New Delhi, March 28 : External Affairs Minister (EAM) S.Jaishankar on Thursday concluded his three-nation Southeast Asia tour, beginning March 23, to strengthen bilateral relations and engage on regional issues...

New Delhi, March 26 : The 22-member crew on the Singapore-flagged container ship, which collided with a bridge in the US Baltimore city early on Tuesday, causing it to collapse,...

Singapore, March 25 : External Affairs Minister S.Jaishankar on Monday met top leaders of Singapore and valued their support for the strategic partnership as he conveyed personal greetings of Prime...

New Delhi, March 12 : Calling the government’s decision to offer Indian citizenship to persecuted minorities a “big win for human rights”, Hindu organisations across the US, the UK, and...

London, March 11 : As part of the UK government’s plan to bring down unsustainable levels of legal migration and tackle visa abuse, overseas care workers coming to the country...

New Delhi, March 11 : President Droupadi Murmu on Monday held discussions on avenues to advance the long-standing and close relations between India and Mauritius as she met her counterpart...

New Delhi, March 11 : President Droupadi Murmu was welcomed by Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth and his Cabinet members as she landed in the island nation on Monday to...

Ahmedabad, March 11 : Maritime security, political and commercial ties, and several other areas of cooperation were discussed as New Zealand’s visiting Deputy Prime Minister, Winston Peters, on Monday called...

New Delhi, March 9 : The first Hindu temple in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) celebrated its first festival — Maha Shivratri — on Friday, almost a month after its...

New Delhi, March 8 : On the invitation of the government of Mauritius, President Droupadi Murmu will undertake a state visit to the island nation from March 11-13 to attend...

New York, March 8 : Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley’s tenacious battle for the presidency of the US is a symbol of Indian American women’s emergence as a powerhouse in...

New Delhi, March 8 : Women serve as heads of state and government in only 31 countries with less than one in four serving as cabinet ministers, and just 26.5...

New Delhi, March 7 : A 100-member youth delegation from five Central Asian countries is on a visit to India from March 5 to 13 to witness the country’s growth,...

Hyderabad, March 6 : A 30-year-old man from Hyderabad, who was duped into joining the Russian Army and fighting against Ukraine, has been killed. The Indian Embassy in Moscow on...

Washington, March 6 : Nikki Haley, the former US Ambassador to the UN, suspended her campaign for the Republican nomination for President after a severe drubbing in the primaries held...

Washington, March 6 : Nikki Haley, the former US Ambassador to the UN, will suspend her campaign for the Republican nomination for President after a severe drubbing in the primaries...

Washington, March 6 : Indian-American Republican presidential aspirant Nikki Haley is set to quit the race for the White House, clearing the decks for her former boss and GOP frontrunner...

New Delhi, March 5 : Recognising India’s leadership role on the global stage, New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Tuesday that his country is determined to build a...

New Delhi, March 2 : As they keenly wait for the grand electoral spectacle to unfold in their country of origin, most Indian-Americans say they are certain that the Bharatiya...

New Delhi, Feb 29 : The Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday that the eighth Indian Navy veteran who was sentenced to death in Qatar along with seven others...

Dubai, Feb 28 : Thousands of devotees took part in a grand procession of the Hindu community members at the newly-inaugurated BAPS Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi which is set...

New Delhi, Feb 28 : Continuing with his endeavours to further cement India’s relations with its diaspora, External Affairs Minister S.Jaishankar is set to meet the small but significant Indian...

Washington, Feb 27 : Niraj Antani, a Republican running for US Congress, is aggressively projecting his Hindu faith.Bhavini Patel, a Democrat running for Congress, is battling allegations of courting Hindu...

New York, Feb 26 : An Indian investigative journalist has died in a building fire in New York City despite firefighters’ heroic efforts to save the people trapped in the...

Dubai, Feb 26 : A 43-year-old Indian-origin investment banker quit his high-paying job in Dubai last year to serve as a full-time volunteer at the BAPS Abu Dhabi temple, which...

