In yet another racial attack on Indian students in Australia, a 22-year-old Sikh youth was assaulted by a group of six teenagers, who tried to remove his turban and cut the hair.

Resham Singh, a student of hospitality course who came from Punjab six months ago, became the 20th victim within a month when he was attacked on Monday at Dandenong Station in Melbourne.

A Sikh policeman has been awarded almost £10,000 in damages for racial discrimination after a police force rejected a dozen applications from him to join.

Pc Sangram Singh-Bhacker, 41, who comes from an Indian family in Manchester, had been trying to transfer to the city since 1990.