with suicide vests and automatic rifles attacked a hotel and a guesthouse in central Kabul on Friday, Afghan officials said in Kabul.

Fri, 26/02/2010 - 11:19am Dutch parliament debates untouchability ahead of UN Human Rights Council?

Did you take notice of the recently published report ‘Understanding Untouchability’ of the Indian NGO1 Navsarjan and the American Robert F. Kennedy Centre for Justice and Human Rights?

Sun, 21/02/2010 - 9:04pm Pakistan: Taliban behead three Sikh youth in Peshawar

Global council of Indian Christians (GCIC) condemns brutal killing of three sikh youths in Peshwar.The world civil society is concernned about the the emerging of terror state Pakistan .The state aided terrorism is no way inferior to the states aiding and abetting terror against minorities in its neighbourhood

Wed, 10/02/2010 - 11:45am 'Muslim kids want to kill Jews, Christians' in U.K

London, February 9:
A Christian teacher claimed that he was hounded out of his job for trying to stop Muslim children praising the 9/11 hijackers and saying in class they hated Jews.

‘The Daily Express’ quoted Nicholas Kafouris, 40, as saying that children as young as eight talked of killing Jews and Christians.

He said youngsters at the predominantly Muslim school, where he taught for 12 years, openly praised Islamic extremists, hailed the 9/11 terrorists as “martyrs” and branded Jews their enemies.

The teacher is suing his former school, the head teacher and the assistant head for racial discrimination, claiming they failed to take action over the pupils’ comments.

In a statement to the Central London Employment Tribunal, Kafouris alleged Jill Hankey, head of Bigland Green primary school in Whitechapel, East London, was ‘upholding racism and­religious hatred’.