Mumbai, Feb 25 : Geeta Batra, an Indian economist, has been named as the new Director at the Independent Evaluation Office of the World Bank’s Global Environment Facility (GEF), making...

Bengaluru, Feb 21 : Karnataka will establish a separate secretariat for non-resident Indians (NRIs) in line with the ones set up by the Kerala government, Home Minister G.Parameshwara announced on...

New Delhi, Feb 21 : Twenty-three lakh Indian diaspora are reinforcing New Delhi-Ottawa relations and contributing to the development of both nations, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and...

New York, Feb 21 : Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi is planning to run for the US Senate in 2026, according to a top US magazine that has placed the representative...

New Delhi, Jan 20 : External Affairs Minister S.Jaishankar on Tuesday lauded the Indian community in Canada’s Saskatchewan province as he welcomed the region’s Premier for the 9th Raisina Dialogue...

London, Feb 20 : Members of the Sikh community in the UK have slammed the University of Birmingham for confusing them with Muslims in a social media post, saying that...

New York, Feb 20 : US Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, Rena Bitter, arrived in India to engage with embassy and consulate colleagues in Chennai, Mumbai and New...

New Delhi, Feb 19 : The construction, inauguration, and restoration of its temples across the world is yet another testament to India building and deepening its ties with its 32...

Colombo, Feb 19 : India has launched the construction of houses for the Indian origin plantation workers across six different provinces in Sri Lanka. The construction will be carried out...

Melbourne, Feb 16 : An Indian national has died in a flooding incident in Queensland as wild weather battered the region with severe rain and thunderstorms, the Indian High Commission...

Washington, Feb 16 : Hindu-American Tulsi Gabbard, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, has spoken to Republican frontrunner Donald Trump and his advisors about the country’s foreign policy, keeping her options...

Mumbai, Feb 15 : The grand Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi, UAE that was inaugurated on Wednesday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has a strong Mumbai connection as it was...

Doha, Feb 15 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the Indian diaspora in Qatar and said that he is “grateful” to the community as he arrived in Doha after concluding...

Dubai, Feb 14 : Sheathed in the hues of the Indian Tricolour, Dubai’s iconic Burj Khalifa was lit up with the words ‘Guest of Honour – Republic of India’ ahead...

Dubai, Feb 14 : Sheathed in the hues of the Indian Tricolour, Dubai’s iconic Burj Khalifa was lit up with the words ‘Guest of Honour – Republic of India’ ahead...

New Delhi, Feb 13 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday — while addressing the huge gathering of Indian diaspora at Abu Dhabi’s Zayed sports city stadium — lauded their...

New Delhi, Feb 13 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed the huge gathering of Indian diaspora in Abu Dhabi, amidst an electrifying atmosphere at the Zayed Sports City...

New Delhi, Feb 13 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed the huge gathering of Indian diaspora in Abu Dhabi, amidst an electrifying atmosphere at the Zayed Sports City...

London, Feb 13 : A 47-year-old Indian-origin family doctor in southeast England has been found guilty of sexually assaulting three women who were under his care, with one of the...

New Delhi, Feb 13 : Hailing the Indian diaspora ahead of his two-day visit to the UAE and Qatar beginning on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke of close, friendly...

New Delhi, Feb 13 : Beginning his two-day visit to the UAE on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he is proud of the Indian diaspora’s efforts to deepen New...

New York, Feb 13 : Indian-American Meera Joshi has been nominated by New York City Mayor Eric Adams to serve on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board. Joshi, a deputy...

New York, Feb 13 : Indian-American Sonali Korde took oath as assistant to the Administrator of USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) on Monday. As the US government’s lead for...

New Delhi, Feb 12 : As art of his two-nation tour to the UAE and Qatar beginning Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will strengthen India’s ‘deep connect’ with its diaspora...

London, Feb 12 : A group of international students, including many Indians, who had their visas revoked almost 10 years ago after accusations of cheating in English language tests in...

