A 26-year-old Indian waiter was sentenced to a one-year jail term in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for setting his ex-girlfriend's shoe and bed on fire, media reported Sunday.


Indian man jailed for burning ex-girlfriend's shoe, bed


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One hardly sees former Indian army officers in Africa's business arena. But Col. (Rtd.) Raj Kalra from New Delhi is an exception and is bringing a new dimension to Africa's industrial development.


Retired Indian army officer helping build industries in Africa


The tide has turned so much so that today a growing number of Catholic priests from India travel to, stay on and settle in the United States to minister to the needs of the faithful there.


Indian Catholic priests find growing role in the West


Three Singaporean men of Indian origin were charged Saturday for offences during a Tamil Thaipusam religious festival procession earlier this month, Channel NewsAsia reported.


Three Indian-origin men charged in Singapore


Ethnic Indian Hindus in Malaysia have strongly criticised a Muslim cleric's suggestions that Prime Minister Najib Razak should not have donned a "Hindu" attire, nor should he have been garlanded at a "Hindu" ceremony, media reported Saturday.


Hindus in Malaysia slam cleric's views on garlanding PM


Police in Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur arrested four men Friday in connection with the kidnapping last month of an Indian national.


Four arrested in Malaysia for Indian's abduction


President Barack Obama intends to appoint Ajay Banga, the Indian-American President and CEO of MasterCard, as a member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations.


Obama names Delhite Ajay Banga to trade policy body


Denying "unfounded" allegations of forgery, the US-based Mirach Capital Group has asserted that it remains "ready, willing and able" to buy Sahara assets, but its loan offer was no longer on the table.


Sahara saviours deny fraud, say ready to buy Sahara assets


A 41-year-old Indian-born investment banking executive described as "extraordinary" by his colleagues has died in a fiery suburban train crash just outside the city.


India-born investment banking executive dead in US train crash


An Indian-origin former financial planner has been charged with 32 counts of Securities Act violations in Canada for advising clients to invest in a $110-million fraudulent scheme operated by a former Vancouver notary, a media report said Thursday.


Indo-Canadian charged in ponzi scheme


An Indo-Canadian soccer coach has been arrested in the US, and has been charged with seeking sex with a 12-year-old girl who turned out to be an undercover agent, media reported Thursday.


Indo-Candian arrested in US for soliciting minor


An Indian-American pilot and/or his passenger in Colorado were likely taking selfies when the pilot lost control of the plane, causing it to crash, and killing them both last spring, according to federal investigators


Indian-American pilot's selfies caused plane crash


A US court has found an Indian American woman guilty on charges of foeticide and felony neglect of a dependent after experiencing a miscarriage or what prosecutors claim was actually an illegal abortion.


Indian American woman found guilty of foeticide


Grace Walia was crowned Miss India Indonesia 2015, a pageant that seeks to build a bridge between the Indian and Indonesian communities. Ambassador of India Gurjit Singh was the chief guest of the evening.


Grace Walia wins Miss India Indonesia 2015 title 


Four people, including two Pakistanis and a Bangladeshi, were sentenced to five years in jail in Bahrain for abducting and assaulting an Indian carpenter working in that country, a media report said Tuesday.


Four jailed for abducting Indian in Bahrain


Noting that the US has not set up a new nuclear installation for decades, an Indian-American academic has accused President Barack Obama of hypocrisy in pushing India on a technology the US won't even touch.


Why chain India to the past with n-energy, asks Indian-American expert


Having made his millions in the Canadian real estate market, Canada's first Sikh billionaire, Bob Dhillon, feels India's real estate market has a lot of potential if the government makes the right moves.


Indian real estate market a developer's dream: Indo-Canadian billionaire


"Ghar aye pardesi", come home diaspora, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said Sunday as he launched an ambitious "Friends of Madhya Pradesh" program here with a call to them and Americans to pour their talents, investments and philanthropy into his state's development.


MP CM invites diaspora 'home', seeks investment


A stolen car may have been involved in an Indian delivery van driver's mysterious disappearance in Australia, a police officer said Friday.


Stolen car linked to Indian's disappearance in Australia


A nearly six-centuries-old song written by Gujarat's most revered poet-philosopher Narsinh Mehta and made by Mahatma Gandhi as his life's guiding force is now a subject of an upcoming documentary.


Gandhi's Song: New documentary on centuries-old bhajan


A Scotland court has ordered an Indian-origin former bank worker, who stole 120,000 pounds (about $181,000) from a client, to pay back just one pound because she has no assets, media reported.

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