India raised the issue of Russia's decision to sell Mi-35 attack helicopters to Pakistan during talks between visiting Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry O. Rogozin and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj here Wednesday that also saw both discuss a host of bilateral issues, including ramping up trade ties.


India raises Russian decision to sell Mi-35 choppers to Pakistan; talks trade


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An Indian national has been shot dead in the Philippines by suspected motorcycle thieves.


Indian shot dead in Philippines by motorcycle thieves


The 46 Kerala nurses stranded in strife-torn Tikrit town in northern Iraq Wednesday asked the Indian embassy officials to either take them home or change their place of work.


Kerala nurses in Iraq demand return home or change of place


The Telangana government has opened a helpline in its NRI cell to provide information about workers from the state trapped in Iraq and to render assistance.


Telangana opens helpline for workers trapped in Iraq


Nearly 50 nurses from Kerala working in Iraq's Tikrit city have been struck a double blow as not only have they been affected by the strife there, but their salaries have also been cut drastically.


Kerala nurses in Iraq's Tikrit say salaries cut


Pakistan's failure to utilise foreign aid for socio-economic development has contributed to its sorry plight and such is the obsession of its political elite with military security that the country hasn't developed even after 67 years of independence, an Indo-Canadian academic and author says.


'Pakistan's leaders lack vision, obsessed with India'


Six members of a gang in Britain, accused of killing an Indian-origin businessman, were sentenced to jail Friday.


Six Britishers jailed for killing Indian-origin man


A Singapore court Thursday sentenced two Indians to varying jail terms for rioting in the Little India neighbourhood, in the country's worst rioting in decades Dec 8 last year, a media report said.


Two Indians jailed for Little India riots in Singapore


Rajat Gupta, former Indian-American director of Goldman Sachs Group, must report to prison June 17 to begin his two-year sentence for insider trading with the Supreme Court rejecting his plea.


Rajat Gupta loses last bid to avoid jail


Bahrain's High Criminal Court Tuesday jailed an Indian expatriate for two years for manslaughter of a Saudi Arabian customer in a cafeteria, a media report said.


Indian restaurant worker jailed for Saudi man's death


Saudi Arabian police have arrested three Indian expatriate teachers for giving private tuitions here, a media report said.


Three Indians arrested in Riyadh for giving private tuitions


A mother and an uncle of a woman in Canada charged with "honour killing", have appealed against their extradition to India, media reported Tuesday.


Indo-Canadian duo charged with honour killing, contest extradition


An Indian male nurse was assaulted by five men after they accused him of being amused by the death of their relative in the UAE, police said.


Indian male nurse with 'smiling face' assaulted in UAE


In its crackdown on minimum wage violations, the British government Sunday 'named and shamed' an Indian-origin family duo, along with 24 other employers, who failed to pay their staff the national minimum wage, a media report said.


Indian-origin hotelier 'named and shamed' in Britain


Unidentified vandals have defaced the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Britain's Leicester and engraved it with the slogans referring to anti-Sikh violence in India, a media report said.


Gandhi statue vandalised in Britain


A 51-year-old Indian-origin man, who stabbed his daughter-in-law in her face in Britain, has been jailed for more than 10 years, a media report said.


Indian-origin man in Britain jailed for ten years for stabbing daughter-in-law


Acclaimed filmmaker Deepa Mehta, who has worked with actors as diverse as Aamir Khan and John Abraham, is now getting ready to direct Randeep Hooda. She has paired him with Canadian actress Sarah Allen in a yet-untitled project.


Randeep paired with Sarah Allen in Deepa Mehta's next


Canadian police has charged two Americans and one British businessman of Indian origin with trying to bribe Indian officials to secure a $100 million contract with Air India for a biometric security system.


Canadian police charges three in Air India bribery case


An Indian taxi driver in Australia, who had admitted to assaulting a drunk woman passenger, was given a suspended jail sentence by the court Thursday, media reported.


Australian court suspends jail term of Indian cabbie


In a show of solidarity with victims of sexual assaults in India, students of Indian origin graduating from Ivy League universities in the US wore a red tape on their graduation caps during convocation ceremonies this week.


Diaspora students in US condemn assaults on women in India


US police have arrested five members of a street gang in Long Beach city for stealing gold from Indian families across California and Nevada, a media report said.

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