Four Indian Americans figure among Crain's 2015 class of "40 Under 40" - described as "the most talented, driven and dynamic professionals under the age of 40 who are working in New York City today."


Four Indian Americans among Crain's New York '40 under 40'


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Congress's Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha Amarinder Singh on Tuesday sought intervention of the ministry of external affairs (MEA) to save four Indian hostages who have been traced alive in Iraq after several months of their having gone missing.


Amarinder seeks MEA help for Iraq hostages


In a suspected racial attack, police in Britain have come across footage posted online in which a Sikh man is seen being brutally beaten up in Birmingham city Broad Street, a media report said on Tuesday.


Sikh man thrashed in suspected racial attack in Britain


An Indian American woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison following her conviction last month for of female foeticide.


Female foeticide: Indian American woman jailed for 20 years


India said on Sunday that it would airlift its nationals from unrest-hit Yemen and is also sending a large ship to the Yemeni capital as Saudi Arabia-led Arab coalition warplanes continued airstrikes against the Shia Houthi rebels for the fourth consecutive day.


India to airlift nationals from Yemen, sending ship


Eighty Indian nationals are being evacuated from unrest-hit Yemen by air to Djibouti, the government said on Saturday.


80 Indians flying out of Yemen capital: MEA


Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his tour to France, Germany and Canada from April 10-16 would be focused on supporting India's national economic agenda through programmes like Make in India in order to create jobs for the youth.


Three-nation visit to focus on economic agenda, job creation: Modi


A court in New Zealand has found two Indian-origin men guilty of murder and they are expected to be jailed for life with a minimum non-parole period of at least 10 years, media reported.


New Zealand court holds Indian-origin men guilty of murder


London (IANS/RAY) March 28 (IANS/RAY) Investor Cyrus Vandrevala and hotelier Jasminder Singh were the prominent winners at an Asian Business Awards ceremony in London.


Cyrus Vandrevala, Jasminder Singh winners at Asian Business Awards


An Alabama police officer who assaulted an unarmed Indian grandfather while he was taking a morning walk in front of his son's house in a Madison suburb has been indicted by a federal grand jury.


Alabama police officer indicted for assaulting Indian grandfather


Two ships have set sail to Yemen to bring back stranded Indians, including a good number of Keralites, from the war-torn Arab country, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Friday.


Two ships on way to Yemen to rescue stranded Indians: Chandy


An Australian court on Friday ordered a restaurant owner to pay A$186,000 ($144,387) in unpaid wages to a man who was trafficked from India and held in forced labour for 16 months, a leading Australian law firm involved in the case said in a statement.


Indian held in forced labour in Australia to get $145,000


A court in Dubai has sentenced two Pakistani workers to jail for raping an Indian man after serving him food spiked with liquor, according to a media report.


Two Pakistanis convicted of raping Indian man in Dubai


An Indian restaurant owner in Britain has been charged with manslaughter following the death of a customer after eating curry prepared at the restaurant, a media report said on Thursday.


Indian restaurateur faces manslaughter charge in Britain


Six US lawmakers along with leading advocacy groups have welcomed the inclusion of Sikh, Hindu, and Arab American communities in the Department of Justice's hate crimes tracking effort.


FBI to track hate crimes against Sikhs, Hindus, Arabs


Poet-diplomat Abhay K. has been appointed the new director of the Nehru Centre, London.


Indian poet-diplomat new director of London's Nehru Centre


With growing instability in Yemen, India on Wednesday issued an advisory to Indian nationals in the Arab country asking them to consider leaving voluntarily by the "earliest available" commercial flight.


India asks its nationals to leave 'fragile' Yemen


Dubai Parks and Resorts, which is set to be the region's largest multi-themed leisure and entertainment destination when it opens in October 2016, has signed an agreement with India's communications and entertainment company Wizcraft International Entertainment to create a world class Bollywood show for the Rajmahal Theatre.


Wizcraft to create Bollywood show for Dubai park


Actor-politician Manchu Mohan Babu will be felicitated by Telugu Association of London (TAL) on Saturday here for his contribution to the field of entertainment for over four decades.


Telugu Association of London to felicitate actor Mohan Babu 


Indian-American writer Akhil Sharma has won the second annual Folio prize for fiction for a novel which charts an emigrant family's heart-wrenching search for the "American dream", said a media report.


Indian-American Akhil Sharma wins Folio literary prize


An Indian-American brother-sister duo has been awarded nearly $9 million in damages for injuries suffered when they were assaulted by two men in a night club in New York in January 2005.

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