NRI News
Indian teachers are most sought after in Singapore schools with increasing number of teachers being recruited to teach not only Indian languages but also other subjects. .... more »
Had it not been for the encouragement of her Gujarati husband Kishore Patel, Fiona Cairns may have never made the leap from graphic design to luxury baking. .... more »
A group of Indian professionals in Singapore has produced a film, 'Mausams', which captures the tensed personal moments and challenges of working a city. .... more »
A Sharjah court has waived the death sentence awarded to eight Indian youths for the murder of a Pakistani national after a Dubai-based Indian hotelier paid blood money to the family of the victim on their behalf. .... more »
The royal wedding cake is set to have a Gujarati connection. It has emerged that Prince William and Kate Middleton have chosen a cake company run by a Gujarati in Leicestershire. .... more »
A Canadian court has sentenced an Indian-origin man to life in prison for murdering his pregnant wife in 2006. .... more »
A Seattle-based housing society will pay over $110,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged the society discriminated against Indians and African-Americans seeking to rent apartments in the complex. .... more »
Police in Australia's Victoria state today inducted its first officer from Sikh community who will wear a newly designed police turban, a media report said today. .... more »
A five-year-old Indian boy has become a millionaire overnight after winning a lottery at a national bond draw here. .... more »
Several dentists from India and other non-EU countries have been caught in bureaucratic wrangles between professional governing bodies in Britain, a leading migrants campaign group said today. .... more »
The Indians, who were safely brought to a hotel in Tokyo from various rehabilitation centres in Sendai, have left for India. .... more »
According to a report in the local daily, Kema Rajandran was told by a Parth-based modelling agency that her work chances were "limited" in the country because she was not Caucasian. .... more »
An NRI dentist, once the face of Oral B toothpaste and appears on a British TV show, has been accused of seducing a patient on the couch of his dental clinic and marital home, a disciplinary hearing was told. .... more »
External affairs minister S M Krishna on Monday described the rape and murder of a 24-year-old Indian girl in Australia as "unfortunate" and said the government is closely following the investigation. .... more »
24-year-old Tosha Thakkar was last seen alive on March 9 in Sydney. Her alleged attacker, Daniel Stani-Reginald, has been denied bail. .... more »
An Indian-origin woman and her mother were sentenced to three years in prison by a South African court, which found them guilty of arranging a fake certificate of marriage to inherit property of their landlord, who died of poisoning. .... more »
A team of Indian-American scientists has developed a smart tracking system, which could very well provide an honourable alternative to the radio tags. .... more »
Absconding Indian godman Prakashanand Saraswati, also known as Shree Swamiji, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison and fined USD 10,000. .... more »
An octogenarian Hindu religious leader, head of a Hindu ashram, one of the largest temples in the US, has been convicted of molesting two young girls. .... more »
Two elderly Sikhs were shot at by unidentified assailants in Sacramento in US, leaving one dead and the other in critical condition, triggering panic in the neighbourhood having a sizeable Sikh population. .... more »
Strongly condemning the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, the Federation of Indian Christians Organisations of North America appealed to Islamabad to bring the perpetrators of the "dastardly" crime to justice. .... more »
Singapore has appointed Brigadier General Ravinder Singh as its next army chief, the first Sikh in nearly 30 years to be given the force's baton. .... more »
Organisations in Australia have started hosting dinners for Indian students, and several food-related campaigns have been launched. .... more »
Richard Verma, assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs, played a key role in US' negotiations with Russia on the historic Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. .... more »
As India takes up the issue of imposing new UK student visa curbs, major stake-holders in Britain have opposed the measures that are likely to result in thousands job losses and a cut in the annual contribution of 5 billion pounds to the British economy from the international student market. .... more »
Two Indian-American jewellers have been accused of carrying out a phony robbery, inspired from the 2001 Guy Ritchie film 'Snatch', to get their hands on $7 million of insurance money from Lloyd's of London. .... more »
Malaysian police arrested dozens of ethnic Indians on Sunday in a clampdown on a protest against a high school literature book that was slammed for denigrating the minority community. .... more »
Britain is preparing to let in some 20,000 skilled Indian workers every year, a media report said, citing secret documents. .... more »
Students from India have the highest rate of transition to work in New Zealand after completing their studies, followed by their Chinese counterparts, a minister has said. .... more »
The US Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) has removed radio tags from three more Indian students of the now shut-down Tri Valley University (TVU) in California and also returned their passports. .... more »
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