An Indian-American boy will play Mowgli's character in Disney production's "The Jungle Book" adaptation.


Indian-American boy to play Mowgli in Disney film


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An Indo-Canadian man is facing charges of aggravated assault on his wife in Canada, media reported.


Indo-Canadian charged with severely assaulting wife


Police in the Philippines are investigating the death of an Indian national who was found shot dead Sunday in Zamboanga city, media reports said.


Philippine police probing cause of Indian's death


This is no rags to riches story, but one of hard work, dedication and commitment that propelled 66-year-old M.T. Mathews from a small, pretty village near here to the board of a leading Bahraini conglomerate and earned him the rare citizenship of the Gulf country.


A Malayalee Bahraini: Kerala village honours its proud son


An Indian expatriate, who stabbed his friend to death in an inebriated state at the latter's birthday party, has been jailed for 15 years in the UAE, a media report said.


Indian jailed for birthday party murder in UAE


An Indian businessman has been jailed for six months for offering bribe to a labour ministry inspector in the UAE, a media report said.


Indian businessman jailed for bribing inspector in UAE


Pista House, the Hyderabad-based food joint that has become synonymous with haleem, plans to take it to Saudi Arabia, from where the delicacy is said to have originated. It is gearing up to open 20 outlets in Saudi Arabia to meet the demand from not just South Asians working there but also the locals.


Haleem set to return to Saudi Arabia with Indian taste (Foodie Trail)


A British Indian man has been jailed for over ten years for raping a 12-year-old girl in Britain last year, a media report said.


British Indian jailed for raping 12-year-old girl


An Indian woman was arrested in the US when she arrived at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport eight years after she apparently forcibly took her son away to India and brought him back again.


Indian woman arrested for child abduction in US


An Indian-origin man, who was extradited to the US from India to face trial, was sentenced to life for killing his wife and two children in 2008.


Extradited Indian-origin man gets life in US


Punjab's Non-Resident Indian (NRI) Commission has ordered district authorities in Gurdaspur to take prompt action to hand over possession of Denmark-based NRI Sarjit Singh Ahluwalia's rightful property to him, a panel spokesman said here Friday.


Punjab NRI panel orders property be handed back to NRI


An Indian farmer, who was arrested for smuggling poppy seeds into the United Arab Emirates (UAE), claimed before a Dubai court Thursday that the seeds were used to prepare soup and sauce, a media report said.


Indian in UAE denies using poppy seeds as drugs


An Indian man has been jailed for a year in Bahrain for stabbing his compatriot in a row over laundry, a media report said Thursday.


Indian jailed for stabbing compatriot in Bahrain


An elderly man in the US has been sentenced to 17 years in jail for bludgeoning his roommate to death with the metal footrest of a wheelchair last year, media reported.


Man jailed for elderly Indian-American man's death


An Indian-American man has been jailed for six months on charges of tax fraud in the US, a media report said.


Indian-American jailed for tax fraud in US


An inquest into the mysterious death of an eight-year-old British Indian girl has found it to be a case of "open conclusion", a media report said Wednesday.


British Indian girl's death an 'open conclusion', says court


The inquiry committee appointed to investigate last year's riots here said dissatisfaction with employment and living conditions among foreign workers was not one of the underlying causes of the riots.


Job, living conditions not behind Singapore riots, says probe


Over 8,000 Telugus and other Indian-Americans attended a celebration of Telugu language, culture and cuisine at a just concluded biennial event hosted by the American Telugu Association (ATA) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


Celebration of Telugu culture in US is a big draw


Economic partnership between India and Britain remained the focus of discussion as External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Tuesday exchanged notes on a "broad canvas" of issues with her visiting British counterpart William Hague here.


Sushma, Hague discuss firming up Indo-British economic relations


A British Indian man who extended his home illegally in London has been fined more than 40,000 pounds (around $68,475), a media report said Tuesday.


British Indian fined over $68,000 for illegal rooftop


At least eight people, most of them Indian nationals, were injured in a bomb blast in a restaurant in Tanzania's northern tourism city of Arusha, witnesses said Tuesday.

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