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Australian PM to return three smuggled artefacts to India during upcoming January visit
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that he would return three culturally-significant artefacts to India during his upcoming...
Indian-origin executives of Chicago startup charged in billion-dollar fraud scheme
Three Indian-origin ex-executives of a Chicago-based health tech start-up are among six people charged by federal authorities for their...
UK police charges 10 Indian-origin members of gang for smuggling, trafficking
British police have charged 10 suspected Indian-origin members of an organised crime group believed to have flown an estimated GBP 15.5...
UK court to hear Nirav Modi’s latest bail application
A UK court is scheduled to hear a new bail application on Wednesday filed by fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, who is fighting extradition to...
Indian-origin people among targets of rising hate crime wave in the UK
The police in England and Wales recorded over 100,000 incidents of hate crime in 2018-19, including many affecting members of the Indian...
Scotland Yard issues robbery warning ahead of Diwali season
Ahead of Diwali season in the United Kingdom, Scotland Yard is investigating a spate of recent burglaries targeting gold at Indian-origin...
ED investigates Karti Chidambaram over ‘Benami’ properties in UK
Former Indian finance minister P Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram is a target of an Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation...
India in numbers: Fast-growing cities, big workforce but lots of stress
Below are statistics from a wide variety of sources that describes India in numbers. It has one of the largest workforces in the world, the...
UK Court directs Mallya to reveal asset details to Indian banks
The UK High Court has directed embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya to disclose details of his assets to establish their true ownership, in...
Hindu priest attack: Indian diplomats praise US authorities actions
Top Indian diplomats in the US have expressed gratitude to the authorities for their support and quick action following the attack on a...
Indian-origin art dealer charged in New York for smuggling USD 146 million in antiquities
Indian-origin art dealer Subhash Kapoor faced a new criminal complaint filed this week by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.
Three Indians fined for GST fraud scheme in Singapore
Three Indians were fined yesterday in Singapore for being part of a syndicate making fraudulent Goods and Services Tax (GST) claims under...
Four Indian-origin family members found dead in Iowa
Four Indian-origin family members were found dead in their home in West Des Moines in Iowa, US on June 15 in what seems to be a case of...
Visa fraud hurting Punjab, India’s global influence
The increasing global influence of India and its workforce has meant a sharp rise in overseas travel over the past decade. This also has an...
Singapore Police arrest 104 in multi-agency joint enforcement operation
In a major multi-agency joint enforcement operation, Singapore Police have arrested 69 men and 35 women, aged between 15 and 76, for various...
Indian national extradited to US from Singapore in SGD312 million call centre fraud
Singaporean authorities extradited an Indian national to the United States to face charges related to his role as an operator of a call...
Indian-origin man jailed for assaulting pregnant girlfriend in Singapore
An Indian-origin man has been sentenced to jail for ten weeks in Singapore for having no control of his rage and assaulting his pregnant...
Five Indians among victims killed in New Zealand mosque shootings
Five Indians are among the 50 people who were killed in Friday's shooting incidents in two New Zealand mosques, the Indian High Commission...
Probe fake news about online NRI voting: Goa EC to cops
The Goa state election authority yesterday directed the police to probe fake news circulating on social media, which claims overseas voters...
UK refers Nirav Modi's extradition request to court, says ED
Following an expose by a leading UK daily newspaper, the extradition of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi is once again in the limelight.
The mystery surrounding the murder of Indian-origin Preethi Reddy has deepened as Australian police are still working to fill in the gaps...
Indian origin policeman Neil Basu, head of Scotland Yard’s counter-terror operations, stated that there have been many changes to the UK...
Liquor baron Mallya to appeal UK's green light on extradition to India
Following the UK government's agreement to the extradition of the embattled Kingfisher boss, a defiant Vijay Mallya has confirmed his plans...
Indian driver jailed in Singapore for killing two persons in accident
An Indian trailer driver was sentenced to 12 weeks jailtime in Singapore for causing an accident that killed two electric bike riders and...
One dollar bribe, five years in jail: Singapore's zero tolerance for corruption
In an incredible instance of zero tolerance for corruption, Singapore's Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CIPB) apprehended two...