Washington, May 6 : US President Joe Biden has picked Indian-American Neera Tanden to serve as Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor, following former Ambassador Susan Rice’s exit...

Patna, May 5 : Nine labourers, who were rescued from civil war-hit Sudan by the Indian government, have reached Patna. The Patna district administration received those labourers on Thursday and...

New Delhi, May 5 : The Indian government has evacuated as many as 3,862 Indian citizens from war-torn Sudan till date under Operation Kaveri, External Affairs Minister S.Jaishankar said on...

New York, May 5 : A 21-year-old Indian origin man has been booked for fatally shooting two men at a parking lot of a mall in US state of Oregon...

Singapore, May 5 : An Indian-origin man in Singapore was charged with harassment for allegedly making an online post calling for President Halimah Yacob’s death by hanging, according to a...

Melbourne, May 5 : A Hindu temple in Australia has been vandalised just weeks ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the country on May 23. The front wall...

New York, May 5 : A drunk Indian-origin pick-up truck driver slammed into a car killing two 14 year-old boys on the spot and injuring two others in Long Island,...

New Delhi, May 4 : More than 20,000 members of the Indian diaspora have registered so far for the grand community reception organised for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Sydney...

New York, May 4 : A Sikh couple on their way to pick up their kids from a school bus stop died on the spot after being hit by a...

Toronto, May 4 : A 40-year-old Sikh priest and teacher has been charged with six counts of sexual offences involving children in Canada’s British Columbia province, a media report said...

London, May 4 : Harjinder Kang has been appointed UK’s Trade Commissioner to South Asia and Deputy High Commissioner for Western India to lead the country’s overseas effort to promote...

Toronto, May 3 : A Canadian-Sikh poet, whose Twitter account was withheld in India last month over the Khalistan issue, now has her debut work among the 11 most banned...

New York, May 3 : An Indian-origin executive of an aerospace engineering company in the US, and several other officials were found not guilty of conspiring to limit workers’ mobility...

New York, May 3 : Tesla CEO Elon Musk has agreed to pay $10,000 to settle a defamation case brought against him by Indian-American Sikh critic and independent researcher, Randeep...

New Delhi, May 2 : A batch of 135 Indian passengers from war-torn Sudan reached Jeddah on Tuesday, even as 231 passengers reached Ahmedabad under the ongoing rescue operation titled...

Toronto, May 2 : Police have arrested a suspect after an Indian driver was verbally abused and attacked for taking a wrong turn in Canada, sparking renewed calls for protection...

Toronto, May 2 : A 62-year-old Indo-Canadian homeopathic doctor has been arrested and charged for alleged sexual assault of a young patient who had come to his clinic in Brampton,...

London, May 2 : Three India-born community workers, who have been associated with King Charles’ charity initiatives, will be a part of the congregation attending the coronation service of Their...

BY VISHAL GULATIChandigarh, May 2 : Punjab-origin Satinderjit Singh Brar, nicknamed Goldy Brar, the alleged mastermind in the killing of famed singer Sidhu Moosewala and an affiliate of the Lawrence...

New York, May 2 : An Indian-origin man allegedly caught in a sting operation on YouTube has been charged by a US federal prosecutor with attempting to entice a minor...

New Delhi, May 2 : The US will begin processing student visa applications for the Fall Session with the first batch of appointments available from mid-May. “Attention students! In mid-May,...

New York, May 2 : International student enrollment in the US last year showed a substantial increase with India sending more students compared to China in 2022, says a US...

London, May 1 : A National Health Service (NHS) worker has been jailed for five months for abusing and threatening to “tear” former Indian-origin Home Secretary Priti Patel “to pieces”...

London, May 1 : Award-winning British-Indian playwright and actor Meera Syal will be presented with a BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) fellowship, the highest accolade bestowed upon...

New York, April 30 : An Indian-origin man has been convicted of murder for ramming his car into a vehicle resulting in the deaths of three teens who were fleeing...

