Mathew Martoma, an Indian-origin former SAC Capital portfolio manager has been sentenced to nine years in prison and forfeiture of $9.4 million for his insider-trading conviction.


Indian-American fund manager to appeal 9-year jail


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British-Indian writer Neel Mukherjee's family saga "The Lives of Others" has been shortlisted for 2014 Man Booker prize, it was announced Tuesday.


Neel Mukherjee shortlisted for 2014 Man Booker prize


Two Indian men, accused of abducting and raping a woman in Australia, were found guilty of the crime Monday, media reported.


Two Indians found guilty of rape in Australia


Colombia, a South American nation of 46 million, is known for its love of football. A lesser-known secret is its passion for Bollywood - one of India's dominant cultural forces - which has triggered a sort of cultural invasion in a country thousands of kilometres away.


In football-crazy Colombia, Bollywood scores 


The Chicago South Asian Film Festival, which was started just over five years ago, by a dedicated group of Indian film aficionados, has grown to be a significant event in Chicago's art and film landscape. The festival, the largest of its kind in the Midwest, will this year present over 25 films in downtown Chicago and in theatres and public libraries in the city's suburbs, from Sept 18-21.


Chicago festival to screen 25 South Asian films


Like other Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) including Indian-Americans were hit hard by the Great Recession, but they fared better than any other racial group, according to a new report.


Indian-Americans fared better than others during recession: US report


External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Saturday said the Narendra Modi government was firmly committed to bring back growth and has clear policies to facilitate business environment in India.


Modi government committed to bring back growth: Sushma


Former Australian fast bowler Brett Lee will star in his first lead role as an actor in "UnIndian", the first feature of a recently established Australia India Film Fund (AIFF). He will share screen space with Indian actress Tannishtha Chatterjee.


Brett Lee to star in 'UnIndian' with Tannishtha Chatterjee


An Indian national has been sentenced to five months in jail for obstructing a police officer from carrying out his job during the Dec 8, 2013, riots here, media reported Friday.


Indian jailed for five months in Singapore


Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and his sons, Ayaan and Amaan, will undertake a concert tour of the US through October. The concert and Khan's teaching stint at Stanford is part of what he calls 'the sarod project', an attempt to make more Americans aware of the sarod, a musical instrument, which has so far not been as well known as the sitar, popularized in the West by the likes of Pandit Ravi Shankar.


Amjad Al Khan tours US to promote 'the sarod project'


External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will visit Bahrain Sep 6 and take part in the first Indian diaspora engagement meet of the year in Manama, the ministry said Wednesday.


Sushma to visit Bahrain Sep 6


Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday hard sold India to Japanese investors saying that his country offers only a red carpet and not red tape while dubbing his five-day trip to Japan that ends Wednesday as "very successful".


India offers red carpet, not red tape, Modi hard sells India (Roundup)


An Indian man filed a case in a court in the UAE against his wife, who gave birth to a child in 2010 despite their not having sex for eight years, a media reported said Tuesday.


Indian woman charged for having illegitimate child


An Indian national in Saudi Arabia has allegedly burnt to death his wife and five-year-old child after the woman got to know about her husband's extramarital affair, police said.


Indian man kills wife, minor child in Saudi Arabia


The Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia has appealed to all Indians living in the kingdom to get machine-readable passports issued as soon as possible, a media report said Monday.


Indians in Saudi Arabia asked to get machine-readable passports


A New Zealand policewoman accused of racially abusing a Malaysian Indian taxi driver appeared in court Monday.


Malaysian Indian taxi driver racially abused in New Zealand


Four economists of Indian origin have been featured in in the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) list of 25 economists under 45 who are shaping the way one thinks about the global economy


Four gen-next Indian-origin economists in IMF list of 25


Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the death of a 26-year-old Indian-origin technician in Singapore's Pandan Loop area, police said Friday.


Two arrested for Indian man's murder in Singapore


India has taken up with the Kuwaiti authorities the arrest of 25 Indian workers in that country for allegedly killing two Egyptians, an external affairs ministry official said here Friday.


Indians arrested in Kuwait to get consular assistance: Centre


An Indian-American woman, who has been accused of neglect in the death of her newborn baby a year ago, has been additionally charged with foeticide, a media report said.


Indian-American woman now faces foeticide charge in US


A key meeting of the Indian diaspora in Bahrain next week will set the stage for partnership agreements and investment announcements initiated during and after King Hamad's visit to India in February this year, a Bahrain daily reported Thursday.

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