Tripura militants have camps in Bangladesh: Police chief
Agartala, Oct 31 (IANS) The separatist groups from India‘s northeast regions have their camps in Bangladesh, though the Bangladeshi security forces’ have been cracking down on them, Director General of...
View ArticleCRPF seizes cache of ammunition in Srinagar
Srinagar, Nov 3 (IANS) Personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) along with the Rashtriya Rifles and the Jammu and Kashmir police recovered a cache of ammunition here, said a CRPF official...
View ArticleWorld powers, Iran hold new round of n-talks
Geneva, Nov 7 (IANS) Delegates from the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany Thursday started another round of nuclear talks with Iran. The P5+1 group — which includes Security...
View ArticleBSF seeks Bangladesh help to nab tribal rebels
Shillong, Nov 10 (IANS) India’s Border Security Force (BSF) Sunday handed the names of four tribal Garo rebels to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), seeking aid in nabbing the people suspected of...
View ArticleNRI woman booked for torturing another servant
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) A US-based NRI woman, who was arrested Thursday for torturing her maid, has been booked also for torturing a juvenile servant who had been employed to attend to the accused...
View ArticleThree tribal militants surrender in Tripura
Agartala, Nov 22 (IANS) Three tribal militants, who had fled from their hideout in Bangladesh, surrendered to the Border Security Force (BSF) in Tripura, police said here Friday. The Bangladesh-trained...
View ArticleAndhra offers online services to NRIs
Hyderabad, Nov 23 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government has launched a project to collect database of Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) from the state and to provide them some online services. The NRIs can...
View ArticleSikh woman sues go-kart facility for cutting her hair
CHICAGO Sikh woman has sued a Chicago-area go-kart park where the employees cut her hair after it got sucked into a cart’s motor. In court papers, Holly Hanjra said she begged employees at the Melrose...
View ArticleIndian man in US sledgehammers father after playing puzzles
An Indian-origin man in the US has been accused of brutally bludgeoning his 66-year-old father with a sledgehammer over a comment made while playing puzzles. Vinayak Shanbhag, 33, has been charged with...
View ArticleNRI on hunger strike in London against Indian govt over right to vote
An NRI IT consultant on Friday began a three-day hunger strike outside the Indian High Commission in London to protest the Indian government’s failure to introduce absentee ballots for NRIs around the...
View ArticleIndian-American researcher makes 3D-printed loudspeakers
Graduate student Apoorva Kiran holds a 3-D printed, fully functional loudspeaker. (Cornell University) An Indian-American researcher at the Cornell University has used 3D printing to make a...
View ArticleIndian-origin woman banker Kuntal Patel arrested in UK anti-terror raid
Police says inquiries are ongoing as part of an intelligence-led pre-planned operation. (Photo: Reuters) Indian-origin woman banker Britain anti-terrorism operation, Kuntal Patel, Non residence...
View ArticleIndian worker, convicted for murdering his sponsor, beheaded in Saudi Arabia
An Indian worker, convicted of murdering his Saudi sponsor, has been executed in the Gulf kingdom. Muhammad Latif was beheaded on Thursday after being found guilty by a local court of killing his...
View ArticleIndian-origin parents arrested in US toddler death case
Toddler died of severe head injuries after his babysitter got angry and dumped him on the floor. (Photo: Reuters) Indian-origin parents of a 19-month-old baby, who died of severe head injuries after...
View ArticleIndian-origin workers win case of unfair dismissal in UK
Compensation for the Indian-origin workers will be decided at another hearing in March. (Photo: Reuters) Three Indian-origin men, who were sacked by their employer in the UK over claims they took...
View ArticleIndian-Americans save most for children’s college education
Three quarters of Asian Indians believe that it is important to educate their children about finances to ensure a strong economy in the future. (Photo: Reuters) Indian Americans earning, NRI college...
View ArticleFirst Indian-American doctor nominated for the post of Surgeon General of the US
Indian-American Dr Vivek Murthy has been nominated by President Obama for the post of Surgeon General of the United States. An influential group of Indian-American doctors has campaigned at the...
View ArticleIndian-origin hedge fund manager found guilty on insider trading charges
Mathew Martoma, former portfolio manager of CR Intrinsic Investors also faces a fine of over USD five million on the charges. (Reuters) Indian-origin hedge fund portfolio manager Mathew Martoma has...
View ArticleOne abducted Indian escapes from Iraq insurgent custody!
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) India said Friday it was “knocking on all doors” and not just in Iraq to free the Indian workers abducted there, as one of them escaped from the custody of suspected Sunni...
View ArticleNearly 300 from Punjab, Haryana stuck in Iraq
Chandigarh, June 20 (IANS) Over 200 people from Punjab and nearly 100 from Haryana are stuck in strife-torn Iraq, government officials in both states said Friday. Those in the middle of war-like...
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