Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that 18,000 villages in India that are not connected with electricity will get this basic facility within the next 1,000 days.


Electricity for 18,000 villages in 1,000 days: Modi


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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said there is no for youthful nation like India to remain poor.


India has no reason to remain poor: Modi


Indian pop and Hindi playback singer Alisha Chinai performed at the iconic Wembley Stadium here on Friday as 60,000 cheering people waited for the address of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Indian diaspora in Britain.


Alisha Chinai performs ahead of Modi's Wembley speech


The family of an Indian grandmother who died after being severely scalded in a hotel shower in the Scotland capital, are seeking 1.2 million pounds ($1.83 million) in compensation, a media report said on Friday.


$1.83 mn suit filed after Indian woman scalded in Edinburgh hotel


Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will brief Indian diaspora in the US about opportunities for it in India in business, investments and partnerships, an official said here on Thursday.


Sushma Swaraj to address Indian diaspora in US


Ten US lawmakers including the lone Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera and the only Hindu-American lawmaker Tulsi Gabbard joined "Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and Buddhists across the world" in celebrating Diwali.


10 US lawmakers wish Happy Diwali and Saal Mubarak!


Angad Paul, son of Swraj Paul -- an India-born Britain-based business magnate and philanthropist -- died after falling from his eighth-storeyed penthouse home here, a media report said on Monday.


Swraj Paul's son falls to death in Britain


Three man including two of Indian-origin who face human trafficking charges in New Zealand have pleaded not guilty, a media report said on Monday.


Indian-origin men plead not guilty in human trafficking trial


Kasthuri Munirathanam, the 58-year-old Indian maid whose right hand was allegedly chopped off by her employer in Saudi Arabia, returned to Chennai on Saturday.


Indian maid whose hand was chopped off returns from Saudi Arabia


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said his visit to Britain this month will help strengthen ties with a traditional friend while his visit to Turkey to attend the G20 summit would see a review of the decisions taken in last year's summit in Brisbane.


Britain visit will strengthen ties with traditional friend: PM


The Telangana government on Friday urged the central government to ban recruitment of domestic maids for the Gulf countries.


Telangana seeks ban on recruitment of domestic maids for Gulf


An Indian sales executive with a telecommunication service provider in Dubai was charged with fraud for allegedly forging applications regarding activation of phone numbers.


Indian sales executive charged with fraud in Dubai


An Indian-origin man has been charged with attempted murder of a woman and sent to custody by the Hamilton district court in New Zealand, the media reported on Friday.


Indian-origin man charged with attempted murder


An Indian-American nurse has filed a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against her employer, because she was fired for taking a break as she was suffering from nausea, a media report said.


Fired for taking a break, Indian-American nurse sues employer


A New York accounting firm, run by Indian-Americans, has received threat calls accusing them of being members of a 'white supremacist hate group', a media report said.


Indian-Americans' accounting firm gets threat calls


Actor Anthonythasan Jesuthasan of Palme d'Or-winning drama "Dheepan" -- a French drama about three Tamil refugees who flee the civil war in Sri Lanka to settle in France -- feels the film may not release in India, and says it's time the country gets rid of its film censorship.


India should do away with film censorship: 'Dheepan' actor


Four men were arrested in the US for committing burglaries in the houses of people of Indian and Asian origin, a media report said.


Four held for robberies in Indian residents' homes in US


An Indian man, along with two others, is being tried for theft in a Dubai Criminal Court, a media report said on Monday.


Indian among three being tried for theft


The annual Divali Nagar festival in Trinidad and Tobago offers "a dynamic platform for deepening of the appreciation of our cultural multiplicity", according to the Caribbean nation's cultural minister.


Diwali fest in Trinidad promotes cultural multiplicity: Minister


Two Indian-origin entrepreneurs in New Zealand are among the finalists for the 2015 Women of Influence Awards in the community and not-for-profit category, a media report said on Monday.


Two Indians among finalists for New Zealand award


Two Indian women are facing trial in the Dubai Criminal Court on charges of shop-lifting from a garment shop, a media report said.

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