Indian-origin doctor refutes rape charges
Sydney: A 39-year-old Indian-origin doctor has pleaded not guilty in an Australian court to charges of raping two women during consultations. Manu Maimbilly Gopal, who hails from Kochi in the south Indian state of Kerala, allegedly digitally penetrated two women illegally when they complained of abdominal pain during separate visits to a Sunbury medical clinic in Melbourne in February last year. He was arrested at Melbourne international airport
US friends of NRI youth murdered in Delhi demand justice
New York: A candle light vigil was organised on Monday by friends and family of a 20-year-old NRI youth, who was allegedly murdered in a house in south-east Delhi two days ago, demanding punishment for his killers. Anmol Sarna, a US Citizen and a res
UK's biggest family heartbroken as they lose baby No. 17
London: The parents of Britain’s biggest family admitted to being ‘utterly devastated’ on Monday after losing their 17th baby. Sue Radford went for her 12-week scan on Monday morning only to find the child due in April had died. Sue
6,000 Indians in regular jobs since Saudi amnesty
Riyadh: Nearly 6,000 Indian workers have secured full-time employment in Saudi Arabia since an amnesty was announced April 6 this year to enable workers staying illegally in the country regularise their residency. Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, Indian consul gen
Blue-collar workers exploited by fellow Indian employers
Melbourne: A new study has found that Australian employers and managers, often of Indian ethnicity, frequently exploit their fellow Indian blue-collar workers who come here on temporary visas and often face harsh working conditions. A three-year-long
12 dead, scores hurt in Washington Navy Yard shootings
Washington: Three gunmen on Monday went on the rampage in the high-security Washington Navy Yard located a short distance from the White House, killing 12 people and injuring several others in an audacious mass shooting. One of the gunmen was s
Racial identification: New York Police issues memo to clarify Indians are Asian
New York: Police officers of New York received a lesson in demography on Monday when their chief issued a memo clarifying the difference between Native Americans and Asian Indians. New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Ray Kelly i
Fire breaks out on Russian nuclear submarine, no risk of radiation leak
Moscow: A fire burned for five hours on an atomic-powered submarine undergoing repairs near Russia's eastern port of Vladivostok on Monday, but naval and shipyard officials said there was no risk of a radiation leak and nobody was hurt. Black smoke p
US gets a Miss America of Indian descent, but it turns ugly
Atlantic: To the delight of tens of thousands of Indian Americans, a growing, influential and visible community in the United States, Miss New York, 24-year-old, Nina Davuluri has become the first person of Indian descent to be crowned Miss America.
