Toronto, May 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The government in Canada’s Saskatchewan province has granted Sikh motorcyclists a temporary exemption from wearing helmets during special events like charity rides. The move comes after the Legendary Sikh Riders, a…
New York, May 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian-American Rohit Verma has been named dean of University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business, effective August 1. Verma joins the Moore School from VinUniversity in Hanoi, Vietnam,…
Toronto, May 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) has called on the government not to deport 150 Punjabi students who were told to leave the country as they arrived on fake college admission letters,…
New York, May 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two US Congresswomen have introduced a bill to make it easier for the Department of Veteran Affairs to hire foreign employees on H1-B visas when they cannot find a suitable…
Dubai, May 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Thirteen Indian nationals, including seven companies owned by them, have been convicted of money laundering and tax evasion by the Abu Dhabi Criminal Court, a media report said. The court found…
Dubai, May 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Dubai court has ordered Indian-origin hedge fund trader Sanjay Shah, convicted of tax fraud and money laundering, to pay Denmark’s tax authority 4.6 billion dirhams ($1.25bn), thus rejecting a final…
Melbourne, May 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) An Australian court has imposed a penalty of more than $57,000 on a Melbourne-based painting company owned by a Sikh man for breaches affecting an Indian student working for it. The…
Singapore, May 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) An Indian national has been sentenced in Singapore to 30 months in prison for duping his employer into making payments totalling over SG$5.1 million (Rs 31 crore) to other companies linked…
New York, May 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The New York State Assembly hopes to pass a legislation to observe Diwali and Lunar New Year as federal holidays. In a statement released on Wednesday, Assembly Speaker Carl E….
By Yashwant Raj Washington, May 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will focus on challenges faced by democracy around the world in his public interactions during an upcoming US visit and people close to him…
New York, May 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) India-born entrepreneur and author Anu Sehgal has been honoured by New York City Mayor Eric Adams for promoting South Asian cultural literacy in the US. Sehgal, founder and president of…
New York, May 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) An Indian-American former Indiana University student facing attemped rape charges, pleaded guilty to criminal confinement and has been sentenced to more than a year of unsupervised probation, a media report…
CNew York, May 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) An Indian-American attorney is among 27 new superior court judges appointees announced by California Governor Gavin Newsom. Sweena Pannu, a Democrat, who will serve as a Judge in the Stanislaus…
Melbourne, May 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The mother of a 21 year-old Indian nursing student, who was brutally murdered and dumped in a shallow grave in 2021, told a South Australian court that she remains “tormented by…
New York, May 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) A 38-year-old Indian-origin hacker from Virginia was sentenced to more than four years in prison for hacking into computers and stealing customer credit card numbers. Chirag Patel from Norfolk pleaded…
Melbourne, May 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two more Australian universities have banned the recruitment of students from some Indian states in response to fresh concerns over a surge in fraudulent visa applications, a media report said. The…
New York, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) An Indian-origin teen has been charged with threatening to kill President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in order to “seize power”, according to media reports quoting officials. Sai…
London, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a move that could hit Indians, the UK government on Tuesday announced that international students will no longer be able to bring family members with them except under specific circumstances….
Sydney, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Visiting Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced that a new consulate will be opened soon in Brisbane and thanked his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese for renaming Harris Park in Sydney…
New York, May 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) An Indian-American woman has been charged for driving while intoxicated, which led to a crash injuring five people, including herself, in New York City, police said. Dilmeet Kaur, the 21-year-old…