Gurinder Chadha's iconic feisty film on female football "Bend It Like Beckham" is ready to hit the British stage with loads of Bollywood styled songs and dances. The British film director of Sikh origin is truly upbeat and says 'desis' everywhere would be proud.


Making 'Bend It like Beckham' musical most enjoyable: Gurinder Chadha


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As many as 5,000 nurses in Kerala can look for a well-paying job in the Middle East in the next one year, UAE's Abu Dhabi-based business honcho B.R. Shetty said here Saturday.


Middle East business honcho promises 5,000 nurses jobs


South Carolina's Indian-American Governor Nikki Haley will lead a 10-day trade mission to India in November, hoping to attract more foreign investment and sell the state as a tourist destination


Nikki Haley off to India to attract foreign investment


The Punjab Commission for Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) has issued notice to the HDFC Bank after a Britain-based NRI alleged that an amount of Rs.70 lakh was siphoned off from his account allegedly by an official of the private bank, the commission said Wednesday.


Punjab NRI Commission slaps notice on HDFC Bank for fraud


An Indian-origin woman lawyer is on the run after stealing $3.5 million (Rs.18.8 crore) of her clients' mortgage funds.


Indian-origin lawyer flees with $3.5 mn


Kerala's State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) has agreed to the state government's request to provide benefits to around 500 nurses who have returned from conflict-hit Iraq and Libya.


Kerala banks to help nurses returning from Iraq, Libya


To the delight of the diaspora community, who send a significant amount of their income back home, a London-based Indian-origin entrepreneur has launched a unique "pay-what-you-want" money remittance service.


No fee, pay what you want, remittance service launched


Industrialist B.K. Modi, who launched the Global Citizen Forum initiative last year, is keen to do hold a separate event for NGOs in New Delhi in 2015 on the lines of the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas.


Time we did joint ventures through NGOs, says B.K. Modi


Amid reports of killing of hundreds of people in Iraq by the jihadist Islamic State group, the families of 40 Indians abducted in June in Mosul city Tuesday asked the Indian government for proof that their men were still alive.


Kin of men abducted in Iraq seek proof they are alive


Robbers are targeting the homes of Indian Americans in New Jersey post-Diwali, a media report said Saturday.


Robbers targeting Indian Americans in New Jersey


Two Indian Americans have been charged with conspiring to extort victims to load prepaid debit cards with funds that were stolen as part of a scam running into over $5.8 million.


Indian American duo charged in $5.8 mn debit card scam


An Indian-origin US student appeared in a Fiji court for luring a Fijian girl into sending her explicit photos and then intimidating her, media reported Thursday.


Indian-origin US student in Fiji court for Facebook intimidation


An Indian-origin doctor in Australia, jailed last year for raping two patients, has been found not guilty of raping a third woman, media reported Thursday.


Jailed Indian-origin doctor found not guilty of third rape


An Indian-origin taxi driver has been jailed in Britain for a sex attack on a young woman passenger while she was drinking.


Indian-origin taxi driver jailed in Britain for sex attack


An Indian, allegedly tortured and held hostage in Bahrain by five Bangladeshis for a paltry BHD800 ransom (about $2,000), was rescued with the help of his co-worker, an Indonesian woman, in an undercover police operation.


Woman saves Indian from Bangladeshis' captivity in Baharin


An Indian citizen residing illegally in the US has been  sentenced to 15 years in prison for allegedly trying to provide material support to Hezbollah, a designated foreign terrorist organisation.


Indian in US gets 15 years in jail for backing Hezbollah


The Kerala government Tuesday offered three options to the 534 nurses who had to return from Iraq and Libya due to the conflict in those countries.


Kerala government gives three job options to returnee nurses


An Indian-origin businessman from Britain accused of arranging the murder of his wife in South Africa, met a gay escort three times.


Indian-origin murder accused met gay escort three times


The Indian community in Washington celebrated Diwali with the Indian ambassador S. Jaishankar noting how the festival has become part of Indian American community's presence and profile in the US.


Indians in Washington celebrate Diwali


Industry chamber Assocham Sunday said premature disclosure of names of Indians with allegedly illegal bank accounts abroad will hurt India's battle against black money.


Assocham against revealing account holders abroad


A novella that deals with the complex issue of celibacy and teenaged monks among certain sections of the Indian American community has just been released for the global market on Amazon's Kindle.

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