A California businessman, Krishen Sauble Iyer, has been convicted of laundering money for a marijuana dealer.


Indian charged with money laundering for drug dealer in US


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Pulitzer Prize winning Indian-American writer Siddhartha Mukherjee's latest book 'The Gene' has made it for the longlist of this years Wellcome Book Prize.


Indian-American writer in Wellcome Book Prize list


An Indian-origin man has been charged with pretending to be a US tax official and forcing the victims to pay money to him and his accomplices, according to officials.


Indian charged with impersonating US tax official


India on Tuesday said it has conveyed its concern to the US over a bill being introduced in the Congress to change rules on H1B visas which is likely to impact the Indian IT industry and Indian techies working in the US.


India convey concern over H1B visa to US


Two Indian men here pleaded guilty before a district court to charges of illegally smuggling foreign nationals to the US, the media reported.


Two Indians plead guilty to smuggling foreigners into US


US President Donald Trump is preparing to issue executive orders on the H1-B and other visas that are the life blood of Indian technology companies in the US, his spokesperson Sean Spicer has indicated raising the likelihood of stringent restrictions being placed on them.


Trump likely to issue executive order to limit H1-B visas


An Indian-origin magician here was charged in a court with multiple counts of helping others to fraudulently obtain Productivity and Innovation Credit (PIC) cash payouts and bonuses amounting to 1.1 million Singapore dollars (about $768,000), the media reported.


Indian-origin magician charged with fraud in Singapore


India might have established diplomatic relations with the West African state of Ghana 60 years ago but what is also true that Indian immigrants to the Gold Coast -- as the country was called prior to independence name -- had set up retail outlets known as Sindhi Shops way back in in 1891, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has said.


'Indians started retail shops in the Gold Coast, now Ghana, in 1891'


A large number of theatre artists and writers from India and Pakistan paid rich tributes to actor Om Puri here.


Indians, Pakistanis in Toronto pay tributes to Om Puri


The Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) has pointed out to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that diaspora Indians are being turned away by the RBI from depositing or exchanging their demonetised currency and appealed that they be allowed to do so.


Indian diaspora seeks Modi's help over demonetised currency


An Indian woman was among seven pedestrians critically injured here after being run over by an Australian man driving a stolen car, the media said on Monday.


Indian woman injured in Australia


Two Indian nationals were arrested by Nepal Police here on the charge of ATM fraud.


Two Indians held in Nepal for ATM fraud


India's first National Basketball Association (NBA) player Satnam Singh Bhamara says it will be a proud moment for him if an Indian filmmaker decides to make a movie on his life. He feels Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan would be the best to play his character on the silver screen.


Abhishek would be best for my biopic: Satnam Singh


A 49-year-old Indian businessman, who had been missing for days, was found hanging in his office inside a residential building in Fujairah, the media reported.


Indian businessman found hanging in UAE


Indian American DJ and drummer Ravi Jakhotia opened the "Make America Great Again!" concert here with a power-packed performance marking US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.


Indian American DJ performs at Trump's inauguration concert


The Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) here on Thursday ordered attachment and recovery of tycoon Vijay Mallya's properties for defaulting on bank loans by his defunct Kingfisher Airlines Ltd.


Tribunal orders attachment of Mallya's property for debt recovery


Rajkummar Rao-starrer "Newton" by Amit V. Masurkar and "Loktak Lairembee" (Lady of the Lake) by Manipur's Haobam Paban Kumar are in the line-up of the 47th Berlinale Forum, which is a section of the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival.


Two Indian films make it to Berlinale Forum


Leveraging the power of social capital, community currencies such as Social Capital Credits (SoCCs) have a "very important" role in situations such as demonetisation, says its developer, New York-based Indian American Geeta Mehta.


Community currencies important in demonetisation: Innovator Geeta Mehta


Actors Pawan Kalyan and R. Madhavan have been invited as guest speakers at the 14th edition of the India Conference at Harvard, one of the largest student-run conferences with a focus on India in the US.


Pawan Kalyan, Madhavan to speak at Harvard


A two-year old Indian-origin baby boy was burned by his nanny with a curling iron and the incident was captured by a security camera leading to her arrest, according to media reports quoting police.


2-year-old Indian-origin boy burned by nanny in US


A 16-year-old Indian American teenager, Madhav Sood, was arrested earlier this month for crushing to death another Indian, Florida resident Priya Pachauri, while racing his pickup truck.

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