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A 77-year-old Indian-origin man was driving the bus that crashed into a supermarket in Britain's Coventry city killing two people, a media report said on Monday.


Indian-origin driver involved in Britain bus crash


An Indian-American engineering professor will lead a US consortium to identify emerging advanced manufacturing technologies to enhance the country's innovation ecosystem, manufacturing competitiveness and national security, the White House has announced.


Indian-American to lead US manufacturing 'think-and-do' tank


The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) has condemned the lynching of a Muslim man following rumours that he ate beef in Uttar Pradesh.


Indian-American Muslim Council condemns lynching


An Indian-origin ice cream vendor was shot dead inside his van by an unidentified gunman in  California's Oakland city, media reported citing police.


Indian-origin ice cream vendor shot dead in US


German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is here on a three-day official visit, was accorded a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj called on the German leader ahead of delegational level talks between the two sides.


Merkel accorded ceremonial welcome, meets Modi


An Indian expatriate worker who had not been able to travel home for over a decade due to financial difficulties has died of heart attack, a media report said.


Indian stuck in Qatar dies of heart attack


The Consulate General of India in Dubai launched an SOS mobile phone app for Indian workers in distress, a media report said.


SOS app launched for Indian workers in distress in UAE


The Canadian police have criticised the glamourisation of local gang-lifestyle in Indo-Canadian director Deepa Mehta's new movie "Beeba Boys", a media report said.


Canadian police rap Deepa Mehta's film for glamourising gangsters' lifestyle


Rome, Oct 3 (IANS/AKI) Two off-duty police officers on Friday arrested two Albanians who allegedly assaulted a disabled Indian teenager on a Rome bus, Il Messaggero daily reports.


Albanians held for attack on disabled Indian


An Indo-Canadian man was sentenced to life in prison for killing three people in separate attacks in 2013, a media report said.


Indo-Canadian awarded life in jail for killing three


Two Indian nationals are among seven men charged with criminal intimidation and assault of a restaurant manager in Singapore, that left the man with a disfigured face, according to a media report.


Indian men face intimidation charges in Singapore


The Kerala government on Wednesday assured free flights home to expatriates from the state working in the Middle-East who have not been able to visit their kin for a long time.


Free flight home for Kerala diaspora away for long


An Indian-American man has sued professional American football team San Francisco 49ers and the companies that run California's Levi's stadium, a media report said.


Indian-American man sues San Francisco 49ers


An Indian American has been named chief of the education and training wing of US Maritime Administration (MARAD), a  media report said.


Indian American chief of US maritime's education, training


Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates retains the top spot on the Forbes list of America's 400 richest people for the 22nd straight year with Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump ranked 121st with $4.5 billion.


Bill Gates is America's richest for 22nd straight year


A New York district court has approved dismissal of fraud charges by the US markets regulator against an Indian-American executive at an investment advisory firm.


SEC withdraws fraud charges against Indian American executive of Aphelion


An Indian-origin woman who was burnt to death in 2013 outside her house in suburban Sydney was allegedly the victim of domestic violence, an inquest into her death heard.


Inquest begins in Indian-origin woman's death in Sydney


A New Zealand court on Tuesday sentenced a 29-year-old Indian-origin man to life in prison for murdering his wife earlier this year.


Indian jailed for wife's murder in New Zealand


A British-Indian delivery van driver has been  named the recipient of this year's 'Pride of Britain Award' for risking  his life to prevent a road accident that could have resulted in multiple fatalities, a media report said.


British-Indian 'hero' to get bravery award


An Indian-origin woman from New Zealand  died after falling 10 metres from the roof of hotel building during a terrace party, a media report said.

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