London teenager charged with murder of Geeta AulakhLONDON - The British police Sunday charged a teenager with the murder of an Indian-origin woman whose hand was chopped off in a shocking attack last week. Indian among four dead at Nepal’s controversial fairKATHMANDU - The most controversial religious fair in Nepal’s Terai plains, where thousands of birds and beasts are doomed to be slaughtered next week, has fallen into more disrepute with the death of four visitors, including an Indian. Husband of mutilated Punjabi woman vows to catch her killerLONDON - The estranged husband of an Indian-origin woman who was murdered this week with her hand chopped off has vowed to catch her killer. 6 more arrested in Geeta Aulakh murder case, husband gets bailLONDON - Police arrested six more men from a house in west London Thursday in connection with the murder of an Indian-origin woman who was found dying on the street with her hand chopped off. Indian-origin woman found on London street with severed hand, honour killing suspectedLONDON - Police were reported to have arrested the estranged India-born husband of a young British Punjabi woman who died Monday after being found on the streets of a London suburb with a severed hand. Canadian PM Harper visits Golden Temple
India sets up shelter for domestic workers in Oman: FaleiroPANAJI - The Indian embassy in Oman has set up a shelter in its premises for harassed domestic maids employed in Omani households, says former minister of state for external affairs Eduardo Faleiro. Indian woman killed, found on London street with severed handLONDON - Police were reported to have arrested the estranged India-born husband of a young British Punjabi woman who died Monday after being found on the streets of a London suburb with a severed hand. Malaysian Indian youth, who killed mother, found dead in prisonKUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian Indian youth, who killed his mother, was found dead in his prison cell. His family has cast doubts on the police version that he committed suicide. White House celebrates Guru Nanak’s birth anniversaryWASHINGTON - After Diwali, the Obama White House for the first time celebrated Gurparab, Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary, with about 125 Sikh men in colourful turbans and women in traditional Punjabi dress. Eight Indo-Canadians on Canadian PM’s India delegationTORONTO - Lacking a majority in Canada’s House of Commons, Prime Minister Stephen Harper visits India from Monday with a delegation of eight prominent Indo-Canadians, fuelling speculation that he is eyeing valuable Punjabi and Gujarati votes. Biggest Indian-Canadian landlord eyes India’s ‘dream’ marketTORONTO - Canada’s biggest Indian landlord Bob Dhillon, who started his company from the back of his car and now owns more than 6,000 rental properties across the country, is set to enter the Indian real estate market. Police nab burglar ring targeting Washington desis for goldWASHINGTON - Law has finally caught up with a ring of picky burglars who had been targeting South Asian families in a Washington DC neighbourhood for their gold. Sikh becomes first mayor of Yuba City in USYUBA CITY - Yuba City, which became the first Indian settlement in the US and is now known as the first Punjabi village in this country, got its first Sikh mayor this week. Maulana Azad’s vision is lauded in TrinidadPort-of-SPAIN - The work and vision of India’s first minister of education Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad was highlighted during the celebration of International Scholars’ day in Chaguanas in central Trinidad. Gordon Brown ‘launches poll campaign’ in Indian-majority constituencyLONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has chosen an Indian-dominated London suburb to give his nation a long-awaited speech on immigration, setting off speculation this was the launch of his 2010 election campaign. Two Australians who hit Indian student get jail term, paroleMELBOURNE - Two Australian men who racially abused, spat on and punched an Indian student working as a taxi driver last year were granted parole after they were given a jail term, a media report said Friday. US Congress to discuss immigration reforms in future: OfficialKOLKATA - The US Congress is likely to address the immigration reform policies “in future”, US assistant secretary of state for consular affairs Janice L. Jacobs said Thursday. Remembrance Day: UK backs India’s Security Council aspirationsLONDON - Britain renewed its support to India’s ambition to be a permanent member of the UN Security Council as a host of politicians joined ex-servicemen and Indian community members here to praise the massive sacrifices made by Indians in the two world wars. India Development Foundation to get legal footing in USWASHINGTON - India plans to register the India Development Foundation in the US to put the agency tasked with rural development on a legal footing here, according to Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi. Australian PM arrives, India concerned over attacks on studentsNEW DELHI - As Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd landed in Mumbai, India Wednesday conveyed its concerns over recent attacks on Indian students in that country and stressed the need for Canberra to take “effective steps” to prevent recurrence of such incidents. Four from India elected governors of broadcast industry advocacyHONG KONG - The Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) has elected four people of Indian origin to its board of governors, the high-profile advocacy for the television broadcast industry said Wednesday. Attacks on Indians high on agenda during Australian PM’s visitNEW DELHI - Amid the shadow of repeated attacks on Indian students in his country, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will hold talks with Indian leaders Thursday aimed at boosting economic and strategic ties between the two countries. Indian’s budding sex empire in Nepal bustedKATHMANDU - Within a week of uncovering a Chinese sex workers’ network here, Nepal police have now busted a budding sex empire run by an Indian with tentacles in major Indian metros and with audacious plans to expand internationally. Indian student missing in AustraliaMELBOURNE - Indian student Dipakkumar Chaudhari has been missing since last week from his home in this Australian city, the police said Wednesday. Obama names Indian American Rajiv Shah as USAID chief
South Asians knifed in London, Indian-origin students among targets (Second Lead)LONDON - Four people suffered stab wounds after white and black mobs set upon Muslim South Asian students - including at least six of Indian origin - near the prestigious City University in north London, police and student groups said Tuesday. ‘Asian’ students knifed by racist mobs in LondonLONDON - Four people suffered stab wounds after a mob of white and black youths set upon Muslim students of ‘Asian’ origin near City University in north London, police said Tuesday. Malaysian Indians moving away from opposition alliance: OfficialKUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Indians’ support for opposition alliance Pakatan Rakyat (PR) has slipped from an estimated 80 percent to about 50 percent, a senior official of one of the constituent parties has admitted. Post-Independence Indian, Pakistani masters to feature in New York showNEW YORK - Works of post-Independence Indian and Pakistani masters will be featured in an art show titled “In Search Of The Vernacular”, opening here Thursday at the Aicon Gallery. |
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AMRITSAR - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Wednesday visited the famed Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh shrine, in this Punjab city during a trip that lasted less than three hours.
