3 arrested after fracas near British gurdwara
LONDON, England Three men have been arrested after a fracas outside a gurdwara in the city of Norwich in England. Two men, aged 20 and 21, were arrested on suspicion of public disorder offences and...
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80 Indians duped to pay excessive fee for Australia work visa: report
MELBOURNE Eighty Indians were among hundreds of foreign workers and students who were reportedly duped to pay excessive fee for an Australian working visa by recruitment agents, raising serious concern...
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First Canadian South Asian TV broadcast journo makes waves in the US
By Pradip Rodrigues COLUMBIA, SC People who meet Prabjot (PJ) Kaur Randhawa who lives and works in Charleston, South Carolina think her background is anything but Sikh. “When I tell them I am Canadian,...
View ArticleIndian with burn injuries vanishes from Bahrain hospital
DUBAI, UAE An Indian man who was admitted to a hospital in Bahrain with burn injuries has reportedly vanished from the hospital, leading to speculation that he might have been an illegal resident in...
View ArticleSouth Asian Dave Sharma appointed envoy to Israel
SURREY Devanand Sharma the 37-year-old who is currently an Australian diplomat, made history by becoming Australia’s youngest ambassador after he was appointed as Canberra’s envoy to Israel. “I was...
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Former Las Vegas doctor faces life in prison
LAS VEGAS, NV Dipak Desai, a well-respected 63-year-old former Las Vegas doctor and endoscopy clinic owner was convicted and found guilty of 27 criminal charges against him. He was the doctor behind...
View ArticleIndian physicians want say in US healthcare
WASHINGTON, DC An influential group of over 100,000 physicians of Indian origin in the US is seeking a place on the policy table as President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare reforms are rolled out...
View Article1,500 Odiyas attend convention in US
BHUBANESWAR At least 1,500 people of Odisha origin settled in the US attended a three-day annual convention of Orissa Society of America (OSA) beginning Thursday in Chicago, the society said...
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Sikh temple opens doors to new building, closes doors to controversy
COLUMBIA The shroud of controversy and suspicion surrounding a new Sikh temple appears to have lifted just in time for its celebrated grand opening. It’s a religion that preaches peace and acceptance...
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IIT-ian becomes dean of top Singapore business school
SINGAPORE CITY, Singapore Ravi Kumar, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology -Madras (IIT-M), has been appointed dean of the Nanyang Business School (NBS) in Singapore‘s Nanyang...
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Australian charged in attack on Indian restaurateur
SYDNEY, Australia Police in Australia charged a man Wednesday in connection with a vicious gang attack on an Indian restaurateur earlier this month. The 19-year-old man handed himself in to the police...
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5,000 Indian expats in Saudi Arabia get new jobs
DUBAI, UAE Around 5,000 expatriate Indians in Saudi Arabia, affected by a new labour policy in the Gulf nation, have found new jobs, the Indian consul general in Jeddah said. Consul General Faiz Ahmed...
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Uphill task for turbaned Sikhs to join US Army
WASHINGTON, DC Turbaned Sikhs in the US have an uphill task if they want to sign up for the U.S Army. One recruit was recently asked to give up the basic symbols of his religion: his beard,...
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Australian couple jailed for racial attack on Sikh man
SYDNEY A court in Australia has sentenced a husband and wife couple to nine months in jail for a racially motivated attack on a Sikh man. Sikh taxi driver Jagroop Singh Angelina Kim Sollitt, 44, and...
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Obama nominates Indian-American as point person for South Asia
WASHINGTON On the eve of Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to India, President Barack Obama has nominated Nisha Desai Biswal, an accomplished Indian-American administrator, as America’s new point...
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US celebrates 100 years of Sikh community
WASHINGTON The White House has acknowledged the contributions of the Sikh community to the US as it celebrates 100 years of their achievements and the immigrant success story in America. The occasion...
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US must keep India in picture on Afghanistan: BJP chief
WASHINGTON Suggesting that in making Pakistan a partner in its war on terror in Afghanistan, the US had lost its focus, Bharatiya Janata Party wants US to keep India in the picture on any new...
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Indian-American lawmaker co-chairs problem solvers group
WASHINGTON Ami Bera, the lone Indian-American Democrat member of US Congress, has become co-chair of a bipartisan group of lawmakers who want “to stop partisan games and gridlock in Washington.” Ami...
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‘No change in US visa policy, but Modi welcome to apply’
WASHINGTON Even as the visiting BJP president Rajnath Singh denied he had come to get Gujarat chief minister, Narendra Modi a US visa, the State Department said its policy had not changed. “Well, our...
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Another fake US varsity closes leaving Indian students stranded
WASHINGTON Closure of another bogus American university has left hundreds of students, many of them from India’s Andhra Pradesh state, scrambling for options for continuing their studies. The...
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