Toronto, Feb 12 : With international students struggling amidst worsening housing and affordability issues in Canada, charities and support groups say they are under strain and have urged the government...

Washington, Feb 11 : Indian-American scientist Rahul Ramachandran’s essay has been published on NASA EarthData website. The essay titled ‘From petabytes to Insights: Tackling Earth Science’’ Scaling Problem’ addresses the...

New Delhi, Feb 10 : External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Indian community leaders as he visited Sailani Avenue, a street in Australia’s Perth city named after Shimla-born soldier Nain...

New York, Feb 9 : The Kent City Council in Washington has unanimously elected Indo-American Satwinder Kaur as its president for a two-year term. In her new role, Kaur, who...

Washington, Feb 9 : Fresh out of her stinging loss in the Nevada primary, a confident Nikki Haley has reiterated that the US will have a female president in 2024...

New York, Feb 9 : Indian-American doctor Amish Shah has stepped down from the House of Representatives in the US state of Arizona to focus on his congressional campaign. The...

London, Feb 8 : An employment tribunal has dismissed a British Indian worker’s claim that she was racially targetted at Deloitte after a colleague compared her to Pocahontas, a Disney...

Melbourne, Feb 8 : Indian-origin barrister Varun Ghosh has become the first-ever Australian Senator to take the oath of office on the Bhagavad Gita. The 38-year-old took his position in...

Toronto, Feb 8 : Canadian police have arrested three men and two women of Punjab origin and laid almost two dozen charges in connection with extortion threats targeting the South...

Hyderabad, Feb 7 : Telangana Chief Minister A.Revanth Reddy on Wednesday that he was very “disconcerted” to learn of the attack on Syed Mazahir Ali, a student from Hyderabad, by...

Washington, Feb 7 : Prominent Indian-American Sikh attorney Harmeet K.Dhillon has denied that she is seeking to replace Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel. McDaniel, who has served as...

Singapore, Feb 6 : The Singapore Police Force (SPF) will investigate cases involving racial slurs or casual racism among its officers as “possible misconduct” and “a disciplinary breach”, following the...

New Delhi, Feb 6 : Mahant Swami Maharaj, the spiritual guru of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, reached Abu Dhabi on Tuesday for the grand inauguration of the first Hindu temple in...

Washington, Feb 6 : Indian-American Republican Presidential candidate Nikki Haley, the lone challenger left against former US President Donald Trump, has formally requested Secret Service protection citing “multiple issues,” the...

Chennai, Feb 5 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin, who is on an eight-day investment garnering visit to Spain, has requested the Tamil diaspora in the country, to support the...

London, Feb 5 : Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing a fresh conflict of interest row after a Conservative minister on a trade mission to India last April said he...

New York, Feb 5 : The Immigration Reform Bill unveiled by a bipartisan group of Senators has several provisions that could benefit Indians — if passed — including protection for...

London, Feb 4 : UK’s first Indian-origin PM Rishi Sunak shared his experiences of facing racism as a child, saying his parents sent him for extra drama lessons so that...

Melbourne, Feb 3 : Indian-origin barrister Varun Ghosh will take his position in the Australian Senate next week with the Labour Party officially confirming him as their pick to represent...

London, Feb 3 : From organising trips to India to hiring community volunteers, the UK’s main opposition Labour Party has announced a series of measures to win back the support...

London, Feb 2 : A British Indian conductor and a sitarist are among 19 individual performers and composers shortlisted for this year’s prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Awards, celebrating classical...

New York, Jan 31 : The initial registration for the H-1B visa application for fiscal year 2025 will open from March 6 and run through March 22, the US Citizenship...

Kochi, Jan 30 : Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is likely to inaugurate the 21st international convention of the Federation of Malayali Associations in North America (FOKANA) in Washington on...

London, Jan 30 : The British Asian Trust, a charity founded by King Charles III, is leading an educational initiative that will impact the lives of up to four million...

Chandigarh, Jan 29 : An NRI Grievance Redressal Cell has been established for Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), especially those of Haryana origin, to address their issues and complaints under a single...