London, April 30 : An Indian-origin teen in the UK has been charged with fraud offences as part of an investigation into a website, which enabled criminals to subvert banking...

By Arul LouisNew York, April 29 : The US immigration officials have reported that they have discovered extensive fraud in the huge surge of 61 per cent in applications filed...

New Delhi, April 29 : With a likely Joe Biden vs Donald Trump redux in the impending 2024 US presidential elections, the Indian-Americans — comprising slightly more than 1 per...

By Meenakshi IyerNew Delhi, April 29 : “I wish I could answer YES with lots of confidence,” quipped California state Assembly candidate Darshana Patel on being asked whether the US...

New York, April 29 : A 47-year-old Indian-American has pleaded guilty to wire and securities fraud charges in connection with his scheme to dupe potential investors into supporting the technology...

San Francisco, April 29 : Dhirendra Prasad, a former Apple employee who was charged with defrauding tech giant Apple and related tax crimes, has been sentenced to three years in...

Johannesburg, April 29 : Two Indian-origin South Africans have been honoured with the 2023 National Orders for contributing towards the advancement of democracy and making significant impact on improving the...

Bhubaneswar, April 28 : Six people from Odisha have thanked god and the Indian government after reaching safely here from conflict-torn Sudan under Operation Kaveri. Landing at the Biju Patnaik...

Hyderabad, April 28 : Seventeen more persons from Telangana who were stranded in strife-torn Sudan have returned to India safely. With this, a total of 31 people from Telangana have...

New Delhi, April 28 : Another 754 Indian citizens have been evacuated from violence-hit Sudan and brought back home on Friday by the government under Operation Kaveri. While 392 people...

London, April 28 : A British-Indian businessman has been sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for 18 months, after admitting abuse of an interest-free loan offered by the UK...

New York, April 28 : Three legislators, including an Indian-American, in the Michigan State House have introduced a set of bills to establish festivals like Diwali and Eid as official...

Melbourne, April 28 : An 11-year-old boy’s heartwarming words to an Indian-origin bus driver, who was asked to “go back to his country”, is winning hearts in Australia. Brock Keena...

Washington, April 27 : The Indian-origin stepfather of a six-year-old boy, who is feared dead, stole $10,000 from a convenience store company in Texas where he worked, before fleeing to...

Melbourne, April 27 : Drivers from India, Pakistan, China and Nepal are set to face tougher regulations in Australia with the local government in New South Wales (NSW) state making...

New Delhi, April 27 : The first batch of 360 Indians evacuated from Sudan has reached Delhi under “Operation Kaveri”, launched this week to bring back citizens stranded in the...

Singapore, April 27 : An Indian-origin man in Singapore has been sentenced to six months in prison for arranging a marriage of convenience between a colleague and his niece to...

Toronto, April 26 : A 29-year-old Indian man, who came to Canada in 2019 to work, died on the spot after he was struck by an Audi in Mississauga, police...

Dubai, April 26 : Following the death of a 38-year-old expat from Kerala in a vessel capsizing incident, police in Sharjah have charged the management of the tourist boat company...

New York, April 26 : Indian-American IIT graduate Haresh Gurnani has been named the new dean of the College of Business at Stony Brook University in New York, and will...

Singapore, April 26 : Singapore on Wednesday executed a 46-year-old Tamil man convicted of conspiracy to smuggle 1 kg of cannabis, ignoring pleas from the family, activists and the UN...

By Yashwant RajWashington, April 26 : Ro Khanna, a US lawmaker of Indian descent, has urged those among the Indian diaspora who have been raising the bogey of growing “Hinduphobia”...

Singapore, April 25 : A 46 year-old Tamil man, who was convicted of abetting trafficking of more than 1 kg of cannabis to Singapore, is scheduled to be executed on...

New Delhi, April 25 : Even as INS Sumedha evacuated the first batch of 278 Indian citizens from violence-hit Sudan on Tuesday, another Indian Navy warship INS Teg has also...

