Australian Govt obligated to protect Indian students: Tharoor

NEDUMBASSERY: The Australian Government is obligated to protect Indian students there, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said.

India's concern over the attacks on students from the country had been conveyed to Australia, he told reporters at the airport here.

Tharoor also said passport offices should be converted as centres of service for the public. The functioning of the passport offices would be restructured to ensure efficient service, he added.