If India's idea of an International Yoga Day has found easy acceptance in the UN, much of the credit must go to Paramhansa Yogananda, India's first yoga guru in the US whose 62nd death anniversary falls this Saturday.


Paramhansa Yogananda: India's first yoga guru in the US (Comment)


IANS Automatic

President Barack Obama has nominated Sunil Sabharwal, an independent Indian American investor in the payments sector, as US Alternate Executive Director at International Monetary Fund for a term of two years.


Obama names Indian American investor as IMF director


An Indian American woman, who was convicted in 2013 of harbouring an illegal immigrant at her upstate New York mansion for over five years and subjecting her to slave-like conditions, has lost an appeal to overturn the verdict.


Indian American woman may lose mansion for keeping illegal as slave


Indian billionaire chief executive officer of Malaysia-based Celframe Technology Group of Companies, Arun Pudur, is among the world's top 10 richest individuals under 40, according to a list published on Wednesday by Wealth-X, a global wealth intelligence and prospecting company.


Indian-origin entrepreneur among top 10 under-40 rich list


A New Zealand woman, who discovered the charred remains of an Indian-origin youth murdered in Auckland in 2013, has testified in court, media reported on Wednesday.


Witness testifies in Indian-origin man's murder in New Zealand


Parliament on Wednesday passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill which seeks to merge the Person of Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) schemes.


Parliament passes citizenship amendment bill


Veteran social crusader Anna Hazare has received a death threat from a Canada-based Indian resident, an aide said here on Wednesday.


Canada-based NRI threatens to kill Hazare


His brief visits to India for shooting his international movies help British actor of Indian descent Dev Patel connect to the "astounding" and "inspiring" country as well as revisit his cultural roots.


Shooting in India helps me connect with my roots: Dev Patel


An expatriate Indian woman and her daughter in the UAE have been cleared of the charges of extorting 500,000 dirhams (about $136,000) from a man by allegedly threatening to dishonour him through the disclosure that he had had sex with the daughter, media reported Tuesday.


Indian woman, daughter cleared of extortion charge


An Indian worker in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been jailed for three months for kissing a housewife inside a building, media reported Tuesday.


Indian man jailed for molesting housewife


Music maestro A. R. Rahman will kick start his three month long North American tour March 21. He promises to deliver "special performances".


A.R. Rahman to embark on 'special' US tour


Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, said there's no horse race to run between India-born top insurance executive Ajit Jain and Greg Abel, head of Berkshire's energy companies, as his possible successors.


No horse race between Ajit Jain, Greg Abel: Buffett


As Warren Buffett revealed that someone from the Berkshire Hathaway itself would succeed him as the company's CEO, media speculated on two likely successors - India-born Ajit Jain and Greg Abel.


Is Ajit Jain in two-man race to succeed Buffett?


A shocking video of a bunch of school kids abusing a Sikh boy in the US state of Georgia was uploaded on video-sharing website YouTube and is going viral.


Sikh boy in US shares footage of racist classmates


A Singapore court on Monday jailed an Indian for 16 years  for bashing another Indian man to death.


Indian jailed in Singapore for bashing man to death


An Indo-Canadian man has sued the Canadian federal government over his wrongful conviction in a sexual assault case, a media report said.


Indian-origin man sues Canadian government over wrongful conviction


Police in Canada have arrested an Indo-Canadian man on charges of manslaughter in connection with the death of a 19-year-old Indian student, Harmanjit Singh.


Arrest made in death of Indian student in Canada


There's a new superhero in town and he doesn't sport a cape, mask or wear embarrassing tights. He wears a turban and he fights the Taliban and is a huge Elvis fan.


First American Sikh superhero who loves Elvis


A Chicago based Indian-American physician whose medical license was suspended has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for health care fraud and illegally prescribing controlled substance medications.


Indian-American jailed for health care fraud


Five Indian workers - four of them from Kerala and one from Bihar - were killed in a road accident in Saudi Arabia, media reported Wednesday.


Five Indian workers killed in Saudi Arabia road crash


An Indian-origin man in the Australian who was charged with deceiving a woman about his appearance on a dating website and then engaging in sexual activity with her, has been spared jail but his actions were criticised Wednesday by a judge as "selfish, immature and inappropriate".

Page 94 -