New Delhi, Jan 29 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday praised a patriotic song rendered by an Egyptian girl at India’s 75th Republic Day celebrations in Cairo. Dressed in...

New York, Jan 29 : New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Indian-American State Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar have unveiled a new Mahatma Gandhi statue, more than a year after...

London, Jan 28 : A museum founded by the son of the last Sikh emperor of Punjab in England has received a grant of nearly 200k pounds, which will be...

London, Jan 26 : An elderly British Sikh former post office operator has claimed that she faced discrimination due to her Asian heritage and was urged by the auditors to...

London, Jan 25 : British-Indian student Aditya Verma is facing trial in Spain after he was accused of public disorder for sending a message joking about blowing up a plane...

Melbourne, Jan 25 : A 43-year-old Indian national and three of her relatives, all in their 20s, died on Phillip Island in one of the worst drowning tragedies in the...

Washington, Jan 24 : Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said that the race for White House 2024 was “far from over” after her former boss Donald Trump won the...

New Delhi, Jan 22 : Migrant and student advocacy groups in Canada have slammed a two-year cap on new study permits for international students, saying that immigrants are being “scapegoated”...

Toronto, Jan 22 : Calling for a cap on the number of international students arriving in Canada, Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown announced that the City Council has unanimously passed a...

New Delhi, Jan 21 : Throughout his presidential campaign, the only thing that the voluble and supremely self-assured Indian-American candidate Vivek Ramaswamy did not do was to take on his...

New Delhi, Jan 21 : As the US sounded the 60th quadrennial presidential poll bugle for 2024, close to 20 candidates jumped the fray from both sides of the campaign,...

Washington, Jan 21 : Fierce Donald Trump loyalist Rep Elise Stefanic has said that Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley as the former president’s running mate is a “non-starter for...

Washington, Jan 21 : With speculation rife that he is going to be the next Republican vice presidential pick, Indian-American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy declined to say what job he would...

Toronto, Jan 20 : The number of international students in Canada now goes beyond one million, official figures say, just as the country mulls capping their arrival amid growing cost...

Washington, Jan 20 : Keeping his Vice Presidential choice tightly under wraps, Republican frontrunner and former US President Donald Trump has ruled out Indian-American rival Nikki Haley as his running...

New Delhi, Jan 19 : The Delhi High Court has taken suo motu action in a contempt case against litigant Anita Kumari Gupta for alleged verbal abuse during virtual court...

Toronto, Jan 19 : Even as Canada considers capping the arrival of international students amid growing housing crisis, 62,410 of them became permanent residents of the country in 2023, according...

New York, Jan 18 : Indian-American community leader Tara Sreekrishnan has announced that she is running for California State Assembly from District 26 as a Democrat. Located in the heart...

Washington, Jan 17 : After suspending his presidential campaign, Indian-American Vivek Ramaswamy thinks it would be “healthy for the country” if Republican candidates Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis,drop out of...

Washington, Jan 17 : The next Republican presidential debate has been cancelled with Indian-American aspirant Nikki Haley refusing to appear on stage unless former President Donald Trump takes part. Following...

Singapore, Jan 16 : Ajit Singh Gill, Singapore’s oldest Olympian and former national hockey player of Indian origin, passed away on Tuesday after battling end-stage renal failure.He was 95. Gill...

Toronto, Jan 16 : An Indo-Canadian driver has been providing critical shuttle services to people seeking shelter in sub-zero temperatures in the country’s British Columbia province. Upkar Singh Tatlay, executive...

Washington, Jan 16 : Indian-American tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy announced that he is dropping out of the 2024 Republican presidential race, and endorsed former US President Donald Trump who won...

Singapore, Jan 15 : A 17-year-old Indian national died and three others were injured when a bus travelling from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur collided with a motorcycle and burst into...

Toronto, Jan 15 : Closing doors to temporary workers and foreign students allowed into Canada would blunt the country’s economic recovery and deepen recession, a capital market company has warned....