London, April 25 : As part of a week-long crackdown on illegal migration, 60 delivery drivers, including Indians, have been arrested across London for working illegally, the UK Home Office...

New Delhi, April 25 : The first batch of 278 Indian citizens from war-torn Sudan on Tuesday left the African nation to return back home, as they boarded the Indian...

Shimla, April 25 : Demanding to set up an NRI commission for the diaspora, a delegation of Himachali Pravasi Global Association (HPGA), led by its director Bhagya Chandra, called on...

New York, April 25 : Indian-American state representative Amish Shah announced that he will be running for Congress in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District, which is presently held by Republican David...

New York, April 25 : Sheela Murthy, a prominent Indian-American entrepreneur and immigration lawyer, will be inducted into the Maryland Business Hall of Fame for her leadership skills and entrepreneurial...

Singapore, April 25 : A 36-year-old Indian-origin man has been sentenced to a year in prison for smuggling 26 dogs and a cat, out of which 19 died, in his...

Bengaluru, April 24 : In a temporary relief to Kannada actor and anti-Hindutva activist Chetan Kumar Ahimsa, the Karnataka High Court on Monday stayed an earlier order of the Central...

Melbourne, April 24 : Balesh Dhankhar, identified as one of the founders of the Australia division of the ‘Overseas Friends of BJP’, has been convicted of drugging and raping five...

New Delhi, April 24 : About 500 Indians have reached Port Sudan under Operation Kaveri that has begun to evacuate nationals from the crisis-torn Sudan, External Affairs Minister S.Jaishankar said...

Dubai, April 24 : Two Indian expats died in separate transport accidents during the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays in the UAE, a media report said. Sharjah-based Abhilash, 38, had gone boating with...

New York, April 24 : New York City Mayor Eric Adams has appointed Indian-American Udai Tambar to a newly-formed advisory board on implementation of the Racial Justice Charter Amendments. The...

By Meenakshi IyerNew Delhi, April 24 : An Indian national in crisis-torn Sudan has been left in a spot after the Indian mission in Khartoum approved his evacuation request but...

New Delhi, April 23 : As the situation in war-torn Sudan continues to deteriorate after almost 10 days of fighting between the country’s army and paramilitary forces, two Indian Air...

New York, April 23 : Bodies of two Indiana University students from India who went missing at a lake last week, have been recovered after a massive search that was...

By Meenakshi IyerNew Delhi, April 22 : As robot-assisted, minimally invasive surgeries gain ground the world over, robotic surgery has the potential to improve healthcare in India by increasing access...

London, April 22 : Denying accusations of “bullying” civil servants, Indian-origin COP26 president and UK’s former Business Secretary Alok Sharma said he was never made aware of any informal complaints...

Toronto, April 21 : Delays and disruptions can be expected in processing applications and passport services following the strike by a labour union representing over 155,000 employees that will impact...

Melbourne, April 21 : Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Australia in May, the diaspora community in a western Sydney suburb is renewing calls to officially declare their...

Washington, April 21 : The US Senate confirmed Indian-American Radha Iyengar Plumb as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment y a bipartisan 68-30 vote. President Joe...

New York, April 21 : After Utah and Mississippi, Virginia became the 17th state in the US to include Sikhi, or the Sikh faith, in their school curriculum. The Virginia...

By Shaneer N.SiddiquiDubai, April 20 : The Consulate General of India in Dubai has facilitated assistance for Priya Indru Mani (55), an Indian national who had been living in a...

New Delhi, April 20 : Amid intensified fighting in Khartoum, the Indian government on Thursday advised Indian citizens in Sudan to avoid going to the Embassy, as it lies in...

New Delhi, April 20 : Australia’s University of Wollongong (UOW) said on Thursday that it has not placed any ban or restriction on applications from Indian students, nor on students...

London, April 20 : People of colour, including South Asians and Blacks, with darker skin in the UK were sometimes stigmatised by their parents, siblings and other relatives, a new...

