The tragic death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar in Ireland evoked global outrage. Irish authorities have announced that they would appoint an independent external expert to probe the matter, so that it could "stand up to world's scrutiny".
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
According to the Sun, footage from a camera at a Cape Town restaurant recorded a private meeting between Shrien and Tongo after Anni Dewani's death.
Leading Non Resident Indian Member of Parliament Keith Vaz has introduced a bill in the House of Commons seeking a more ethnically balanced Parliament in the United Kingdom. The bill will allow parties to create ethnic-minority shortlists when selecting parliamentary candidates. There are currently only 13 Labour and two Conservative Members of Parliament of an ethnic minority background. No Liberal Democrat belongs to that category.
Choksy's research examines the development of sectarian communities in Central Asia, the Near East, and South Asia -- where he has traveled extensively -- through interdisciplinary approaches involving anthropology, archeology, history, languages, linguistics, literatures, numismatics and religious studies.
While we await Shilpa's second innings in the movies, Joginder Tuteja looks at how well the top '90s actresses have done when they returned to acting.
Recipient of 'India's Most Admired Surgeon' award moots 'womb to tomb' insurance model to revolutionise India's healthcare sector
The Kingston Crown Court sentenced the lawyer from Wembly to 14.5 years in prison for his corrupt practices. Sagar, who worked at Mehra and Co, was found responsible for concerted efforts by the gang to evade a successful police investigation, police said.
Non-Resident Indian academic Suresh Deman seems to have made it a full-fledged profession to sue universities and cash in on Britain's rights culture as he pocketed a whopping 2 lakh pounds in payouts and cost the taxpayer an estimated 1 million pounds.
How a teenager from Uttar Pradesh with no formal education rose to become the University of Houston's head.
India-born Raghuram Rajan, Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago, has been awarded the newly instituted Fischer Black Prize by a premier academic organisation on financial economics.
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
Anand also authored a book The Cure: How A Father Raised $100 Million and Bucked the Medical Establishment in a Quest to Save his Children in 2006.
A Sikh man was found dead at his parents' home, less than two months after his wife was killed in an alleged robbery attempt.
The government on Wednesday permitted NRIs to invest up to 100 per cent stake in disinvestment-bound Air India. The decision comes at a time when the government has sought preliminary bids for 100 per cent stake sale in the national carrier. "Today's decision on Air India is one milestone decision where NRIs... will get permission to invest 100 per cent in the airline," Union Minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters at a briefing about the Union Cabinet's decision.
An Indian origin scientist at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has discovered how graphene's extremely efficient conductive properties can be exploited for use in nanoelectronics, as a possible heir to copper and silicon.
It's seen as a major appointment for international medical graduates.
An Indian-origin man and his two partners in one of Britain's largest investment scams were today ordered to pay nearly 115 million pounds for illegally accepting deposits from customers without authorisation from the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
The CEO of infoUSA says the NYT article is a 'hatchet job' to embarrass Hillary Clinton and is motivated by the newspaper's support for Obama.
The couple's bail request was put on hold till a hearing on May 30.
Owning a home is a dream for most of us and thanks to the diverse home loan schemes available to make that dream a reality.
The presence of an Indian origin man on the royal barge with Queen Elizabeth during Sunday's pageant on River Thames has raised a storm after it was revealed that he had been previously convicted and jailed for sex offences.
The Telugu Association of North America has launched a massive public safety awareness campaign among the community members living in United States, especially among the youths and students, in view of a series of murders and road accidents during the last one year.
A team of cardiologists at the Wockhardt Hospital performed bypass surgery on the 15-month-old baby, the first of its kind in the country and one of the few such cases in the world.
He was found with over 20,000 illicit DVDs and CDs.
Chiman Delwadia helps students solve problems and he gives them homework to boost their knowledge of math
An Indian-origin doctor at the Yale School of Medicine was shot dead by a Chinese colleague, who also tried to kill victim's pregnant wife, the police said.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved on Thursday a weather insurance scheme as a risk management support for coffee growers.
"This is a shocking and damaging setback for racial awareness in the UK, not just for the Tory Party, but for the armed forces and British society as a whole," Vaz said in a statement.
Remittances by non-resident Indians (NRIs) saw a 27 per cent jump at $ 6.5 billion (Rs 39,991.9 crore in present valuations) between January and September this year, as against 7 per cent growth during the same period last year.
They are the third and fourth people to be charged with the murder of Nisha, 29, who was stabbed outside her home in Wembley last May
A woman who hurled racist abuse at an Indian-origin man on the London Underground is likely to be jailed after admitting her offence when a video of the incident went viral on the Internet and the police launched an investigation.
The two children of a Non-Resident Indian couple in Norway, who had been taken away by country's Child Welfare Service last year and kept in foster care, on Tuesday returned to India. After months of custody row that saw India stepping up diplomatic pressure on Norway to send back the children a Norwegian court on Monday had handed over the custody of the two children to their paternal uncle.
A Norwegian court on Monday handed over two Non-Resident Indian children to their paternal uncle, ending months of custody row that saw India stepping up diplomatic pressure on Norway to send back the kids, taken away by the Child Welfare Service here last year and kept in foster care.
'These people jump up and down, excitedly waving their arms about to catch the attention of one political party or the other.' 'This mutant can be very dangerous,' observes T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
A popular Indian-origin shopkeeper in the Yorkshire town of Huddersfield in the United Kingdom has been killed while trying to repel members of a teenage gang who were trying to rob him.
A Manchester-based Indian-origin delivery van driver has been convicted of assaulting his police officer-wife, who later died of cancer, and is likely to face a jail sentence.
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