New York, Jan 15 : A top aide of former US President Donald Trump has said that voters are likely to rule out Indian-American longshot presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy as...

New York, Jan 15 : Hours before the Iowa caucuses kickstarting the Republican presidential nomination process, Indian-American presidential aspirant Nikki Haley has said she is not keen on playing second...

New York, Jan 14 : With just a day to go for the Iowa caucuses, Indian-American voters in the state have said that they “feel abandoned” by 2024 Republican presidential...

London, Jan 13 : With the Rwanda asylum bill set to return to the UK Parliament next week, sacked Home Secretary Suella Braverman said she will vote against the legislation...

New York, Jan 12 : President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate Indian-American judge Sunil R.Harjani for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois....

London, Jan 12 : London may get its first Indian-origin mayor with finance and property broker Shyam Batra announcing his intent to run as an independent in the May 2024...

London, Jan 12 : An India-born investment banker, standing as an independent in the 2024 London Mayoral election, has said that he comes from a country where toxic air is...

Bhubaneswar, Jan 11 : Jordan Murray pounced on a perfect cross from Connor Shields to score a goal late in the second half as Chennaiyin FC played out a 1-1...

London, Jan 11 : An elderly former postmaster of Indian-origin has revealed that Princess Kate and the Middleton family stood by him when he was accused of stealing 16,000 pounds...

Singapore, Jan 11 : An Indian-origin minister in Singapore has said that the city state is considering hiring auxiliary police officers (APOs) from Asian nations like India, China, the Philippines...

Washington, Jan 10 : Indian American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy’s presidential campaign may be drawing to a close after bringing national and international attention to this — as he has said...

Washington, Jan 10 : Indian-American Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has been named again to serve as the US’s representative on the executive board of the World Health Organization (WHO) by...

New York, Jan 9 : Neena Singh has become the first Sikh and Indian-American woman to be sworn in as Mayor of Montgomery Township in the US state of New...

New York, Jan 9 : Mumbai-born Minita Sanghvi, a Democrat, has announced her candidacy for the 44th State Senate District in New York’s Capital Region, currently held by Republican Jim...

New Delhi, Jan 9 : Celebrating the achievements and contributions of the 32-million-plus-strong Indian diaspora on this year’s Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas (PBD), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lauded them...

Washington, Jan 8 : The Samosa Caucus is growing.From one in 2013, it has grown to Five+One, that is five Indian-descent lawmakers in US Congress, and former colleagues of theirs...

London, Jan 8 : A record number of female and ethnic minority MPs in Britain are expected to sit in the House of Commons, following the much-anticipated general elections in...

London, Jan 8 : Ruling out that he had doubts on the Rwanda plan as Chancellor, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said it was his job to ensure value...

Toronto, Jan 7 : A 26-year-old Indian national, hoping to get permanent residency in Canada, died in a single-vehicle crash in the country’s New Brunswick province. Harwinder Singh, a resident...

London, Jan 6 : After UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murthy wounded up her start-up investment firm, Catamaran Ventures in December last year, the country’s main opposition has...

New York, Jan 6 : Dr Rajiv Shah, the Indian-American president of Rockefeller Foundation, has been named to the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York....

Singapore, Jan 5 : A heritage trail around Little India, a bevy of cultural performances and activities will be witnessed at the annual Pongal Open House as Tamils across Singapore...

New Delhi, Jan 5 : Basdeo Panday, the first Indian-origin Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago who once said, “If you see me and a lion fighting, feel sorry for...

Kathmandu, Dec 4 : India on Thursday announced a Rs (Nepalese Rupee) 1,000 crore grant for Nepal’s reconstruction bid during the seventh meeting of Nepal-India Joint Commission at the Foreign...

London, Jan 4 : A top statistics watchdog in the UK has said that it will look into Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s claims of clearing the asylum backlog, after the...

New York, Jan 4 : Niraj Antani, the first Hindu and Indian-American senator from the US state of Ohio, claims to have raised $612,348 in 38 days for his Congressional...