New York, April 20 : The body of a 30-year-old Indian American software engineer, who went missing on April 9, has been recovered from a small lake in Maryland, police...

Toronto, April 19 : Gurbax Singh Malhi, the first turban-wearing Sikh elected to the House of Commons in Canada, was awarded the Key to the City of Brampton for his...

London, April 19 : Hindu students in the UK are targets of bullying and racial discrimination in classrooms with Muslim pupils telling them to change their religion to make their...

London, April 19 : An 86-year-old British Sikh woman, who killed her daughter-in-law in 1998 for “bringing shame to the family”, has been released after spending less than 15 years...

Toronto, April 19 : Canada needs 30,000 permanent immigrants over the next decade to either start up their own farms, or take over existing ones, to address a looming labour...

Melbourne, April 18 : A woman, who had arrived on a student visa to Australia from Gujarat, died on the spot following a car crash on the Sydney’s south-western outskirts,...

London, April 18 : A British Indian organisation has objected to the newly-formed parliamentary group for Gujaratis, calling it divisive, and an attack on the unity of the British Indian...

New York, April 18 : Police have arrested 17 Sikh men from rival criminal syndicates for their alleged involvement in mass shootings across Northern California, including Sikh temples in Stockton...

New Delhi, April 18 : Ireland granted the highest number of work permits, approximately 40 per cent, to Indian nationals, according to data released by the Irish Department of Enterprise,...

Kochi, April 17 : On Monday, all roads led to the uncompleted house at Vengara in Malappuram of a couple who died in a massive fire that broke out in...

London, April 17 : UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is being investigated by UK Parliament’s commissioner for standards over a potential breach of rules relating to the declaration of interests,...

Colombo, April 17 : A 68 year-old Indian-origin woman from Australia was killed and her daughter injured when a car in which they were travelling fell off a cliff in...

Dubai, April 17 : An Indian couple who died in a massive fire that broke out at a residential building in Dubai killing 16 people, was preparing an iftar meal...

London, April 17 : A Sikh temple in the UK has issued warnings after fraudsters impersonating as its members tried to trick people in India by making false job and...

New York, April 17 : Indian-origin academic Neeli Bendapudi has been appointed as one of five co-chairs of an Association of American Universities (AAU) task force focused on the expansion...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 16 : The wife of a Keralite, who was killed during the exchange of firing between paramilitary forces and the Sudanese Army in Khartoum, has appealed to the...

New York, April 15 : Indian-origin Sikh community leader and Kern County businesswoman, Raji Brar has been appointed to the California State University Board (CSUB) of Trustees, a powerful leadership...

New York, April 15 : A T-cell based Covid vaccine may last longer than the current jabs, providing long-lasting immunity against future emerging variants and could be used as a...

London, April 14 : A 71-year-old Indian-origin businessman has been jailed for more than five years in the UK for forging his mother’s will to inherit a 40 million-pound share...

New York, April 14 : The 64-year-old priest of a Sikh temple in Pennsylvania has been arrested for allegedly sexually-assaulting a girl when she was five-year-old by “inappropriately touching” her...

New York, April 13 : Amid the massive ongoing layoffs in the tech sector, a group of lawmakers from Silicon Valley has written to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services...

New York, April 13 : Two distinguished Indian-American members of The University of Kansas Cancer Center were recognised as “most productive faculty”, and formally invested with endowed professorships. Breast medical...

New York, April 13 : A 26-year-old Indian-origin man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a sex worker at a New Jersey hotel following a disagreement over money, police said....

New York, April 12 : Two Indian-American executives of a Chicago-based health technology startup have been convicted for their roles in a $1 billion fraud scheme that targeted the company’s...

Singapore, April 12 : A 25-year-old Indian-origin man in Singapore was charged with assault on Wednesday for offences, including harassment and criminal trespass. In a video posted on YouTube, Manohar...

New Delhi, April 12 : Market intelligence and search platform AlphaSense, co-founded by Indian-origin Raj Neervannan, on Wednesday said it has raised $100 million in addition to its $225 million...

