Toronto, Nov 11 (IANS) A Canadian Sikh farmer, who is the country’s biggest cranberry grower, has made history with his induction into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame. The British Columbia-based Peter Dhillon is the…
London, Nov 10 (IANS) A police officer in the UK has been jailed for 18 months for causing the death of an Indian-origin shopkeeper by dangerous driving. Balvinder Singh, 59, died in hospital from his…
Sharjah, Nov 9 (IANS) A 25-year-old Indian worker was found hanging in his accommodation here, a Sharjah Police official said. The worker is believed to have committed suicide, Gulf News quoted the official as saying…
By Arul Louis New York, Nov 7 (IANS) All the four Indian-American Democrat members of the House of Representatives were re-elected in Tuesday’s election and a member of the community won the Attorney General’s position…
Washington, Nov 3 (IANS) An Indian-origin man has been charged in the US with H-1B visa and mail fraud, officials said. Kishore Kumar Kavuru, 46, was arrested on Friday and was presented before US Magistrate…
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Journalist-turned-politician M.J. Akbar, who quit as Union Minister after charges of sexual harassment by many journalists, has now been accused of rape by US journalist Pallavi Gogoi. Akbar said they…
By Christine Nayagam Gaborone, Nov 1 (IANS) Indian Vice President M. Venkaiah has said that India and Botswana were amongst the fastest growing economies in the world, with growth rates of over 7 per cent…
Dubai, Oct 31 (IANS) An Indian man was rescued after nearly drowning at Dubai’s popular JBR beach, the media reported on Wednesday. The incident happened on Tuesday. Paramedics rushed to the scene and revived the…
Jakarta, Oct 30 (IANS) Indonesian search and rescue teams on Tuesday widened the search area as they looked for the fuselage, black boxes and victims of the Lion Air plane that crashed in the Java…
New York, Oct 30 (IANS) An Indian couple, who had gushed in a travel blog about how much they loved “daredevilry” or standing on the edge of cliffs, died after falling 800 feet in an…
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the deaths in the Indonesian plane which crashed with 189 people on aboard on Monday. “My thoughts are with the families and friends of those…
Jakarta, Oct 29 (IANS) An Indonesian Lion Air Boeing airliner carrying 189 people and flown by Indian pilot Bhavye Suneja crashed into the Java Sea on Monday minutes after taking off from here, with no…
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Bhavye Suneja, the pilot of the Indonesian Lion Air Boeing passenger plane which crashed on Monday with 189 people aboard, was a student of Ahlcon Public School in Delhi till…
Islamabad, Oct 29 (IANS) Two men have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a suspected sexual assault of a Sikh teenage girl inside an ambulance in Pakistan’s Punjab province, Dawn newspaper reported on Monday….
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Bhavye Suneja, a Delhi-based pilot working with Lion Air, was the Captain of the ill-fated Indonesian Boeing plane carrying 189 passengers, which crashed into the Java Sea on Monday shortly…
Tokyo, Oct 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged the Indian community in Japan to invest in India to maintain cultural ties with their motherland. Interacting with the community here, he described them…
Jakarta, Oct 29 (IANS) An Indonesian Lion Air Boeing passenger plane carrying 189 people and flown by Indian captain Bhavye Suneja crashed into the Java Sea on Monday shortly after taking off from here, with…
By Gurmukh Singh Toronto, Oct 28 (IANS) Indo-Canadian expatriates have donated more than $7 million dollars to a Toronto-based non-profit organisation which builds and runs education hostels in rural India. The non-profit AIM for SEWA…
Washington, Oct 27 (IANS) Two new suspicious packages targeting Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris and billionaire political activist Tom Steyer — both Democrats — have been recovered even as federal officials arrested a Florida man accused…
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will visit Qatar and Kuwait, two of India’s key energy security partners in West Asia, from October 28 to 31, it was announced on Friday….