Toronto, Jan 3 : In one of its first measures to bolster international student programme and prevent abuse, Canadian immigration has launched an online portal to verify letters of acceptance...

San Francisco, Jan 3 : Nikesh Arora, a SoftBank veteran and now the CEO of cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks, has entered the billionaires’ club after a hefty paycheck he...

New Delhi, Jan 2 : The Indian demand for Canadian education declined significantly with the number of study permit applications processed going down by more than 40 per cent since...

Washington, Jan 2 : Coming out firmly in support of his Republican presidential rival candidate Donald Trump, Indian-American Vivek Ramaswamy has reiterated that he will withdraw from the ballot in...

London, Jan 2 : A union of Border Force officials in the UK have warned that the number of people arriving in small boats is expected to rise again this...

New Delhi, Dec 30 : In September this year, Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam joined the growing list of Indian-origin leaders dominating the world politics, just as Rishi Sunak scripted history...

New York, Dec 29 : Six members of an Indian-origin family have been killed in Texas when their minivan was struck head-on by a pickup truck driven by a teenager...

New Delhi, Dec 28 : The Ministry of External Affair (MEA) on Thursday said that India has noted the Dahra Global case verdict in which the sentences of eight former...

Toronto, Dec 28 : A Canadian-Sikh woman, who was allegedly stabbed to death in October by her husband, was remembered along with 14 other victims of domestic violence this year...

New Delhi, Dec 27 : In a heartwarming incident, a Sikh taxi driver in Australia returned around AUD 8,000 (Rs 4.53 lakh) to a passenger who left the cash in...

Toronto, Dec 26 : Gurdev Singh Gill, who made history in 1958 as the first Indo-Canadian to practise medicine, passed away at the age of 92 in Canada’s New Westminster...

Singapore, Dec 22 : A ride-hailing company in Singapore is investigating an incident in which a driver made racist remarks against a passenger, asking him to “go back to India”....

Singapore, Dec 21 : An Indian national has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for reckless driving, causing the death of a 79-year-old woman in Singapore. Lorry driver Sivalingam...

London, Dec 21 : The British Asian Trust, a charity founded by King Charles III, has announced the appointment of entrepreneurs Nikhil Kamath and Neerja Birla to its India Advisory...

Washington, Dec 20 : Indian-American presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy has pledged to withdraw his name from the Colorado primary ballot unless former President Donald Trump is reinstated. Ramaswamy’s move comes...

Washington, Dec 20 : US lawmakers Pete Sessions and Elise Stefanik have announced the inauguration of the Congressional Hindu Caucus in the 118th Congress. The Caucus, under the chairmanship of...

Washington, Dec 19 : Pro-Palestinian supporters gathered outside the home of Indian-American Congressman Shri Thanedar in the middle of the night, slamming his support for Israel in its war with...

Washington, Dec 19 : Indian-American software engineer Ashwin Ramaswami has announced his run as a Democrat from the US state of Georgia, seeking to represent Senate District 48. If elected,...

New York, Dec 19 : In a move likely to benefit Indian professionals, a pilot program allowing H-1B holders to renew visas without leaving the US, has cleared a review...

Washington, Dec 19 : Indian-American presidential aspirant Nikki Haley has emerged as the top alternative to former US President Donald Trump among Republican voters in the state of New Hampshire,...

Singapore, Dec 18 : A taxi driver was on Monday sentenced to two months in jail for falling asleep at the wheel and hitting an Indian-origin man who was carrying...

Washington, Dec 18 : Indian-American presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy participated in 42 campaign stops last week, more than any other 2024 candidate. According to the USA Today newspaper, the 38-year-old...

London, Dec 16 : A cross-party group of British MPs have expressed concerns over the appointment of Indian-origin TV executive Samir Shah as the next BBC chair, according to a...

Washington, Dec 16 : Indian-American Congressmen were briefed by US President Joe Biden’s administrationon the indictment of Indian national Nikhil Gupta, allegedly involved in a foiled bid to kill a...