New York, April 12 : The US will begin accepting petitions for H-2B visa workers for the late second half of fiscal year 2023 under the supplemental cap temporary final...

London, April 12 : A 68-year-old Indian-origin Sikh in the UK has been prosecuted and sentenced to 18 weeks in jail for posting hate speech on social media targeting Dalit...

London, April 11 : Police in the UK have stepped up patrols and arrested three people after shots were fired near a Sikh temple in Wolverhampton in central England. “We...

Singapore, April 11 : A supermarket chain in Singapore has apologised after an Indian Muslim couple was turned away from one of its booths offering free refreshments to those breaking...

New York, April 11 : Maryland Governor Wes Moore has announced that Indian-American delegate Kumar Barve will be appointed to the US state’s Public Service Commission after the 2023 legislative...

By Yashwant RajWashington, April 11 : California state has dropped its allegations of caste-based bias by two Indian-descent employees of IT giant Cisco but will continue the larger case against...

New York, April 10 : Noted Indian-American mathematician and statistician Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao has been awarded the 2023 International Prize in Statistics for his work more than 75 years back,...

Toronto, April 10 : Canadian police have arrested a 28 year-old man in a hate-motivated incident at a mosque in Ontario, and charged him for yelling threats and religious slurs...

New York, April 10 : An Indian-American lawmaker serving in the Tennessee House of Representatives has said that a recently-expelled Democrat hurled a racial slur at him, calling him the...

London, April 9 : A British-Indian city councillor has been chosen as Conservative party’s mayoral candidate for Leicester, which witnessed communal unrest last year, for the upcoming local elections in...

New York, April 8 : The FBI and other US federal agencies are working to extradite a couple who fled to India after arrest warrants were issued against them for...

Singapore, April 8 : A 34-year-old Tamil-origin man died after being allegedly pushed by another person down a flight of stairs outside a shopping mall in Singapore. Thevandran Shanmugam fell...

Johannesburg, April 8 : South Africa will appeal the decision by a court of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to decline the extradition of the Indian-origin Gupta brothers to be...

Dubai, April 7 : An Indian national had poisoned his wife and strangled his two kids before jumping to death from the 11th floor of his apartment in Al Buhairah,...

Hyderabad, April 7 : Renowned surgeon Dr P.Raghu Ram has been appointed as an international advisor to the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG), which is one...

Singapore, April 7 : A 45-year-old Indian national was sentenced to 10 months jail in Singapore after he drove a cement mixer under the influence of alcohol and dozed off...

Johannesburg, April 7 : A 47-year-old Indian-origin in South Africa has been charged with perjury for faking her own kidnapping and demanding 2 million rand ransom from her husband. Firoza...

New York, April 7 : An Indian national has been sentenced to 33 months in prison, and ordered to pay $2.4 million in restitution for his role in an international...

New Delhi, April 6 : India said on Thursday that the legal process for eight former Indian Navy personnel, who have been held in solitary confinement in Qatar on unspecified...

London, April 6 : A local health board in the UK could be recruiting as many as 900 nurses, mostly from Kerala, in the course of next four years to...

Chennai, April 6 : Tamil Nadu coastal police have commenced investigation into the assault of 12 fishermen from the state and Puducherry by Sri Lankan navy officials near Kodiyakarai. The...

London, April 5 : A 52-year-old man from Kerala admitted on Wednesday to killing his Indian wife and two children, aged six and four, in the UK last year, and...

London, April 5 : British-Hindu Murugesvaran ‘Subby’ Subramaniam has been appointed as Warrant Officer of the UK’s Royal Air Force, the aerial warfare and space force announced on Wednesday. In...

Toronto, April 5 : An Indian-origin former Ontario government employee has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to stealing $47.4 million from the provincial government,...

New York, April 5 : An Indian-origin student has received the 2022 Outstanding University Graduate Student Teaching Award for making outstanding contributions to teaching as part of his program and...

