4 Indian-Americans awarded for environment inventions
Washington, March 22 (IANS) Four Indian American teenagers have been awarded $25,000 each for developing innovative approaches to address environmental issues. The recipients of the …
Conspirator in US guilty in India-based tech support scam
New York, March 21 (IANS) A $3 million India-based tech support scam that defrauded hundreds of Americans and dented India’s reputation has been busted with …
Nirav Modi held in London, in police custody
London/New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Fourteen months after he fled India, fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi has been arrested in London in connection with a Rs …
Diamantaire Nirav Modi arrested in London
London/New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Fourteen months after he fled India, fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi was on Wednesday arrested in London on charges of defrauding …
2 Indians, 1 Pakistani steal 900 juice boxes in Dubai
Dubai, March 19 (IANS) Two Indians and a Pakistani have been charged with stealing 900 juice boxes from a food catering company in Dubai, the …
US to begin accepting new H1-B visa petitions
Washington, March 19 (IANS) The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) would start accepting new H1-B visa petitions for the fiscal year 2020 starting April …
You are making Canada proud: Trudeau to Lilly Singh
Ottawa, March 18 (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau congratulated Canadian-born Lilly Singh, who goes by the stage name Superwoman, on bagging a late night …
Christchurch attack: 5 Indian victims identified
Christchurch, March 17 (IANS) The Indian High Commission in New Zealand on Sunday confirmed that five Indians were killed in the Christchurch terror attack that …
NZ mosque terror attack kills 49, 9 Indians missing (Intro Roundup)
Christchurch, March 15 (IANS) In the deadliest incident of violence in New Zealand in over seven decades, at least 49 people were killed and and …
Hyderabad man shot at in NZ, another missing (2nd Lead)
Hyderabad, March 15 (IANS) A man from Hyderabad was critically injured and another was missing in the horrific massacre at one of the two mosques …
49 die in NZ mosque firing, close shave for B’desh cricketers (Roundup)
Christchurch, March 15 (IANS) In the deadliest incident of violence in New Zealand in over seven decades, at least 49 people were killed and and …
49 die in New Zealand mosque massacre
Christchurch, March 15 (IANS) At least 49 people were massacred and 48 injured when gunmen said to be whites opened indiscriminate fire at two mosques …
9 Indians missing after Christchurch shootings
Wellington, March 15 (IANS) At least 9 people of Indian nationality or Indian origin are missing after Friday’s shootings at two mosques in New Zealand’s …
Indian-origin Uber driver booked for abducting rider
Washington, March 15 (IANS) An Indian-origin Uber driver in the US has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a sleeping passenger and driving her over 60 miles …
Contact us for help: Indian mission in New Zealand
Wellington, March 15 (IANS) The Indian High Commission on Friday said any Indian caught up in the Christchurch mosque massacre and needing assistance could contact …
US Senate confirms Indian American jurist as judge
New York, March 14 (IANS) The US Senate has confirmed the appointment of a controversial Indian American jurist, Neomi Rao, to an important judgeship that …
Indian-origin man loses 6 of family in Ethiopia air crash
Ottawa, March 12 (IANS) An Indian-origin man here has lost six of his family members in the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed all 157 people …
Indian man drowns at Sharjah beach
Sharjah, March 11 (IANS) A 24-year-old Indian man has drowned at a beach in Sharjah city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the police said. …
Smoking hookah not safe alternative to cigarettes
New York, March 9 (IANS) Do you believe smoking hookah is safer than smoking cigarettes? Think twice. A single session of hookah can lead to …
New York politician convicted of taking bribes from Indian-origin restauranteur
New York, March 9 (IANS) A New York politician has been convicted in a US federal court of taking bribes from a once-high-flying Indian-American restauranteur …
Missing Indian-origin woman’s body found in suitcase in Australia
Canberra, March 6 (IANS) A 32-year-old dentist of Indian origin in Australia, who went missing earlier this week, has been murdered and her body was …
Indian-origin man gets 33-month jail in US for over $2m fraud
Washington, March 4 (IANS) An Indian-origin man in the US has been sentenced to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay $2,618,000 in restitution …
Indian-American teen awarded for invention to improve brain cancer treatment
Washington, March 3 (IANS) An Indian-American teenager has been conferred with the 2019 National STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Education Award for her ground-breaking …
Naidu to visit Paraguay, Costa Rica
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu will be visiting Paraguay and Costa Rica between March 5-9, in the first high-level visit …
Indian woman accused in adopted child’s death walks free
Washington, March 2 (IANS) Sini Mathews, the adoptive mother of three-year-old Indian girl Sherin Mathews who was found dead in a ditch in Texas in …
Indian expat wins McLaren in UAE after renewing phone registration
Abu Dhabi, Feb 25 (IANS) An Indian expat worker in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) won a McLaren 570S Spider supercar after renewing his phone …
YouTuber Lilly Singh reveals she is bisexual
Ottawa, Feb 25 (IANS) YouTube sensation Lilly Singh, who goes by the stage name Superwoman, has revealed on social media that she is bisexual and …
Indian woman killed in Dubai road accident
Dubai, Feb 24 (IANS) An Indian woman was killed and her husband was critically injured after their car crashed into a truck in Dubai, the …
US Indian community holds anti-terror protests at Pakistani, Chinese consulates
New York, Feb 23 (IANS) Members of the Indian community have held protests outside the Pakistani consulates in New York and Chicago to condemn the …
Indian-descent man admits to multi-million dollar immigration fraud
New York, Feb 22 (IANS) A 70-year-old man of Indian-descent, who pretended to be a US government official, has admitted to running a multi-million-dollar immigration …
Father slams Kamala Harris over pot-smoking joke
Washington, Feb 21 (IANS) US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris, who is of Indian and Jamaican descent, has been slammed by her father for …
US sanctions Indian man, parents for role in global drug smuggling ring
Washington, Feb 21 (IANS) The US has imposed sanctions on an Indian national, based in the UAE, and his parents for their involvement in an …
Telangana man shot dead in US
Hyderabad, Feb 21 (IANS) A man from Telangana was shot dead by unidentified persons in Florida State of the US. K. Goverdhan Reddy (50), who …
Nuts can keep diabetics’ heart healthy
New York, Feb 20 (IANS) Eating a handful of nuts daily, particularly tree nuts, may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease among people with Type-2 …
Indian-American couple found dead in Texas home
Washington, Feb 19 (IANS) An Indian-American couple has been found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in their home in the US state of Texas, police …
Indian Americans express solidarity with Pulwama victims’ families
Washington, Feb 19 (IANS) Indian Americans across the US have expressed solidarity to the families of the 40 CRPF troopers who lost their lives in …
Counter-terrorism deal with Morocco important for us: Sushma Swaraj
Rabat, Feb 18 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said that the agreement signed with Morocco in the field of counter-terrorism was important …
New drug to delay ageing discovered
New York, Feb 18 (IANS) Researchers, including one of Indian origin, have developed a new drug that can delay ageing demonstrated by declining muscle mass, …
Indian salesman sexually harasses teenager in Dubai mall
Dubai, Feb 17 (IANS) An Indian salesman has been accused of sexually harassing a 15-year-old girl at a mall in Dubai. According to police reports, …
South Africa cancels arrest warrant for India-born businessman Ajay Gupta
Cape Town, Feb 15 (IANS) South African authorities have said that controversial businessman Ajay Gupta, a member of the India-born Gupta family who own a …
Indian appointed to high-level accounting post at UN
United Nations, Feb 15 (IANS) Chandramouli Ramanathan has been appointed as the world body’s controller by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, according to his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric. …