Washington, Dec 15 : The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said it has received a sufficient number of petitions to reach the congressionally-mandated cap for the most-coveted H-1B visa...

Washington, Dec 15 : Indian-American Nikki Haley, who has emerged as a strong contender in the Republican presidential primary race, doesn’t think her rival Donald Trump is the right person...

Washington, Dec 15 : Vanita Gupta, the first woman of colour and the highest-ranking India-American at the US Department of Justice (DOJ), will step down as the 19th US Associate...

New Delhi, Dec 14 : An eight-year-old British Indian, one of the youngest attendees at the recently-concluded COP28 in Dubai, has called for faster and target-based transitioning away from fossil...

London, Dec 14 : British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak net favourability rating slipped to ‘worst ever’ amid the controversial Rwanda policy row, with a new poll showing 70 per cent...

New York, Dec 13 : Ravi Bhalla, the first Sikh Mayor of Hoboken City in New Jersey, has announced his candidacy from the US state’s 8th Congressional district. Bhalla will...

London, Dec 13 : An Indian-origin student is among 51 winners of the prestigious 2024 Marshall Scholarship, which selects American scholars to pursue their graduate education at any university in...

London, Dec 13 : An Indian-origin data scientist has been named ‘Newcomer of the Year’ in the 2023 RailStaff Awards in the UK for displaying “exceptional skill, tenacity and professional...

New York, Dec 12 : An Indian-origin financial advisor from New York has been found guilty on 11 counts of defrauding public health insurance plans out of more than $4...

London, Dec 12 : British-Indian dental surgeon Vinay Raniga has been chosen as the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Oxford West and Abingdon, a constituency in the South East region of...

San Francisco, Dec 12 : The publisher of Sports Illustrated has sacked the magazine’s CEO Ross Levinsohn, after the magazine published articles with bylined non-existent writers and AI-generated profile pictures....

United Nations, Dec 12 : Accepting the Power of One Award from Diwali Foundation USA, former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the global organisation is indispensable at a time when...

London, Dec 11 : The UK’s Indian-origin British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, 43, was looking at an uncertain future on Monday afternoon, following a right-wing faction of his Conservative party...

Melbourne, Dec 11 : Police in Australia on Monday charged an elderly driver following a car crash last month in Victoria state that left five Indian-origin people dead and several...

New York, Dec 8 : A 71-year-old Indian motel manager in the US state of Georgia has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for trafficking a victim and subjecting...

London, Dec 7 : Rishi Sunak, 42, the Indian-origin British Prime Minister, is fighting with his back to the wall to save his premiership as well as his political career....

Washington, Dec 7 : A top Indian-origin aide to Donald Trump has threatened action against people in the media — “criminally or civilly” — if the former president storms back...

Washington, Dec 6 : Pro-Israel lobbyists in the US state of Oregon may oppose the candidacy of Indian-American Susheela Jayapal from the state’s 3rd Congressional District, a media report said....

Dubai, Dec 6 : Enrolment in Indian private schools in Dubai surged by nearly 9,000 in a year, the Emirate’s private education regulator said, announcing the results of the latest...

Melbourne, Dec 6 : A 26-year-old Indian man died on the spot after his car crashed and rolled several times in southwest Melbourne in Australia. Khusdeep Singh was driving along...

Chandigarh, Dec 5 : Punjab Police’s Special Operation Cell has busted a terrorist recruitment, funding and aiding module with the arrest of Pakistan-based terrorist Lakhbir Rode’s close associate Paramjit Singh,...

Auckland, Dec 5 : A Sikh cafe manager has won more than NZ$8,000 after an employment relations body in New Zealand ruled that her former employer did not pay her...

Washington, Dec 5 : US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian-origin global venture capitalist Deven Parekh to the Board of Directors of the International Development Finance Corporation for a fresh...

London, Dec 4 : An estimated 300,000 non-Britons – many of them Indians – will be affected by the British government on Monday raising the bar for people eligible to...