London, April 4 : The London School of Economics (LSE) has said it will be conducting an external review of its students’ union elections after an Indian student alleged that...

Toronto, April 4 : Crown prosecutors in Canada’s British Columbia province have decided not to press any charges in the violent killing of Indo-Canadian activist and filmmaker Manbir Mani Amar...

Gandhinagar, April 4 : The Anti-Human Traffic Unit (AHTU) of CID-Crime will investigate the death of four members of a Gujarat family on the US-Canada border, a top CID crime...

New Delhi, April 4 : An Indian student at the London School of Economics (LSE) pursuing post-graduate studies has alleged that he faced “personal, vicious, and targeted” attacks due to...

Dubai, April 4 : The Dubai Court of Cassation has rejected the appeal of British-Indian Sanjay Shah, who is wanted by Danish authorities on charges of money laundering and committing...

Toronto, April 3 : A 28-year-old Sikh, facing facing multiple charges including assault, uttering threats, and mischief, has turned himself in at Vancouver Provincial Court, police said. Manveer Singh Dhesi,...

New Delhi, April 3 : A parliamentary panel on External Affairs has asked the government to create an authentic data on Indian diaspora, which would help to effectively implement welfare...

New York, April 3 : A 47 year-old man from Andhra Pradesh died on the spot after being struck by a bus at Boston’s Logan International Airport where he had...

New Delhi, April 3 : With Indian startups facing trying times amidst funding crunch and mass firings, ace Indian-origin venture capitalist Vinod Khosla says the ones with “strong fundamentals” will...

By Yashwant RajWashington, April 2 : An Indian-descent man has been arrested for alleged involvement in the fire-bombing of in an office building in the US’ Wisconsin state last May....

Thiruvananthapuram, April 2 : A Keralite nurse in the UAE is one of the major major helping hand for the people who are struck there either due to job loss,...

By Vishal GulatiChandigarh, April 2 : With roots dating back to the 1800s, April is Sikh Heritage Month — a time to celebrate and honour the rich history and culture...

Yashwant RajWashington, April 1 : In major relief for thousands of Indian techies, a US court has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to deny work authorisation to spouses of H-1B...

London, April 1 : People from Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Indian ethnic backgrounds were more likely to rely financially on support networks, such as friends and family, in retirement, than white...

London, April 1 : A 49-year-old Indian-origin man has been jailed in the UK for forcing and “emotionally blackmailing” his parents to fund his long-standing drug addiction. To get money,...

By Arul LouisNew York, April 1 : Members of an Indian family were among those who drowned while trying to illegally cross a river from Canada to the US, according...

London, March 31 : UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been facing the heat after it emerged that his wife Akshata Murthy has shares in a childcare agency, which stands...

New York, March 31 : An Indian national has pleaded guilty in the US to his role in a conspiracy which resulted in a victim converting her bank account funds...

Washington, March 31 : Indian-origin software and robotics engineer, Amit Kshatriya has been appointed as first head of NASA’s new Moon to Mars Programme Office at the agency’s headquarters in...

New York, March 31 : Indian-American teenager Tanvi Marupally, who has gone missing for more than 75 days, was found safe in Florida and has been reunited with her family,...

New York, March 31 : Indian-American Richard Verma has been confirmed as Deputy Secretary of State, Management and Resources by the US Senate by a vote of 67-26. In his...

New York, March 30 : Two Indian-origin men have been arrested for allegedly stealing over $100,000 from a 78 year-old woman in Massachusetts via a computer virus scam, police said....

Melbourne, March 30 : Three men were arrested in relation to an alleged violence that broke out late in January when pro-Khalistani supporters clashed with Indians at Federation Square in...

New York, March 30 : In an immigration-friendly move, a judge has ruled that spouses of highly-skilled H-1B visa holders in tech sector can now work in the US, thus...

New York, March 29 : In a bid to fix America’s broken immigration system, bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the US Senate to reform and close loopholes in the...

