An Indian-origin former accountant has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years' imprisonment for duping people of 100 million ($197 million) in an international scam. Shinder Singh Gangar, 46, from Leicestershire, promised clients a return of up to 160 per cent a year on money invested with him. But there was no investment scheme and the money was not invested as promised. Instead it was put into offshore bank accounts.
The bodies of 37-year-old Jayalakshmi, 14-year-old Tejasvi and 12-year-old Siva Kumar were found in a pool of blood with massive head and neck injuries on the first floor of the family's two-story apartment in Wharton, police said.
She was last seen on Jan 20 by her cousin who dropped her off at the St John's University dorm shortly after landing at LaGuardia airport in New York.
India's decision to import LPG from the US helps it to diversify sources as it reduces almost full reliance on West Asian countries for supply of the country's primary cooking fuel.
Two siblings of ethnic Indian origin claiming to be Hindus have demanded that Malaysian authorities change their religion on their birth certificates that show them as Muslims.
Two Indian-origin people were among four found guilty for masterminding a multi-million pound global conspiracy to sell fake Viagras over the Internet.
The India-Pakistan tensions have had no impact on the bonhomie within the UAE cricket team, which is a mix of expatriates from the two countries, insisted skipper Muhammad Waseem.
Kathrada, who frequently referred to Mandela as his 'elder brother', was among three political prisoners who were sentenced to life imprisonment together with the South African anti-apartheid icon after the infamous Rivonia Trial of 1964.
The BCCI bars active Indian cricketers -- international or domestic -- from playing in overseas leagues to protect the IPL's exclusivity.
An Indian-origin CEO of a US-based homeownership company has abruptly fired more than 900 employees, about 9 per cent of its workforce, on a Zoom webinar, citing market efficiency, performance and productivity as the reasons behind the move. On a Zoom webinar last Wednesday, Better.com CEO Vishal Garg abruptly announced that the mortgage company is laying off about 9 per cent of its workforce, CNN reported. Garg cited market efficiency, performance and productivity as the reason behind the firings, the report said.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified punitive and compensatory damages.
A 40-year-old man has been charged with stabbing to death Indian-origin special constable Nisha Patel-Nisri outside her home seven months ago.
But selectively, with regulatory scrutiny and special approval, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
The bank is looking to combat financial times.
Police arrested one Robert Fowler, who was being held on a $50,000 bail. Investigators said they found debris from Fowler's car at the scene of accident.
Records stretching back to 1947 suggest a consistent strategy by Pakistan's military and intelligence apparatus, the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), of using terrorism as a state policy against India.
An Indian-origin family of four, including two children, was found dead in Melbourne on Tuesday. The Australian police are treating it as a murder-suicide case. The bodies of Nilesh Sharma, 34, his wife Pritika, 32, five-year-old Divesh and three-year-old Divya were found at their Glen Waverley home in the city's eastern outskirts.
What is currently perceived as a massive, low-tech liability could become a high-value, export-oriented economic engine, points out Ajit Balakrishnan.
India will be desperate for a quality replacement for the crucial No. 4 slot with Shubman Gill likely to be ruled out for the must-win second and final Test against South Africa.
Ram Puneet Tiwary, 27, beat Chow Lyang Tay and Poh Chuan Tan in the head several times and stabbed them in the neck to make sure they were dead, at their home in Kingsford in Sydney on September 15, 2003, the ABC online said.
The Maharashtra government, led by CM Devendra Fadnavis, will petition the central government to rename IIT Bombay as IIT Mumbai, following controversy over a Union minister's remarks on the institute's name. The move comes amid political tensions and concerns about the city's identity.
An Indian-origin woman hailing from the city was allegedly shot dead by her Pakistani husband in Karachi last month, her family members on Thursday claimed.
Indian airlines are resuming normal services to Kathmandu after the airport reopened following unrest in Nepal. Air India and IndiGo will operate additional flights to bring back stranded passengers.
Mathew Martoma is charged with using non-public informationm, that he received from a doctor on the clinical trial of an Alzheimer's disease drug, to make profits.
In a relief to Indian-origin surgeon Jayant Patel, an Australian court found him not guilty of manslaughter of an elderly patient nearly a decade ago.
Two men have been charged with the attempted murder of Lieutenant General (retired) Kuldip Singh Brar, the hero of the 1984 Operation Bluestar, British police said on Monday.
A Kerala court is expected to deliver a verdict in the 2017 actress assault case involving Malayalam actor Dileep, a case marked by twists, delays, and a battle over narrative.
A 47-year-old Indian-American data analyst was killed on the spot after being struck by a bus at Boston's international airport where he had gone to pick up a friend, according to a media report.
An Indian-origin woman has been arrested on charges of trespassing on Columbia University's campus in New York after she allegedly posed as a student for nearly nine months and attended classes and orientation events.
An Indian-origin woman has been arrested on charges of trespassing on Columbia University's campus in New York after she allegedly posed as a student for nearly nine months and attended classes and orientation events.
A 36-year-old Indian-origin man, Bhaveshkumar Dahyabhai Shukla, has been charged with sexually assaulting a fellow passenger on a flight from Montana to Texas. Shukla faces two years of imprisonment, a USD 250,000 fine, and at least five years of supervised release if convicted.
'The South today is a creative engine shaping the future of Indian entertainment.'
US lawmakers have urged President Donald Trump to reconsider his proclamation on H1-B visas, including the USD 100,000 fee, asserting that Indian nationals are central to American leadership in IT and AI, and the restrictions will negatively impact US-India ties.
An Indian-origin man was on Thursday re-arrested in connection with the sensational murder of an oil executive who disappeared some weeks ago and whose decomposed body was found in a car in London last Thursday.
The body of 10-year-old Marissa Naidoo, who went missing from her school on Thursday, was found stuffed in a suitcase during a raid at a house at the town of Benoni, police said.
An Indian-origin man in Britain has become the first person to have been banned from all 1,200 McDonald's outlets in England and Wales after being caught spying on two women in the restaurant's toilets.
A 19-year old Indian-origin youth has been arrested and charged in connection with the firebombing of two synagogues in January in New Jersey. Aakash Dalal's arrest was announced on Friday by Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli.
While a 6 million pounds (Rs 56 crore) fine has already been imposed on the Indian businessman, Rameshkumar Goenka, the Financial Conduct Authority took action against three more persons today in the same case by imposing total fines of about Rs 2 crore (Rs 20 million) on them.
In a cabinet that was already being touted as the most diverse in British history, Priti Patel became the first Indian-origin home secretary with Pakistani-origin Sajid Javid moving from the UK Home Office to become the new chancellor.
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