At least 100 young Indians have been attacked in Australia over the past few months. The latest victim is a29- year- old man who was set on fire as he was parking his car.

IN yet another attack targeting Indians in Australia, a 29- year- old man from the country was set on fire by a group of four assailants last week, drawing strong condemnation from a student body which called such assaults unacceptable and asked authorities not to “ dodge” the issue.

Jaspreet Singh was attacked in Essendon area of northwest Melbourne, a week after an Indian student was stabbed to death amid a slew of assaults on the community in Australia.

It was the first time since Germany suffered so much snow since 1985.The icy weather has disrupted travel across Europe and more delays are expected. Some people were also forced to abandon their cars due to the heavy snow.

Thousands of passengers were stranded at Geneva’s Cointrin airport after heavy overnight snow kept it closed until noon.

Schools across the state stayed closed yesterday.

In Poland, at least 200,000 households suffered a power outage and shoppers and workers were evacuated from a shopping centre in the western city of Leszno when its roof began to give way under 1.5 metres of snow, rescue services said. A police spokesman said that since the onset of cold weather in October, 152 people had been found frozen to death in Poland.

The weather had caused over 1,100 road accidents between Saturday and Sunday morning in North Rhine- Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state, according to the regional government.

About 4,000 homes across southern England are without electricity because of trees falling on power lines and safety mechanisms being triggered by ice weighing down cables.

Eurotunnel is only allowing one Eurostar train at a time in the tunnel, which means delays for travellers.

Several councils around the UK are limiting gritting to major roads, as salt supplies are stretched.

A teenage boy died and his mother was seriously injured when they were hit by a lorry after leaving a car that had crashed on the A1 in North Yorkshire near Scotch Corner on Wednesday night.

A 42-year-old man died further along the road when his car crashed with a lorry south of Cockburnspath in Berwickshire.

In Aberdeenshire, a man was treated in hospital after being injured when the weight of snow caused a cattle shed to collapse on Thursday morning.

Meanwhile, a search has begun in Glen Affric in the Highlands for a 40-year-old man and a boy, 15, who have not been heard from for two days.