Dubai, March 29 : An Indian national jumped to death from the 11th-floor of his apartment in Al Buhairah after killing his wife and two children, aged 4 and an...

Melbourne, March 29 : Indian-origin politician Daniel Mookhey took oath on the holy Bhagavad Gita as he was sworn in as the Treasurer of Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) state...

Singapore, March 29 : An Indian-origin man was charged over alleged safety lapses that led to the death of a security officer from a rooftop bar in 2019. Suresh Kumar...

Toronto, March 28 : A 32-year-old Indian-origin man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder of a Canadian in downtown Vancouver, police said. Inderdeep Singh Gosal fatally stabbed Paul...

New Delhi, March 28 : Another statue of Mahatma Gandhi was vandalised at a university campus in Burnaby, Canada, the Consulate General of India in Vancouver announced on Tuesday, just...

Manila, March 28 : Authorities in the Philippines have arrested suspected members of a banned Sikh separatist group, a government agency announced, as a massive manhunt continued in India to...

By Meenakshi IyerNew Delhi, March 28 : As an Indian growing up in America, Darshana Patel who recently announced her bid to run for the California State Assembly District 76,...

Phnom Penh, March 27 : Cambodia and Malaysia on Monday vowed to further promote their bilateral relations and cooperation in trade, investment, tourism, energy, agriculture, education, and labour among others...

New York, March 27 : Indian-origin Sikh Manmeet Colon has been sworn in as first assistant police chief of Connecticut’s New Haven city, becoming the department’s first Indian-American and second...

New York, March 27 : Two people were critically injured when shots were fired during a parade at a Sikh temple in Sacramento, the state capital of California, authorities said....

New York, March 27 : An Indian-American, who was arrested and charged in July 2022, has pleaded guilty to 13 counts arising from his participation in a scheme to commit...

Toronto, March 25 : Responding to the concerns of a Sikh MP over internet suspension in Punjab, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said her country is closely following the developments...

New York, March 25 : Top Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna said that the expulsion of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from Parliament is a “deep betrayal of Gandhian philosophy”. Taking to...

New York, March 25 : Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the reappointment of Indian-American Digvijay “Danny” Gaekwad to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees. Gaekwad’s appointment is subject...

By Quaid NajmiMumbai, March 24 : In a heart-warming development, five Indian sailors – who were stranded in Iran from June 2019 – finally returned home on Friday afternoon after...

By Quaid NajmiMumbai, March 24 : In a heart-warming development, five Indian sailors – who were stranded in Iran from June 2019 – finally returned home on Thursday afternoon after...

London, March 24 : British Indian MP Navendu Mishra has slammed the Home Office for failing to provide adequate protection to the Indian High Commission in London, which was targeted...

New York, March 24 : A 34-year-old cruise ship employee from Goa has been sentenced in a federal district court to 188 months in prison for distributing child sexual abuse...

New York, March 23 : Lauding the role of the Indian diaspora in the US, Stamford Mayor Caroline Simmons said that she is proud of the community for making enormous...

London, March 23 : In yet another attack on an Indian installation in the UK, alleged Khalistani elements targeted a Punjabi restaurant located in Hammersmith, West London, according to an...

New York, March 23 : Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has appointed Indian-American healthcare professional Srilekha Palle to the Virginia Asian Advisory Board (VAAB). In her new role, Palle will advise...

By Meenakshi IyerNew Delhi, March 22 : Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs signed an executive order prohibiting race-based hair discrimination in workplaces and schools, a move that could help Sikhs who...

New Delhi, March 22 : Indian-American Raja Koduri, head of Intel’s Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics Group, has quit the chip-making major to form his own generative artificial intelligence (AI)...

New York, March 22 : US President Joe Biden honoured Indian-American actress-producer Mindy Kaling with the prestigious 2021 National Medal of Arts, one of the highest awards given to artists...

Singapore, March 22 : An Indian-origin lawyer has been suspended for five years in Singapore for making “baseless and grave” allegations against the Attorney-General, prosecutors and the Law Society. Ravi...

