Supporters argue that with over 208,000 Hindus in New South Wales and more than 684,000 across Australia, the time has come to formally recognise Diwali as a public holiday.

In a LinkedIn post days before his death, he wrote that he was a “victim of racial hatred, racial discrimination, racial harassment, torture, wage-fraud, wrongful termination and obstruction of justice.”

Police say the crime was allegedly carried out at the behest of Charanjit Singh Grewal, a 75-year-old England-based NRI originally from Ludhiana, who was to marry Pandher but later refused.

“Our friendship commenced in terrible times of cruelty, murder, privation, and suffering, and yet in all this, your father shone out as one of the bright stars of heaven"

Bhupinderjit Singh Sidhu, 24, had moved to Canada three years ago on a study visa and had recently completed his studies.

The win, India’s first home ODI triumph over Australia in 18 years and 206 days, levelled the three-match series 1-1

The Dominie is the only one of its kind in New Zealand still licensed to carry passengers, but engine troubles threaten to ground it after more than 80 years of flying.

Many Australians — including well-established migrants — privately felt immigration levels were too high.

Prof. Prasad added that the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had expressed strong support for the vision when he met with Fiji’s Prime Minister in Delhi.

25-year-old Nepali international student Shiva Khatri, who worked as a cleaner, was found unresponsive inside Sydney’s Haveli Indian Restaurant after a suspected carbon monoxide leak.