Canberra, Dec 4 : Indian-origin former MP Dave Sharma was officially sworn in on Monday as a senator for New South Wales (NSW) in the Australian Parliament. Sharma, 47, defeated...

New Delhi, Dec 4 : Indian-American businessman and co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Vinod Khosla has backed Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy’s suggestion that India’s youth must work 70 hours every...

Washington, Dec 4 : Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has reiterated her call for a ceasefire in Gaza as fighting has resumed in the Hamas-controlled enclave following the collapse of a...

Patna, Dec 3 : Bihar Assembly Speaker Awadh Bihari Choudhary on Sunday claimed that “negative propaganda” is being spread about the state by a section of people. He appealed to...

London, Dec 3 : British Indian former Home Secretaries of the UK have been accused of operating a secret policy to deny 1,600 victims of trafficking their right to live...

New Delhi, Dec 2 : Indian American lawmakers have been consistently calling cessation of hostilities, extended truce for smooth flow of aid, swift release of hostages, removal of Hamas and...

New Delhi, Dec 1 : Forming roughly 2 per cent of the American population, five of them in the House of Representatives, nearly 50 in state legislatures, two in the...

New York, Dec 1 : The total foreign-born population in the US, legal and illegal, was 49.5 million in October 2023, — a record 4.5 million increase since President Joe...

New York, Nov 30 : A top political advisor left Indian-American Republican presidential aspirant Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign to join party rival and former President Donald Trump, according to media reports....

New Delhi, Nov 30 : Hours after the US charged an Indian national with conspiracy to assassinate a New York-based Sikh separatist, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that New...

New Delhi, Nov 29 : The French government on Wednesday conferred its top awards on Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientist Dr V R Lalithambika and acclaimed translator and author...

New York, Nov 29 : A woman has filed a lawsuit against a township in the US state of New Jersey and its Indian-American mayor for a 2022 car crash...

New York, Nov 29 : In a move likely to benefit Indian professionals, 20,000 H1B specialty occupation workers will be able to renew their visas in the US beginning from...

Toronto, Nov 29 : Expressing its disappointment over no action against pro-Khalistan elements for vandalism at various Hindu temples, the Canada-India Foundation has asked politicians in the country to break...

New York, Nov 29 : The US Embassy and Consulates in India issued an all-time record of more than 140,000 student visas from October 2022 through September 2023, the State...

London, Nov 28 : Overseas workers invited to the UK to plug gaps in health and social care sectors are being “exploited on a grand scale” with some being paid...

London, Nov 28 : London’s Indian-origin Deputy Mayor for Business, Rajesh Agrawal is stepping down from his position to focus on campaigning after his recent selection as the Labour Party’s...

Singapore, Nov 28 : The Singapore High court has ordered businessman Lee Hsien Yang — who is the brother of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong — to pay damages to...

London, Nov 27 : An Indian-origin store owner has been hit with a community order after food contaminated with rat droppings and poison was found at his store in UK’s...

Melbourne, Nov 27 : Former MP Dave Sharma is returning to the Australian parliament by becoming the first person of Indian-origin from the opposition Liberal party to win the New...

London, Nov 27 : Nairobi-born Chetna Maroo, who is of Indian origin and a resident of London, is one of the six novelists shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize, whose...

London, Nov 26 : Community campaigners have been rallying behind an elderly Sikh woman who faces deportation to India, despite living in the UK for 14 years. Gurmit Kaur, 78,...

New York, Nov 24 : Indian-American Congressmen have welcomed a four-day truce in the Israel-Hamas war, which came into effect on Friday after nearly seven weeks of intense fighting. Hamas...

New Delhi, November 23 : Calling the foiled attempt on his life ‘transnational terrorism’ and threat to US sovereignty, Khalistan leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said on Thursday that he will...

New York, Nov 23 : A 26-year-old Indian doctoral student at the University of Cincinnati was found dead inside his car after a shooting incident in the US state of...

London, Nov 23 : Education agents are charging Indian students more money to secure spots at UK universities ahead of a government ban, which prohibits dependents from entering the country,...