Washington, March 22 : US President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate Indian-American policy expert Nisha Desai Biswal as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the US International Development...

London, March 21 : 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, March 20 : A Sikh student from India was attacked by a group of unknown men who ripped off his turban and dragged him across the sidewalk by his...

New York, March 20 : Indian-American attorney and educator Neil Makhija has thrown his hat in the ring for the May 16 primary election for Commissioner of Montgomery County —...

Shimla, March 20 : Himachali handloom comprising Kulvi shawls and folk dance ‘Natti’ were showcased at the ‘Shining Himachal’ event organised by the Himachali Pravasi Global Association (HPGA) in association...

Chandigarh, March 20 : John Horgan, who has created a legacy of politics of inclusion in a polarised world, received the annual Hands Against Racism award in Surrey. Established by...

Chandigarh, March 19 : Diaspora in Canada is concerned over the recent development in Punjab regarding the suspension of SMS and mobile internet services, except the voice call, in the...

London, March 17 : An British Indian woman, who made more than 500,000 pounds by claiming refunds on items she shoplifted on an “industrial scale”, has been convicted of multiple...

Singapore, March 17 : Kumar Amrit, a 29 year-old Indian national formerly working with a yoga institute in Singapore, was fined $4,000 by a court here on Thursday after he...

New York, March 16 : Indian-American Ravi Chaudhary was confirmed by the US Senate as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations, and the Environment by a bipartisan...

New York, March 16 : A Sikh man has claimed that he was denied entry to a basketball match in the US because he was carrying a ‘kirpan’ — a...

By Meenakshi IyerNew Delhi, March 16 : A tweet by a Toronto Sun journalist on the colour of a prominent Canadian Sikh leader’s turban was deleted after it drew sharp...

By Arul LouisUnited Nations, March 16 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Kavilmadam Ramaswami Parvathy, who led the World Food Programme’s (WFP) relief operations in Turkey after last month’s...

New York, March 16 : South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has nominated Indian-American Seema Shrivastava-Patel to be the next chair of the Board of Health and Environmental Control. If confirmed,...

New Delhi, March 15 : A prolonged delay, and eventual cancellation, of the Air India flight from Chicago to Delhi left passengers fuming, as they complained that they were kept...

Melbourne, March 15 : A cook from India employed with a restaurant in Australia’s Adelaide remained unpaid for two years after the owners threatened her with deportation if she reported...

Singapore, March 15 : A month-long Tamil language festival will be held in Singapore starting April 1 to encourage young people from the community to embrace their mother tongue. The...

Melbourne, March 15 : The Indian Consulate in Brisbane was forced to close down temporarily today after Khalistani supporters blocked the entry raising slogans against the Hindus, days after Australian...

Singapore, March 15 : A Indian-origin couple, who had flown from Singapore to Chennai on March 8 for a holiday, died on the spot after a speeding tanker rammed their...

By Arul LouisNew York, March 15 : An Indian-origin teen has won a prestigious high schoolers’ science prize of $250,000 for developing a computer model to predict the structure of...

London, March 14 : Even as Home Secretary Suella Braverman defended her policy to remove almost all migrants who come to the UK without permission, a former government aide called...

New Delhi, March 14 : US-based consumer tech conglomerate Honeywell on Tuesday announced that Vimal Kapur, President and Chief Operating Officer, will succeed Darius Adamczyk as CEO on June 1....

London, March 14 : Britain’s aid programme to India lacks coherence and does very little to address negative trends in Indian democracy and human rights despite areas of strength in...

New York, March 14 : A former University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student of Indian-origin was arrested after threatening students and staff at his alma mater with an email saying he...

New Delhi, March 13 : In an effort to cut costs, Microsoft laid off more employees last week to tackle the challenging times, including an Indian-origin worker in the US...

Dharamsala, March 13 : Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has written to Petr Pavel to congratulate him on his election as fourth President of the Czech Republic. “I have...